The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI), the philanthropic organization founded by Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and his wife, Priscilla Chan, last year announced plans to reposition itself as a science-first organization. Now, the group is cutting dozens of roles while hiring for new ones as it moves toward that direction. The Redwood City, Calif.-based philanthropy is…
Super Bowl Sunday is almost here! And whether you’re planning to stay glued to each play of the Big Game, tune in for the halftime show and big-budget, best-in-advertising commercials, or just enjoy gathering with friends and family — you’ll need to stay fed during the upcoming extravaganza at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara. Related…
By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Woe to the cookie, cake or waffle lover who discovers, often after years of stomach upset, fatigue and skin issues, that the culprit of their health issues is gluten, the protein found in grains like wheat, barley and rye. Most everything you find in a bakery, grocery store cookie aisle…
By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette PITTSBURGH — Still suffering from a post-holiday drag? After the fun of Christmas and New Year’s, it’s completely understandable if you’re having a hard time snapping back into a routine. Related Articles Gretchen’s table: Cauliflower ‘steaks’ are tender on the inside and crispy on the outside Recipe: This Super Bowl…
The rules of online visibility have changed. For decades, digital commerce strategy rested on a relatively stable bargain: brands optimized for ranking and bids, Google surfaced links and ads and consumers clicked through to evaluate options. That model is being rewritten with a new gatekeeper standing between brands and customers. Artificial intelligence has become an…
The rapid rise of A.I. is reshaping global infrastructure demands, pushing data centers from around the world to scale at unprecedented speed to support increasingly compute-intensive workloads. What was once a steady expansion has become a sprint, driven by generative A.I., large language models and real-time inference applications that strain existing power, cooling and connectivity…
Jeff Bezos has found his next climate-focused philanthropy target: nuclear power. The billionaire’s Bezos Earth Fund, which aims to distribute $10 billion to fight climate change by the end of the decade, is granting $3.5 million to a new initiative to streamline nuclear reactor construction across the country. The funds will support the Nuclear Scaling…
By Gretchen McKay, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Like a lot of shoppers, I look for bargains when it comes to choosing which fruits and vegetables to cook each week. Related Articles Recipe: This Super Bowl snack is scrumptious and easy to prepare The secret to perfect tortiglioni with peppers and eggplant from a 1929 Italian cookbook Gretchen’s…
Job seekers often have to jump through hoops throughout the recruitment process. At Anduril, they’ll have to fly through courses—drone courses, to be exact. The defense tech company is offering engineers the opportunity to secure a job interview and compete for a cash prize of $500,000 in the AI Grand Prix, a new racing competition…
Microsoft this week (Jan. 26) unveiled its latest in-house A.I. chip, Maia 200, calling it “the most efficient inference system” the company has ever built. Microsoft claims the chip outperforms rival Big Tech processors such as Amazon’s Trainium 3 and Google’s TPU v7 on key benchmarks, while delivering 30 percent better performance per dollar than…
