How many jobs are available in technology in the US?

How many jobs are available in technology in the US?

Hiring in the technology sector and the broader tech workforce took a step back in July with an overall slowdown in job growth, according to a US Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) report today and an analysis of that data. The tech industry shed an estimated 9,162 jobs last month, according to CompTIA, the nonprofit association…

FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands

FLUX: This new AI image generator is eerily good at creating human hands

Enlarge / AI-generated image by FLUX.1 dev: “A beautiful queen of the universe holding up her hands, face in the background.” (credit: FLUX.1) On Thursday, AI-startup Black Forest Labs announced the launch of its company and the release of its first suite of text-to-image AI models, called FLUX.1. The German-based company, founded by researchers who…

Delta CEO: Windows is the ‘most fragile platform’

Delta CEO: Windows is the ‘most fragile platform’

Apple beat expectations in its third quarter and has wind beneath its wings on strength of the recent Microsoft/Crowdstrike debacle that cost companies billions of dollars. The tide is turning, and turning fast.  Regular readers will know we’ve been reporting on the steady rise of Apple in the enterprise over the last decade or so. By focusing on…

Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city

Metropolis 1998 lets you design every building in an isometric, pixel-art city

Enlarge / There is something so wonderfully obscene about having a town with hundreds of people living their lives, running into conflict, hoping for better, and your omnipotent self is stuck on which bookcase best fits this living room corner. YesBox Naming a game must be incredibly hard. How many more Dark Fallen Journeys and Noun:…

AI startup Suno says it can train its model using copyrighted music

AI startup Suno says it can train its model using copyrighted music

Music label companies Universal Music Group, Warner Music Group and Sony Music Group sued AI startups Suno and Udio in June, arguing that the companies had trained their AI model by collecting copyrighted material from the internet. Now, according to Engadget, Suno has confirmed that its AI model was indeed trained on copyrighted material from…

Prison Architect 2 has been delayed indefinitely

Prison Architect 2 has been delayed indefinitely

Developer Kokku and publisher Paradox Interactive have announced that Prison Architect 2 has been delayed indefinitely. In a recent blog post, they explained that, following multiple internal reviews, more time is required to get the game to meet the teams’ standards and expectations. Prison Architect 2 was originally slated for a September 3, 2024 release,…