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Microsoft staff face second round of layoffs as firm continues cost-cutting measures
Microsoft has revealed another round of layoffs in addition to the performance-based cuts confirmed last week, according to reports from Business Insider. The layoffs will hit a range of teams across the organization, including security, sales, experiences and devices, and gaming, according to two people familiar with the matter. One source claimed employees started to receive notifications about layoffs in…
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“OpenAI continues to be our partner on frontier models”: Microsoft is open to using a range of AI models in 365 Copilot, but OpenAI remains its go-to choice
Microsoft has clarified its stance on the models that will power its 365 Copilot service after reports suggested it was considering integrating third-party alternatives to OpenAI’s model range. Speculation around the two companies’ relationship emerged after a Reuters report last month claimed Microsoft had been “working on adding internal and third-party artificial intelligence models to power its flagship AI product…
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Google’s efficiency drive continues as CEO reveals plans to cut management roles
Google has announced a new wave of cuts across a number of managerial roles in the latest expansion of its ongoing efficiency push. CEO Sundar Pichai revealed the plans during an all-hands meeting ahead of Christmas, confirming that the company intends to cut 10% of manager, director, and VP-level positions. A Google spokesperson clarified that some of the positions under…
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Black Duck continues leadership expansion with double hire
Application security provider Black Duck has announced the appointments of Ishpreet Singh as chief information officer (CIO) and Bruce Jenkins as its new chief information security officer (CISO). Black Duck, which formerly operated under the Synopsys Software Integrity Group name, said the double appointment marks the next stage of its expansion plans as it looks to optimize business processes, improve…
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Sharp continues European IT services push with latest acquisition
Sharp Europe has announced plans to acquire Apsia, a French company specializing in digital transformation and cloud integration. The deal, which marks the latest in a series of acquisitions, is aimed at boosting Sharp’s IT services business across the region. “This acquisition is a key strategic step for Sharp Europe as we continue to extend and expand our IT services…
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Jaguar’s bizarre rebranding continues with the Type 00 concept electric car
The leaks earlier were accurate, with the Type 00 two-door coupe presenting a long hood that leads to a low roof and fastback rear profile that foregoes any rear window. Jaguar chief creative officer Gerry McGovern said in a presentation that “when Jaguar was at its best, it threw away the design rulebook and created E-Type and the XJS…objects of…
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HPE’s AI and supercomputing journey continues with new Cray and Slingshot hardware
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) is once again flexing its high performance computing muscles with three new pieces of Cray Supercomputing hardware and a new Slingshot interconnect. The launch is being tipped as an end-to-end portfolio for high performance computing setups and includes a compute blade, accelerator blade, storage system, and interconnect. All of this is supplemented by new software that…
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The demise of the floppy disk continues: Months after Japan ‘won the war’ on the legacy storage medium, San Francisco announces plans to spend millions overhauling its metro rail technology
Officials from the San Francisco transportation department have announced they will be replacing their floppy disk-based train control system, jumping on the bandwagon to do away with the legacy storage platform. The Municipal Transportation Agency board, which is responsible for overseeing San Francisco’s Muni Metro light rail network, signed a new $212 million contract with Hitachi Rail to overhaul its…
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Microsoft’s Recall delayed once again as roll-out fiasco continues
Microsoft has delayed the roll-out of its controversial Windows Recall feature for a third time as security concerns continue to plague its public release. Recall, slated to be exclusively available for the new Copilot+ PC ecosystem, captures screenshots locally on the device to enable users to search back through their activities. But confusion arising due to unclear messaging on how…
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OpenAI continues to burn money – Computerworld
The latest financing round — led by Thrive Capital, a US venture capital firm that plans to invest $1 billion — brought in $6.6 billion and pushed the company’s valuation to $157 billion. At the same time, OpenAI is warning investors away from rivals like Anthropic, xAI and Safe Superintelligence (SSI), a startup launched by OpenAI co-founder Ilya Sutskever. Microsoft…
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