Apple announces Workout Buddy, bringing Apple Intelligence to Apple Watch fitness workouts by providing personalized insights during exercise sessions
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Automattic lays off 16% of its staff, CEO Matt Mullenweg says to become “more agile and responsive”; ahead of the layoffs, its website listed 1,744 employees
· — Earlier today, CEO Matt Mullenweg shared … Business Today : WordPress parent Automattic lays off 16% of its employees amid legal and market challenges Emma Roth / The Verge :...
Socket, which provides tools to help detect open source code vulnerabilities, raised a $40M Series B led by Abstract Ventures, taking its total funding to $65M
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Source: a breakthrough spearheaded by OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever enabled a model that could solve basic math problems, stoking excitement and concern
One day before he was fired by OpenAI's board last week, Sam Altman alluded to a recent technical advance the company …
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as chair, alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
4 key takeaways Jason Dorrier / Singularity Hub : OpenAI Mayhem: What We Know Now, Don't Know Yet, and What Could Be Next New York Times : Explaining OpenAI's Board Shake-Up CNBC :...
OpenAI reaches a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with an initial board of Bret Taylor as Chair alongside Larry Summers and Adam D'Angelo
OpenAI said late Tuesday that it had reached a deal in principle for Sam Altman to return as CEO, with a new board chaired by former Salesforce co-CEO Bret Taylor.
Zoom plans to cut ~1,300 staff, or ~15% of its workforce, offering US employees up to 16 weeks severance, including salary, health care, and bonus; ZM jumps 5%+
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Elon Musk fired at least two Twitter engineers who publicly criticized him on the social network, in one case announcing the firing in a now-deleted tweet
In an email to Twitter staff, Elon Musk gives an ultimatum: commit to a new “hardcore” Twitter by 5pm ET on Thursday or leave with three months severance
It comes as Musk's first major feature, Twitter Blue Verified, was halted while the company probes issues that arose from its launch.
Elon Musk fired at least two Twitter engineers who publicly criticized him on the social network, in one case announcing the firing in a now-deleted tweet
Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk, who has called himself a “free speech absolutist,” has resorted to firing company engineers who publicly criticize him on the social-media service.
Coinbase shares an internal email on an upcoming NYT story alleging several Black employees had negative experiences, says it “will paint an inaccurate picture”
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Starting Oct. 1, all new source code repositories on GitHub will be named “main” instead of “master” as part of company's effort to abandon non-inclusive terms
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A software engineer's account of his year and a half at Snap, from dealing with a micromanaging director to the move from the Venice to the Santa Monica offices
Marko Tupper : Tweets: @karissabe , @richardmatthias , @tompjacobs , @tomwhitwell , and @holman Tweets: Karissa Bell / @karissabe : So uh, are we supposed to feel bad for this for...
Smart lock maker Otto, which unveiled its first product in August 2017, suspends operations
Otto showed the world its digital lock in August. Four months later, the company has suspended operations. Hardware is hard. It's a cliche for a reason. — The company made the...