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Emails and sources: Google fired 16% of its ~400-person Fuchsia OS team, Research cut jobs in lower traction areas, and Cloud cut operational and other roles — The layoffs amount to about 6 percent of the global work force at the company, the latest tech giant to make cuts after a pandemic hiring spree.
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| Aaron Tilley / Wall Street Journal: |
Apple's lean hiring may help the company avoid layoffs; Apple's workforce grew ~20% from 2019 to 2022, Amazon's grew 100%, Meta 94%, Alphabet 57%, Microsoft 53% — The iPhone maker's workforce grew 20% in the past three years, a far slower pace than rivals — Tech Layoffs Pile Up as Bosses Reverse Course
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| Jez Corden / Windows Central: |
Microsoft has laid off the entire teams behind the virtual reality platform AltspaceVR, which will shut down in March, and the Mixed Reality Tool Kit framework — HoloLens, Virtual Reality, and Mixed Reality are all but dead at Microsoft. — What you need to know
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| The Daily Dot: |
CommuteAir took down a 2019 copy of the US No Fly List, after a researcher said they found it on an unsecured server and that it had 1.5M+ entries, many aliases — One of the most sensitive U.S. government documents was left online. — An unsecured server discovered by a security researcher …
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| Lucas Shaw / Bloomberg: |
Q&A with Netflix co-CEOs Greg Peters and Ted Sarandos about shared leadership, what role Reed Hastings may play, adding FAST channels, the ad tier, and more — So that's what an orderly transfer of power looks like. — While Disney chief Bob Iger ousted every potential threat …
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| Zack Whittaker / TechCrunch: |
Hackers leak police raid plans, confidential reports, AWS private keys, and other sensitive data from the servers of ODIN, which makes apps for the US police — Leaked files reveal tactical plans for police raids, surveillance, and facial recognition — Detailed tactical plans … | Dietrich Knauth / Reuters: |
US prosecutors provide a list of nearly $700M worth of Sam Bankman-Fried's seized assets, including ~$525M in Robinhood stock and $94.5M cash at Silvergate Bank — Federal prosecutors have seized nearly $700 million in assets from FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried in January …
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| Wall Street Journal: |
A look at Mittens, a ruthless Chess.com bot with a kitten avatar introduced on January 1 that is driving more people than ever to play in the site's history — A ruthless bot with an innocuous avatar is driving chess players crazy — The heels of the chess world have included Soviet grandmasters …
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| Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: |
Analysis: Apple timed the launch of its new MacBook Pro, Mac mini, and HomePod to boost its Q2 revenue, while avoiding supply issues during the holiday season — Apple timed the launch of the new MacBook Pro, Mac mini and HomePod to shore up its current quarter's revenue …
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| Ariel Shapiro / The Verge: |
Listen Notes: ~219K podcasts were created in 2022, down nearly 80% from a peak of ~1M in 2020 and lower than the pre-pandemic high of ~337K in 2019 — Hope you all had a great weekend! We've got some big Hot Pod Summit updates for you all, as well as the latest in audio news.| Nilesh Christopher / Rest of World: |
Creators from India's hinterland are going viral on YouTube Shorts and running into copyright issues for “fact channels” that add context to other users' videos — A new generation of creators found success on YouTube Shorts. Now, YouTube is after them for violating its community guidelines.| Eric Wallerstein / Wall Street Journal: |
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