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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters: A proposed class action lawsuit accuses Elon Musk of insider trading by manipulating Dogecoin; Musk allegedly sold ~$124M in DOGE after Twitter’s logo change  —  Elon Musk is being accused of insider trading in a proposed class action by investors accusing the Tesla Inc (TSLA.O) … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Alexandre Tanzi / Bloomberg: Challenger report: US tech companies have announced 136,831 layoffs in 2023 so far, more than in any full year since 2001, when job cuts reached 168,395  —  US companies have announced more job cuts this year than during all of 2022, according to executive coaching firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas Inc. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Micah Lee / The Intercept: AT Protocol’s account portability tool gives the users of Bluesky, a public benefit LLC independent from Twitter, a way out should a billionaire take over  —  Here are some answers about the new social media network Bluesky that you don’t need an invite to see. … The vibes are great. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Knight / Wired: A look at Voyager, a Minecraft bot created by an Nvidia team using GPT-4, which obtains over 3x as many items and builds tools 15x quicker than other AI bots  —  The bot plays the video game by tapping the text generator to pick up new skills, suggesting that the tech behind ChatGPT could automate many workplace tasks. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Anthony Capaccio / Bloomberg: The US Defense Department plans to buy Starlink satellite terminals and services for use by Ukraine’s military, after a funding dispute with SpaceX  —  The Pentagon is buying Starlink satellite communications terminals and services from billionaire Elon Musk’s SpaceX for use by the Ukraine military, the Defense Department said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sheila Dang / Reuters: Twitter’s VP of Trust and Safety Ella Irwin says she has resigned from the company; Irwin joined in June 2022 and took over T&S when Yoel Roth resigned  —  Twitter’s head of trust and safety Ella Irwin told Reuters on Thursday that she has resigned from the social media company. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jordan Novet / CNBC: Sources: Microsoft agrees to spend potentially billions of dollars on CoreWeave’s products; the GPU cloud provider raised $200M, bringing its Series B to $421M  —  – Microsoft’s agreement with CoreWeave could be worth billions of dollars over multiple years, people familiar with the matter said. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Tom Warren / The Verge: Microsoft updates Windows 11’s built-in Teams app with Discord-like communities, available on mobile since December 2022, and AI art tool Designer in preview  —  Microsoft is greatly improving its free version of Microsoft Teams on Windows 11 today.  The built-in Teams app will now include support … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ginger Adams Otis / Wall Street Journal: Meta updates its policy to require employees assigned to an office to start coming in three days per week starting September 5; remote workers are exempt  —  Change will take effect Sept. 5 for employees already assigned to an office; remote workers’ status won’t change Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is planning 53 new, relocated, or remodeled retail stores worldwide through 2027, including 15 new stores across the Asia-Pacific region  —  Apple Inc. is working on plans to expand and revitalize its retail chain, aiming to push deeper into China and other parts of Asia … Lees verder op Tech Meme