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Sources: Salesforce is still paying Matthew McConaughey $10M a year to act as a “creative adviser” despite thousands of layoffs and multiple activist investors (Wall Street Journal) 01-03-2023

Wall Street Journal: Sources: Salesforce is still paying Matthew McConaughey $10M a year to act as a “creative adviser” despite thousands of layoffs and multiple activist investors  —  The $160 billion business-software company has joined the tech industry’s retrenchment, laying off thousands Lees verder op Tech Meme

Dell updates the XPS 15 and 17 laptops with Intel's 13th-Gen H-series CPUs and Nvidia's RTX 40-series GPUs, starting at $2,949 and $3,399, available on March 2 (Scharon Harding/Ars Technica) 01-03-2023

Scharon Harding / Ars Technica: Dell updates the XPS 15 and 17 laptops with Intel’s 13th-Gen H-series CPUs and Nvidia’s RTX 40-series GPUs, starting at $2,949 and $3,399, available on March 2  —  Dell sticks to chip upgrades for the latest models.  —  Dell has begun refreshing its popular XPS lineup of desktops and laptops … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Internal roadmap: Meta to release three new Quest headsets, smart glasses with a display in 2025 alongside a neural interface smartwatch, and AR glasses in 2027 (Alex Heath/The Verge) 01-03-2023

Alex Heath / The Verge: Internal roadmap: Meta to release three new Quest headsets, smart glasses with a display in 2025 alongside a neural interface smartwatch, and AR glasses in 2027  —  During an internal presentation, Meta execs laid out plans for three new Quest headsets, AR glasses in 2027, and a ‘neural interface’ smartwatch. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mid-to-late stage tech startups will likely face a reckoning in late 2023 to 2024, as companies run out of cash from “free rounds” fueled by low interest rates (Elad Gil/Elad Blog) 01-03-2023

Elad Gil / Elad Blog: Mid-to-late stage tech startups will likely face a reckoning in late 2023 to 2024, as companies run out of cash from “free rounds” fueled by low interest rates  —  The coming reset in mid-to-late stage startups in 2023-2024 is at this point likely largely decoupled from interest rates and inflation. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Q&A with iHeartMedia's Conal Byrne on overseeing podcasting at the company, the industry maturing, RSS, radio and podcast ads, subscriptions, and exclusivity (Nilay Patel/The Verge) 01-03-2023

Nilay Patel / The Verge: Q&A with iHeartMedia’s Conal Byrne on overseeing podcasting at the company, the industry maturing, RSS, radio and podcast ads, subscriptions, and exclusivity  —  Amid layoffs and a looming recession, folks are concerned about the audio industry. iHeart’s podcast head Conal Byrne is not worried. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh pleads guilty to six US criminal charges, becoming the third FTX exec close to SBF to plead guilty and cooperate (Reuters) 28-02-2023

Reuters: Former FTX Director of Engineering Nishad Singh pleads guilty to six US criminal charges, becoming the third FTX exec close to SBF to plead guilty and cooperate  —  Nishad Singh, the former director of engineering at now-bankrupt cryptocurrency exchange FTX, pleaded guilty to U.S. criminal charges … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Twitter changes its violent speech policy to ban users from voicing “wishes of harm” on people, a policy reversal, as well as homes and essential infrastructure (Karissa Bell/Engadget) 01-03-2023

Karissa Bell / Engadget: Twitter changes its violent speech policy to ban users from voicing “wishes of harm” on people, a policy reversal, as well as homes and essential infrastructure  —  Twitter is once again tightening its rules around what users are permitted to say on the platform. Lees verder op Tech Meme

HP reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $14.1B est., Personal Systems net revenue down 24% YoY to $9.2B, and Printing net revenue down 5% YoY to $4.6B (Reuters) 28-02-2023

Reuters: HP reports Q1 revenue down 19% YoY to $13.8B, vs. $14.1B est., Personal Systems net revenue down 24% YoY to $9.2B, and Printing net revenue down 5% YoY to $4.6B  —  HP Inc (HPQ.N) on Tuesday reported the steepest fall in quarterly revenue since 2016 and missed analysts’ estimates … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Memo and sources: Instacart told employees that its Q4 revenue increased 50%+ YoY, Q4 gross profit rose 80%+ YoY, and 2022 revenue grew 39% YoY to ~$2.5B (Wall Street Journal) 28-02-2023

Wall Street Journal: Memo and sources: Instacart told employees that its Q4 revenue increased 50%+ YoY, Q4 gross profit rose 80%+ YoY, and 2022 revenue grew 39% YoY to ~$2.5B  —  The company increased revenue 39% in 2022 despite slowing sales on its grocery delivery app  —  Instacart Inc. generated sharply higher sales … Lees verder op Tech Meme