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Target facing retribution at home for rolling back DEI intiatives

Target’s decision to scale back its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programs is being met with backlash from the LGBTQ+ community on the Minneapolis-headquartered retailer’s home turf. Target announced Friday that it will implement some changes to its “Belonging at the Bullseye” strategy, including ending its three-year DEI goals and ending its Racial Equity Action

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Amphitrite Rides AI Wave to Boost Maritime Shipping, Ocean Cleanup With Real-Time Weather Prediction and Simulation

Named after Greek mythology’s goddess of the sea, France-based startup Amphitrite is fusing satellite data and AI to simulate and predict oceanic currents and weather. It’s work that’s making waves in maritime-shipping and oceanic litter-collection operations. Amphitrite’s AI models — powered by the NVIDIA AI and Earth-2 platforms — provide insights on positioning vessels to

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What is Chinese AI startup DeepSeek?

The latest artificial intelligence (AI) models launched by Chinese startup DeepSeek have spurred turmoil in the technology sector following its emergence as a potential rival to leading U.S.-based firms. DeepSeek wrote in a paper last month that it trained its DeepSeek-V3 model with less than $6 million worth of computing power from what it says are

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Trump week one: Bank of America diss; AI, crypto boost; and stock records

President Donald Trump, inaugurated Monday, didn’t miss a beat in getting right to work. In just five days, he has signed a slew of executive orders related to artificial intelligence; cryptocurrencies; and diversity, equity and inclusion, also known as DEI, and he’s promising a shakeup within the federal workforce.  In this edition of the FOX

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Costco shareholders reject anti-DEI measure

Costco shareholders have roundly rejected a proposal calling for a report on the risks associated with keeping its diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) efforts in place, the wholesale club said Thursday. Preliminary results show that some 98% of shareholders voted against the measure, according to the company. Last month, Costco’s board of directors came out

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AI Maps Titan’s Methane Clouds in Record Time

Methane clouds on Titan, Saturn’s largest moon, are more than just a celestial oddity — they’re a window into one of the solar system’s most complex climates. Until now, mapping them has been slow and grueling work. Enter AI: a team from NASA, UC Berkeley and France’s Observatoire des Sciences de l’Univers just changed the

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UnitedHealthcare announces new CEO after killing of Brian Thompson

UnitedHealth Group on Thursday announced the new leader of its insurance division, UnitedHealthcare, after last month’s alleged targeted killing of former CEO Brian Thompson.  Tim Noel, who most recently served as CEO of UnitedHealth Group’s Medicare and retirement business, will step into the top job at UnitedHealthcare after Thompson’s killing. Noel has worked for the

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Fast, Low-Cost Inference Offers Key to Profitable AI

Businesses across every industry are rolling out AI services this year. For Microsoft, Oracle, Perplexity, Snap and hundreds of other leading companies, using the NVIDIA AI inference platform — a full stack comprising world-class silicon, systems and software — is the key to delivering high-throughput and low-latency inference and enabling great user experiences while lowering

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‘Baldur’s Gate 3’ Mod Support Launches in the Cloud

GeForce NOW is expanding mod support for hit game Baldur’s Gate 3 in collaboration with Larian Studios and mod.io for Ultimate and Performance members. This expanded mod support arrives alongside seven new games joining the cloud this week. Level Up Gaming Time to roll for initiative — adventurers in the Forgotten Realms can now enjoy

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Trump’s AI deal fueling early cancer detection: Oracle’s Larry Ellison

Oracle founder Larry Ellison said the massive artificial intelligence (AI) infrastructure project dubbed Stargate is helping to fuel the development of a cancer vaccine.  President Donald Trump announced this week that Oracle, OpenAI and Softbank joined forces to launch Stargate, which will build data centers in the U.S. to power AI. Ellison, also Oracle’s chief

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