AnandTech shuts down after covering PC and mobile hardware for over 27 years; publisher Future plans to keep AnandTech's website and articles live indefinitely
Ryan Smith, with some very sad news: — It is with great sadness … Shawn Knight / TechSpot : AnandTech ends its 27-year run in online tech publishing John Callaham / Neowin : The well regarded PC har...
Epic Games lays off 16% of its workforce, or ~830 employees, divests from music storefront Bandcamp, and intends to spin off “kid-tech” company SuperAwesome
Earlier today Tim Sweeney sent the following email to Epic employees: Tim Sweezy / HotHardware : Epic Games Confirms Massive Layoffs After Fortnite And Metaverse Spending Spree Jamie Crawley / CoinDes...
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...
Slack closes at $38.62, up 48.5% from its $26 reference price, on its first day of trading, valuing the company at about $20B
for Now Reuters : Slack stock surges at debut, values company at more than $25 billion Thomas Franck / CNBC : Slack CEO explains why the company didn't go public with a traditional IPO Shawn Knight / ...
Jeff and MacKenzie Bezos announce they are divorcing after 25 years of marriage; MacKenzie worked at Amazon from the beginning
How Podcasts Are Filling a Real Need Kif Leswing / Business Insider : Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, announce they are divorcing Levi Pulkkinen / The Guardian : MacKenzie Bezos: divorc...
Andy Rubin's Essential confirms layoffs; sources say it's almost a third of its workforce, primarily from the startup's hardware and sales divisions
Some More Skepticism About Blockchains, Bitcoins, and What Not Cromwell Schubarth / Silicon Valley Business Journal : $100M later, Andy Rubin's cutting staff and looking for what's Essential Habeeb On...
Filing shows Yahoo's Marissa Mayer is set to make about $186M from Verizon deal based on current stock value, from options, restricted units, and shares
Inside the fading tech giant's lavish multi-million dollar soiree. Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Marissa Mayer will depart Yahoo with enough money to leave her children's children an inheritance Luke Stan...
Intel discontinues Intel Developer Forum, citing its transition from a PC-centric to a data-centric company as the main reason
Intel has decided to end … Jack Purcher / Patently Apple : End of an Era: The Intel Developer Forum (IDF) is Officially Dead Steven Musil / CNET : Intel pulls the plug on its annual Intel Developer Fo...
Uber hires veteran NASA engineer Mark Moore as director of engineering for aviation as part of its Uber Elevate flying car initiative
here are 5 others Bryan Clark / The Next Web : Uber snags NASA engineer to explore the feasibility of flying taxis Shawn Knight / TechSpot : Uber hires 30-year NASA veteran to lead Elevate, its flying...
Tech:NYC, a new tech industry lobbying group, launches, with Fred Wilson and Tim Armstrong as co-chairs and members including Google, Facebook, and Uber
The tech sector in New York City has grown … Steve Dent / Engadget : Google and AOL team up to stop tech talent leaving NYC Fred Wilson / AVC : Tech:NYC — Yesterday was the launch of a new organizat...