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Google lays off hundreds of employees across Google Assistant unit, other divisions
Google LLC is laying off employees at the business units that develop its knowledge and information products, consumer hardware and Google Assistant service. Word of the restructuring first emerged late Wednesday. Today, Google told The Verge that it’s letting go a “few hundred” workers at each of the affected business units. The publication estimates that ...
SAP will pay $220M+ to settle bribery charges brought by Justice Department, SEC
SAP SE will pay more than $220 million to settle bribery charges brought against it by the Justice Department and the Securities and Exchange Commission. The Justice Department announced the agreement today. According to officials, SAP and its co-conspirators ran bribery schemes in more than a half-dozen countries to increase the company’s chances of winning ...
OpenAI launches GPT Store for custom chatbots and new ChatGPT subscription
OpenAI today launched the GPT Store, a marketplace through which customers can access custom versions of ChatGPT created by other users. The artificial intelligence developer also introduced a new paid tier of the chatbot. ChatGPT Team, as the offering is called, is geared toward organizations and will be available starting at $25 per user per ...
Terraform fork OpenTofu launches into general availability
OpenTofu, a fork of the popular Terraform infrastructure automation platform, today moved into general availability. The milestone follows a four-month development effort that involved more than 60 engineers. According to the project’s organizers, OpenTofu is also backed by over 150 companies including several venture-backed enterprise software startups. The platform’s launch into general availability means that ...
EU weighing whether Microsoft-OpenAI alliance could be subject to antitrust probe
The European Commission, the European Union’s executive branch, may launch an antitrust probe into Microsoft Corp.’s high-profile partnership with OpenAI. Officials raised the possibility of such an investigation in an announcement published today. “The European Commission is checking whether Microsoft’s investment in OpenAI might be reviewable under the EU Merger Regulation,” the document reads. EU ...
Technology procurement startup AppDirect raises $100M in fresh funding
AppDirect Inc., a startup helping organizations procure technology services more efficiently, today announced that it has secured $100 million in fresh funding. Canadian asset manager CDPQ provided the capital. It previously invested $80 million in AppDirect as part of a 2020 funding round. Since launching in 2009, the procurement software provider has raised more than ...
Access management provider Delinea acquires cybersecurity startup Authomize
Delinea Inc., a provider of software that helps enterprises block unauthorized access to their applications, has acquired cybersecurity startup Authomize Ltd. for an undisclosed sum. The companies announced the deal today. Prior to the deal, Israel-based Authomize raised more than $20 million in funding from Microsoft Corp.’s M12 startup fund, Entree Capital and other backers. ...
OpenAI argues New York Times’ AI copyright lawsuit is ‘without merit’
OpenAI claims that a copyright lawsuit brought against it and Microsoft Corp. by The New York Times is “without merit.” The artificial intelligence developer made the argument in a blog post published today. The response comes less than two weeks after the Times filed its lawsuit, which accuses OpenAI of using millions of the paper’s ...
Alliance begins certifying devices that support the Wi-Fi 7 wireless standard
The Wi-Fi Alliance has begun certifying devices that support Wi-Fi 7, the latest iteration of the ubiquitous wireless networking standard. The group announced the move today at the CES 2024 consumer electronics event in Las Vegas. The launch of the certification program marks a notable milestone in the industry’s rollout of Wi-Fi 7, which promises ...
AMD debuts new desktop APUs, GPU at CES 2024
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. today introduced the Ryzen 7 8700G, a desktop processor that it says features the fastest integrated graphics accelerator on the market. The chip made its debut at the CES 2024 consumer electronics conference taking place this week in Las Vegas. Alongside the Ryzen 7 8700G, AMD introduced a number of lower-end desktop ...