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Hands-on with Pixel 7 Pro's Real Tone, which claims to render skin tones more accurately in photos, compared with the Galaxy S22 Ultra and iPhone 14 Pro Max — Google is trying to make its phone cameras more inclusive. We put it to the test against its rivals.
Tweets: @tressiemcphd, @hartoutwest, @gettingsome, @silkyd67, @washingtonpost, @cpassariello, and @thelilynews
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A look at the rise and fall of Alameda Research, whose troubles began well before the crypto crash as it took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty — Trading firm took big gambles, winning some and losing plenty; ‘complete lack of a risk-management framework’
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Crypto Jargon Newsletter. Tweets: @thecompoundnews, @ryder_ripps, @misruleoflaw, @realjonbovi, @eliotwb, @ceostroff, @wsj, and @pauly0x
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Employment in tech occupations grew 12% YoY to a record 6.39M in November 2022, as workers eye banking, retail, health care, and manufacturing amid tech layoffs — Most tech jobs are now in mainstream industries like health care, banking and retail, which are increasingly in need of workers with digital skills.
Tweets: @dealbook, @andrenaleen, @dialogcrm, @carnage4life, @stevelohr, @scottlincicome, @nytimestech, @nytimestech, @nytimestech, @chiefmartec, and @stevelohr
| Chloe Cornish / Financial Times: |
A look at the impact of the funding crunch on India's tech startups, which raised $24.7B from January to November 2022, down 35% YoY, per data provider Tracxn — Funding crunch has triggered mass job cuts of up to 25,000 at country's once-thriving tech companies
Tweets: @sushantsin, @financialtimes, @financialtimes, and @johnreedwrites
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Sources: Meta is struggling to move hardware manufacturing out of China; after abandoning its smartwatch plans, the company is still working on a wrist wearable — The company needs China's factories as it pushes to become a hardware producer — SAN FRANCISCO — For more than a year …
Tweets: @pstasiatech, @rnaudbertrand, @geoffreyfowler, and @lizzadwoskin
| Lily Hay Newman / Wired: |
A look at 2022's worst breaches, leaks, ransomware attacks, state-sponsored hacking campaigns, and digital takeovers, including at least two Twilio breaches — The year was marked by sinister new twists on cybersecurity classics, including phishing, breaches, and ransomware attacks.| Mitchell Clark / The Verge: |
Verizon decommissioned its 3G network on December 31, the last major US carrier to do so after AT&T and T-Mobile turned off services earlier in 2022 — It's well and truly curtains for 3G, one of the key technologies that helped usher in the age of the smartphone.
Tweets: @aadetugbo
| Ernesto Van der Sar / TorrentFreak: |
Leaked screener copies of big movies tend to surface at year's end, but didn't in 2022, probably due to more security, streaming, and shorter release windows — Screeners are advance copies of recent movies that are generally sent out to critics and awards voters for review.| Hannah Murphy / Financial Times: |
Experts weigh in on Meta's impending decision to lift Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram ban; source: the announcement will be made later than January 7 — Tech giant's policy chief Nick Clegg due to rule this month whether to revoke ban on former US president
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| Brian Merchant / The Atlantic: |
Meta's dramatic implosion, Elon Musk's Twitter train wreck, and Amazon's labor uprising show that 2022 was not just a disastrous year, but a reckoning for tech — The companies that define our digital lives have hit a wall. — The dramatic, multidimensional implosion of Meta …
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The Ringer, CNN, and Electronic Frontier Foundation
Tweets: @davemcclure, @alexhuds, @pt, @carnage4life, @ringer, @greg_doucette, and @mpawlo
| Anton Shilov / Tom's Hardware: |
Report: AMD, Intel, Nvidia, and others are slashing their TSMC orders, which could reduce the contract manufacturer's Q1 2023 sales by an estimated 15% QoQ — Large customers revise orders to TSMC due to the economy slowdown. — Being the world's No. 1 foundry, TSMC was almost immune … | Jenni Reid / CNBC: |
A look at ABBA Voyage, the hit London concert performed by 3D digital avatars of the band created from motion capture, as its producers plan a global expansion — - ABBA Voyage, which sees digital avatars of the four-piece Swedish band ‘perform’ a 90-minute concert created from motion capture … Sponsor Posts
Brightspot:
Is your CMS solving your content problems, or creating new ones? — In a commissioned study written and conducted by Forrester, we revealed that 72% plan to change their CMS platform, is your organization one of them?
Is your CMS solving your content problems, or creating new ones? — In a commissioned study written and conducted by Forrester, we revealed that 72% plan to change their CMS platform, is your organization one of them?
Prelay:
How Public Tech Companies De-risk Millions in Revenue Loss — Complex products and hybrid teams are today's major growth challenges. With 50-70% of revenue driven by internal teams beyond sales, how is your org adapting?
How Public Tech Companies De-risk Millions in Revenue Loss — Complex products and hybrid teams are today's major growth challenges. With 50-70% of revenue driven by internal teams beyond sales, how is your org adapting?
Zoho:
5 powerful ways to weave employee recognition into your company culture — Think about a time when you went out of your way to complete a project and achieved the desired results.
5 powerful ways to weave employee recognition into your company culture — Think about a time when you went out of your way to complete a project and achieved the desired results.
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The treasury management platform built for startups — Put your idle cash to work, earn higher yields, and extend your runway with Vesto.
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