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Twitter restored several Hindu nationalist accounts popular in India, including some denigrating Muslims, and blocked posts linking to a BBC documentary on Modi — Human-rights groups say they have seen a rise in anti-Muslim material on the platform — Elon Musk's Unconventional Management Style: Former Employees Share Stories
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| Bloomberg: |
How Elon Musk's Twitter usage and stewardship is making him toxic for many Tesla customers and shareholders at a time when the company badly needs new business — If Elon Musk has a tragic flaw, it isn't his temper, or his treatment of underlings, or his refusal to follow securities laws.
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Microsoft resolved a networking issue impacting Teams, Azure, Outlook, and other services, taking them offline in India, Japan, the UK, and elsewhere for hours — Microsoft Corp (MSFT.O) on Wednesday said it had recovered all of its cloud services after a networking outage took …
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| Kalhan Rosenblatt / NBC News: |
Wharton School Professor Christian Terwiesch found OpenAI's ChatGPT was able to pass a final exam for the school's MBA program, scoring between B- and B — ChatGPT uses AI to pass final exam at UPenn's Wharton — New research conducted by a professor at University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School found … | Financial Times: |
Sources: Marc Benioff's controversial acquisitions, focus on growth over profits, celebrity relationships, and philanthropic pursuits have vexed shareholders — Marc Benioff helped build software group into a Silicon Valley giant but shareholders are agitating for change| Bryce Elder / Financial Times: |
FT Alphaville closes its Mastodon server and reflects on why running a social media site is a bad idea, including reputational, legal, and security risks — Extinction looms for FTAV's Mastodon presence — A few months ago, FT Alphaville thought it might be fun to host a Mastodon server.| Federico Viticci / MacStories: |
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| Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: |
Apple's new 256GB Mac mini with M2 and 512GB 14-inch MacBook Pro with M2 Pro have slower SSD read and write speeds than M1 models due to fewer NAND chips — While the new Mac mini with the M2 chip has a lower $599 starting price, the base model with 256GB of storage has slower SSD read …
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Microsoft reports Q2 revenue up 2% YoY to $52.7B, net income down 12% YoY to $16.4B, Dynamics 365 revenue up 21% YoY, and LinkedIn revenue up 10% YoY — Earnings Release FY23 Q2 Microsoft Cloud Strength Drives Second Quarter Results REDMOND, Wash. — January 24, 2023 …
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| Manish Singh / TechCrunch: |
After an antitrust order, Google plans to add third-party billing in India for games in February, updates its agreements with phonemakers and partners, and more — Google is revising its business agreements with phonemakers and other partners in India and making a series of other changes …
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| Loni Prinsloo / Bloomberg: |
Amsterdam-listed e-commerce company Prosus and parent Naspers plan to lay off 30% of their corporate workforce; Prosus employed 30,000 globally in March 2022 — Amsterdam-listed Prosus NV and its parent Naspers Ltd. are planning to cut their corporate workforce by 30%, becoming the latest global tech company to announce layoffs.| Nate Lanxon / Bloomberg: |
After unofficial walkouts in 2022, hundreds of Amazon workers in a UK warehouse are striking, an unprecedented step in the country, after 98% voted in favor — Hundreds of Amazon.com Inc. fulfillment center workers in the UK plan to strike on Wednesday as part of unprecedented industrial action by the company's British employees.| Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: |
Google previews features for open-source multiplatform UI framework Flutter, like RISC-V support and making it easier for developers to embed Flutter content — Flutter, Google's open-source framework for building multi-platform apps for mobile, web and desktop, is hosting its Flutter Forward event in Nairobi, Kenya today.| Samuel Stolton / Politico: |
Sources: EU antitrust regulators plan an investigation into Microsoft over Teams, focusing on tying the service to Office, after a complaint by Slack in 2020 — European Union antitrust enforcers are planning to open an antitrust probe into Microsoft over its video and messaging service Teams …
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| Casey Newton / Platformer: |
The US DOJ's case against Google could succeed due to being rooted in real harms and a prime example of market consolidation resulting in overcharged customers — The US government is coming after the company's ad business — and it might win — Today let's talk about a major new antitrust case …
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| Emily Mullin / Wired: |
A look at Google Research spinout Osmo, which has raised $60M led by Lux Capital and GV to use AI to create aroma molecules for perfumes, shampoos, and more — Google Research spinout Osmo wants to find substitutes for hard-to-source aromas. The tech could inspire new perfumes—and help combat mosquito-borne diseases.
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| Ron Miller / TechCrunch: |
Seattle-based DevZero, which offers tools to help developers build and test code in the cloud, raised a $5M seed and $21M Series A and launches its platform — Developers tend to build and test software on their local laptops, but these machines often lack the necessary resources to run …
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| Yogita Khatri / The Block: |
Gemini-owned NFT platform Nifty Gateway's co-founders Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster step down, as Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss battle to save Gemini — - Nifty Gateway co-founders Duncan and Griffin Cock Foster are leaving Gemini. — Their departure comes amid challenging times at Gemini, which acquired Nifty Gateway in 2019.
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| Arjun Kharpal / CNBC: |
Dutch chip equipment maker ASML reports Q4 sales up 29% YoY to €6.4B, 2022 net sales up 13% YoY to €21.1B, and forecasts 25% revenue growth in 2023 — - Dutch chip equipment maker ASML forecast a 25% jump in 2023 revenue. — ASML CEO Wennink said China accounted for around 15% …
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