What you need to know A new study lists Microsoft among the top tech giants that attracts employees from other competitors in the tech world. Meta and Google have the highest percentage of employees that have worked for other tech giants before joining them. The study further disclosed that Microsoft attracted 7,937 employees from IBM, […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know OpenAI could potentially lose more of its employees to Microsoft following the board of directors decision to fire Sam Altman. The employees penned a letter to the board of directors to express their plight and request the to reinstate Altman. They further indicated that the decision undermined their mission and […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft announced that it is hiring Sam Altman, ex-CEO of OpenAI. Altman was fired by OpenAI last week after the board said they had lost confidence in his leadership. Altman will be joined by Greg Brockman to lead a new AI research team at Microsoft. Updated November 20, 2023 at […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know According to a new report by CNBC, Microsoft employees were temporarily restricted from accessing ChatGPT. Microsoft stated that it restricted access due to security and privacy concerns. A Microsoft spokesman cites that the block was a mistake and that it occurred while the company was testing endpoint control systems for […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft and Amazon are reportedly in the midst of a megadeal summing up to approximately $1 billion. The deal will help Amazon acquire 550,000 Microsoft 365 E5 licenses for its corporate workers, alongside one million Microsoft 365 F5 licenses for its frontline employees. Amazon employees already use traditional, on-premises Microsoft […]
Read MoreNokia, the Finnish company that makes equipment for telecom networks, reported a 20% dip in sales QoQ. And to offset the impact it will let go of 14,000 employees, which is over 15% of the entire workforce. According to the CEO, sales of 5G equipment fell 40% in North America, and other major markets are […]
Read MoreAt least five employees who worked for the App Store in China have been fired for inappropriate conduct with developers and consultants, according to a report from The Information. App Store employees with review and editorial roles are not supposed to meet with developers, but an internal audit raised suspicions about half a dozen workers, […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know LinkedIn just laid off 668 roles across its engineering, product, talent and finance teams. The cuts were made as part of the company “adapting [its] organizational structures and streamlining [its] decision making.” LinkedIn laid off over 700 employees earlier this year in May. LinkedIn announced that it will lay off […]
Read MoreThursday September 28, 2023 11:54 am PDT by Juli Clover Epic Games, the company behind popular video game Fortnite, is laying off 830 employees or approximately 16 percent of its workforce. The layoffs come amid Epic’s ongoing legal battle with Apple, which started way back in 2020. Just this week, Epic Games asked the Supreme […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Epic Games is the developer and publisher of Fortnite, as well as the team responsible for developing and maintaining Unreal Engine. According to Bloomberg, Epic Games is laying off 870 employees, or around 16% of its total workforce. Epic Games is also reportedly divesting two prior acquisitions, selling music website […]
Read MoreApple’s retail employees are receiving raises between two and five percent this year, which is a smaller pay increase than Apple provided during the pandemic, reports Bloomberg. Annual raises are at about four percent on average, with the increases applying to retail employees and AppleCare technical support employees. Raises are provided alongside employee reviews, which […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know BioWare is laying off 50 employees as part of a transition to become a more “agile” studio. The studio will be trying to find places for as many employees as possible at other Electronic Arts studios. The next Mass Effect game is still in pre-production. We’ve learned some unfortunate news […]
Read MoreTwitter appears to be unhappy with the runaway success of Threads, Meta’s Twitter alternative that launched last night. Threads has amassed more than 30 million users in under 24 hours, making it the biggest threat to Twitter to date. According to Semafor, Twitter lawyer Alex Spiro yesterday sent Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg a letter [PDF] […]
Read MoreWhat you need to know Microsoft employees have expressed concerns about the company’s leadership over recent changes in compensation packages. The lack of a pay raise has greatly impacted the employees’ performance and morale. Less than half of Microsoft employees are willing to retain their positions at the company if they get another offer elsewhere. […]
Read MoreApple has restricted employee use of ChatGPT and other external artificial intelligence utilities amid the development of its own similar technology, The Wall Street Journal reports. According to a document seen by The Wall Street Journal and individuals who claim to be familiar with the matter, Apple is concerned that AI tools could leak the […]
Read MoreIt was reported earlier that Samsung wants to integrate the powers of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT to boost its chip business. However, things aren’t looking good as Samsung has ordered its staff to stop using generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and Bard out of security concerns. This move comes after some sensitive […]
Read MoreApple’s legal battle with pulse oximetry company Masimo has been taking place over the course of the last two weeks, but we’ve heard little about it because it’s being done behind closed doors. The judge overseeing the case sealed the trial, but legal affairs journalist Meghan Cuniff, who has been following the dispute, today shared […]
Read MoreIn 2022, Samsung hiked the average salaries of its employees by 9%, which was the highest in a decade. This year, however, things aren’t looking as good. In fact, they are bad. According to a new report from South Korea, Samsung has announced an average salary hike of 4.1% for its employees for 2023, which […]
Read MoreApple is planning to cut a small number of corporate retail employees that are on its development and preservation teams, reports Bloomberg. The employees that are part of the downsizing handle the construction and upkeep of Apple retail locations worldwide. It is not clear how many positions Apple is eliminating, but Bloomberg says the cuts […]
Read MoreSome Apple employees are concerned about the usefulness and price point of the company’s upcoming mixed-reality headset, The New York Times reports. Initial enthusiasm around the device at the company has apparently become skepticism, according to eight current and former Apple employees speaking to The New York Times. The change of tone reportedly marks an […]
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