Roku cutting hundreds of jobs, limiting new hiring
U.S.-based streaming company Roku is planning to cut hundreds of positions in its workforce and slow down its hiring process in an effort to boost profits after a series of …
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Apple and Arm sign deal for chip technology that goes beyond 2040
Components manufactured by Arm sit inside a demonstration ARMmbed parking meter on display on the second day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Feb. 28, 2017. Pau Barrena | Bloomberg …
Roku to cut about 10% of its workforce as it ups quarterly sales expectations and shares soar, again
Roku is cutting about 10% of its workforce, or 360 people, and it will limit new hiring as it cuts costs to stem a series of quarterly losses. The streaming …
Universal Music Group and Deezer agree to new ‘artist-centric’ streaming deal
Universal Music Group (UMG) announced a new streaming deal today with French music service Deezer that aims to direct more listener payouts toward professional artists. The changes will essentially count …
Newsom signs executive order to study uses, risks of generative AI in California
California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) signed an executive order Wednesday directing the state to study the potential uses and risks of generative artificial intelligence (AI) — a subset of AI, …
Microsoft gaming chief Phil Spencer cites ‘huge demand’ for Starfield
Phil Spencer, CEO of Microsoft Gaming, appears at the Political Opening of the Gamescom conference in Cologne, Germany, on Aug. 23, 2023. Franziska Krug | German Select | Getty Images …
Automakers under fire for selling driver data
(NewsNation) — Is your car spying on you? The auto industry has recently come under fire for spying on drivers and sharing consumer data, raising privacy concerns. And it’s not …
This one setting could be making your Instagram posts look worse — maybe
Whenever I get a new phone and eventually install Instagram, the first thing I do is dig through the app’s settings menu for a toggle that reads “Upload at highest …
ADL chief on Musk accusations: ‘I can’t really tell you what’s in his head’
Anti-Defamation League (ADL) CEO Jonathan Greenblatt responded to tech billionaire Elon Musk’s accusations the organization was trying to “kill X,” arguing posts on social media as a whole have been …
Khosla Ventures backs carbon removal company with lung-like material
CEO Charles Cadieu (L) and CTO Matt Lee standing in front of the future home of the Spiritus Orchard facility, located in the Western U.S. (The exact location is not …