How tech worker activism has grown more cautious as companies crack down and once-privileged workers realize they don't have much leverage
@kickstarterunited.org @opeiulocal153.bsky.social Veena Dubal / @veenadubal : “Still, Ms. Redwine, the Kickstarter employee turned labor organizer, said layoffs and pressure from management had made m...
A look at “TSMC Village” in North Phoenix, as TSMC brings skilled workers from Taiwan who struggle with adapting to a sprawling suburbia and summer temperatures
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Q&A with Bill Ready, who became Pinterest's CEO in 2022, about changes during his tenure, winning over Gen Z, Pinterest's business model, AI content, and more
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How TBPN's daily livestream became the preferred news show of tech insiders, as it taps into the “who's up, who's down” part of Silicon Valley culture
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A profile of Netflix VP Brandon Riegg, who oversees unscripted series, sports, documentary series, and gaming, as the company pushes into live shows and sports
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A look at Big Tech's AI talent wars with massive compensation packages; sources: Meta told potential hires they would be allotted 30K GPUs for their AI research
Talked about my Windsurf scoop & Meta feature, plus tales from AI industry folks watching it all unfold on the inside. www.theverge.com/decoder-podc... @om.co : Zuck's new “Super intelligence” memo is...
Source: Microsoft plans to lay off ~9,000 employees, or less than 4% of its workforce, across teams and role types, after cutting ~6,000 in May and 300+ in June
read Phil Spencer's note to staff Bloomberg : Microsoft Cuts 9,000 Workers in Second Wave of Major Layoffs IGN : Microsoft Makes Significant Layoffs Across Gaming Division, Xbox Boss Phil Spencer Conf...
OpenAI says board member Fidji Simo will lead its business and operations teams in her new role as CEO of Applications, overseeing sales, marketing, and finance
Mike Isaac / New York Times : X: @mikeisaac X: Rat King / @mikeisaac : ceo of Instacart leaves to become sub-ceo of OpenAI under Altman not sure what “applications” entails (sam please elaborate if y...
OpenAI backtracks and says its nonprofit will remain in control of its business operations, after a “constructive dialogue” with civic leaders and DE and CA AGs
so it's making a change Aaron McDade / Yahoo Finance : OpenAI Scraps For-Profit Plans New York Times : The Stakes for OpenAI's Plan B The Irish Times : OpenAI ditches plan to convert to for-profit bus...
Eric Schmidt becomes CEO of Relativity Space; sources say Schmidt made a significant investment in the rocket building startup to take a controlling stake
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