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☆ Google quietly launches internal AI model named 'Goose' to help employees write code faster, leaked documents show
▼ + stars: | 2024-02-14 | by ( Hugh Langley | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +4 min

It is designed to assist with building new products, according to internal documents reviewed by Business Insider. “It can answer questions around Google-specific technologies, write code using internal tech stacks and supports novel capabilities such as editing code based on natural language prompts,” an internal summary of Goose reads. The documents note that the creation of Goose was a collaborative effort between Google Brain, DeepMind, and Google's internal infrastructure teams. And Goose isn't the only example of Google using AI to be more efficient. AdvertisementAnd if Googlers have specific development questions while using Goose, they're encouraged to turn to the company's internal chatbot, named Duckie.

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☆ Tesla's value plunged nearly $200 billion since mid-July – and Elon Musk's EV maker faces a bumpy road ahead
▼ + stars: | 2023-08-23 | by ( Zahra Tayeb | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

Tesla's value has fallen nearly $200 billion in just over a month. That's dragged Tesla's market cap down almost $200 billion to about $730 billion as of Tuesday's close, per Google Finance. A mix of inflation, higher interest rates, and recession fears have driven Tesla's decline. Higher interest rates tend to be bad news for high-growth stocks, including Tesla, because it eats away at company profitably through expensive borrowing costs. Investors also get deterred from piling into equities as rising interest rates tend to push up returns on bond investments, making them a safer investment compared to stocks.

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☆ Fact Check-Anheuser-Busch stock did not hit 52-week high after boycott over sponsorship with trans influencer
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-17 | by ( Reuters Fact Check | ) www.reuters.com time to read: +2 min

In other posts, users said: “So, while the Qrackheads are out there shootin’ up cases of ‘woke’ Bud Light and puttin’ Coors in their Koozies instead… Anheuser-Busch stock just hit a 52-week high?! However, Reuters data shows that the stock hit a nearly-62-week high on March 31, before the boycott, and since April 1, U.S.-listed Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA shares have dipped. Graphics showing Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA stock prices can be seen on the websites of Reuters (here) and Google Finance (here). Reuters has previously debunked claims related to the Bud Light partnership with Mulvaney (here), (here), (here), (here). Anheuser-Busch Inbev SA stock did not hit a 52-week high following a boycott prompted by Bud Light’s partnership with Dylan Mulvaney.

☆ A video game company made a bot the CEO, and its stock climbed
▼ + stars: | 2023-03-15 | by ( Grace Kay | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +2 min

NetDragon Websoft announced last year it had appointed a bot as the CEO of its flagship subsidiary. It said the bot will increase efficiency and make key decisions for the gaming company. In August, the Chinese gaming company NetDragon Websoft announced it had appointed an "AI-powered virtual humanoid robot" named Tang Yu as the chief executive of its subsidiary, Fujian NetDragon Websoft. NetDragon stock has since outperformed the Hang Seng Index, which tracks the biggest companies listed in Hong Kong, per The Hustle. NetDragon, founded in 1999, developed several multi-player games including "Eudemons Online", "Heroes Evolved" and "Conquer Online" as well as China's first online gaming portal, 17173.com.

☆ Crypto had a catastrophic 2022. Here are 3 reasons it will bounce back again, according to analysts.
▼ + stars: | 2023-01-04 | by ( Emilia David | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Analysts from Bernstein laid out why they're still bullish on the crypto space. But Bernstein analysts Gautam Chhugani and Manas Agarwal offer crypto true believers a few reasons to keep the faith. In a note published on January 3, they wrote that despite a catastrophic 2022, the larger crypto ecosystem still has potential. Much of the crypto space remains decentralized. Chhugani and Agarwal said FTX's collapse had hastened DeFi adoption, which makes DeFi a bright spot in crypto investing, according to crypto VCs.

☆ Google CEO Pichai tells employees not to 'equate fun with money' in heated all-hands meeting
▼ + stars: | 2022-09-23 | by ( Jennifer Elias | ) www.cnbc.com time to read: +9 min

In this article GOOG Follow your favorite stocks CREATE FREE ACCOUNTAlphabet CEO Sundar Pichai gestures during a session at the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, on January 22, 2020. Fabrice COFFRINI | AFP | Getty ImagesAs Google tries to navigate an unfamiliar environment of slowing growth, cost-cutting and employee dissent over cultural changes, CEO Sundar Pichai is finding himself on the defensive. Pichai admitted that it's not just the economy that's caused challenges at Google but also an expanding bureaucracy at Google. Pichai said leadership is combing through more than 7,000 responses it's received from employees regarding suggestions from the Simplicity Sprint effort. Kristin Reinke, head of Google finance, said at the meeting that sales teams will have more leeway to travel since their jobs require meeting with customers.

☆ Затраты на питание в Молдове составляют почти половину минимальной зарплаты
▼ + stars: | 2021-01-20 | by ( Mld Media Srl | Степанов Георгий | ) noi.md time to read: +3 min

В Молдове затраты на питание составляют 46,2% от минимальной зарплаты. - 35 леев, сыр (1 кг) - 106 леев, мясо (6 кг) - 510 леев, фрукты (6 кг) - 119 леев, овощи (8 кг) - 101 лей. Сформированная экспертами продуктовая корзина составляет 46,2% от минимальной оплаты труда в Молдове после уплаты налогов, которая, по их расчетам, равна 2350 леев (115 евро). В этом рейтинге Молдова с результатом 46,2% занимает 48-е место среди 56 стран. Румыния занимает 29-е место с показателем 24,3%, Украина - 40-е место с показателем 35,7%, Россия - 45-е с показателем 44,3%.

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