Monthly Archives: March 2023

For tech titans, AI prominence is the new measuring stick

For many tech companies, investors are applying a new valuation method that has caught our eye: AI proficiency. The current wave of AI hype has two main flavors that I’m interested in. First, the struggle between tech titans to create, … Continue reading

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Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers in addition to earlier cuts

Amazon will lay off 9,000 more employees, CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to staff on Monday.

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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says he’s a ‘little bit scared’ of A.I.

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said he’s a “little bit scared” of technology such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT, in an interview with ABC News.

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Amazon confirms another round of layoffs, impacting 9,000 people in AWS, Twitch and other units

Amazon has announced another substantial round of layoffs in four months, as the internet giant today revealed that a further 9,000 people are set to lose their jobs. In a memo published by CEO Andy Jassy this morning, the company … Continue reading

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As banks totter, crypto is busy racking up gains

Hello and welcome back to Equity, the podcast about the business of startups, where we unpack the numbers and nuance behind the headlines. This is Alex and we are here to do our Monday show, a kickoff for the week that covers … Continue reading

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BBC advises staff to delete TikTok from work phones

The corporation is taking the decision over privacy and security concerns about the popular app.

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Running WordPress on Azure for secure, fast and global content delivery

Learn about Microsoft’s WordPress on Azure App Service, as well as an interesting alternative from WP Engine. The post Running WordPress on Azure for secure, fast and global content delivery appeared first on TechRepublic.

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First Dero cryptojacking campaign targets unprotected Kubernetes instances

Learn how this cryptocurrency campaign operates and its scope. Then, get tips on protecting vulnerable Kubernetes instances from this cybersecurity threat. The post First Dero cryptojacking campaign targets unprotected Kubernetes instances appeared first on TechRepublic.

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Berlin’s Monite raises $5M Seed for its embedded B2B payments platform

With turbulent economies, companies are looking for more revenue streams to survive, and one obvious way to increase revenues is to streamline costs. Given companies can often use both manual processing and sometimes even more than one external tool to … Continue reading

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TechCrunch Live Podcast: How to battle burnout and profit off human thriving, according to Thrive Global’s Ariana Huffington

On this week’s TechCrunch Live podcast, TechCrunch+ Editor In Chief, Alex Wilhelm, led the interview portion of our show. Alex spoke to Kleiner Perkins partner Mamoon Hamid and Founder & CEO of Thrive Global and co-founder of Huffington Post, Ariana … Continue reading

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