Research: US companies announced 153,074 job cuts in October 2025, the most for any October since 2003, as AI reshapes industries and cost-cutting accelerates
US companies announced the most job cuts for any October in more than two decades as artificial intelligence reshapes industries …
Google DeepMind unveils AlphaGenome, an AI tool to predict the effects of DNA changes on molecular processes, available via an API for non-commercial research
When scientists first sequenced the human genome in 2003, they revealed the full set of DNA instructions that make a person.
Microsoft says it will shut down Skype on May 5 and directs users to migrate all their contacts and chat data to Teams; Skype had 36M+ DAUs in 2023
Microsoft has announced it is discontinuing … Thomas Stevenson / The Post Millennial : Microsoft to shut down Skype in two months, company says switch to Teams David Phelan / Forbes : Microsoft Kills ...
West Bank residents, who have long complained of missing and outdated data on Google Maps, say the Israel-Hamas war has made the app even worse for navigation
One user told WIRED that Google Maps directed them to “drive right into a wall that's been up since 2003.”
Linden Lab says it has spent $1.3B building Second Life since 2003, paid out $1.1B to creators, and the virtual world has an economy of ~$650M per year
Linden Lab has spent $1.3 billion building the Second Life virtual world, which debuted back in 2003 in the first era of the metaverse. Mastodon: @Grizzlysgrowls@twit.social Mastodon: @Grizzlysgrowls@...
Apple says Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year, and Wanda Austin, ex-president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, will join the board
Dr. Wanda Austin joins as Al Gore departs Vish Gain / Silicon Republic : STEM advocate Wanda Austin to join Apple board Mark Gurman / Fortune : Apple undergoes its biggest board shakeup in years as 2 ...
Local media: David Vincenzetti, who founded infamous spyware maker Hacking Team in 2003, was arrested for allegedly stabbing and attempting to murder a relative
The founder of the infamous and now-defunct spyware maker Hacking Team was arrested on Saturday after allegedly stabbing … X: @lorenzofb , @juanandres_gs , @iblametom , and @lorenzofb X: Lorenzo Franc...
US v. Google: Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid disputes the government's contention that Google “rushed” to release Bard after Microsoft announced Bing Chat
mainly focusing on local search and maps. @bigtechontrial : Testimony in #USvGoogle this morning from Google VP of Search Elizabeth Reid, who has worked at Google since graduating college in 2003. Dur...
An interview with Philip Rosedale, who launched the online world Second Life in 2003 and says his vision predates Neal Stephenson's 1992 coinage of “metaverse”
Mark Zuckerberg's grand vision for an online existence has been laughed off as a corporate folly. https://twitter.com/... Forums: Hacker News : Who needs the Metaverse? Meet the people still living on...
Research: total USD invested in Chinese startups fell by ~75% in 2022; 19% of the total capital put into Chinese startups was in USD, compared to 39% in 2021
The country's newest crop of technology companies is more likely to list at home rather than in the US Tweets: @dravirmani Tweets: Arvind Virmani / @dravirmani : #sREAD #PRC has been a current account...