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Sources: Apple pivots to a less ambitious design for its upcoming EV, from Level 4 autonomy to Level 2+, and pushes back its launch from 2026 to 2028 or later — - After board meetings, car downgraded to Level 2+ autonomy — Company pushes back launch from 2026 to 2028 at the earliest
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| Jonathan Vanian / CNBC: |
eBay plans to cut ~1,000 roles, or ~9% of full-time employees, and to scale back the contracts it has within its alternate workforce over the coming months — This is breaking news. Please check back for updates. — CNBC Councils — CNBC on Peacock — Join the CNBC Panel| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
Google announces AI features for Chrome on Mac and Windows: Organize Similar Tabs and custom themes rolling out soon in the US, and Help Me Write in February — Google's Chrome web browser is getting an infusion of AI technology in the latest release. The company announced today it's soon adding …
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| Emma Roth / The Verge: |
Netflix says it's looking to retire its ad-free Basic plan in some countries where ad-supported plans are available, starting with Canada and the UK in Q2 — Although Netflix no longer allows new or returning members to sign up for the ad-free Basic subscription that costs $11.99 per month … | Pranav Dixit / Engadget: |
Netflix says user engagement with games on its service tripled in 2023 and Grand Theft Auto has become its most successful launch to date — The company added the Grand Theft Auto trilogy to its offerings late in the year. — Netflix said that user engagement with games on the service tripled in 2023.| Sarah Whitten / CNBC: |
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Alleged renders of Google's Pixel 9 Pro show a ~6.5-inch display, smaller than the Pixel 8 Pro's, a refreshed camera island with three cameras, and a flat frame — The upcoming Google Pixel 9 Pro might feature a smaller flat display compared to the Pixel 8 Pro. — HIGHLIGHTS
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| Aisha Malik / TechCrunch: |
Google unveils a new Gemini-powered chat-based tool in Google Ads to build Search ad campaigns, out in beta to all English language advertisers in the US and UK — Google announced today that Gemini, its family of multimodal large language models, now powers the conversational experience within the Google Ads platform.| Sarah Perez / TechCrunch: |
X adds support for passkeys for US-based iOS users; the announcement comes shortly after the hack of the US SEC's X account — X, formerly Twitter, today announced support for passkeys, a new and more secure login method than traditional passwords, which will become an option for U.S. users on iOS devices.
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| The Information: |
Source: Brex told employees that the fintech is cutting 282 jobs, or ~20% of its staff, saying the team grew “too quickly” and its CTO and COO are stepping down — Brex is cutting 20% of its workforce and shaking up senior management ranks in a new effort to slash its cash burn …
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| Turner Wright / Cointelegraph: |
A FINRA review of 500+ crypto-related retail communications finds that 70% of them contained claims that are false, misleading, or otherwise violated its rules — The U.S. regulator launched the review on crypto-related public communications following the collapse of FTX in November 2022.
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| Sean Hollister / The Verge: |
Framework Laptop 16 review: the modular system offers unprecedented customization, is competent at mid-range gaming, but ran hot, froze, and glitched in testing — The Framework Laptop 16 is the most ambitious notebook I've ever touched. There's never been anything like it before.
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| Hayden Field / CNBC: |
Filing: Google is terminating its contract with data-labeling firm Appen, effective March 19; Google accounted for $82.8M of Appen's $273M revenue in 2023 — - Alphabet has cut all contractual ties with Appen, the artificial intelligence data firm that helped train Google's chatbot Bard, Google Search results and other AI products.
More: Appen, Australian Financial Review, and Search Engine Journal
| Zhou Xin / South China Morning Post: |
Sources: Jack Ma and Joe Tsai become Alibaba's largest shareholders after buying shares worth ~$50M and ~$150M, respectively, in Q4, together eclipsing SoftBank — - Ma, who retired as Alibaba's executive chairman in 2019, bought about US$50 million of stock in the fourth quarter, raising his stake to more than 4.3 per cent
More: Reuters, New York Times, Proactive, and Bloomberg
| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Texas Instruments reports Q4 revenue down 13% YoY to $4.08B, vs. $4.13B est., and FY 2023 sales down ~13% YoY, the company's biggest fall in over a decade — - Slowdown in automotive and industrial chips drag down results — Company's wide product range makes it bellwether for industry
More: Reuters and Investor's Business Daily
| Ben Jiang / South China Morning Post: |
Xianyu, Alibaba's online second-hand goods trading platform that claims to have 500M+ users, is opening its first bricks-and-mortar store in Hangzhou, China — - Xianyu Recycle Shop is a consignment store, allowing users to leave their used items for sale or buy directly from there, the platform says| Bloomberg: |
Supermicro stock has jumped 430%+ since early 2023 amid an AI frenzy, outpacing Nvidia and boosting the value of its founder's 12% stake, plus options, to $3.3B — - Charles Liang founded Super Micro in 1993 with wife Sara Liu — Company's shares gained more than 430% since the start of 2023| TechCrunch: |
Data shows African startups raised between $2.9B and $4.1B total in 2023, down from $4.6B to $6.5B in 2022, with Egypt, Kenya, Nigeria, and South Africa leading — There was considerable debt uptake and regional VC diversification — After defying the global funding slowdown of 2022 … | Peter Henderson / Reuters: |
AiDash, which uses AI to search satellite images to spot fire and weather risks on power lines, raised a $50M Series C led by Lightrock — A California startup using artificial intelligence (AI) and satellites to spot fire and weather risks on power lines, AiDash, reported on Tuesday … | Jordan Novet / CNBC: |
SAP plans voluntary buyouts or job changes for 8,000 employees as part of a 2024 restructuring program but says its headcount should remain the same — SAP said in a statement on Tuesday that it plans to carry out voluntary buyouts or job changes for 8,000 employees as part of a 2024 restructuring program …
More: The Information, Reuters, Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg, and SAP News Center
| Alex Konrad / Forbes: |
Sources: Figma is refreshing employee equity packages and offering buyouts as the startup resets its valuation from $20B to $10B, after the scrapped Adobe deal — CEO Dylan Field promised to refresh employee equity packages and offered three months' pay to any who wished to depart as Figma reset … Sponsor Posts
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