Stripe cuts 300 jobs in product, engineering and operations

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Stripe has cut 300 jobs, or about 3.5% of its workforce, CNBC confirmed.

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Price Drop: Get Ready for the New Tax Year With H&R Block Tax Software, Now $40

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

This suite, which is now $39.99, helps you file your taxes online and maximize your tax deductions, with free in-person audits and access to 13,000 insightful articles.

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Scale AI’s Alexandr Wang has published an open letter lobbying Trump to invest in AI

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Scale AI’s CEO Alexandr Wang has five recommendations for President Trump to keep the US ahead of China on AI.
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Amperesand targets data centers as the next big customer for its solid-state transformers

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Amperesand’s technology replaces the iron cores that define old transformers with silicon carbide.
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Scaling Shopify Ecommerce Growth with Seamless Tax Compliance

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Make scaling your Shopify store effortless. Learn how Avalara’s tax automation tools simplify compliance so you can focus on growing your ecommerce business.

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‘Sneaky Log’ Microsoft Spoofing Scheme Sidesteps Two-Factor Security

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

The phishing-as-a-service kit from Sneaky Log creates fake authentication pages to farm account information, including two-factor security codes.

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Startup founders flooded inauguration parties hopeful for dealmaking

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

All throughout America’s capital, founders enjoyed the fruits of their industry’s political jockeying.
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Meta is building Oakley smart glasses for athletes: report

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Meta’s Reality Labs is expanding its lineup of AI smart glasses with a new pair of Oakley-branded spectacles targeted at athletes, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. Bloomberg reports the new smart glasses, with which Meta seeks to capitalize on the Ray-Ban Meta’s success, will be based on Oakley’s Sphaera glasses, and will shift the camera […]
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Reddit shares rise 7%, hit record as Raymond James raises price target

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Reddit shares rose over 7% to a record high Tuesday after Raymond James analysts raised their price target and reiterated their “strong buy” rating.

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Perplexity launches Sonar, an API for AI search

Posted on January 21, 2025 by Techme101

Perplexity on Tuesday launched an API service called Sonar, allowing enterprises and developers to build the startup’s generative AI search tools into their own applications. “While most generative AI features today have answers informed only by training data, this limits their capabilities,” Perplexity wrote in a blog post. “To optimize for factuality and authority, APIs […]
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