Monthly Archives: January 2023

Why the Winklevoss brothers are in a $900 million crypto faceoff with Barry Silbert

Digital Currency Group’s Barry Silbert and Cameron Winklevoss have been engaged in a public war of words over the fate of $900 million.

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ABL Space Systems’ rocket experiences simultaneous engine shutdown shortly after lift-off

Launch startup ABL Space Systems’ first orbital launch attempt ended in failure Tuesday after all nine engines on the RS1 rocket’s first stage shut down simultaneously. The rocket subsequently hit the launch pad and was destroyed on impact. The rocket … Continue reading

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Daily Crunch: In ‘an early experimental program,’ OpenAI opens waitlist for GPT Professional

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The FAA NOTAM Outage Lays Bare an Essential System Everyone Hates

A glitch in the so-called NOTAM system caused the agency to ground flights across the US. But its problems go back years.

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Alphabet to cut staff of health sciences unit Verily by 15%

It’s the first known layoff to hit the Google parent company in the current tech downturn.

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Apple reportedly considering touchscreen Mac laptop for 2025

The move, if it were to happen, would mark a significant reversal for Apple, which has said for years that touchscreen laptops are ergonomically inferior.

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Ubisoft cancels three games and slashes targets, citing ‘worsening macroeconomic conditions’

Ubisoft said it expects its 2022 net bookings to fall 10%, after an earlier forecast called for an increase of 10%.

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Flexport to lay off 20% of its global workforce

Flexport, the supply chain software startup, is laying off 20% of its workforce, roughly 640 employees, as trade volumes weaken in a global economic downturn.

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Biden’s plea to lawmakers in rare op-ed: Unite to hold tech accountable

In a WSJ op-ed, Biden made one of the most pointed calls yet for Congress to take action on topics including digital privacy, competition and online safety.

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UK Twitter employees in legal threat over redundancies

A legal letter seen by BBC News calls workers’ treatment “unlawful, unfair and completely unacceptable”.

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