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Microsoft Corp.’s GitHub unit and publicly traded rival GitLab Inc. today both announced layoffs, disclosing plans to let go 10% and 7% of their respective workforces. Neither company specified the exact number of affected employees. GitHub had 2,500 staffers as of April …
Atlassian debuts Jira Product Discovery to ease product management teams’ work
Atlassian Corp. today debuted Jira Product Discovery, a project management application designed to help companies develop new products and features more efficiently. Nasdaq-listed Atlassian is a major provider of productivity software and development tools. Its best-known product is Jira Software, a task …
Thanks to jump in rides, Uber’s earnings top expectations
Shares of Uber Technologies Inc. climbed more than 5% today after the company posted better-than-expected financial results for its fourth quarter ended Dec. 31. Uber’s revenue grew 49% year-over-year, to $8.6 billion, more than the $8.49 million that analysts polled by Refinitiv …
Google debuts new AI features for Search and Maps
Google LLC is rolling out a set of artificial intelligence enhancements to its search engine and Google Maps that will enable users to find information more easily. The new features made their debut today at a product event in Paris. According to …
EU internal market commissioner suggests steps to improve bloc’s internet infrastructure
Thierry Breton, the European Union’s Commissioner for the Internal Market, this week outlined a series of steps that the bloc could potentially take to enhance its telecommunications infrastructure. Breton made the suggestions during a Monday speech in Helsinki. He suggested, among other …
Ushur raises $50M for its customer experience automation platform
Automation startup Ushur Inc. today announced that it has closed a $50 million funding round led by Third Point Ventures. The Series C round follows a year in which Santa Clara, Calif.-based Ushur experienced significant growth. The startup claims to have tripled …
Zoom lays off 15% of its workforce as growth slows
Zoom Video Communications Inc. today announced plans to lay off 1,300 employees, or about 15% of its workforce. All the company’s core business units are affected. The organizational structure of some units will be updated to streamline business operations. “As the world …
Blockfenders reels in $1.5M for its blockchain-powered secure data sharing platform
Blockfenders Inc., a startup with a blockchain-powered platform that promises to help companies share data more securely with one another, has raised $1.5 million in pre-seed funding. The Palo Alto, California-based startup announced the investment this morning. More than a dozen venture …
Google debuts AI-powered Bard chatbot for conversational search
Google LLC today announced plans to launch an artificial intelligence search tool, Bard, that will be capable of providing detailed natural language answers to user queries. Bard will initially become accessible to a group of “trusted testers,” Google Chief Executive Officer Sundar …
Getty Images sues Stability AI for copyright and trademark infringement
Getty Images Holdings Inc. is suing Stability AI Ltd., a generative artificial intelligence startup, for allegedly misusing its stock photos. The Verge reported the case today. Getty Images’ lawsuit, which was submitted to the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware, …