Microsoft’s stock price plumetted 16% after OpenAI fired CEO Sam Altman — but appears to have immediately recovered most of the drop in after-hours trading. Yet OpenAI’s move also blindsided key investor and minority owner Microsoft, reportedly making CEO Satya Nadella furious. Tech reporter Kara Swisher called the firing a Read more…
Sam Altman has been fired as CEO of OpenAI, the company announced on Friday. Slashdot reader tagous submitted this statement from OpenAI’s board: Mr. Altman’s departure follows a deliberative review process by the board, which concluded that he was not consistently candid in his communications with the board, hindering its Read more…
According to a new study published in JAMA Internal Medicine, women in the U.S. are now projected to live about six years longer than U.S. men. [T]he 2021 data represent the largest gender-based life expectancy gap in the U.S. since 1996. The gulf began to widen before the COVID-19 pandemic, Read more…
The world’s largest single-site solar farm has gone online in the United Arab Emirates. Called the Al Dhafra solar farm, it features almost 4 million bifacial solar panels and will power nearly 200,000 homes — all while eliminating 2.4 million tons of carbon emissions annually. Electrek reports: Now that Al Read more…
The way we buy and sell homes in the U.S. isn’t normal — at least not compared with the rest of the world. From a report: The commission on a home sale here is typically around 5% to 6%, usually split between the seller’s and buyer’s agents. In most countries, Read more…