The Block: Paradigm appears to have removed crypto and web3 mentions from its website’s home page, as sources say the VC is expanding its focus to “frontier” tech like AI  —  – VC firm Paradigm is taking its crypto-only focus to include “frontier” technologies such as AI, two sources with knowledge of the situation told The Block. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aggi Cantrill / Bloomberg: Alibaba pushes back on reports of layoffs, saying the company plans to hire 15K workers in 2023, including 3,000 new graduates, across its six major divisions  —  Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. said it plans to hire 15,000 people this year, pushing back on reports that the Chinese tech firm is laying off employees. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: YouTube plans to shut down Stories on June 26, 2023, as the company focuses on other key areas, like Shorts, Community posts, live videos, and its usual content  —  Stories are over — at least on YouTube, that is.  The Google-owned video site announced today that YouTube Stories will be shutting … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google starts rolling out its LLM-powered Search Generative Experience, with features like a conversational mode and shopping aspects, to Search Labs members  —  Announced at I/O 2023, Google is now rolling out the AI/LLM-powered Search Generative Experience (SGE) to users that signed up for the Search Labs program. Lees verder op Tech Meme