Sources: Meta is giving some VR developers compensation packages of $600K to $1M, significantly more than most gaming companies, despite a push to rein in costs
salaries and perks were relatively low and a lot of indie stuff + startups were in same ballpark. By ~2015 or so, it was vastly different order of magnitude with comp/perks and no-brainer for lots of ...
California regulators close SVB and name the FDIC as the receiver to protect insured deposits; SVB ended 2022 with ~$209B in assets and $175.4B in deposits
banks, lawyers, etc — and it's a minor but not insignificant screening mechanism. https://twitter.com/... Jason Zweig / @jasonzweigwsj : If you want to create a perverse incentive for banks to become ...
Meta won't hold its F8 developer conference in 2022, instead holding Conversations, a “business messaging event” on May 19, and an AR/VR event “later this year”
Similar to years past, we are taking a brief break in programming … Scott Hayden / Road to VR : Meta Cancels F8 Developer Conference This Year to “build the metaverse” Oliver Haslam / iMore : There wi...
A recap of Elon Musk's Clubhouse appearance, which broke the 5,000 participant limit, pushing some to YouTube, and included an interview with Robinhood's CEO
even if it's a group of really interesting people talking — things get boring. Dan Romero / @dwr : There have been multiple 1000+ person rooms *pre-gaming* tonight's Elon interview on @GoodTimeShowCH....
Ann Syrdal, AT&T researcher who helped give computers a female voice and laid the groundwork for digital assistants like Siri and Alexa, dies at 74
a much harder result to achieve, in part because so much of the previous engineering work had been done for male voices.” https://www.nytimes.com/... Daniel E. Slotnik / @dslotnik : Without Ann Syrdal...
Profile of Vergence Labs, a small LA startup Snap Inc. acquired in 2014 for Spectacles-related tech
Alex Heath / Business Insider : Tweets: @brianroemmele , @kifleswing , @nbashaw , @ajs , @alexeheath and @lexnfx . Thanks: @mattrosoff Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : Brilliant journalism b...
Profile of Vergence Labs, a small LA startup Snap Inc. acquired in 2014 for Spectacles-related tech
Alex Heath / Business Insider : Tweets: @brianroemmele , @kifleswing , @nbashaw , @ajs , @alexeheath and @lexnfx . Thanks: @mattrosoff Tweets: Brian Roemmele / @brianroemmele : Brilliant journalism b...
Profile of Vergence Labs, a small LA startup Snap Inc. acquired in 2014 for Spectacles-related tech
Hundreds of people lined up off Venice Beach boardwalk on a sunny November morning to buy Snapchat's Spectacles from a bright yellow vending machine. — It was the first day the $130 camera glasses …...