January 2024

Microsoft lays off 1,900 employees in Activision Blizzard and Xbox divisions

January 25, 2024

Three months after completing its $68.7 billion acquisition of gaming company Activision Blizzard, Microsoft is laying off 1,900 employees in its gaming divisions. This amounts to about 8.6% of 22,000 Microsoft employees in gaming. Blizzard president Mike Ybarra also announced he will step down, now that the acquisition is finalized. “I want to thank everyone […]

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Jim Kwik’s Strategies for Upgrading Your Brain By Using AI

January 25, 2024
Discover the brain coach’s practical strategies for managing information overload, optimizing brain health, and leveraging AI as a tool for enhancing human intelligence and achieving unprecedented success – all while navigating a rapidly changing world.

The Porsche Macan EV is a bet that buyers still want pricey electric vehicles

January 25, 2024

Porsche took the wraps off Thursday of the Macan EV,  a long-delayed project that will test whether consumers still have the drive  to spring for an electric vehicle that costs more than $78,000. The reveal comes at a pivotal time for Porsche — and many other automakers. Demand for expensive EVs has waned in recent […]

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As one raises $11.2M to hit the US, carbon startups pin hopes on future regulation to boost their fortunes

January 25, 2024

We last covered  carbon credits startup Ceezer in late 2022 when it raised a €4.2 million ($4.5m) seed round.  Then, as now, Ceezer was part of the new wave of tech-driven offsetting and/or removal platforms trying to bring transparency and cohesion to a sector that has been rocked by charges of “green-washing”. Whatever it’s doing, […]

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Kusari is building a supply chain security platform on top of open source

January 25, 2024

The software supply chain, which comprises the components, libraries and processes companies use to develop and publish software, is under threat. According to one recent survey, 88% of companies believe that software supply chain security presents an “enterprise-wide risk” to their organizations, while nearly two thirds (65%) believe their organizations’ software supply chain security program […]

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