Tech Meme

Samantha Cole / 404 Media: Sources: Matt Mullenweg offered another buyout offer to Automattic staff; Mullenweg appears to have redirected staff’s Blind sign-up emails to himself  —  Automattic CEO Matt Mullenweg made another buyout offer this week, and threatened employees who speak to the press with termination. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Kali Hays / Fortune: Sources: Meta laid off ~100 people, at least the third such incremental layoff at Meta in 2024, separate from those let go for improper use of Grubhub credits  —  Mark Zuckerberg at Meta Connect in 2024.  —  Scores of Meta employees have been laid off this week, as the company embraces … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Sam Altman’s Worldcoin rebrands as World, unveils a new Orb powered by Nvidia’s Jetson chipset, plans to integrate its ID verification into other software, more  —  – It also is updating its mobile app to support “mini apps” from various third parties.  —  World said the new version … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sara Fischer / Axios: Memo: Google will block US election ads after the polls close on November 5 to prevent misinfo about voting, including candidates prematurely claiming victory  —  – Google is implementing the policy “out of an abundance of caution and to limit the potential for confusion … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Miles Kruppa / Wall Street Journal: Prabhakar Raghavan will leave his role overseeing Google search and ads products, to be replaced by Nick Fox; Raghavan will become Chief Technologist  —  Prabhakar Raghavan, the most senior Google executive overseeing its search engine and ads products, is leaving the role after a four-year tenure leading … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Ina Fried / Axios: Google announces a reorganization: Gemini App team will join DeepMind under Demis Hassabis and Assistant teams will move to Platforms & Devices  —  Google announced the move in a memo from CEO Sundar Pichai, who also outlined a handful of other organizational changes. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The FBI charges Alabama man Eric Council Jr. with hacking the SEC’s X account on January 9, 2024 to post a fake announcement about approving spot bitcoin ETFs  —  – Eric Council Jr., 25, was charged with “conspiracy to commit aggravated identity theft and access device fraud.” Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: On a podcast, Donald Trump says Tim Cook called him “hours ago” to complain about EU fines and that Cook said the EU uses fines “to run their enterprise”  —  Donald Trump said Apple CEO Tim Cook called him to discuss the billions of dollars that Apple has been fined in the European Union. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Google adds an option for NotebookLM users to customize audio summaries, launches a NotebookLM Business pilot, and says 80K+ organizations use the tool  —  Google Thursday updated the audio summarization feature of its AI note-taking and research assistant NotebookLM, which recently gained … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Investing.com: Billing software company Zuora to be acquired by Silver Lake and GIC in a deal valued at $1.7B, an 18% premium to the closing price when acquisition talks began  —  REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – Zuora, Inc. (NYSE: NYSE:ZUO), a company specializing in monetization solutions for modern businesses … Lees verder op Tech Meme