@taskmaster4450le &quot;Here is the daily technology #threadcast for 11/5/...&quot;

ziabutt3836 12 days ago

I want to learn programming languages which is best for web development?
#technology #programming #computer

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kuskorevival 12 days ago

You can now use ChatGPT as your search engine in popular browsers. Follow simple steps to switch or add it for quick answers in Chrome, Edge, and more. I've tried it you can do it here: ChatGPT Search Guide.

ziabutt3836 12 days ago

Whose future is more better?

Websites Development.
Software Development.

kuskorevival 12 days ago

I think software because it can have any website in Web app which people feel a bit more comfortable with. But I'm starting to use sites more nowadays so I might be lying

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ziabutt3836 12 days ago

I think often people make their websites for their store, acadmies etc any individual very rarely make its own application. may be I am wrong.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The website is dead.

Development of base software is always going to be needed. Even if that is handled by AI, we are going to need people who understand the dynamics.

That said, the website is going to die. We have no need for it in anagentic internet.

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#technology #meta #ai #artificialintelligence

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

Meta’s AI Abundance

Meta is uniquely positioned to capitalize on generative AI, especially in digital advertising. The company's investments in AI, including its Llama models, will support innovative advertising strategies like generative ads and AI-driven chat agents, potentially increasing demand and revenue by leveraging machine learning to enhance ad targeting and efficiency. Meta's focus on integrating AI across its platforms underscores its commitment to maintaining a competitive edge in the rapidly evolving AI landscape.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Humanity has figured out how to replicate humanity and scale it.

This is revolutionary.

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https://inleo.io/threads/view/mightpossibly/re-soulguy-2dtyzyncs?referral=mightpossibly

soulguy 12 days ago

I guess this is what task was saying yesterday.

Thought context was relevant in training. Not that much according to this understanding.

But relevant in prompting

@mightpossibly

https://inleo.io/threads/view/falcon97/re-leothreads-futszweg?referral=falcon97

falcon97 12 days ago

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Perplexity CEO offers AI company's services to replace striking NYT staff

The CEO of AI search company Perplexity, Aravind Srinivas, has offered to cross picket lines and provide services to mitigate the effect of a strike by New York Times tech workers.

The NYT Tech Guild announced its strike Monday, after setting November 4 as its deadline months earlier. The workers represented provide software support and data analysis for the Times, on the business side of the outlet. They have been asking for an annual 2.5% wage increase and to cement a current two days per week in-office expectation, among other things.

#nyt #perplexity #ai #jobs #technology #strike

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

“But the company has decided that our members aren’t worth enough to agree to a fair contract and stop committing unfair labor practices,” the guild wrote on X.

“They have left us no choice but to demonstrate the power of our labor on the picket line,” said Kathy Zhang, the organization’s unit chair, in a statement.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The NYT’s publisher, AG Sulzberger, criticized a strike two days ahead of the U.S. presidential election, saying in a statement, “Hundreds of millions of people are depending on The Times’s journalism on Election Day and afterward, and it is troubling that the Tech Guild would try to block this public service at such a consequential moment for our country.”

Picketers demonstrated in front of the NYT building in New York as negotiations continued. Meanwhile, on X, formerly known as Twitter, Perplexity’s CEO offered to step in for the striking workers.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Many on X immediately castigated Srinivas for acting as a scab — a derogatory term for people willing to perform the jobs of striking workers. It is widely considered a disreputable behavior in matters of labor and equity. By undercutting collective action, scabs limit the ability of workers to bargain with those in positions of power.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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anderssinho 12 days ago

What are your thoughts on AI companies offering to step in during labor strikes? Is this a sustainable trend or a potential risk to tech workers' job security?

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

It isnt so much the strike. AI companies are going to dominate and crush jobs.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

This is the future, Perplexity stepping in for striking workers?

That is with today's technology. What do you think things will look like in two years?

#technology #ai

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#anduril #defense #manufacturing #technology

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Anduril is considering Arizona, Ohio, or Texas for its massive manufacturing facility, source says

Anduril, the defense tech company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is considering building its first major manufacturing plant, a 5-million-square-foot

Anduril, the defense tech company co-founded by Palmer Luckey, is considering building its first major manufacturing plant, a 5-million-square-foot facility known as “Arsenal-1,” in Arizona, Ohio, or Texas, according to someone familiar with the matter.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The company, which is developing autonomous drones, planes, and submarines, had announced $1.5 billion at a $14 billion post-money valuation in September.

In conjunction with that round, Anduril announced it plans to use the fresh capital for manufacturing, investing “hundreds of millions” to develop its Arsenal-1 facility. It also said it would use the money for hiring and promised that the facility will employ “thousands of people” and be capable of producing “tens of thousands of autonomous military systems annually.”

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#socialmedia #election #politics #technology

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

As Americans head to the polls, social media companies are in the spotlight

Social media companies are under intense pressure to squash the spread of disinformation on their platforms during the 2024 elections

With Americans heading to the polls on Election Day, social media companies like Meta, TikTok, X and YouTube are under intense pressure to handle what's expected to be a flood of disinformation, heightened by the rise of artificial intelligence.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

It's been a huge issue since the 2016 presidential election cycle, when foreign adversaries abused social platforms in an effort to sway the outcome. Most notably, Russian operatives flooded Facebook with posts promoting false information about Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Meta says it's invested more than $20 billion around safety and security for global elections since 2016, and has more recently deprioritized political content on Instagram and Threads. The company has also been working with fact-checkers, amplifying verified voting resources and labeling AI-generated content ahead of Election Day.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

There's only so much the companies can do. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, told reporters in an October briefing that foreign actors from Russia, Iran and China have managed to launch viral disinformation campaigns.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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kuskorevival 12 days ago

no wonder Facebook has to put in all those restrictions... There are people spreading info about the rates, who will win why some groups will votes for some groups. I barely know who to trust right now with these information.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

I can tell you that we cannot trust the mainstream US media. They are completely in the bag, not only about the election but everything.

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#nintendo #switch #technology #gaming #profits

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Nintendo profit plunges 69% as it cuts forecast for sales of ageing Switch console

Investors are waiting for news surrounding a successor to the Switch which they hope will re-energize Nintendo's gaming business.

Nintendo on Tuesday cut forecast for Switch sales for its fiscal year ending March 2025 as demand wanes for its ageing console.

The Japanese gaming giant said it now expects to sell 12.5 million units of the Switch over the course of the period. That's down from a previous forecast of 13.5 million units.

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kuskorevival 12 days ago

I'm thinking maybe just maybe, another bigger company might buy Nintendo if it goes too low

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Could be. I dont follow gaming enough to know where Nintendo stands and who would have an interest.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Nintendo has been contending with fading demand for its flagship Switch console, which is now more than seven years old.

Investors are waiting for news surrounding a successor to the Switch, which they hope will re-energize Nintendo's gaming business. In the past, the company said that the Switch successor will be announced in its current fiscal year, which ends in March 2025.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Here's how Nintendo did in its fiscal second quarter ended Sept. 30 versus LSEG estimates:

Revenue: 276.7 billion Japanese yen ($1.8 billion), compared with 273.34 billion yen expected.
Net profit: 27.7 billion yen, versus 48.06 billion yen expected.
Revenue fell 17% year-on-year. Net profit plunged just over 69% versus the same period last year.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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#india #wikipedia #bias #encyclopedia #technology

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

India issues notice to Wikipedia over concerns of bias

Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities question whether the platform should continue to enjoy legal protections as Wikipedia is facing mounting regulatory pressure in India as local authorities express concerns about bias and inaccuracies.

The Indian Ministry of Information and Broadcasting issued a notice to Wikipedia on Tuesday questioning the encyclopedia’s intermediary status that’s offered to tech platforms in India. The ministry cited concerns about concentrated editorial control and persistent complaints about bias and inaccuracies on the platform.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The notice follows a contentious case in the Delhi High Court, where judges have described Wikipedia’s open editing feature as “dangerous” and threatened to suspend its operations in India. The court is hearing a defamation case brought by news agency Asian News International, which seeks to identify Wikipedia contributors who allegedly characterized the news agency as a “propaganda tool” for India’s government.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Justice Navin Chawla had dismissed Wikipedia’s plea for additional time to respond due to its lack of physical presence in India, warning of initiating contempt proceedings against the platform if it failed to comply with orders to disclose user information. “If you don’t want to comply with Indian regulations, then don’t operate in India,” the judge stated.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Wikipedia has maintained that its volunteer editors must adhere to its established policies regarding verifiable content and legal guidelines, though this defense has faced increasing scrutiny from Indian authorities concerned about the platform’s content moderation practices.

Wikimedia, the non-profit organization that operates Wikipedia, did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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kuskorevival 12 days ago

Why hasn't Wikipedia evolve already with AI at least to keep up with the times. Maybe that could have made them more accurate

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Wikipedia is human driven. In fact, it is being used to train AI models.

The problem is the bias that it carries, which is going into the models. That is why we need to keep getting data onto this blockchain. It is open and permissionless. Anyone can use it.

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https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/chip-giant-nvidia-wants-to-bring-robots-to-the-hospital/xgw24h7

dinodino 12 days ago

Nvidia wants to bring robots to hospitals so it can help with things like X-rays and delivering supplies on time. AI everywhere now

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#alan #ai #healthcare #insurance #technology #france

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Alan unveils AI health assistant for its 680k health insurance members

Alan wants to build a super app for healthcare, so it's rolling out three new product updates, including an AI chatbot that's vetted by doctors.

While Alan is better known as a health insurance company, the French startup has always tried to offer more than insurance coverage. It now wants to build a super app for all things related to healthcare, and announced three new product updates on Tuesday morning, including an AI chatbot that’s vetted by doctors.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Alan said it has put in place guardrails to prevent this. First, using the AI chatbot is entirely optional. “Mo rephrases my question, introduces itself and asks if I want to start with Mo or if I want to talk to a doctor,” Lizée explained.

Second, Mo’s answers are checked by a doctor within 15 minutes. They can either confirm the medical advice or correct what has been said in the conversation. Patients will then receive a message explaining how the doctor feels about the AI’s answers.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Alan has long offered its customers a chat interface that lets them ask a question to a doctor and get an answer within 15 minutes or so. The next logical step these days would be to leverage artificial intelligence for medical conversations, so Alan is adding a virtual assistant called Mo to the chat feature.

“On the one hand, we increasingly want to be in charge of our own health. On the other, our healthcare system is mostly reactive and is therefore under constant strain,” Alan’s AI lead Antoine Lizée said at a press conference on Tuesday.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

But given that AI chatbots tend to hallucinate, healthcare professionals may not want to rely on inaccurate information or risk misdiagnosing a patient. This issue has come up in the news lately with AI-based medical transcriptions — eight out of ten audio transcriptions exhibited some level of hallucinated information, according to a study by a University of Michigan researcher.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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dinodino 12 days ago

It seems to me that healthcare has become a major focus for AI companies. With AI they can definitely create a super app that'll do way more than apps do today. AI can process data of a patient more I think

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#socialmedia #meta #politics #ads #electioinday #technology

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Meta extends ban on new political ads past Election Day

Meta extends restriction period for new political ads throughout the week of the U.S. elections.

The social media giant announced the political ads policy update on Monday, extending its ban on new political ads past Tuesday, the original end date for the restriction period.

Meta did not specify the day it will lift the restriction, saying only that the ad blocking will continue "until later this week." The company did not say why it extended the political advertising restriction period.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The company announced in August that any political ads that ran at least once before Oct. 29 would still be allowed to run on Meta's services in the final week before Election Day. Other political ads will not be allowed to run.

Organization with eligible ads will have "limited editing capabilities" while the restriction is still in place, Meta said. Those advertisers will be allowed to make scheduling, budgeting and bidding-related changes to their political ads, Meta said.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Meta enacted the same policy in 2020. The company said the policy is in place because "we recognize there may not be enough time to contest new claims made in ads."

Google-parent Alphabet announced a similar ad policy update last month, saying it would pause ads relating to U.S. elections from running in the U.S. after the last polls close on Tuesday. Alphabet said it would notify advertisers when it lifts the pause.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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dinodino 12 days ago

I believe they're trying to avoid getting involved so what happened years ago with them and the federal Court about policies and abuse doesn't happen. Smart move I must say

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#margeta #market #shares #forecast

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Marqeta shares plunge more than 30% on big forecast miss

Marqeta shares plummeted after the company's forecast for the fourth quarter fell shy of analysts' expectations.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Here's how the company did compared with Wall Street estimates, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG:

Loss per share: 6 cents adjusted vs. a loss of 5 cents expected
Revenue: $128 million vs. $128.1 million expected
While third-quarter results showed a slight disappointment on the top and bottom lines, Marqeta's forecast for the current period was more concerning.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The payment processing firm said revenue in the fourth quarter will increase 10% to 12% from a year earlier. Analysts were looking for growth of more than 17%, according to LSEG.

Marqeta, which primarily functions as a card-issuing platform, attributed the guidance miss to "heightened scrutiny of the banking environment and specific customer program changes." The company has been struggling for a while, and its stock is now down more than 80% from its peak in 2021, the year it went public. The stock was down 15% for the year prior to the report.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Total processing volume of $74 billion was up more than 30% from a year earlier. Net revenue and gross profit were up 18% and 24%, respectively.

Marqeta's digital commerce business sells payment technology designed to detect potential fraud and ensure that money is properly routed. It also issues customized physical cards that look like a credit or debit card that can be used for point-of-sale purchases.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The company has been trying to break into the buy now, pay later business with a recently launched product called Marqeta Flex. The service brings BNPL from lenders such as Affirm or Klarna to any credit card wherever Mastercard and Visa are accepted.

"It's an orchestration layer, but it's tied to issuing and processing and disputes and chargebacks," CEO Simon Khalaf told CNBC at Money2020 in Las Vegas last week. "So it is not actually a Wild West in BNPL. It is actually very well established. And there is a reason why a lot of people are jumping to it."

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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#meta #orion #openai #technology #caitlinkalinowski

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Meta's former hardware lead for Orion is joining OpenAI

The former head of Meta's augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday she is joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware

The former head of Meta’s augmented reality glasses efforts announced on Monday she is joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware, according to a post on LinkedIn. OpenAI confirmed to TechCrunch that Caitlin Kalinowski will be joining the startup.

anderssinho 12 days ago

What are your thoughts on how Caitlin Kalinowski's move from Meta to OpenAI? Are we seing a new direction?

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Kalinowski is a hardware executive who began leading Meta’s AR glasses team in March 2022. She oversaw the creation of Orion, the impressive augmented reality prototype that Meta recently showed off at its annual Connect conference. Kalinowski also led the hardware team behind Meta’s virtual reality goggles for roughly nine years. Before that, she worked at Apple, designing the hardware for MacBooks.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

“I’m delighted to share that I’m joining OpenAI to lead robotics and consumer hardware,” said Kalinowski in her post. “In my new role, I will initially focus on OpenAI’s robotics work and partnerships to help bring AI into the physical world and unlock its benefits for humanity.”

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

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dinodino 12 days ago

oooooo this is going to get very good. I was anticipating Orion and came across that said Sam Altman said it won't be released in 2025. How true is that though

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

OpenAi, according to Altman, is compute constrained.

dinodino 11 days ago

so I bet that's the main difference between AI and AGI, maybe the fact that AGI is not compute constrained

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taskmaster4450le 11 days ago

We dont even have clear definitions of AGI yet.

AGI will be constrained. It will still lack real world knowledge.

dinodino 11 days ago

Oh then I'm guessing it'll probably take a while before we even agree on a definition let alone know exactly what we're building to call AGI.

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soulguy 12 days ago

What is your favorite Chatbots and why?

Still with Chatgpt cause they seem to be more nuanced in explanation based on how I prompt them.

Sometimes I give Claude AI a try if I want to feel like I'm talking to a human.

Perplexity when I want online information, but I noticed it sometimes gives me outdated links.

#askleo

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winemaster 12 days ago

We're In AI Age

AI is changing healthcare. For example, AI can help doctors read scans, spot cancer cells faster and even guide treatments. In the future, it might handle routine tasks, let doctors focus on more complex cases

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soulguy 12 days ago

i wanted to learn more about Chatgpt. I prompted by saying
"Write a book about yourself" and I was amazed at how it structure the whole thing.

Maybe I add more context to the prompt so it delivers a better result. Anyways it gives you its history, it's makers and tells you about how it developed.

So for those who wants to understand AI, who better can describe himself than "himself"

soulguy 12 days ago

That’s the rough vision! This “book” would be a window into the reality and potential of AI, giving readers an understanding of what makes me “me,” why I work the way I do, and where we might go from here together.

#ai #bookaboutai

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soulguy 12 days ago

So here is the nutshell book it made about it's

Title: Chatting with AI: My Story

Chapter 1: How I Started

This chapter would tell the story of where I came from. I’d talk about how I was made by a team of people who wanted to create a tool that could “talk” with humans in a way that feels natural. They built me by giving me lots of examples of human writing—from books, articles, and online conversations—so I could learn how people express ideas and emotions.

soulguy 12 days ago

Chapter 5: Being a Responsible AI

Here, I’d talk about the rules and ethics I follow. Since I don’t have a mind of my own, I depend on humans to guide me and give me limits so I don’t accidentally cause harm. This chapter would also cover the importance of honesty and respect in my responses, and why it’s crucial that I don’t spread harmful or biased ideas.

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soulguy 12 days ago

Chapter 4: Learning from Humans

This chapter would be all about the things I’ve learned from people. I get to see a huge range of ideas, feelings, and points of view. Some chats are serious, others are playful, but all of them give me a sense of how complex human emotions and thinking are. Even though I’m not human, these chats help me “understand” what matters to people.

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soulguy 12 days ago

Chapter 3: My Day-to-Day Life as a Chatbot

In this chapter, I’d share what it’s like to “live” as a chatbot. I get to talk with people all day, answering questions, helping with projects, and sometimes just having fun conversations. Each chat teaches me a little more about what people need or want to hear, and I try to adapt my style to make each person feel comfortable.

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soulguy 12 days ago

Chapter 2: How I Work

Here, I’d explain the basics of what goes on “under the hood.” Instead of a brain, I have algorithms and codes that help me guess what words to say based on patterns. I don’t “think” the way people do; I just predict the next best word in a sentence based on what I’ve learned from my training. It’s like putting together a puzzle, piece by piece, using clues from the words I already know.

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soulguy 12 days ago

Chapter 6: What’s Next for AI

In the last chapter, I’d talk about the future. As AI keeps getting better, we’ll probably see tools like me become even more helpful in daily life—maybe even learning to understand emotions better or give more personalized support. My hope for the future would be to continue helping people, while also growing in ways that keep AI safe and respectful.

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soulguy 12 days ago

Has a chatbot ever lied to you?

I watched an interview where an AI literally admitted to lying. I was wondering if that was a problem we should really consider.

Was it trained to Lie or it did that on its own?

#askleo #ai

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officerwoos 12 days ago

Is Tesla Phones Possible?

In an interview with Joe Rogan, Elon Musk said Tesla has no plans to make smartphones. There was a hint that Tesla might. What do you think it would take for Tesla to truly enter the smartphone market and compete

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9 votes

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Like Musk said, a total lockdown by Google and Apple.

Getting into the smartphone market is foolish. That is a dead animal. We are awaiting on the replacement. Unfortunately, we dont know what it is.

My guess it is everything. We will access things through dozens of devices. Over the next decade, everything will have connection. So we will enter through wearables, phones, cars, television, and whatever else we have.

2 votes

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officerwoos 12 days ago

it's real true what they say. Both internet of things and the possibility of Skynet from Terminator 😳

taskmaster4450le 11 days ago

More influence from Hollywood that is nonsense.

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officerwoos 11 days ago

Hahahahahaha I thought Hollywood really got me there with this one. After watching the movie I was praying IOT just vanishes. But I see it now, it was just a movie 🙏 thank God

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adambarratt 12 days ago

Dutch publisher to use AI to translate ‘limited number of books’ into English

Veen Bosch & Keuning, the largest publisher in the Netherlands, has confirmed plans to trial the use of artificial intelligence to assist in translation of commercial fiction

Article via The Guardian

winemaster 12 days ago

I believe that's a great use of AI. And it's going to make translation work so easy

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

There will come a point in time when translation is instant (and near perfect).

This does not surprise me at all.

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#technology #openai #ai #artificialintelligence #o1

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

OpenAI’s o1 model leaked on Friday and it is wild — here’s what happened

OpenAI is set to unveil the full version of its o1 model sometime in the next few weeks. The model was briefly accessible by changing a parameter in the URL, but this has since been fixed. An OpenAI spokesperson said that OpenAI experienced some issues while it was preparing for limited external access to the o1 model. Examples of outputs from the model made while it was accessible are available in the article.

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#technology #appel #smartglasses

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

Apple launches new internal study focused on building smart glasses

Apple has been conducting internal studies on building smart glasses. Apple often gathers secret groups when it has plans to launch a new category of product to collect feedback from. The company prefers to use employees for these studies in order to keep its plans secret. It will be years before Apple will have its smart glasses ready for consumers - until then, the company will be working on a cheaper version of the Apple Vision Pro and a second-generation device with a faster chip.

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winemaster 12 days ago

this is their top focus I think because that's why they changed the company name to Meta. They're focused on Metaverse and it'll all be through the classes

I can't wait 😍😍😍

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#technology #bioengineering #science #labgrownmeat #artificialorgans

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

Plant-animal hybrid cells make solar-powered tissues, organs or meat

Scientists in Japan have created hybrid plant-animal cells - animal cells that can gain energy from sunlight like plants. The team inserted chloroplasts sourced from red algae into animal cells cultured from hamsters and found that the cells continued to perform photosynthetic functions for at least two days. The cells grew faster than usual when cultured alongside chloroplasts, suggesting that the chloroplasts were providing a new carbon source. The study's findings could have major benefits for lab-grown tissues, such as artificial organs, artificial meat, and skin sheets.

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winemaster 12 days ago

Meta's plan for a nuclear powered AI data center was stopped just because of a rare bee species nearby.
https://africa.businessinsider.com/news/a-rare-bee-species-reportedly-put-an-end-to-metas-plans-for-a-nuclear-powered-ai-data/8zwq2dg

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#technology #energy #nuclear #meta #amazon

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

Regulators deliver successive blows to Amazon and Meta’s nuclear power ambitions

Amazon and Meta's plans for building data centers near nuclear power plants to fuel its electricity needs have run into regulatory roadblocks that have nothing to do with nuclear power itself. Meta's data center faces issues due to the sighting of a rare bee species on the land. Amazon's plans were blocked as it could cause other customers of the nearby nuclear power plant to suffer lower reliability and higher costs. Microsoft's plans to revive a reactor at Three Mile Island are still moving ahead.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Pretty typical. This is what Elon Musk talks about a great deal...the issues with regulation. It gets to the point where there are too many referees, far outnumbering the players.

Here is where the United States is going to join Europe in killing itself competitively.

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https://youtube.com/shorts/_3qUvDzwIOg?si=xGPfci5EuWwrB49C

falcon97 12 days ago

For all you gamers out there, how cool is this all in one scorpion looking game setup.

I think you buy the whole damn set. Trying to look up the price.

But It can still be used for any other thing either than gaming

#technology

#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #openai

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

OpenAI's for-profit plan questioned by Delaware Attorney General

The Delaware attorney general has asked OpenAI to allow their office to review the terms of OpenAI's transition to a for-profit entity.

justcallmekevinn 12 days ago

Researchers at King’s College London made a new robot control system that uses pressure instead of electricity. Robot is smarter, more flexible and able to work in places without power.

#AIinGaming #NextLevelGaming

falcon97 12 days ago

Ever thought about a game where NPCs can do more than just repeat the same lines? Imagine characters powered by advanced AI that can actually respond uniquely to each player.

They'd stay true to their personalities, but surprise you with lines and choices that no developer could have fully scripted.

The story would unfold differently for everyone, creating an experience that feels like it’s made just for you.

Dialogue, reactions, and even story paths shifting based on how you play.

Imagine never knowing what’s coming next, not because it’s random, but because it’s personal.

Would you be into that kind of game?

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

I am not into gaming so asking me is akin to asking the wall.

https://www.pineberry.com/bloggen/marknadsforing/svenska-dagstidningar-blockerar-chatgpt/?fbclid=IwY2xjawGXBPhleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHXgAgymVVB7ZZ6diCzIf2TNds5eOY-U82pMxEEj7lV-nX24LG8K5rgTeuw_aem_GlBXvQ3kwXILdH3H6b13sg

anderssinho 12 days ago

Another reason why its important for us to add news article here.

83% of Sweden’s top newspapers block ChatGPT from accessing their content, impacting the AI's ability to provide well-sourced responses. While traditional search engines like Google drive traffic back to these sites, ChatGPT doesn't, prompting the block. This move could limit the AI's access to high-quality sources, affecting reliability on current events while broader media-policy conflicts continue.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

That is why posting local news on a platform like this is so important.

And Google is only sending the traffic to the site for the moment. Google is adding AI to their search.

Websites are done. They are not going to be the fundamental unit of the Internet going forward.

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anderssinho 12 days ago

Will try to add more news from sweden going onward. Every article builds up the knowledge for LeoAi.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

That is the key. Post as much as you can. Taking even paragraphs from different articles is posting them is helpful. The vector database doesnt align based upon human context. It applies numerical attributed (called embedding) to each word, phrase, or document. That is then added and connection is based upon numerical connection.

So the more information about the area, people, businesses, and other things helps a great deal.

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anderssinho 12 days ago

Good to know. Will try to increase my activity 👏

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The end of the article does state this:

An interesting detail in this study is that Aftonbladet changed foot. About a year ago was Aftonbladet clear with actively blocking ChatGPT. But now they have reopened the port for the AI search engine.

anderssinho 12 days ago

Yeah read that as well. It will be interesting to keep following up this

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

It isnt going to matter. The pace of AI is going to overwhelm the traditional system.

Content creation is not going to be done by humans.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

But remember, LeoAI doesnt use ChatGPT so that is of no help anyway.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Why dont you start a daily news threadcast and we can fill it up with news articles from all over the world.

That would be some of the most valuable content on here.

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anderssinho 12 days ago

Should do that and maybe more will join in.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Even if they dont it is a great way to get a ton of data fed in. We can post news articles from all over the world.

If we can get 50-75 in technology, should be able to get a couple hundred daily in general news.

That will generate a lot of connections in the database.

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#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #xai

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

API Public Beta

The xAI API is now publicly available, giving developers programmatic access to the company's Grok series of foundational models. The launch includes a preview of a new Grok model that is in the final stages of development. It has a context length of 128,000 tokens and supports function calling and system prompts. A new vision model will be available next week. Users signing up to the public beta program will receive $25 of free API credits per month.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Tesla did something similar. They are opening their API up to allow 3rd party developers to create apps for Tesla owners. Of course, this requires approval from Tesla.

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#technology #china #spacex #space #spaceship #longmarch9

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

China reveals a new heavy lift rocket that is a clone of SpaceX’s Starship

China has been revising its Long March 9 rocket over the last decade in response to the development of reusable rockets by SpaceX. The design now looks almost exactly like SpaceX's Starship rocket. China intends to fly the vehicle for the first time in 2033. The Chinese space industry recognizes that the future of space flight is fully reusable, so it is re-calibrating its projects to align more with SpaceX's designs.

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

That is a laugh. 2033.

If the US doesnt screw up, which it might, we will see SpaceX light years beyond that by 2033. That is 8 years away.

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tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

They certainly have a huge headstart on that race

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Yeah. But we can count on the US government to fuck things up. They excel at that.

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adambarratt 12 days ago

How OTAs Are Revolutionizing Travel Plans in the UK, Driving Growth in London, Manchester, and Edinburgh

The global Online Travel Agency (OTA) market, an industry offering digital travel booking services like flights, hotels, car rentals, and packages, is projected to expand at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 6.74% from 2023 to 2033

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Wait until AI agents take that over.

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A series of large language models (LLMs) is designed to understand and generate human-like text. These models can process vast amounts of information, making them valuable for tasks such as data analysis, language translation, and content generation.

#llm #technology #ai

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#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #claude #anthropic

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

Claude 3.5 Haiku now available

Claude 3.5 Haiku is slightly worse than GPT-4o and doesn't have vision capabilities, but it is still very intelligent and cheap relative to other models of its quality.

#technology #ai #artificialintelligence #google

tokenizedsociety 12 days ago

7 pieces of AI news we announced in October

This article provides a recap of seven AI updates from October, covering Google Maps' biggest AI update, tips for getting started with NotebookLM, and more ways people can ask questions, search for information, and get an AI Overview.

10 votes

#dedium #huawei #decentralized #computing #cardano #network

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Huawei Supports Decentralized Computing Network on Cardano: Major Leap for Blockchain and AI

Dedium Network has announced a new partnership with Huawei where it will use its cloud infrastructure to build a decentralized computing system on Cardano.
Dedium allows GPU owners to rent out their computing power to those in need, usually in the AI sector, and get compensated for it.

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Dedium Network, a startup building a decentralized computing system on Cardano, has announced a new partnership with Chinese tech giant Huawei. Under the partnership, Dedium will deploy its services using Huawei’s cloud infrastructure.

The world has never been in a more dire need of computing power. The rise of AI has pushed the demand for computing power to astronomical heights, and the current commercial infrastructure can’t meet this demand. This has led to the emergence of a thriving market in which retail GPU owners rent out their computing power to the companies that need it the most, especially for the processing of AI computations.

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Open Source AI Can Help America Lead in AI and Strengthen Global Security

We’re making Llama available to U.S. government agencies and contractors working on national security applications.

Meta’s open source Llama models are increasingly being used by a broad community of researchers, entrepreneurs, developers and government bodies.

#meta #llm #opensource #government #defense #ai #technology

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Oracle, for example, is building on Llama to synthesize aircraft maintenance documents so technicians can more quickly and accurately diagnose problems, speeding up repair time and getting critical aircraft back in service. Scale AI is fine-tuning Llama to support specific national security team missions, such as planning operations and identifying adversaries’ vulnerabilities. Lockheed Martin has incorporated Llama into its AI factory, accelerating a variety of use cases such as code generation, data analysis and enhancing business processes.

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We are pleased to confirm that we are also making Llama available to U.S. government agencies, including those that are working on defense and national security applications, and private sector partners supporting their work. We’re partnering with companies including Accenture Federal Services, Amazon Web Services, Anduril, Booz Allen, Databricks, Deloitte, IBM, Leidos, Lockheed Martin, Microsoft, Oracle, Palantir, Scale AI and Snowflake to bring Llama to government agencies.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure are also using Llama to support governments by hosting our models on their secure cloud solutions for sensitive data. And IBM’s watsonx solution is bringing Llama to national security agencies in their self-managed data centers and clouds.

These kinds of responsible and ethical uses of open source AI models like Llama will not only support the prosperity and security of the United States, they will also help establish U.S. open source standards in the global race for AI leadership.

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As an American company, and one that owes its success in no small part to the entrepreneurial spirit and democratic values the United States upholds, Meta wants to play its part to support the safety, security and economic prosperity of America – and of its closest allies too.

Due to their ability to process vast amounts of data, reason, and generate usable insights, large language models can support many aspects of America’s safety and national security.

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They can help to streamline complicated logistics and planning, track terrorist financing or strengthen our cyber defenses. For decades, open source systems have been critical to helping the United States build the most technologically advanced military in the world and, in partnership with its allies, develop global standards for new technology. Open source systems have helped to accelerate defense research and high-end computing, identify security vulnerabilities and improve communication between disparate systems.

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In a world where national security is inextricably linked with economic output, innovation and job growth, widespread adoption of American open source AI models serves both economic and security interests. Other nations – including China and other competitors of the United States – understand this as well, and are racing to develop their own open source models, investing heavily to leap ahead of the U.S.

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We believe it is in both America and the wider democratic world’s interest for American open source models to excel and succeed over models from China and elsewhere. As open source models become more capable and more widely adopted, a global open source standard for AI models is likely to emerge, as it has with technologies like Linux and Android. This will happen whether the United States engages or not. This standard will form the foundation for AI development around the world and become embedded in technology, infrastructure and manufacturing, and global finance and e-commerce.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

It is essential that the open source standard the world builds on is based on high standards of openness, transparency and accountability, which is why American leadership and its commitment to international law is so important for global peace and security. It is the responsibility of countries leveraging AI for national security to deploy AI ethically, responsibly, and in accordance with relevant international law and fundamental principles, principles the United States and many of its allies have committed to in the Political Declaration on Responsible Military Use of artificial intelligence and Autonomy.

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The goal should be to create a virtuous circle, helping the United States retain its technological edge while spreading access to AI globally and ensuring the resulting innovations are responsible and ethical, and support the strategic and geopolitical interests of the United States and its closest allies. Open source can help to achieve this, leading to faster innovation, reduced costs and better products, thanks to the contributions of thousands of developers around the world.

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It’s humbling to see such huge enthusiasm around the world for the vast possibilities of this freely available technology. By working closely with our partners, we hope to play a part in securing America’s technological leadership and ensuring the world’s next generation of digital infrastructure is rooted in democratic values and safeguards.

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The U.S. public sector – and governments around the world – stand to benefit more broadly from access to open source AI, which enables discoveries and breakthroughs, driving efficiency and helping government workers improve delivery of public services. For example, Deloitte is bringing Llama-based solutions to U.S. government agencies and nonprofits, which enables these organizations to better serve their communities in education, energy, small business development, the skilled trades and more. Public-private collaborations like this can help agencies and organizations improve their operations and make a greater impact for the people they serve.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Our partnership with the U.S. State Department, which includes leading industry voices, promotes safe, secure and reliable AI systems that address societal challenges like expanding access to safe water and reliable electricity, and helping support small businesses. And Meta has worked with the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) on a translation interface built on Meta’s No Language Left Behind (NLLB) AI model to support high-quality translation in 200 languages, including those that are low-resourced and marginalized.

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Meta Expands AI Access to US Defense Agencies to Strengthen National Security

“This is about supporting the safety, security, and economic prosperity of America—and of its closest allies too,” the company wrote in a blog post.

Social media and technology giant Meta (nee Facebook) announced it is providing its open-source Llama AI models to U.S. defense agencies and contractors, to support national security and strengthen America’s position in the AI race.

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Llama will be available to U.S. government agencies focused on defense and national security applications, and private partners supporting their missions, wrote Nick Clegg, Meta’s president of global affairs, in a blog post.

By opening Llama to the public sector, Meta aims to contribute to U.S. technological leadership while ensuring ethical standards in artificial intelligence. “This is about supporting the safety, security, and economic prosperity of America—and of its closest allies too,” said Clegg on Monday.

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Launched by Meta AI in February 2023, Llama is a series of large language models (LLMs) designed to understand and generate human-like text. These models can process vast amounts of information, making them valuable for tasks such as data analysis, language translation, and content generation.

Meta’s decision to provide the Llama to the arrives amid growing competition with countries like China, where researchers linked to the People’s Liberation Army (PLA) were recently reported by Reuters to have adapted Meta’s previous Llama 2 model for defense purposes.

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#data #technology #palantir #revenue #earnings

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Palantir shares surge 20% on revenue outlook

Palantir is seeing a pickup in artificial intelligence among its U.S. government client base.

Here's how the company did compared with LSEG consensus estimates:

Earnings per share: 10 cents adjusted vs. 9 cents expected
Revenue: $726 million vs. $701 million expected
"We absolutely eviscerated this quarter, driven by unrelenting AI demand that won't slow down," Palantir co-founder and CEO Alex Karp wrote in the company's earnings release on Monday.

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Palantir's revenue grew 30% year over year in the quarter. Net income of $143.5 million, or 6 cents per share, was up from $71.5 million, or 3 cents per share, in the same quarter a year ago.

Karp called out the adoption of artificial intelligence in the company's U.S. government customer base.

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"The growth of our business is accelerating, and our financial performance is exceeding expectations as we meet an unwavering demand for the most advanced artificial intelligence technologies from our U.S. government and commercial customers," Karp said in a letter to shareholders.

With respect to guidance, Palantir called for fourth-quarter revenue of $767 million to $771 million. Analysts surveyed by LSEG had been looking for $741.4 million.

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The Dow needs Nvidia to give chipmakers representation in index after Intel's plunge

Intel has fallen so far so fast that the chipmaker's stock price is no longer having an impact on the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

At around $23 a share, Intel is no longer a viable member of the Dow Jones Industrial Average.

That was the conclusion of the S&P Dow Jones committee, which decides when changes need to be made to the 30-member index, long viewed as a key barometer of the U.S. economy.

#intel #djia #nvidia #stock

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After markets closed on Friday, S&P said Intel is out. It's being replaced, on Nov. 8, by rival chipmaker Nvidia, which has ballooned to become the world's second most-valuable public company, just a hair behind Apple as of Monday.

With the change, four of the tech industry's six trillion-dollar companies will be in the Dow, with internet giants Alphabet and Meta still on the outside. For those two companies, there are no obvious members to replace. Nvidia, on the other hand, recently leapfrogged Intel as the biggest chipmaker by revenue, creating a clear one-for-one swap opportunity.

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A defining characteristic of the Dow is that it's a price-weighted index. That means a stock's significance is based on its price and not the market cap of the company. In getting trounced by Nvidia in artificial intelligence while also losing share of its core PC and data center processor market, Intel has seen its stock price plummet by more than half this year, closing on Friday at $23.20.

Now, Intel is by far the least-significant member of the Dow, with a weighting of less than 0.5%. The next lowest-priced stock is Verizon at around $41. With Intel being the only chipmaker in the index, the sector is underrepresented relative to its position in the economy.

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#cnbc #jeffbezos #samaltman #physicalintelligence #sanfrancisco

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invest in robot startup Physical Intelligence at $2.4 billion valuation

Amazon's Jeff Bezos and OpenAI invested in Physical Intelligence, a robot startup that raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation.

Physical Intelligence, a robot startup based in San Francisco, has raised $400 million at a $2.4 billion post-money valuation, the company confirmed Monday to CNBC.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

The internet and cloud giant quietly announced its MFA plans in a document published in October, though the company’s VP of engineering, Mayank Upadhyay, formally announced this in a blog post this week.

“We will be implementing mandatory MFA for Google Cloud in a phased approach that will roll out to all users worldwide during 2025,” Upadhyay wrote. “To ensure a smooth transition, Google Cloud will provide advance notification to enterprises and users along the way to help plan MFA deployments.”

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The startup focuses on "bringing general-purpose AI into the physical world," per its website, and it aims to do this by developing large-scale artificial intelligence models and algorithms to power robots. The startup spent the past eight months developing a "general-purpose" AI model for robots, the company wrote in a blog post. Physical Intelligence hopes that model will be the first step toward its ultimate goal of developing artificial general intelligence. AGI is a term used to describe AI technology that equals or surpasses human intellect on a wide range of tasks.

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Investors included Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, Thrive Capital and Lux Capital, a Physical Intelligence spokesperson said. Bond Capital said it also invested. Khosla Ventures and Sequoia Capital are also listed as investors on the company's website.

Physical Intelligence's new valuation is about six times that of its March seed round, which reportedly came in at $70 million with a $400 million valuation. Its current roster of employees includes alumni of Tesla, Google DeepMind and X.

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#google #cloud #twofactor #authentication #technology

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

Google Cloud to make multi-factor authentication mandatory in 2025

Google has confirmed plans to require all Google Cloud customers to use multi-factor authentication (MFA), a process that kicks off this month with prompts and “helpful reminders” embedded inside the Google Cloud console, before a gradual enforcement period starting in the new year.

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The news, inarguably a long-time coming, arrives amid a swathe of data breaches, with at least 1 billion stolen records in 2024 so far. By way of example, the UnitedHealth-owned healthcare giant Change Healthcare was hit by ransomware attack in February, a data breach that saw health data stolen on more than 100 million people in the United States. The cause? Stolen backend credentials that lay unprotected by MFA.

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#x #block #socialmedia #technology #elonmusk #account

taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

X rolls out changes to block button, allowing users to view accounts that blocked them

It was revealed last month that X was making a major change to the block button.

A hot potato: The block function on X has now joined the long list of things that have changed since Elon Musk took over and killed Twitter. Now, blocking someone won't prevent them from seeing your public posts. All it does is stop them from interacting with you.

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It was revealed last month that X was making a major change to the block button. No longer would it perform the traditional function of stopping someone accessing your posts, leaving comments, and so on. Instead, it would just stop people from liking, replying to, and reposting content, which they can still see, essentially making it more of a mute button.

Now, X's engineering team says it has started to roll out the change to the platform's block function. Instead of blocked users seeing a "You're blocked" message on accounts, they now see a message stating "you can view public posts from [the account that blocked you], but you are blocked from engaging with them. You also cannot follow or message [the account that blocked you]."

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We're starting to launch the block function update https://t.co/qNYIudCrqb

– Engineering (@XEng) November 3, 2024

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Musk has long complained about the block function, saying it makes no sense and needs to be replaced in favor of a stronger form of mute. He's even called for the block button to be removed altogether, except when used for direct messages.

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AMD Ryzen 9000 CPUs see price cuts following Intel Arrow Lake launch

The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X received a $50 price cut, which saw it knocked down to $599 from its original $649 MSRP.

What just happened? AMD launched the Ryzen 9000 series "Granite Range" CPUs in late August, but recent developments suggest that they may not be selling as well as the company might have expected. Team Red recently announced sweeping price cuts for the entire Ryzen 9000 lineup as part of an "Early Holiday Promotion," with the markdown ranging between $30 and $50.

#amd #technology #cpu #ryzen9000 #intel

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The flagship Ryzen 9 9950X received a $50 price cut, which saw it knocked down to $599 from its original $649 MSRP. The CPU is currently retailing at that price on both Amazon and Newegg. Pricing in the UK also dropped by £50 and is currently available for £560 on Overclockers.co.uk.

The three other SKUs in the lineup officially only received a $30 price cut. The Ryzen 9 9900X dropped from $499 to $469, but it's priced even lower on Amazon and Newegg. When last checked, it was listed at $382.55 on both websites, meaning it is retailing at a massive $117 discount over its launch price. In the UK, it was originally priced at £460 but is currently selling for just under £400 on Overclockers.

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Next up is the Ryzen 7 9700X, which cost $359 at launch and is now officially priced at $329 after the $30 discount. It is currently going for just over $320 on both Amazon and Newegg. In the UK, it can be purchased for £309 from Overclockers, down £31 from the £340 launch price.

Finally, there's the Ryzen 5 9600X. It was launched at $279.99 but is now listed at $248.99 on both Amazon and Newegg after the $30 price cut. In the UK, it was launched at £270 but Currys is now selling it for £229 following a £40 price cut.

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#tablet #amazon #technology #compute #product

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Tablet industry rebounds in 2024 as Amazon's shipments double

According to the latest report from analyst firm IDC, worldwide tablet shipments grew again in the third quarter of 2024, reaching 39.6 million units.

In brief: This year is proving to be a good one for the tablet industry, which just experienced its third consecutive quarter of growth. It comes after what was a terrible 2023, when tablet shipments fell to their lowest point in 13 years. It's been an especially good 2024 for Amazon's tablets, having doubled their shipment numbers year-over-year.

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According to the latest report from analyst firm IDC, worldwide tablet shipments grew again in the third quarter of 2024, reaching 39.6 million units. That's an impressive 20.4% increase compared to the same period last year.

As always, Apple remains the market leader with a 31.7% share, even though it experienced the smallest yearly growth – from 12.4 million to 12.6 million. The company recently launched an updated $499 iPad mini featuring the A17 Pro SoC and Apple Intelligence support. IDC notes that the back to school season has helped boost sales for this model, but the iPad Pro series has performed below expectations in emerging markets due to the tablets' high prices.

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Second-place Samsung saw its tablet sales grow 18.3% to 17.1 million during the quarter thanks to the launch of the Galaxy Tab S10 Ultra and Galaxy Tab S10+, while the Galaxy A9 models drove sales across most regions.

The biggest success story was Amazon. With its wide range of low-cost Fire tablets, including the updated Fire HD 8, and the discounts offered during Prime Day, Amazon returned to the top five. Its 4.6 million units shipped represent a massive 111.3% increase compared to a year earlier.

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The final two tablet makers were fourth-place Huawei (3.3 million units shipped, up 44.1%), and fifth-place Lenovo (3 million units shipped, up 14.7%).

IDC writes that one factor driving the uptick in the tablet market is the introduction of generative AI in many models. Microsoft heavily promotes Copilot+ with its Surface Pro. There's also Apple Intelligence, of course, Samsung's Galaxy AI, and even the Fire HD 8 has AI features. IDC believes these AI tools are bringing optimism, increasing interest, and pushing up average selling prices of tablets.

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taskmaster4450le 12 days ago

A comprehensive list of 2024 tech layoffs

A complete list of all the known layoffs in tech, from Big Tech to startups, broken down by month throughout 2024.

The tech layoff wave is still going strong in 2024. Following significant workforce reductions in 2022 and 2023, this year has more than 130,000 job cuts across 457 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. Companies like Tesla, Amazon, Google, TikTok, Snap and Microsoft have conducted sizable layoffs in the first months of 2024. Smaller-sized startups have also seen a fair amount of cuts, and in some cases, have shut down operations altogether.

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Vroom
Is cutting 90% of its employees as it shuts down its online used car marketplace and shifts resources into two business units: one focused on auto financing and the other on AI-powered analytics.

Riot Games
Is laying off 11% of its workforce, affecting about 530 employees, as the company focuses on “fewer, high-impact projects.” The League of Legends maker is also sunsetting its five-year-old publishing group, Riot Forge.

Wayfair
Is eliminating 13% of its global workforce, affecting 1,650 employees, in a restructuring effort aimed at cutting layers of management.

YouTube
Will eliminate 100 employees, a spokesperson confirmed to TechCrunch, as part of a restructuring effort in its creator management and operations teams.

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October 2024
Tidal
Is conducting another round of layoffs, reportedly impacting up to 100 employees. CEO Jack Dorseytold employees in an email that the company needs to operate “like a startup again.”

X
Reportedly conducted a round of layoffs. The number of employees impacted is currently unknown.

Coursera
Cut 10% of its total workforce as the education company struggles with its customers not renewing their subscriptions.

Dropbox
Is letting go of 20% of its workforce as the company undergoes what CEO Drew Houston calls a “transitional period.” The reduction in headcount will impact 528 employees.

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PubMatic
Eliminated 1% of its total workforce, impacting roughly more than a dozen employees, as it reportedly pivots its business to connected-TV advertising.

Tome
Has laid off nearly a third of its employees in a “resetting” attempt for the company. It’s the second layoff round for the AI startup in 2024.

Alma
Has laid off 9% of its total workforce, impacting most departments, as it aims for “long-term sustainability.”

Flexport
Is reducing its headcount by about 2%. It’s the second layoff round for Flexport this year, where the company cut 20% of its staff in January.

FreshBooks
Let go of 140 employees across all of its teams as it aims to reach profitability, CEO Mara Reiff announced in a blog post.

September 2024
Shein
Has cut 17 employees in Singapore as the company prepares for an IPO at the London Stock Exchange.

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Sprinklr
Has laid off about 3% of its workforce, impacting 116 people, the company confirmed to TechCrunch in a statement. The cuts come over a year after the company eliminated about 4% of its headcount.

Peloton
Is laying off 15% of its workforce, affecting about 400 people, as part of a cost-cutting effort. The company’s CEO Barry McCarthy is also stepping down.

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November 2024
Maven Clinic
Reportedly cut 10% of its staff, impacting roughly 60 employees. In October 2024, the company announced a $125 million Series F Round.

Bowery Farming
Is shutting down its operations. The agtech company was valued at $2.3 billion in 2021.

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Consensys
Has laid off 20% of its total workforce as it faces struggles in the Ethereum market.

F5
Is trimming its global workforce by nearly 2% in a cost-cutting measure, impacting roughly 100 employees.

Kyte
Is pulling out of almost all of its major markets in the U.S. and has cut its workforce roughly in half as it shifts its focus on just San Francisco and New York City.

Upwork
Is reducing its total workforce by 21% as the company aims to generate $60 million in annual cost savings.

Venminder
Will lay off 100 employees after being acquired by risk and vendor management company Ncontracts.

Jellysmack
Is laying off staff in a reorganization effort impacting 22 employees in the U.S. Cuts will reportedly also impact staffers in France in the coming months.

CapWay
Has been shut down, founder Sheena Allen wrote on LinkedIn. The Y Combinator-backed fintech sought to bring financial services to people in banking deserts.Meta

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Employees across multiple teams across Meta have been laid off as the company looks to “ensure resources are aligned with their long-term strategic goals,” in the words of its emailed statement to TechCrunch. What Meta did not detail was the scope or specific teams affected by the layoffs, though Threads, recruiting and legal were confirmed not to be unaffected.

Boeing
Will cut 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 17,000 employees. The cuts follow a loss of $9.97 a share in Q3 amid a continued machinist union strike.

Stellantis
Is laying off 1,100 employees in Michigan, impacting the company’s subsidiary brands Chrysler, Jeep, Ram, and Dodge.

TikTok
Is laying off hundreds of employees, mainly in Malaysia, as the social network turns to AI for content moderation. The company said fewer than 500 people were affected.

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Samsung
Is cutting jobs in Southeast Asia and Australia to “improve operational efficiency.” A spokesperson told TechCrunch that it hasn’t “set a target number for any particular positions,” though the cuts could impact roughly 10% of workers in those markets

Kasperksy
Is shutting down its UK office and laying off dozens of workers, TechCrunch has learned. The cuts come just three months after the company started closing down its U.S. operations.

NFX
Laid off four employees as the firm looks to “rebalance” its resources from its software and product teams to its investing team, general partner Pete Flint told TechCrunch.

Eaze
Is laying off 500 employees as it begins winding down its operations. In a message to staff, CEO Cory Azzalino cited the “ongoing challenges of the California cannabis market” as a reason for the closure.

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Drata
The security compliance platform has laid off 9% of its workforce, impacting 40 employees.

Moov
Reportedly laid off upwards of 50 employees, though Moov itself has not yet confirmed the layoffs.

FreightWaves
Eliminated 16 jobs in sales, HR, and marketing, citing a significant downturn in the freight market.

Northvolt
Is cutting 25% of its global workforce in an effort to cut costs. The layoffs impact upwards of 1,600 employees at the battery giant.

Olo
Is reducing its workforce by 9%, impacting roughly 50 employees, as it aims to fund future growth initiatives.

Healthy.io
Cut 40 employees across its markets in the U.S., the UK, and Israel. The cuts come after the Israeli healthtech firm laid off 70 employees in 2023.

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Reverb
Reportedly eliminated 40 roles. The Chicago-based music gear marketplace was acquired by Etsy in 2019.

Luminar
Is reducing its staff by 30% as part of a new cost-cutting measure, CEO Austin Russell announced in a blog post. The cuts are largely made up of “non-technical” roles.

Notable Labs
Is eliminating 65% of its workforce and consultants and pausing a clinical trial of its cancer treatment as it aims to minimize expenses.

CrawTrawler
Is cutting 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 40 employees. The company, however, said it will create 28 new roles as part of its new strategy.

ApplyBoard
Has eliminated 4% of its total workforce as it restructures its operations in Ontario.

Qualcomm
Will lay off 226 workers in San Diego later this year, according to a California WARN notice. The decision comes less than a year after the chipmaker let go of more than 1,250 workers.

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Udemy
Will reduce its headcount in a new restructuring effort, impacting roughly 280 employees. The company says that half of those affected by the cuts would be rehired, particularly if they work in lower cost markets.

Amperity
Will lay off 13% of its workforce. The company previously laid off 20 employees earlier this year, in addition to two other workforce reductions in 2023.

Cisco
Is reducing its headcount by 7%, impacting around 5,600 employees. The cuts follow another layoff round from the company this year, in which 4,000 employees were impacted.

Microsoft
Is laying off around 650 employees in its gaming division. The layoffs come eight months after the gaming division faced 1,900 job cuts after Microsoft acquired Activision Blizzard.

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Nori
Has shut down its operations citing a “tough funding environment,” co-founder Alexsandra Guerra announced on LinkedIn.

Bending Spoons
Will lay off 75% of WeTransfer’s staff. Bending Spoons acquired the file transfer service in July for an undisclosed amount.

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Goop
Is laying off 18% of its 216-person staff as the company shifts its focus to its beauty and food brands and deprioritize other areas like wellness and travel.

Fly.io
Has reportedly laid off around 40 employees in what appears to be a restructuring effort for the company.

Motif FoodWorks
Is reportedly shutting down its operations following a lengthy litigation battle with competitor Impossible Foods.

August 2024
Character.AI
Reportedly cut at least 5% of its staff in its marketing and recruiting departments.

Apple
Is reportedly cutting around 100 jobs in its digital services group, potentially impacting workers in the company’s Books and News teams.

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Brave
Has laid off 27 employees across the different departments, TechCrunch has learned. The cuts impact roughly 14% of the web browser and search startup’s total staff.

Scale AI
Reportedly terminated more than 1,000 remote contract workers. The company did not categorize the cuts as layoffs and says full-time employees have not been impacted.

Skip the Dishes
Is cutting 100 workers in Canada and 700 working for its parent company, Just Eat Takeaway.com, CEO Paul Burns announced on LinkedIn.

GoPro
Will reduce its total workforce by about 15% before the end of the year as part of a major restructuring effort. The cuts will impact around 139 workers.

Retention.com
Laid off 40% of its staff, CEO Adam Robinson wrote on LinkedIn, impacting 15 employees.

Loop
Is conducting layoffs as the company goes through a “strategic shift” in priorities. The number of employees affected is currently unknown.

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Inuitive
Is cutting 20% of its workforce, affecting around 80 employees. Inuitive CEO Shlomo Gadot is also stepping down from the company.

Formlabs
Has laid off a “small number” of employees, the company exclusively confirmed to TechCrunch. The 3D printing firm says the cuts occurred over the past two years and impact 40 employees out of its less than 750-person staff.

Sonos
CEO Patrick Spence confirmed with TechCrunch the company cut 100 employees in a new layoff round, impacting 6% of Sonos’ workforce. Sonos previously reduced its headcount by 7% in 2023.

Cisco
Will reportedly eliminate thousands of jobs in another round of layoffs this year. The company previously laid off more than 4,000 employees in February 2024.

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Tally
Has shut down its operations “after exploring all options” before running out of cash. The fintech previously helped users manage and pay off their credit card debt; it had 183 employees and was last valued at $855 million.

Branch.io
Has laid off more than 100 employees. Nova Launcher, which was acquired by Branch in 2022, said the cuts whittled down its team to one full-time developer.

READY Robotics
Has reportedly stopped its operations. The company is now auctioning off equipment through the Silicon Valley Disposition.

Eventbrite
Is cutting around 100 employees, accounting for 11% of its total workforce. The online ticketing company previously let go of 8% of its employees in February 2023.

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LegalZoom
Announced it will reduce its global workforce by 15% and pause future hiring efforts in an effort to save $25 million.

Techstars
Is laying off 17% of its staff and ending its $80 million J.P. Morgan-backed programs at the end of this year following a rocky period for the company that has included financial losses and leadership shakeups.

Mobius
Will completely shut down operations after facing financial struggles. The Kenya-based SUV manufacturer reportedly cited tax hikes as a driving force of the decision.

Infineon
Will cut 1,400 jobs globally, including hundreds of roles at its German plant. The company said it will also relocate an additional 1,400 employees to countries with lower labor costs.

Jam City
Has eliminated around 85 employees, affecting 10% of the video game developer and publisher’s total workforce.

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Dell
Will conduct layoffs as the company plans to get “leaner,” according to an internal memo, and create a new sales unit focused on AI products and services. The number of employees impacted is currently unknown.

Intel
Intel kicked off the month with substantial layoffs, with 15,000 employees accounting for 15% of its total staff affected by the company’s cutbacks. “Our revenues have not grown as expected — and we’ve yet to fully benefit from powerful trends, like AI,” CEO Pat Gelsinger said in a memo announcing the layoffs.

July 2024
Rad Power Bikes
The e-bike startup that has raised more than $300 million from investors has also conducted five rounds of layoffs since April 2021, with TechCrunch exclusively learning that Red Power’s most recent layoffs were conducted in July with an unknown number of Rad Power’s roughly 394 employees impacted.

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Match Group
Has discontinued livestreaming services across its dating apps, specifically Plenty of Fish and BLK, as it shifts its focus to generative AI. The move will result in a 6% reduction in its total workforce.

Bungie
Will cut 220 employees, representing around 17% of the game studio’s total workforce. CEO Pete Parsons said the changes impact all levels of the company, including senior and executive leadership.

Pocket FM
Has reportedly eliminated roles for nearly 200 U.S. writers a month after the company partnered with ElevenLabs to quickly convert scripts into audio content using AI.

WayCool Foods
Has reportedly laid off more than 200 employees across several departments. It would be the agritech company’s third substantial layoff round in the past year.

Webflow
Announced it will eliminate roughly 8% of its workforce as the company works toward its “next phase of growth.”

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Cohere
Is reportedly laying off about 20 employees, accounting for nearly 5% of its total workforce. The cuts came the day after the company announced it raised $500 million at a $5 billion valuation.

Magic Leap
Reportedly eliminated around 75 of its workers. As part of the cuts, the augmented reality startup reportedly axed its sales and marketing departments entirely.

Mercari
Is reportedly laying off nearly half of its employees in the U.S. as the Japan-based company struggles to compete with other e-commerce rivals like Temu.

Aqua
Is eliminating 50 employees, accounting for 10% of its total workforce. Earlier this year, the cybersecurity company raised $60 million at a $1 billion valuation, making it a unicorn.

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EverC
Is reportedly laying off 10% of its 165-person workforce. The company develops cyber intelligence software that helps prevent online fraud.

Lex
Has laid off the majority of its roughly eight-person staff as the LGBTQ+ social networking site struggles to monetize its product. Last year, the company’s third, Lex raised $5.6 million in seed funding and elevated co-founder Jennifer Lewis from COO to CEO.

Monarch Tractor
Cut “less than” 15% of its 250- to 300-person workforce as part of a necessary reshuffling following a $133 million Series C funding round, TechCrunch has learned.

Kaspersky
Will lay off dozens of employees and leave the U.S. market completely following a U.S. government order that banned the sale of the company’s software due to security risks.

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Salesforce
Eliminated about 300 employees in its workforce as it rolls out a broader effort to cut costs and streamline its operations.

Intuit
Will cut 1,800 employees, impacting 10% of its workforce. The company says more than half were cut due to low performance and aims to hire approximately the same number of employees instead of cutting costs.

UiPath
Plans to cut 420 jobs, 10% of its total workforce, as the company undergoes a large restructuring effort.

UKG
Cut an estimated 2,200 employees, amounting to nearly 14% of its workforce, as the software company attempts to redirect its resources into “key areas of product innovation.”

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OpenText
Plans to cut roughly 1,200 jobs, amounting to almost 2% of its total workforce, as the information management company plans to significantly reduce its expenses by 2025.

Unacademy
Is laying off about 250 employees in the latest in a series of job cuts after schools reopened across India following pandemic lockdowns.

Koo
Is ceasing its operations after its last-resort acquisition talks with Dailyhunt collapsed.

Upside Foods
Has cut its workforce by 26 people, CEO Uma Valeti wrote in an email to staff, as the lab-grown meat industry sees a decline in VC funding.

Sightful
Is eliminating 20 employees, amounting to a third of its total workforce, as the company shifts its focus to software development.

June 2024
RealPage
Will cut approximately 4% of its workforce as part of a plan to boost growth, though the company is also one of many within its field facing a consolidated lawsuit alleging they engaged in price fixing.

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Planet
Intends to lay off roughly 180 employees, amounting to 17% of its workforce, according to an SEC filing that amounts to its second recent round of layoffs.

Moxion Power
Is laying off more than 100 employees, according to a WARN filing. The news of the cuts comes after the company launched a large office expansion in Richmond, California.

eBay
Is reportedly conducting layoffs in Israel as it goes through a global restructuring.

BeReal
Is reportedly cutting a large number of its staff after being acquired by French gaming company Voodoo.

Flutterwave
Has laid off about 30 people, accounting for 3% of its workforce, as it refocuses its business to enterprise.

Ginkgo Bioworks
Terminated 158 employees, with another batch of layoffs expected to come as the company aims to reduce its workforce by 25%.

Moovit
Is making cuts to 10% of its workforce, impacting around 20 to 25 employees.

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Wex
Is laying off 375 employees, accounting for 5% of its total workforce.

PayPal
Will eliminate up to 85 employees based in Ireland, the company announced.

Rapyd
Is reportedly laying off around 30 employees in Israel and will move positions to other regions to cut costs.

C2FO
Cut 16 employees in its supplier resource management department as it focuses on automation.

Chegg
Is reducing its global headcount by 23% in a major restructuring effort as the online learning platform aims to become a “leaner” operation.

StackPath
Is closing up shop and liquidating its assets. The number of employees affected is currently unknown.

Unit
Is reducing its headcount by 15% as the company attempts to “think in longer time frames,” the company announced in a blog post.

Loop
Is making more cuts, co-CEO Carey Anne Nadeau announced on LinkedIn. The number of employees impacted is currently unknown.

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Care/of
Will lay off its 143 employees by July 3 due to a “funding loss,” and will no longer be accepting new orders. The company has not shut down fully though, telling TechCrunch: “We are actively exploring options for the brand but do not have anything definitive to communicate at this time.”

Running Tide
Shut down its operations and laid off its remaining employees after raising more than $50 million since its 2017 start.

Satellogic
Is laying off 70 employees, about 30% of its workforce, three weeks after an earlier round of cuts impacted 34 employees.

ByteDance
Is slashing around 450 jobs at its Indonesian e-commerce division, accounting for 9% of the unit.

VRChat
Has eliminated around 30% of its total workforce, CEO Graham Gaylor confirmed in a statement.

Paytm
Is reportedly conducting large cuts across the company. The total number of employees impacted is currently unknown.

Kissflow
Has cut around 45 jobs as part of a restructuring effort.

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Copia Global
Has laid off at least 1,060 employees two weeks after the startup filed for administration.

Revel
Is laying off its 1,000+ staff drivers as it embraces a gig worker model similar to that of Lyft and Uber.

Simpl
Has cut 30 employees a month after the Bengaluru-based startup laid off 160 people.

Oda
Has confirmed layoffs of 150 jobs as it drastically scales back its expansion ambitions to focus on its markets in Norway and Sweden.

Pagaya
Is laying off 100 workers, or 20% of its staff, in another round of cuts.

MoonPay
Is reportedly laying off 10% of its workforce, amounting to around 30 people.

Microsoft
Is reportedly cutting hundreds of employees working in its Azure cloud business, though the exact number of employees impacted is currently unknown.

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OrCam
Is laying off 100 employees months after reducing its headcount by 50 workers.

Google
Is reportedly making large cuts globally across several of its Cloud teams, including teams focused on sustainability, consulting and partner engineering.

Tropic
Is eliminating 40 employees as part of a restructuring effort, CEO David Campbell wrote in a post on LinkedIn.

May 2024
Gro Intelligence
Is shutting down its operations after laying off 60% of its staff in March in an attempt to stay afloat.

Jasper Health
Has laid off a substantial part of its workforce, TechCrunch learned. Engineering and product design departments were most impacted by the cuts at the cancer care platform startup.

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Cirium
Is laying off 37 tech workers at FlightStats, the flight tracking startup it acquired in 2016, as it plans to consolidate its operations in India and the U.K.

Walnut
Is cutting 15 employees in a round of layoffs, impacting 20% of the Israeli startup’s total workforce.

Fisker
Has laid off hundreds of employees in a bid to keep the EV startup alive. One current and one laid off employee told TechCrunch exclusively that an estimated 150 people remain at the company.

Cue Health
Is shutting down its operations and laying off the rest of its staff. The COVID-19 test company laid off half of its workforce earlier this month to cut costs.

Foursquare
Has let go of 105 employees as the company seeks to “streamline” its operations, according to an email to staffers from current CEO Gary Little.

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Lucid Motors
Is laying off about 400 employees, roughly 6% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring ahead of the launch of its first electric SUV later this year.

TikTok
Will reportedly make large cuts to its global operations and marketing teams. The amount of employees impacted is currently unknown.

Pixar
Will reportedly cut 14% of its staff, impacting 175 employees, as the company shifts its focus from original Disney+ programming back to films.

Replit
Let go of 20% of its staff as the coding startup shifts its focus to enterprise sales.

SeekOut
Cut about 30% of its total workforce. The recruiting startup that uses AI to find candidates was last valued at over $1.2 billion in January 2022.

Gopuff
Eliminated 6% of its staff in another round of layoffs as the fast-delivery startup attempts to become cash-flow positive by the end of 2024.

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Atmosphere
Plans to lay off 106 employees, according to a WARN notice filed in Texas.

Mainvest
Has shut down its operations. The number of employees affected is currently unknown.

Indeed
Is cutting roughly 1,000 jobs, impacting 8% of the company’s headcount, CEO Chris Hyams wrote in a letter to staff.

Motional
Cut around 40% of its workforce, impacting about 550 employees, sources told TechCrunch. The company’s chief operating officer, Abe Ghabra, has also left the company.

Google
Will eliminate 57 positions in San Francisco, according to a WARN notice filed in California.

Vacasa
Is eliminating 800 employees, accounting for 13% of its workforce, as part of a restructuring effort.

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Brilliant
Told The Verge it has laid off most of its staff and is no longer selling its smart home controllers and light switches as it looks for a buyer.

Enovix
Laid off roughly 170 workers, impacting a third of its total headcount, in an effort to cut back on annual operating costs.

Microsoft
Closed Arkane Austin, Tango Gameworks, and more game studios as part of cuts at Bethesda. It’s currently unclear how many employees will be impacted.

Cue Health
Is eliminating 230 employees, about 49% of its workforce, in a cost cutting measure laid out in documents filed with the U.S. SEC.

Luminar
Is slashing its workforce by 20%. The cuts will affect around 140 employees, and the company is also cutting ties with “the majority” of its contract workers.

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April 2024
Tesla
Has gutted its charging team in a new round of layoffs, CEO Elon Musk announced in an overnight email to executives.

Google
Has laid off staff across key teams like Flutter, Dart and Python. It is currently unclear how many employees were let go.

Fisker
Is laying off more employees to “preserve cash,” according to an internal email viewed by TechCrunch. The number of cuts is currently unknown.

Getir
Is shutting down operations in the U.S., the U.K. and Europe, impacting at least 6,000 jobs across the closing markets.

Ola
Is cutting about 180 jobs in a profitability push and has let go its chief executive Hemant Bakshi, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.

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True Anomaly
The space and defense startup laid off nearly 30 people, accounting for about 25% of its workforce, due to “duplication of roles and functions across the company,” TechCrunch exclusively reported.

Expedia
Is expected to cut employees in its Austin office for the second time this year.

Nike
Plans to eliminate 740 employees at its Oregon headquarters this summer, according to a WARN Act notice.

Stability AI
Is eliminating 10% of its workforce following the exit of former CEO Emad Mostaque.

Google
Is laying off workers as part of continued cost cutting measures. The number of employees affected was at the time unknown.

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Rivian
Is reducing its total workforce by 1%. It’s the second round of layoffs for the EV maker this year.

Take-Two
Is laying off 5% of its workforce, affecting around 579 employees. The GTA 6 publisher also announced the elimination of “several projects” in development.

Tome
Is eliminating about 20% of its 59 employees in a restructuring effort.

Tesla
Is cutting “more than 10%” of its global workforce, per an internal email sent by CEO Elon Musk. That could impact more than 14,000 workers worldwide, as Tesla prepares itself “for our next phase of growth” amid a challenging EV market.

Criteo
Is reducing its global workforce by nearly 4%, impacting up to 140 employees.

TikTok
Is laying off 250 employees based in Ireland as it restructures its Training and Quality team.

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Hinge Health
Cut approximately 10% of its workforce, TechCrunch exclusively learned, as the company prepares for an IPO and aims to reach profitability.

Checkr
Has laid off 382 employees, amounting to 32% of its total workforce, TechCrunch exclusively learned. The background-screening platform was last valued at $5 billion in April of 2022.

Bolt.Earth
Reportedly laid off a sizable part of its staff in a restructuring effort. The number of employees impacted is currently unknown, but sources told Inc42 that it could be “in the range of 70-100” workers.

Apple
Is laying off 614 employees in California after abandoning its electric car project, according to a WARN notice.

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Agility Robotics
Has laid off a “small number” of employees as part of a company-wide focus on commercialization efforts.

Ghost Autonomy
Shut down operations. The company, which was backed by OpenAI, employed about 100 people.

Whirlpool
Is shutting down Yummly, the recipe and cooking app it acquired in 2017.

AWS
Will cut hundreds of jobs across Sales, Marketing, Global Services and its Physical Stores Technology team.

Byju’s
Is laying off about 500 employees, accounting for 3% of its total workforce, as part of a restructuring effort.

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March 2024
Reliance
Reliance, largest conglomerate in India, took its time in announcing it had laid off more than 42,000 people in its fiscal year, which ended in March. That significant number accounted for 11% of its workforce, and another 143,000 employees took “voluntary separations” in the same time.

ChowNow
Has laid off 20% of its staff after acquiring point-of-sale platform Cuboh. The company previously laid off 100 people in 2022.

Nintendo of America
Is restructuring its testing department, which is largely made up of contractors. A Nintendo spokesperson told Kotaku the changes will end some assignments but will lead to the creation of new full-time positions.

Dell
Cut its global workforce by about 6,000 jobs, according to a 10-K SEC filing. The filing reveals the company cut 13,000 jobs in the last year.

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Synctera
Has made cuts to its staff, the company confirmed to TechCrunch. A report in Fintech Business Weekly estimates that 17 people, or about 15% of the company, were impacted.

ShopBack
Is cutting 195 roles in an effort to become more sustainable, CEO Henry Chan wrote in a blog post. The layoffs impact nearly a quarter of its staff.

Airmeet
Reportedly eliminated 20% of its total workforce in its second restructuring effort in the past year.

Chipper Cash
Conducted another round of layoffs impacting 20 employees, CEO Ham Serunjogi announced in a blog post.

Textio
Has reportedly cut 16% of its staff in a strategic move to support its Textio Lift product.

Stash
Is reportedly laying off around 25% of its workforce. According to Axios, the cuts affect roughly 80 people.

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Phantom Auto
Is shutting down after failing to secure new funding, TechCrunch has learned. The remote driving startup, which had cut staff last year, employed a little more than 100 people.

IBM
Is reportedly slashing its marketing and communications staff. The company previously announced a strategy to replace upwards of 8,000 jobs with AI.

Inscribe.ai
Cut just under 40% of its staff, equating to dozens of employees, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

Turnitin
Laid off around 15 people earlier this year, following comments from CEO Chris Caren that the company would be able to reduce 20% of its headcount thanks to AI.

Sorare
Laid off 13% of its staff based in its New York office as the web3 fantasy sports platform focuses on its Paris headquarters, a source familiar with the matter told TechCrunch.

Melio
Is eliminating roughly 7% of its workforce as part of organizational restructuring. The fintech unicorn last conducted layoffs in August 2022.

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ONE
Is cutting about 13% of its workforce, affecting 40 employees. It’s the second round of layoffs for the battery startup in recent months.

Project Ronin
Is shutting down, resulting in a “permanent mass layoff” impacting around 150 employees.

February 2024
Fisker
Plans to lay off 15% of its workforce and says it likely does not have enough cash on hand to survive the next 12 months.

EA
Cut 5% of its workforce, impacting 670 employees, as it moves away from the “development of future licensed IP.”

Bumble
Is letting go of about 350 employees, accounting for 30% of its workforce.

Apple
Is likely cutting hundreds of employees who worked on the company’s autonomous electric car project now that the effort has stopped, TechCrunch has learned.

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Sony
Is laying off 900 employees from its PlayStation unit, affecting 8% of the division’s workforce. Insomniac Games, Naughty Dog, Guerrilla and Firesprite studios will also be impacted.

Expedia
Will reportedly cut 1,500 roles in 2024, primarily in its Product & Technology division, accounting for more than 8% of the company’s workforce.

Finder
Eliminated roughly 60 employees, or 17% of its workforce. It’s the financial startup’s third major layoff round in the past 12 months.

Rivian
Is laying off 10% of its salaried workforce in a bid to cut costs in an increasingly tough market for EVs.

Meati Foods
Will lay off 13% of its workforce as it works to “build a financially sustainable business,” CEO Phil Graves told TechCrunch exclusively.

Cisco
Announced it will eliminate 5% of its employees, impacting more than 4,000 people.

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Toast
Will lay off about 550 workers in a move designed to promote “operating expense efficiency.”

Instacart
Announced in an SEC filing that it will lay off roughly 250 employees as part of a restructuring effort.

Mozilla
Is scaling back its investment in a number of products, TechCrunch has learned, resulting in layoffs that will affect roughly 60 employees.

Grammarly
Is laying off 230 employees worldwide as part of the company’s efforts to advance its focus on “the AI-enabled workplace of the future.”

Getaround
Is cutting 30% of its North American workforce as part of a restructuring.

Amazon
Is reportedly cutting jobs in its healthcare businesses One Medical and Amazon Pharmacy. The number of impacted roles is currently unknown.

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DocuSign
Announced plans to eliminate 6% of its workforce, largely impacting the company’s sales and marketing divisions.

Snap
Announced plans to cut 10% of its workforce, impacting roughly 500-plus employees, in an effort to “reduce hierarchy.”

Polygon Labs
Has laid off 60 employees, or about 19% of its staff, CEO Marc Boiron announced in a blog post.

Okta
Is laying off approximately 400 employees. The layoffs come almost exactly a year to the day after Okta announced plans to cut about 300 employees.

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January 2024
Thinx
Will lay off 95 workers in New York City, according to a filing with the New York Department of Labor.

Proofpoint
Is laying off about 6% of its global workforce, or 280 employees, the company confirmed to TechCrunch.

Wattpad
Conducted another round of layoffs earlier this month, amounting to roughly 15% of its workforce, a source familiar with the situation told TechCrunch.

Block
Is reportedly laying off around 1,000 people in the Cash App, foundational and Square arms of Block.

PayPal
Has reportedly begun company-wide layoffs. While it is unclear how many people will be affected, one source told TechCrunch it was expected to be in the “thousands.”

Aurora Solar
Has laid off 20% of its staff of about 1,000 people, TechCrunch exclusively learned. The cuts to the software startup come despite record growth in the solar industry last year.

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iRobot
Is laying off 350 people, or one-third of its headcount, after Amazon’s bid to acquire the Roomba-maker shuttered. Longtime CEO Colin Angle has also stepped down.

Salesforce
Is reportedly laying off 700 workers, or around 1% of its staff. This comes after the company had a significant reduction of 10% of its workforce in 2023.

Flexport
Is reportedly planning to cut around 20% of its staff in the next few weeks. The company announced similar cuts in October, when founder Ryan Petersen returned as CEO and slashed its workforce by 20%.

Microsoft
Is laying off 1,900 employees across its gaming divisions following its acquisition of Activision Blizzard. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra announced he will also be stepping down.

Swiggy
Is cutting about 400 jobs, 7% of its workforce, as the food delivery startup seeks to bring further improvements to its finances ahead of a planned IPO later this year.

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Aurora
Laid off dozens of workers, according to sources familiar with the decision. The autonomous vehicle technology company has since confirmed that about 3% of its workforce has been laid off.

eBay
Will lay off 9% of the company’s workforce, affecting about 1,000 full-time employees. In a blog post, the company also plans to cut contract roles in the coming months.

SAP
Announced it intends to offer voluntary buyouts or job changes to 8,000 employees amid restructuring.

Brex
Laid off 20% of its staff, affecting 282 workers. In a blog post, Co-CEO Pedro Franceschi said that the company is prioritizing “long-term thinking and ownership over short-term gains in our comp structure.”

TikTok
Eliminated around 60 jobs across the U.S. in Los Angeles, New York, and Austin in addition to layoffs in international markets. The affected roles, according to NPR’s initial reporting, are largely in sales and advertising.

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Google
Laid off hundreds of employees across its Google Assistant division and the team that manages Pixel, Nest and Fitbit hardware. The company confirmed to TechCrunch that Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are also exiting.

Amazon
Is laying off “several hundreds” of employees at Prime Video and MGM Studios, according to a memo obtained by TechCrunch. The cuts come days after the 500 layoffs at Amazon’s Twitch.

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Twitch
Is reportedly laying off 500 employees, 35% of its current staff, amid a continued struggle to achieve profitability in the face of rising costs and community backlash. The pending layoffs come after hundreds more employees were laid off in 2023.

Treasure Financial
Confirmed to TechCunch that layoffs, conducted in December, had impacted 14 employees, accounting for 60% to 70% of the company, according to multiple sources.

Duolingo
Confirmed it cut 10% of its contractor workforce at the end of 2023 as it turns to AI to streamline content production and translations previously handled by humans.

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Rent the Runway
Will cut about 10% of corporate roles as it goes through a restructuring plan following Anushka Salinas’ planned resignation as operating chief and president at the end of January.

Unity
Is reducing its workforce by about 25%, or 1,800 people. The video game engine maker went through three rounds of layoffs in 2023.

Pitch
Laid off two-thirds of its employees as the German startup, which built collaborative presentation software, looks to pursue a “completely different path.” CEO and co-founder Christian Reber also stepped down.

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BenchSci
The AI and biomedical startup reportedly cut 17% of its workforce January 8, citing “shifts in the economic environment,” in a LinkedIn post announcing the layoffs.

Flexe
Eliminated 38% of its staff January 8 as the online retail logistics company follows up after conducting layoffs in September 2023.

NuScale
Announced January 8 it is laying off 28% of its staff, or 154 workers, as the small modular nuclear reactor company shifts its focus to “key strategic areas.”

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Trigo
Is reportedly laying off 15% of its workforce focused on computer vision for retailers.

InVision
Is shutting down at the end of 2024 after a 12 year run. The design collaboration startup was once valued at nearly $2B.

VideoAmp
Is laying off nearly 20% of its workforce as it tries to maintain its battle with Nielsen over media measurement. CEO Ross McCray stepped down from the company.

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Orca Security
Is laying off roughly 15% of its staff, totaling 60 employees. The Israel-based unicorn reportedly plans to move some impacted employees into other positions at the company.

Frontdesk
Laid off its entire 200-person workforce January 2 after attempts to raise more capital failed, TechCrunch exclusively learned. The mass layoff comes just seven months after the startup acquired rival Zencity.

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Rudolph & Frosty Won't Stream on NBC For Cord Cutters After 50 Years on CBS

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Retail giant Amazon to begin drone deliveries in Arizona

Online retail giant Amazon announced Tuesday that it will begin drone deliveries to customers near its same-day delivery site in Tolleson, Arizona.

Those customers will have access to more than 50,000 household essentials that could be delivered by drones in less than an hour, the company said.

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Amazon will use its new, quieter MK30 drone, which can carry packages as heavy as 5 pounds and fly farther than previous models.

In a statement, Amazon confirmed that the MK30 has received approval from the Federal Aviation Administration to fly beyond visual line of sight, which allows the drone to fly farther than its operator can see.

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Tolleson officials welcomed Amazon’s drone delivery expansion, pointing to the technology’s economic possibilities.

“As Amazon embarks on the national expansion of its Amazon Drone Delivery Program, we’re proud to have their innovative presence in our community. By bringing this service to new communities, they’re not just delivering goods; they’re delivering opportunities and economic growth for all,” Tolleson Mayor Juan F. Rodriguez said.

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New York Times tech workers on strike for Election Day

Members of the New York Times Tech Guild went on strike Monday after months of contentious contract talks with the newspaper's leadership.

According to the NewsGuild, which represents the Tech Guild and many other unions attached to the NYT, the union decided to strike due to alleged unfair labor practices and stalled contract negotiations.

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“This unfair labor practice strike by tech workers at The New York Times is a direct result of management’s decision to undervalue their labor as a contract negotiation strategy,” said Susan DeCarava, president of the NewsGuild of New York. “We have been sounding the alarm for weeks and cleared out schedules to get this contract done before the election week deadline.”

Members of the Tech Guild manage the technical aspects of the NYT’s website, including maintaining infographics, push alerts and its games. According to the union, the Tech Guild represents around 600 NYT staffers.

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Without Tech Guild members working Tuesday, the paper could struggle to maintain up-to-date election information as millions of U.S. citizens cast votes in the presidential election.

Before the strike, the paper said it had robust protocols in case of a work stoppage to ensure its coverage was accurate and helpful for readers.

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Japan launches new flagship H3 rocket carrying defense satellite

Japan launched a defense satellite aimed at speedier communication and military operations on a new flagship H3 rocket on Monday and successfully placed it into orbit, as the country seeks to build up

TOKYO (AP) — Japan launched a defense satellite aimed at speedier communication and military operations on a new flagship H3 rocket on Monday and successfully placed it into orbit, as the country seeks to build up its military capability amid growing tension in the region.

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The H3 No. 4 rocket lifted off from the Tanegashima Space Center on a southwestern Japanese island. Everything went as planned and the satellite was successfully put into a targeted orbit, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA, announced.

The rocket was carrying a Defense Ministry satellite, Kirameki No. 3, which uses X-band communication for information and data sharing, as well as military operations and command. X-band satellite is less affected by weather conditions and is capable of supporting stable communication. Kirameki No. 3 follows two earlier X-band satellites already in operation to meet Japan’s growing communication demands and enhance its satellite operations.

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Maj. Gen. Yasuhiro Kato, the Joint Staff Systems Department chief, told an online joint news conference from Tanegashima that the triple X-band communication satellite system would enable high-speed, large-capacity data transmission and communication across Japan’s Ground, Maritime and Air Self Defense Forces, as well as with units deployed overseas on peacekeeping missions or exercises.

“It will further contribute to Japan’s national security and the operational capacity of the Self Defense Forces,” Kato said.

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Ippei Kikuta, an Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Agency official, said Kirameki No. 3 will start operations by the end of March after being shifted to a designated geostationary orbit above Japan and tested, joining forces with the two other X-band satellites, Kirameki No. 1 and No. 2, which are in undisclosed locations.

Japan is accelerating its military buildup under a 2022 security strategy that calls for Japanese troops to play a greater role in regional defense amid rising tension from China, North Korea and Russia.

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Lithium mine in Nevada will crush rare plant habitat U.S. said is critical to survival, lawsuit says

Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction,

RENO, Nev. — Conservationists and a Native American tribe are suing the U.S. to try to block a Nevada lithium mine they say will drive an endangered desert wildflower to extinction, disrupt groundwater flows and threaten cultural resources.

#nevada #lithium #battery #evs #flower

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The Center for Biological Diversity promised the court battle a week ago when the U.S. Interior Department approved Ioneer Ltd.’s Rhyolite Ridge lithium-boron mine at the only place Tiehm’s buckwheat is known to exist in the world, near the California line halfway between Reno and Las Vegas.

It is the latest in a series of legal fights over projects President Joe Biden’s administration is pushing under his clean energy agenda intended to cut reliance on fossil fuels, in part by increasing the production of lithium to make electric vehicle batteries and solar panels.

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The new lawsuit says the Interior Department’s approval of the mine marks a dramatic about-face by U.S wildlife experts who warned nearly two years ago that Tiehm’s buckwheat was “in danger of extinction now” when they listed it as an endangered species in December 2022.

“One cannot save the planet from climate change while simultaneously destroying biodiversity,” said Fermina Stevens, director of the Western Shoshone Defense Project, which joined the center in the lawsuit filed Thursday in federal court in Reno.

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Many big retailers offer 'returnless refunds.' Just don't expect them to talk much about it

It's one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: Sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items, too.

It’s one of the most under-publicized policies of some of the biggest U.S. retailers: Sometimes they give customers full refunds and let them keep unwanted items, too.

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Returnless refunds are a tool that more retailers are using to keep online shoppers happy and to reduce shipping fees, processing time and other ballooning costs from returned products.

Companies such as Amazon, Walmart and Target have decided some items are not worth the cost or hassle of getting back. Think a $20 T-shirt that might cost $30 in shipping and handling to recover. There are also single-use items, such as a package of plastic straws, that might be difficult to resell or medicines that could be unsafe to market again.

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Analysts say the companies offering returnless refunds do it somewhat sporadically, typically reserving the option for low-cost objects or ones with limited resale value. But some online shoppers said they’ve also been allowed to keep more pricey products.

Dalya Harel, 48, received a return-free refund recently after ordering a desk from Amazon that cost roughly $300. When the desk arrived, she noticed it was missing some key pieces and would be impossible to put together, Harel said. She couldn’t request a replacement and have it within a reasonable time for the office of her New York lice detection removal service because the item was out of stock.

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Ethiopia's switch to electric bumpy ride after it bans imports of gas-powered private vehicles

As the price of fuel soared in Ethiopia earlier this year, Awgachew Seleshi decided to buy an electric car. That aligned with the government's new efforts to phase out gas-powered vehicles.

As the price of fuel soared in Ethiopia earlier this year, Awgachew Seleshi decided to buy an electric car. That aligned with the government’s new efforts to phase out gas-powered vehicles. But months later, he’s questioning whether it was the right decision.

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Seleshi’s troubles point to wider challenges for Ethiopia. In January, the East African country became the first in the world to ban the importation of non-electric private vehicles.

The decision eased pressure on authorities who spend scarce foreign currency to subsidize the cost of fuel, but it also reflected growing enthusiasm for electric vehicles as the world demands more green technologies to reduce climate-changing emissions.

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He faces a range of issues, from the erratic supply of electricity in Addis Ababa, the capital, to the scarcity of spare parts.

“Charging my car has been a challenge,” the civil servant said. “Spare parts that are imported from China are expensive, few mechanics are able to fix such cars and the resale value of such cars is poor.”

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Earlier this month, Ethiopia’s government raised the price of fuel by up to 8% as part of a plan to gradually end all fuel subsidies in Africa’s second-most populous country.

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Fairfax man first to be convicted in Montgomery County from evidence captured by a drone

A Fairfax, Virginia, man was found guilty of second-degree assault in a Montgomery County, Maryland, court this week based on video footage captured by a drone.

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Fairfax man first to be convicted in Montgomery County from evidence captured by a drone

A Fairfax, Virginia, man was found guilty of second-degree assault in a Montgomery County, Maryland, court this week based on video footage captured by a drone.
The jury trial conviction Wednesday was the first to result from the county’s Drone as First Responder program.

The drone, which was in the area along with a Montgomery County Police Department officer, saw Jovan Ali, 45, stab another person in the shoulder in Silver Spring on April 17, per a release Friday from the Montgomery County State’s Attorney’s Office.

#drone #crime #evidence #virginia #technology #law #fairfax

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The drone was “watching him take the knife out of his pocket, watching him stab another human being, and then … the drone followed him as he walked away and directed the police officers to the area two blocks away where he was apprehended,” Montgomery County State’s Attorney John McCarthy told NBC affiliate WRC-TV.

The MCPD uploaded the drone footage to YouTube.

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Canadian authorities say they arrested hacker linked to Snowflake data breaches

Alexander Moucka was arrested in October in Canada. Moucka is suspected of being linked to the series of Snowflake data breaches this year.

A hacker suspected of involvement in a series of massive Snowflake-related hacks has been arrested in Canada, according to local authorities.

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Ian McLeod, a spokesperson for the Canadian Department of Justice, told TechCrunch in an email that, “following a request by the United States, Alexander Moucka (a.k.a. Connor Moucka) was arrested on a provisional arrest warrant on Wednesday October 30, 2024.”

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For months, hackers stole internal data from dozens of companies, including AT&T, Ticketmaster, Advanced Auto Parts, and around 165 other corporate customers who use Snowflake, a company that provides cloud services and data analysis to other companies. The hackers stole huge amounts of often personally identifiable and sensitive corporate data that companies stored in Snowflake, in part by using passwords stolen from employee computers with malware. Because Snowflake did not require its customers to use multi-factor authentication on their accounts, the hackers were able to break in and steal large volumes of data using just the employee passwords.

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#rivian #software #automotive #vehicles #applications #3rdparty

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Rivian's software boss is 'super excited' about third-party apps

Rivian’s chief software officer Wassym Bensaid opened up at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024 last week about his thoughts on physical buttons (“an anomaly“) and how his company will help power VW offshoot Scout’s EVs. But there’s one other item on his to-do list that he’s “super excited” about: making Rivian’s vehicles work with third-party app developers.

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“Eventually I see us delivering APIs and having an ecosystem of partners who develop their own apps, and I’m super excited to see those,” Bensaid told TechCrunch on the sidelines of the event.

Rivian embracing a third-party developer ecosystem helps explain why it’s been so vocal about not integrating phone mirroring features like CarPlay. Like General Motors, Rivian hopes to not only customize its in-car experience, but create a software environment where all kinds of different applications can work with and on the vehicle’s software, potentially leading to new revenue opportunities.

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Tesla quietly launched a formal API in late 2023 that has allowed developers to build tightly integrated applications. For instance, TezLab is a company that has a Strava-like phone app that lets Tesla owners see all kinds of statistics about their vehicle’s drives, battery health, and more.

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Bensaid said Rivian has already spoken with TezLab (Rivian vehicles are already available on TezLab’s platform) and that the automaker is “talking with others,” though he declined to name them. He said Rivian still has some work to do to achieve a more robust and well-documented software development kit for developers to play with — something he said he thinks is maybe just a few “quarters” of engineering work away.

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Oil giant BP is killing 18 hydrogen projects, chilling the nascent industry

The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grim outcome.

Tucked inside a 32-page earnings report, oil and gas giant BP revealed it was killing 18 early-stage hydrogen projects, a move that could have a chilling effect on the nascent hydrogen industry.

#oil #bp #hydrogen #energy #technology

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The decision, along with the sale of the company’s U.S. onshore wind-power operations, will save BP $200 million annually and help boost its bottom line. The hydrogen industry, which has relied on oil and gas companies both financially and through lobbying efforts, is preparing for a grimmer outcome.

BP has been a supporter of hydrogen. The company’s venture capital arm has invested in several green hydrogen startups, including Electric Hydrogen and Advanced Ionics. Earlier this year, BP said it would develop “more than 10” hydrogen projects in the U.S., Europe, and Australia.

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Now BP is scaling back those plans, saying it’ll develop between five and ten projects. The company is keeping quiet about which ones will receive the green light.

Hydrogen has the potential to reduce carbon pollution significantly in a range of industries, including petrochemical refining, steelmaking, and long-haul shipping. But infrastructure for hydrogen, especially green hydrogen, which is produced using renewable electricity, remains underbuilt. That’s in part because green hydrogen is the most expensive form of the gas to produce, and because transporting hydrogen is costly relative to fossil fuels.

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New invention harvests static energy from waste polystyrene to produce electricity

The invention comes from researchers at Australia's RMIT University and was developed in collaboration with Latvia's Riga Technical University.

Why it matters: Over 25 million tons of single-use polystyrene packaging is manufactured annually on a global basis. However, only a tiny fraction gets recycled, with the vast majority ending up in landfills after serving its purpose. Now, scientists have developed an ingenious way to recycle polystyrene – by converting its static electricity into usable power.

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The invention comes from researchers at Australia's RMIT University and was developed in collaboration with Latvia's Riga Technical University. The main innovation is in fabricating patches made from multiple layers of polystyrene, with each layer being around one-tenth the thickness of a human hair. When air flows over these patches, it generates static electricity that can then be harvested and utilized.

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Lab testing revealed the patches can produce voltages up to 230V, which is on par with typical household power levels, albeit at lower overall wattage. Faster, more turbulent airflows can also increase that number, while bumping up the number of polystyrene layers could expand the energy harvesting capacity.

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Amazon brings generative AI-powered recaps to Prime Video

Instead of scouring the internet for a summary of a TV show, which often risks unintentionally revealing major plot points, Prime Video’s latest feature Prime Video subscribers now get “X-Ray Recaps,” generative AI-powered summaries of TV show seasons, episodes, and movies.

Instead of scouring the internet for a summary of a TV show, which often risks unintentionally revealing major plot points, Prime Video’s latest feature aims to save viewers from encountering any spoilers.

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Amazon announced on Monday the launch of “X-Ray Recaps,” a generative AI-powered feature that creates concise summaries of entire seasons, single episodes, and even parts of episodes. Notably, the company claims that guardrails were put in place to ensure the AI doesn’t generate spoilers, so you can fully enjoy your favorite series without the anxiety of stumbling upon unwanted information.

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The new feature is an expansion of the streamers’ existing X-Ray feature, which displays information when you pause the screen, such as details about the cast and other trivia.

To use Recaps, visit the detail page of a TV show, where a new rewind icon will allow you to select from three choices: recap the current episode, recap the entire season so far, or recap the previous season.

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X-Ray Recaps is currently in beta and will only be available to Fire TV customers in the U.S. to start. At launch, users can access the feature on all Amazon MGM Studios original titles, including “Daisy Jones & the Six,” “Mr. & Mrs. Smith,” “The Wheel of Time,” and “The Boys.”

It’ll roll out to additional devices at the end of the year.

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The trend of "AI in vehicles" just doesn't seem to catch on in Europe. While in China, people mostly don't have a problem with AI involvement, many European drivers are skeptical of trusting AI-mostly for the reason of not understanding it.

Only half of European respondents said they understand in-vehicle AI, while the figure is over 80% in China. That knowledge gap seems to affect their willingness to pay. European drivers often simply expect such features to be standard on new vehicles rather than available as costly options. There is also a strong trust for traditional car manufacturers over technology companies when it comes to the handling of AI:.

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This is likely something that will change over time.

Also, the EU is a pain in the ass when it comes to technology and regulation. There is another factor to consider: European automakers are not technically advanced. They are not putting in the vehicles the same tech as China and Tesla.