Monday, 20 May 2024
Category: World News

Apple Music Is Showing Other People’s Playlists

Apple Music seems to be experiencing a bug that causes other users’ playlists to show up in random users’ libraries. First spotted by MacRumors and AppleInsider, there are a number of Reddit threads from impacted users. Users are reporting strange playlists showing up in their libraries. “So I went to ‘listen now’ > profile > edit profile,” wrote a Reddit […]

Marc Andreessen: ‘AI Won’t Cause Unemployment’

Tech icon Marc Andreessen has weighed in on AI’s impact on the workplace, and he doesn’t believe it will lead to unemployment. Artificial intelligence is dominating the news, thanks to OpenAI, ChatGPT, and Microsoft’s incorporation of the tech into its Bing search engine. One of the leading concerns surrounding AI is that it will lead […]

Amazon Reports First Unprofitable Year in Almost a Decade

Amazon delivered its quarterly report and it was bad news as the company turned in its first unprofitable year in almost a decade. Amazon reported net sales for 2022 of $514.0 billion, an increase of 9% year-over-year. The company’s AWS cloud business came in at $80.1 billion for the year, an increase of 29%. Despite […]

Microsoft Is Working on Comprehensive SaaS Security

Microsoft is working to improve SaaS security, shifting to “to a comprehensive SaaS security solution.” Software as a service is an increasingly important part of the remote and hybrid workplace, and is only growing in popularity. Unfortunately, properly securing SaaS applications can be a logistical nightmare. In fact, citing research from Better Cloud, Microsoft points […]

Yahoo Plans to Lay Off 1,000 Now, 600 Later

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 Netherlands Poised to Join US in China Semiconductor Crackdown

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 Turns to Larry Page & Sergey Brin to Help With AI Strategy

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 by 32,000+

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 […]

Kuo: 2024 Edition of iPhone SE 4 Cancelled, Qualcomm Benefits

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 […]