Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft plans to add 3D avatars for all Teams users in May 2023, after announcing the feature in 2021 and testing the functionality privately in recent months  —  Microsoft originally announced the avatars feature in 2021 and has been testing it privately in recent months. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: Apple announces “Shop With a Specialist Over Video”, a live shopping experience on apple.com for US customers looking to buy an iPhone  —  Apple today announced that customers in the U.S. can now connect with an Apple retail employee over a one-way video session while shopping for an iPhone on the company’s online store. Lees verder op Tech Meme

TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to cut another 10,000 jobs and withdraw around 5,000 open roles, just four months after cutting 11,000 jobs  —  Meta plans to cut its workforce by another 10,000 people and withdraw around 5,000 open roles that it had yet to fill, company co-founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme

William Shaw / Bloomberg: UK bank NatWest places a £1,000 daily and £5,000 monthly limit on transfers to crypto exchanges, citing scams, after similar moves by Lloyds and HSBC  —  NatWest Group Plc has restricted customers’ crypto activity, becoming the latest UK bank to put limits on the volatile asset class. Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Google launches an API for its PaLM language model, a new app called MakerSuite to help developers train PaLM, expands support for AI in Vertex AI, and more  —  Google is offering developers access to one of its most advanced AI language models: PaLM.  The search giant is launching an API … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kim Mackrael / Wall Street Journal: Microsoft signs a 10-year deal with Boosteroid to distribute Call of Duty if the Activision deal is approved, the third such deal; Boosteroid has ~4M users  —  Agreement is part of push to convince regulators that the planned $75 billion acquisition won’t harm the videogame industry Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Vincent / The Verge: Google announces AI-powered features for Docs, Gmail, Sheets, Slides, and other Workspace apps, helping users generate text, summarize topics, and create images  —  Google has announced a suite of upcoming generative AI features for its various Workspace apps, including Google Docs, Gmail, Sheets, and Slides. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Reuters: Blackstone plans to acquire event management software maker Cvent for $4.6B, or $8.50 per share; Cvent went public via SPAC at a $5.3B valuation in July 2021  —  Buyout firm Blackstone Inc (BX.N) agreed to purchase U.S. software provider Cvent Holding Corp (CVT.O) in a deal valued at $4.6 billion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Manish Singh / TechCrunch: Mark Zuckerberg says Meta plans to cut another 10,000 jobs and withdraw around 5,000 open roles, just four months after cutting 11,000 jobs  —  Meta plans to cut its workforce by another 10,000 people and close around 5,000 open roles that it has not filled yet, company’s founder … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kyle Wiggers / TechCrunch: Tel Aviv-based cloud security SaaS startup Mitiga raised a $45M Series A led by ClearSky Security at a $100M valuation, taking its total funding to $77M  —  Companies moved en masse to the cloud during the pandemic, under pressure to digitally transform.  According to a 2021 survey from O’Reilly … Lees verder op Tech Meme