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Kirsten Korosec / TechCrunch: Email: Cruise lays off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce, targeting non-engineering jobs, as part of a plan to slash costs and revamp the company  —  Cruise, the embattled GM self-driving car subsidiary, is laying off 900 employees, or about 24% of its workforce … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Emma Roth / The Verge: Lenovo, MSI, Acer, and Asus launch laptops with Intel’s Core Ultra chips, featuring an NPU for “low-power AI acceleration and CPU/GPU off-load” for AI tasks  —  Intel is taking the wraps off its next generation of CPUs.  During its AI Everywhere event on Thursday … Lees verder op Tech Meme

David Averre / Daily Mail: A deepfake of Putin, built by a student from Saint Petersburg State University, quizzed Putin about AI and doppelgangers during a Q&A session with the public  —  – The moment saw the Russian president caught uncharacteristically off guard  — It came amid his end of year press conference that lasted some four hours Lees verder op Tech Meme

Jon Victor / The Information: Sources: Google plans to use Gemini across its entire line of products, including an AI assistant called Pixie that will be exclusive to its Pixel devices  —  For Google, it was a moment to savor its apparent triumph over the doomsayers.  —  Last week, the company released the first version … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Bloomberg: Sources: the UK is considering a crackdown on social media access for kids under 16, including potential bans, and is planning a consultation as soon as January  —  – Government plans consultation as soon as January, person says  — Comes as National Crime Agency warns parents about Facebook Lees verder op Tech Meme

Will Shanklin / Engadget: Privacy-focused developer Proton launches an app in beta for Windows and macOS that includes Proton Mail and Proton Calendar, ahead of a wider early 2024 launch  —  The company also added email forwarding rules, message snoozing and attachment previews.  —  Proton finally has a desktop app. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Javier Espinoza / Financial Times: The CJEU upholds overturning an EU order to Amazon to pay back €250M in taxes to Luxembourg, ending an ongoing case since 2017; the ruling cannot be appealed  —  ECJ says legal assessment relied upon to seek €250mn in back taxes from US tech group was incorrect Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mike Butcher / TechCrunch: UK-based Qogita, an e-commerce wholesale marketplace for the health and beauty sectors, raised an €80M Series B led by Dawn Capital, for €119M funding in total  —  Qogita – a two-sided ecommerce wholesale marketplace aimed at retailers largely in the health and beauty sectors … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Gavin Bonshor / AnandTech: Intel unveils the Core Ultra H and the Core Ultra U series, its first mobile processors based on the Meteor Lake platform, designed for ultra-portable notebooks  —  Intel has released their first mobile processors based on their highly anticipated Meteor Lake platform, the Core Ultra H and the Core Ultra U series. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Guthrie Scrimgeour / Wired: A look at Koolau Ranch, Mark Zuckerberg’s 1,400-acre, $270M+ compound in Kauai, Hawaii, with a 5,000 sq. ft. underground shelter, a project shrouded in secrecy  —  Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg is building a sprawling, $100 million compound in Hawaii—complete with plans for a huge underground bunker. Lees verder op Tech Meme