Maria Deutscher
Latest from Maria Deutscher
LinkedIn lays off 668 workers to simplify its organizational structure
LinkedIn today announced that it will lay off 668 employees across its product development, human resources and finance groups. The job cuts come a few months after LinkedIn parent Microsoft Corp. implemented its second workforce reduction of the year. The first, larger round of layoffs was announced in January and saw the technology giant let go ...
Stack Overflow lets go 28% of its workforce in cost reduction push
Stack Overflow, the company behind the popular coding forum of the same name, is letting go 28% of its workforce in a bid to cut costs. Chief Executive Prashanth Chandrasekar announced the move in a blog post published today. The company, which is incorporated as Stack Exchange Inc., didn’t specify the exact number of affected ...
SEC chair Gary Gensler warns unregulated AI could lead to financial crisis
Gary Gensler, the chair of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, has warned that artificial intelligence software could lead to a financial crisis if it’s not properly regulated. Gensler shared his views during an interview with the Financial Times that was published on Sunday. He said AI could lead to a financial crisis as soon ...
TSMC receives temporary US approval to send advanced chipmaking gear to its China fab
Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. has received temporary approval from the U.S. Commerce Department to send advanced chipmaking gear to its fab in China, Bloomberg reported today. According to Tom’s Hardware, the approval is valid for a year and applies to chipmaking gear made by U.S. companies. In a statement, TSMC told the publication that it ...
Microsoft finally closes its $68.7B acquisition of Activision Blizzard
Microsoft Corp. today said it has completed the acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc., nearly two years after announcing plans to buy the video game maker for $68.7 billion. The development was not unexpected. Last week, a source told The Verge that Microsoft was seeking to finalize the deal today. Less than a month earlier, the company ...
Mojo Vision raises $21.1M for its micro-LED display technology
Mojo Vision Inc., a startup developing micro-LED display technology for devices such as wearables and TVs, today announced that it has raised $21.1 million in fresh funding. The investment was led by New Enterprise Associates, Khosla Ventures and new investor Vanedge Capital. More than a half-dozen other backers contributed as well. The capital was provided ...
Google adds image and text generation features to its SGE search service
Google LLC today introduced image and text generation features for Search Generative Experience, or SGE, an experimental version of its search engine powered by artificial intelligence. SGE made its debut in May at Google’s annual I/O developer event. When a user enters a query into the service, it displays standard search results alongside a panel at ...
Lakera and Deasie raise funding to make AI large language models more reliable
Lakera AI AG and Deasie Inc., two startups tackling reliability issues in large language models, today both announced that they’ve raised funding to drive adoption of their respective products. Zurich-based Lakera secured a $10 million investment from a consortium led by Swiss venture capital firm Redalpine. The company announced the round, which it closed several ...
Google debuts new sustainability tools for consumers and municipalities
Google LLC is rolling out new sustainability features designed to help consumers and municipalities reduce their carbon footprints. Sundar Pichai, chief executive of Google and its parent company Alphabet Inc., detailed the features during a Tuesday product event in Brussels. He also announced that the company is expanding the availability of Flood Hub, its artificial intelligence-powered ...
Google makes its Cloud Spanner database service faster and more cost-efficient
Google LLC today introduced a new version of Cloud Spanner, one of its managed database services, that will enable customers to process their information faster and more cost-efficiently. The company will roll out the update over the coming months. Google originally developed Cloud Spanner for internal use more than a decade ago. In 2017, the ...