TECHNOLOGY

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the latest layoff round would affect around 9,000 employees.

In an era where online reviews can make or break a business, companies are increasingly turning to advanced technologies, such as artificial intelligence (AI), to protect their reputation. In fact, thanks to a series of impressive releases earlier this year, which saw record-breaking user growth for the latest AI solutions from OpenAI and Google, AI is now the name of the game.

TikTok says it prizes user safety and content authenticity, but three employees told FT that monitoring and eradicating fraudulent posts seem to have been overshadowed by a profit push.

The subscription fee charged for accessing exclusive content amounts to $4, which translates to a monthly revenue of over $100,000 for the Twitter owner.

Amazon had left its entertainment arms untouched even with job cuts in other departments, but employees are speculating that they may no longer be immune to the cost-cutting measures.

While developer Good Luck Games did not mention the reason behind the shutdown, the widely-held assumption is that the Web3 game "Storybook Brawl" was caught in the chaos of FTX.

State news agencies belonging to Russia, Iran and China registered significant boosts in their interaction ratios after the recent changes introduced on Twitter.

The launch of GigaChat is seen as the latest effort by Russia in its technological competition with the United States.

Battle-Tested, a third-party contractor of Amazon, has reached a tentative agreement with 84 delivery drivers but the e-commerce giant may have side-stepped the organizing workers.

The NFT Marketplace is now set to launch on May 15, according to a report.

More than 140 workers at SEGA of America are demanding voluntary recognition of their union for better working conditions and worker empowerment.

Massively investing in tech innovation is easy for China because the Chinese Communist Party and Government control major investments.

More than 173,000 tech workers have lost their jobs so far in 2023 as some of the biggest tech companies implemented layoffs that affected thousands.

UK to test alert system on millions of phones

Twitter reinstates blue ticks for some media, celebrities

Twitter has dropped "state-affiliated" and "government-funded" labels from media accounts after widespread complaints, according to a review Friday of many high-profile pages.

Canada pledges Can$13.2 bn subsidies for VW battery plant

The Sennheiser IE 200 features the same 7mm extra-wideband True Response transducer found in the pricier IE 600 and IE 900 models.

Layoffs in the misinformation team came as part of the second round of reductions announced by Meta to cut around 4,000 employees this month.

While some believe AI can help lighten the workload of HR departments, critics have warned against depending on AI-collected data.

Lebron James' media advisor said the NBA star did not pay for verification.

Insider's president said she would work with the Insider Union to "provide clarity on our proposed changes" and establish a bargaining process.

According to a global security think tank, conflicts in the future could be won by using technology, urging the U.S. and its allies to ramp up their forces.

Some politicians have expressed concerns about a proposed bill seeking to ban TikTok and now the opposing side is being joined by U.S. tech firms who fear that their business may be affected.

"From education and developers to manufacturing and the environment, we're committed to growing and investing across the country," Tim Cook tweeted after his meeting with Prime Minister Narendra Modi.

Google employees reportedly begged the company to not launch Bard over the chatbot's "pathological" lies, but the company ultimately opened access to the ChatGPT rival last month.

Unlike MicroStrategy which has remained bullish in its stance on Bitcoin and has already earned revenue from its BTC holdings, Tesla appears to have mellowed down in its Bitcoin accumulation.

"They trained illegally using Twitter data. Lawsuit time," Elon Musk wrote on Twitter.

Meta is going through another round of layoffs after it cut 11,000 jobs in November, and Instagram's London office will reportedly be affected this time.