Technology
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Emails show Twitter is offering free ad space by matching ad spending up to $250K; all ads must run by February 28, a period that includes the Super Bowl (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Emails show Twitter is offering free ad space by matching ad spending up to $250K; all ads…
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Three ex-employees say SoundHound laid off ~200 people, or ~50% of staff, with two weeks of severance that will only be paid if the company can raise more money (Mack DeGeurin/Gizmodo)
Mack DeGeurin / Gizmodo: Three ex-employees say SoundHound laid off ~200 people, or ~50% of staff, with two weeks of…
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CI/CD service CircleCI says hackers infected an employee's laptop and stole 2FA-backed credentials to breach the company's systems and data in December 2022 (Derek B. Johnson/SC Media)
Derek B. Johnson / SC Media: CI/CD service CircleCI says hackers infected an employee’s laptop and stole 2FA-backed credentials to…
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A San Francisco federal judge rules that the laid-off Twitter workers must pursue severance claims in individual arbitration rather than a class-action lawsuit (Peter Blumberg/Bloomberg)
Peter Blumberg / Bloomberg: A San Francisco federal judge rules that the laid-off Twitter workers must pursue severance claims in…
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Google Cloud introduces an AI tool designed to help retailers keep track of their inventory by analyzing imagery from retailers' ceiling cameras, robots, more (Isabelle Bousquette/Wall Street Journal)
Isabelle Bousquette / Wall Street Journal: Google Cloud introduces an AI tool designed to help retailers keep track of their…
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Sources: DOJ cleared its antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter to oversee probes involving Google; Google had sought his recusal, citing his work with Yelp and others (Wall Street Journal)
Wall Street Journal: Sources: DOJ cleared its antitrust chief Jonathan Kanter to oversee probes involving Google; Google had sought his…
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Strava users say the rollout of its first price hike in over a decade has been unnecessarily convoluted and confusing (Victoria Song/The Verge)
Victoria Song / The Verge: Strava users say the rollout of its first price hike in over a decade has…
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With the value of next-gen Bitcoin mining rigs down an estimated 85%, some crypto lenders flooded with repossessed rigs are keeping them running for the income (David Pan/Bloomberg)
David Pan / Bloomberg: With the value of next-gen Bitcoin mining rigs down an estimated 85%, some crypto lenders flooded…
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Sources: Goldman Sachs' Platform Solutions lost ~$2B in 2022, mostly due to the Apple Card and Goldman's installment-lending platform GreenSky (Sridhar Natarajan/Bloomberg)
Sridhar Natarajan / Bloomberg: Sources: Goldman Sachs’ Platform Solutions lost ~$2B in 2022, mostly due to the Apple Card and…
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