Tech Meme

Greg Bensinger / Reuters: Email: Amazon restructures its games division to focus on free streaming games offered with Prime and cuts ~180 jobs, the unit’s second round of layoffs in 2023  —  Amazon.com (AMZN.O) has cut around 180 jobs in its Games division, at least the second round of cuts in under a week … Lees verder op Tech Meme

DataBreaches.net: Too many organizations choose to obfuscate, mislead, or be tight-lipped in their data breach disclosures, and regulations are needed to force more transparency  —  — An OpEd by DataBreaches-  —  When it comes to data breach disclosures, the very same entities who claim to take our privacy … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Mark Matousek / The Information: Internal data: Brex had Q3 annualized net revenue of $283M, up 1% QoQ, and the company is far from profitable, as the growth spurt after SVB’s collapse fizzles  —  Almost no startup benefited more from the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank than Brex, which saw a surge in deposits from young companies … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: WhatsApp launches a Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups that is designed to be less disruptive than a group call, which rings every group member  —  WhatsApp is rolling out a new Discord-like voice chat feature for large groups, the Meta-owned company announced on Monday. Lees verder op Tech Meme

Todd Shields / Bloomberg: The Biden administration directs agencies to work toward giving up airwaves to make room for commercial 5G networks, as part of the National Spectrum Strategy  —  – Biden administration releases National Spectrum Strategy  — Need to make better use of airwaves, administration says Lees verder op Tech Meme

Michael Molitch-Hou / 3DPrint: Divergent Technologies, which created a digital manufacturing system that uses 3D printing and AI-driven software, raised a $230M Series D led by Hexagon AB  —  In a significant development for the world of additive manufacturing (AM), Divergent Technologies, known for its comprehensive … Lees verder op Tech Meme

James Rundle / Wall Street Journal: New York regulators draft cybersecurity rules that require hospitals to assess risks and use tech like MFA, develop and test incident response plans, and more  —  String of hacks at medical facilities prompts focus on security  —  New York regulators Monday plan to issue cybersecurity regulations … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Salesforce names executive Denise Dresser as Slack’s CEO, the unit’s third leader in the past year; Dresser was Salesforce’s president of accelerated industries  —  “Denise is an incredible business leader who has excelled at every level in her career at Salesforce,” Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Sharon Goldman / VentureBeat: A look at OpenAI’s structure where a six-member non-profit board can decide if AGI has been achieved, at which point Microsoft is excluded from some IP licenses  —  According to OpenAI, the six members of its nonprofit board of directors will determine when the company has “attained AGI” … Lees verder op Tech Meme

Leah Nylen / Bloomberg: Google pays Apple 36% of the revenue the internet giant earns from search ads through Safari, per the US v. Google testimony of Alphabet’s main economics expert  —  Kevin Murphy, a University of Chicago professor, disclosed the number during his testimony in Google’s defense at the Justice Department’s antitrust trial in Washington. Lees verder op Tech Meme