The company, which has been working to trim expenses, laid off employees who worked on core engineering, the Google Assistant product and hardware such as the Pixel phone.Lees verder op New York Times
Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams working on the Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest; Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving Google — Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams responsible for Pixel, Nest, and Fitbit hardware. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Maxwell Strachan / VICE: A survey of 9,388 software engineers in December 2023 finds ~90% believe getting a job now is harder than pre-pandemic, 60%+ believe AI will lead to less hiring — 9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind said AI will lead to less hiring. Only 6% were confident they’d get another job with the same pay. Lees verder op Tech Meme
You grow, girl: This find from CES 2024 is reminiscent of a Big Mouth Billy Bass for your houseplants.Lees verder op Cnet
Nick Carey / Reuters: E-scooter rental startups Tier and Dott plan to merge, with their investors Mubadala, Sofina, and others putting in €60M, forming Europe’s largest operator — E-scooter rental firms Tier Mobility and Dott said on Wednesday that they will merge to form the largest European operator … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix says its ad tier has 23M+ MAUs globally, up from 15M+ in November 2023, and 85% of customers on the ad tier are streaming for over 2 hours per day — Netflix is seeing strong growth of its advertising-based plan, having recently eclipsed 23 million global monthly active users, president of advertising Amy Reinhard said. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Nick Carey / Reuters: E-scooter rental startups Tier and Dott plan to merge, with their investors Mubadala, Sofina, and others putting in €60M, forming Europe’s largest operator — E-scooter rental firms Tier Mobility and Dott said on Wednesday that they will merge to form the largest European operator … Lees verder op Tech Meme
Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: The US ITC files its opposition to Apple’s motion for the Watch Series 9 and Watch Ultra 2 sales ban to remain paused for the duration of the company’s appeal — The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today formally opposed Apple’s motion for the Apple Watch sales ban to remain paused for the duration of Apple’s appeal. Lees verder op Tech Meme
Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI is in talks with CNN and Fox Corp. to license their text, video, and image content; Time “is in discussions with OpenAI” about a content deal — – Startup has said it’s in discussions with dozens of publishers — Negotiations come as OpenAI faces New York Times lawsuit Lees verder op Tech Meme
Your iPhone could get more security features, collaborative playlists and more soon.Lees verder op Cnet