A federal agency is probing Nike for discrimination against white employees

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Nike is accused of discriminating against white employees.

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  • Nike is facing a federal probe into allegations that it discriminated against white workers.
  • The EEOC said Wednesday that it is investigating Nike's employment practices, including its DEI targets.
  • EEOC is requesting Nike's data on layoff criteria, race-based programs, and executive pay.

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Here's the severance package The Washington Post is offering laid-off staffers

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The Washington Post laid off hundreds of staffers on Wednesday.

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  • The Washington Post let go of hundreds of staff Wednesday in a major restructuring.
  • The cuts are hitting desks across the newsroom, including sports, foreign affairs, and books.
  • The Post is offering some staffers a couple of months more on payroll and severance pay tied to tenure.

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I visited Pizza Hut after Yum! Brands said it was exploring a sale and saw one big reason the chain is struggling

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I visited Pizza Hut after Yum! Brands said it's exploring a sale and saw why the chain is struggling.

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  • Yum! Brands is exploring a sale of the Pizza Hut brand and closing 250 underperforming stores.
  • I ate at two locations to see why the chain is struggling enough for Yum! to consider a sale.
  • While the food was on par with other pizza chains I've tried, Pizza Hut's value is
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Google Maps adds Gemini to a major feature in new test

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Google looks to be adding AI to yet another popular Google product. In a new test, Gemini appears in a popular crowdsourced Google Maps feature.

As first discovered by Android Authority, Google is working on a chatbot conversation-style overhaul of the community edits feature.

Currently, users can click on "Suggest an edit" within Google Maps to submit relevant information about a location. For

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A legendary coder has been quietly working at Mira Murati's Thinking Machines Lab

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Murati's AI startup, Thinking Machines Lab, is seeking a $2 billion seed funding round, which could be the largest seed funding round in history.
Thinking Machines Lab CEO Mira Murati.

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  • Neal Wu, a top competitive coder, has quietly been working at Thinking Machines Lab.
  • Thinking Machines Lab, led by former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati, has faced aggressive poaching.
  • Wu is a founding member of another hot AI startup, Cognition, and the brother of its CEO.

An award-winning coder has been quietly working for Thinking Machines

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Anthropic's Super Bowl spot skewers ChatGPT: 'Ads are coming to AI, but not to Claude'

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A still from Anthropic's ad is set to air during the Super Bowl. The ad features a scrawny man who wants to get a six-pack quickly, but a helpful trainer gives him more than just the advice he needs.

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  • Anthropic is roasting OpenAI over its decision to bring ads to ChatGPT.
  • While OpenAI is not named directly, it's clear who Anthropic is taunting in its new commercials.
  • Anthropic will air one of
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