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02:00 12.01.2024

As Disney pushes towards streaming profitability, Pixar to undergo layoffs in 2024

Disney-owned animation studio Pixar is poised to undergo layoffs this year, TechCrunch has learned and the company confirmed. While sources at the company said the layoffs would be significant and as high as 20% — or reductions that would see Pixar’s team of 1,300 dropped to under 1,000 over the coming months — Pixar says […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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01:00 12.01.2024

eBay to pay $3M over cyberstalking campaign that involved sending fetal pig, live insects to couple

eBay has agreed to pay a $3 million fine in connection with a corporate cyberstalking campaign targeting a Massachusetts couple in 2019. The cyberstalking campaign was conducted by several eBay employees, some of whom were executives, who targeted the couple after they posted a newsletter that was critical of the e-commerce giant. The cyberstalking campaign […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:51 12.01.2024

Google pens letter in support of Oregon right to repair legislation

Google today issued an open letter voicing support of pending Oregon right to repair legislation. The note, penned by Devices and Services Director of Operations Steven Nickel, calls the proposal “a compelling model for other states to follow.” Google also used the opportunity to issue a white paper aimed at connecting repairability claims with its […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:40 12.01.2024

A comprehensive list of 2023 & 2024 tech layoffs

Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher than last year and growing. Earlier this year, mass workforce reductions were driven by the biggest names in tech like Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Yahoo, Meta and Zoom. Startups across many sectors also […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:31 12.01.2024

Discord lays off 170 people, blames growing too quickly

Discord has become a mainstay for many online communities in recent years, but its relative success hasn’t shielded the platform from the financial woes plaguing the tech industry. Like other companies making sweeping cuts to their workforces this week, Discord is laying off 17% of its staff, or about 170 people. In an internal memo […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:23 12.01.2024

The top Matter-compatible devices announced at CES 2024

For years, a coalition of companies including Google, Amazon and Apple — the Connectivity Standards Alliance — has been trying to get Matter, the smart home networking protocol, off the ground. Unlike many of the standards that came before it (e.g. Zigbee, Z-Wave), Matter doesn’t require a proprietary hub and runs locally, making it more […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:13 12.01.2024

Amazon-owned Audible lays off 5% of staff

Audible, the Amazon-owned audiobook company, is laying off 5% of its staff, according to a leaked memo obtained by Business Insider. Per the memo, Audible CEO Bob Carrigan praised staff for a strong 2023 and assured them that the business was in good shape… but, due to the “increasingly challenging landscape,” the company is still […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:09 12.01.2024

From voice synthesis to fertility tracking, here are some actually helpful AI products at CES

“AI” was everywhere this year at CES; you couldn’t swing a badge without hitting some company claiming generative AI was going to revolutionize your sleep, teeth, or business. But a few applications of machine learning stood out as genuinely helpful or surprising — here are a few examples of AI that might actually do some […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:05 12.01.2024

CES 2024: The weirdest tech, gadgets and AI claims from Las Vegas

CES 2024 is in full swing in Las Vegas. We’re on the ground giving you the most talked about news and announcements from the event, but much of the fun is to be found in the weirder margins of the show floor. In an era of CES where companies are all-in on the AI hype […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:04 12.01.2024

MMGuardian enters a crowded kid-safe-phone market

If every dumb idea I ever had as a teenager was permanently captured on the internet, I’d be in for a rainbow of embarrassment. In today’s always-on and very socially networked world, kids and teenagers can quickly get themselves into trouble. The MMGuardian Phone is a smartphone produced in collaboration with Samsung that’s tapping into the […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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00:03 12.01.2024

Hydrogen is back. At least, CES 2024 suggests it is

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23:37 11.01.2024

Polestar CEO promises to keep Apple CarPlay and Android Auto around

Polestar CEO Thomas Ingenlath couldn’t be happier with the integration of Google built-in, the branded product that embeds Google apps and services directly into the company’s EVs. But don’t expect the EV maker to drop Android Auto or Apple CarPlay as a result. On the sidelines of CES 2024, Ingenlath committed to sticking with Android […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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23:00 11.01.2024

US spot bitcoin ETFs begin trading, Circle files for IPO and India continues crypto pullback

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22:04 11.01.2024

EyeQ takes a fresh look at video call eye contact

Video calls, while essential, often lack the naturalness of in-person conversations, causing fatigue and reduced engagement. There are a ton of tools out there that help you keep eye contact when talking with people online – some (Plexicam, CenterCam) place the camera in front of your screen. Others use AI to edit the video stream to […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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22:00 11.01.2024

FlutterFlow attracts cash for its low-code mobile app dev platform

Low-code dev platforms have gained momentum in recent years, in large part because they promise to shorten what’s otherwise typically a lengthy app development cycle. According to data from analytics firm GlobalData, there was a fivefold increase in VC funding into low-code dev platforms from 2021 to 2022. Demand has tapered off a bit since […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:56 11.01.2024

CNDO is a new ‘challenge-based’ social networking for creators and fans

Tim Schaecker, a TikToker with 8.8 million followers and a member of the German boy band Elevator Boys, officially launched today a new social networking app in an effort to encourage other content creators to connect with their communities in a deeper way and rethink social media and the creator economy. CNDO (pronounced “condo”) enables […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:54 11.01.2024

BlackRock cuts Byju’s valuation by 95% to $1 billion

BlackRock has cut the value of its holding in Byju’s, slashing the implied valuation of the Indian startup to $1 billion from $22 billion early 2022, according to disclosures made by the asset manager. At the end of October last year, BlackRock said it valued Byju’s shares at about $209.6 apiece, down from the peak […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:30 11.01.2024

The United States’ $1T startup liquidity gap needs to be filled soon

There's an absolute mountain of money frozen in startups today, and with the pressure ticking higher every day for it to melt and become liquid cash, something is bound to break. © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:17 11.01.2024

Snapchat now lets parents restrict their teens from using the app’s ‘My AI’ chatbot

Snapchat is introducing new parental controls that will allow parents to restrict their teens from interacting with the app’s AI chatbot. The changes will also allow parents to view their teens’ privacy settings, and get easier access to Family Center, which is the app’s dedicated place for parental controls. Parents can now restrict My AI, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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21:06 11.01.2024

Google to help build the first subsea cable directly connecting South America with Asia-Pacific

Google is set to build a new subsea cable connecting Chile with Australia, via French Polynesia — the first such cable to directly connect South America with Asia-Pacific. Dubbed “Humboldt,” after German polymath and explorer Alexander von Humboldt, the new cable is the latest in more than a dozen similar subsea cables that Google has […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.... →

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