Sources: SoftBank plans a new round of Vision Fund layoffs, impacting up to 30% of the staff at the unit; Vision Fund had 349 staff at the end of March 2023 — SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) is planning a fresh round of layoffs at its Vision Fund investment arm, two people familiar with the matter said …
How Jimmy Donaldson, aka MrBeast, became a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism and pitching subscribing as an act of charity, sometimes literally — Jimmy Donaldson, a.k.a. MrBeast, has become a viral sensation for his absurd acts of altruism. Why do so many people think he's evil?
PitchBook: the UK and Ireland accounted for ~28% of VC deals in Europe and Israel in Q1 2023, down from over 34% in 2018, while France and the Nordics rose — This year did not begin well for technology in the UK. Venture financing evaporated. Companies cut staff and tightened belts.
Documents detail new prison-monitoring tech, tracking inmates' location, heartbeats, and more, developed by Talitrix and used in Atlanta's Fulton County Jail — Documents WIRED obtained detail new prison-monitoring technology that keeps tabs on inmates' location, heartbeats, and more.
Nasdaq plans to acquire financial software maker Adenza for $10.5B in cash and stock; Adenza owner Thoma Bravo gets a 14.9% stake in Nasdaq as part of the deal — Nasdaq Inc. has agreed to buy financial-software maker Adenza from its private equity owners in the exchange operator's biggest-ever deal.
Sources: a US official said the government plans to let chipmakers in South Korea and Taiwan maintain and expand their China-based facilities without reprisals — Analysts say the move will weaken export-control measures aimed at curbing Beijing — WASHINGTON—The Biden administration plans …
UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak says DeepMind, OpenAI, and Anthropic agreed to open up their AI models to the UK government for research and safety purposes — LONDON — Google DeepMind, OpenAI and Anthropic have agreed to open up their AI models to the U.K. government for research and safety purposes …
Sources: the Dutch government is working on legislation to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive tech, including chips and defense — The Dutch government is working on legislation that will be used to bar Chinese students from university programs on sensitive technologies …
Q&A with Signal president Meredith Whittaker on how existential warnings about AI might help Big Tech entrench its power, the UK's Online Safety Bill, and more — The president of the not-for-profit messaging app on how she believes existential warnings about AI allow big tech to entrench their power …
Microsoft will bring select games on PC Game Pass to Nvidia's GeForce Now in the coming months, letting subs stream games with RTX 4080 levels of performance — Microsoft is planning to bring PC Game Pass titles to Nvidia's GeForce Now streaming service. Sarah Bond, head of Xbox creator experience …
Researchers studying technological change and employment can't agree on how many jobs AI will affect, but hope that their methodology is directionally correct — The tally of how many jobs will be “affected by” world-changing technology is different depending on who you ask.
How science fiction and fantasy publishers are dealing with AI tools' role in the industry and with the trust crisis due to AI-generated content becoming common — Science fiction and fantasy authors are struggling with AI-generated media — and formulating strategies to deal with it.
Riley Griffin / Bloomberg : Mark Zuckerberg lamented the rise of “culturally neutered” companies that have sought to distance themselves ...
