Showing all posts tagged Big Tech
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Microsoft Bing’s New ‘DALL-E’ Feature Lets You Create AI Images
Is Microsoft's slick AI image-creation feature enough to give it the edge over Google search?
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Report: Disney Could Cut 4,000 Jobs Next Month
Disney has reportedly directed its managers to plan out budget cuts and put together lists of employees to be laid off.
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Amazon Will Lay Off 9,000 More Employees
The cuts impact four divisions of the ecommerce company: Amazon Web Services, advertising, Twitch, and human resources.
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Internal Amazon FAQ Tells of Strict Back to Office Mandate
Amazon's employees are already upset about the company's return-to-work plans, and this will do nothing to quell tensions.
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Microsoft Office’s New ‘Copilot’ AI Tool Can Create PowerPoints
The tool draws on large language models, pairing them with the personal user data available within Office apps.
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ChatGPT-Like Features Are Coming to Google Docs and Gmail
Google's new features allow users to streamline drafting documents and emails. But do they trump Microsoft's?
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Apple Extends Hiring Freeze and Delays Bonuses To Cut Costs
As other big tech companies make major layoffs, Apple is curbing the trend. But how long can this last?
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Codename P92: Meta Is Making a “Decentralized” Social Media App
Unsatisfied with Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, Mark Zuckerberg is looking to add a further string to his bow.
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Google One VPN Scans Dark Web For Data Breaches
The new feature will be available to all Google One subscribers from today, as the tech giant expands its VPN offering.
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Atlassian Lays Off 500 Workers in Big Tech’s Latest Casualty
As the company shifts its focus on "high priority" areas, workers bear the brunt yet again.
Isobel O'Sullivan -
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Twitter Layoffs: “Hardcore Musk Loyalists” Axed in Surprise Cull
Around one-tenth of Twitter's already-shrunken workforce parted ways with the social media site this weekend.
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Google Employees Are Being Asked to Share Desks
After laying off 11,000 employees earlier this year, Google is doing everything it can to cut costs in a recession.
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Thousands of Amazon Staff Outraged at Return-to-Office Policy
Amazon staff have started a Slack channel to air their grievances, while thousands have signed a petition opposing the plans.
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Elon Musk’s Twitter Faces Nine Lawsuits for Failing to Pay Bills
Musk has been missing monthly payments since he took over Twitter, but creditors are fighting back via the courts.
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Google CEO Wants Employees To Fix Problematic Bard AI Chatbot
As the extra testing hours soon to be logged at Google's offices prove, the biggest chatbots still have a long way to go.
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Have Sweeping Layoffs Broken Employee Trust in Big Tech?
Cost-cutting measures across the industry are eroding trust for employees and potential candidates alike.
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Twilio Lays Off 17% of Staff in Second Round of Firings
As Twilio continues its restructuring efforts, 28% of the company have now been shown the door in the last six months.
Isobel O'Sullivan -
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Yahoo Cuts 20% of Workforce in Latest Lay Offs Shock
As Yahoo's advertising unit continues to underperform, its CEO has decided to channel funds elsewhere.
Isobel O'Sullivan -
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Meta Wants Some Managers to Stop Managing or Quit
"I don’t think you want a management structure that’s just managers managing managers, managing managers..."
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Google Stock Plummets After AI Chatbot Demo Fail
Google continues to lag behind Microsoft, who acquired OpenAI, the company behind the ChatGPT tech that has turned heads.
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Baidu Joins AI Race With New ChatGPT-Challenger
Hong-Kong-based ERNIE is the latest AI chatbot announced this week to rival Google's Bard and Microsoft-backed ChatGPT.
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