Yahoo is preparing for a round of layoffs, with plans to eliminate 1,000 jobs now and up to 600 in the second half of 2023. First reported by Axios, Yahoo’s layoffs will impact roughly 20% of the company’s workforce. Unlike many of the tech industry’s recent layoffs, Yahoo CEO Jim Lanzone said the decision was not […]

Japan and the Netherlands may be joining the US in its efforts to isolate the Chinese semiconductor industry over security concerns. The US has been working to restrict high-tech components from making their way to China. Some analysts believe the country’s semiconductor industry has “collapsed,” but Beijing is spending big to revitalize it. According to The Guardian, Japan and the […]

Google has turned to its founders to help it devise an AI strategy as the company faces its biggest challenge yet to its search dominance. OpenAI’s ChatGPT has taken the AI world by storm, with Microsoft working to integrate it with a version of Bing. Google has had to answer some uncomfortable questions about why a startup beat […]

Amazon’s open programming jobs have dropped to a paltry 299, down from 32,692 in May of 2022. Amazon has been freezing hiring over the last couple of months and is laying off some 18,000 employees. As a tech company, Amazon might be expected to still have a plethora of software development jobs open but, as pointed […]

Analyst Ming-Chi Kuo has said Apple will not release the iPhone SE 4 in 2024, greatly benefiting Qualcomm in the process. The iPhone SE is Apple’s budget iPhone. Apple was expected to release the next version in 2024, with its connectivity powered by Apple’s in-house baseband chip. Apple has been working to build its own […]

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AWS CEO Adam Selipsky is trying to convince customers that cloud computing can save them money, but many are unconvinced. Amid an uncertain economy, companies are looking to cut costs everywhere. Selipsky is touting cloud computing as a way for companies to save money, according to Business Insider. “When it comes to the cloud, many of […]

Bob Iger’s return as CEO of Disney may signal a time of change, but the company’s hiring freeze is one thing that won’t change. Disney stunned the industry when it announced last week that Bob Chapek would be replaced by his predecessor, former CEO Bob Iger. Chapek had increasingly lost the confidence of investors, as well […]

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Apple is in the hot seat following reports it ignores its own privacy settings and collects a massive amount of user data. Google and Meta are usually the ones in the news for collecting large quantities of user data without permission. Apple is the latest company facing those allegations following a Gizmodo report citing researchers’ claims that Apple’s own apps […]