Walter de Heer and Ma Lei are reported co-leaders of the graphene semiconductor research teams in Atlanta and Tianjin.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-14
Walter de Heer Ma Lei graphene semiconductor research
Apple is relocating and shrinking a team responsible for improving Siri's accuracy, which may affect Siri data operations.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-14
Apple Siri
Apple is shutting a 121-person San Diego team of the Data Operations Annotations group, responsible for improving Siri's accuracy, and moving staff to Austin
Bloomberg · 2024-01-14 · #3
Employees from the San Diego team who cannot transfer to Austin or find other internal jobs will be let go.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-14
Apple Data Operations Annotations (121-person San Diego team)
Apple is shutting a 121-person San Diego team of the Data Operations Annotations group, responsible for improving Siri's accuracy, and moving staff to Austin
Bloomberg · 2024-01-14 · #3
Apple is shutting a 121-person San Diego team in its Data Operations Annotations group and relocating staff to Austin.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-14
Apple Data Operations Annotations (121-person San Diego team) Austin
Apple is shutting a 121-person San Diego team of the Data Operations Annotations group, responsible for improving Siri's accuracy, and moving staff to Austin
Bloomberg · 2024-01-14 · #3
Apple nominates Dr. Wanda Austin, former president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation, to join its board.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Apple Wanda Austin
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
MacRumors · 2024-01-12 · #28
Al Gore has served on Apple's board since 2003 and will retire this year.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Al Gore Apple
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
MacRumors · 2024-01-12 · #28
James Bell joined Apple's board in 2015 and will retire this year.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
James Bell Apple
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
MacRumors · 2024-01-12 · #28
Jason Citron is the CEO of Discord and authored the internal memo announcing the layoffs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Jason Citron Discord
Internal memo: Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company is laying off 17% of its staff, or 170 people, after growing its workforce “by 5x since 2020”
The Verge · 2024-01-12 · #31
Discord's workforce grew roughly 5x since 2020, per CEO Jason Citron's internal memo.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Discord 5x since 2020
Internal memo: Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company is laying off 17% of its staff, or 170 people, after growing its workforce “by 5x since 2020”
The Verge · 2024-01-12 · #31
Discord is cutting roughly 17% of its workforce, about 170 employees, according to an internal memo from CEO Jason Citron.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Discord 17% of staff about 170 employees
Internal memo: Discord CEO Jason Citron says the company is laying off 17% of its staff, or 170 people, after growing its workforce “by 5x since 2020”
The Verge · 2024-01-12 · #31
Wanda Austin previously served as president and CEO of The Aerospace Corporation.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Wanda Austin The Aerospace Corporation
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
MacRumors · 2024-01-12 · #28
Apple announces that longtime directors Al Gore and James Bell will retire from its board this year.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Apple Al Gore James Bell
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
MacRumors · 2024-01-12 · #28
Brad Lightcap discusses Sam Altman's departure.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Brad Lightcap OpenAI Sam Altman
Q&A with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on managing deals with publishers, launching the GPT Store, OpenAI's corporate structure, Sam Altman's departure, and more
Bloomberg · 2024-01-12 · #21
Brad Lightcap addresses and explains OpenAI's corporate structure.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Brad Lightcap OpenAI
Q&A with OpenAI COO Brad Lightcap on managing deals with publishers, launching the GPT Store, OpenAI's corporate structure, Sam Altman's departure, and more
Bloomberg · 2024-01-12 · #21
Parker Harris is a cofounder and the CTO of Salesforce.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Parker Harris Salesforce cofounder CTO
Salesforce cofounder and CTO Parker Harris will replace Cal Henderson as Slack's CTO.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Parker Harris Slack
Cal Henderson, Slack's CTO and the company's last remaining cofounder, is stepping down effective immediately.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Cal Henderson Slack
Garry Tan says founders 'have to be in San Francisco' as Y Combinator shifts its headquarters to the city.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Garry Tan founders San Francisco
An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days
Fortune · 2024-01-12 · #11
Y Combinator moves its headquarters from Mountain View to San Francisco, confirmed by president Garry Tan.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Y Combinator Mountain View San Francisco
An interview with Garry Tan, who confirms that Y Combinator moved its HQ from Mountain View to SF, saying “you sort of have to be in San Francisco” these days
Fortune · 2024-01-12 · #11
Alphabet Union says Wednesday's layoffs at Google impacted more than 1,000 people, the largest round of cuts since January 2023.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-12
Google
Alphabet Union says Wednesday's layoffs at Google impacted more than 1,000 people, making it the largest round of cuts since January 2023
The Information · 2024-01-12 · #10
Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving Google.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
James Park Eric Friedman Google
Google reorganizes its Devices & Services teams responsible for Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest hardware.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
Google Devices & Services teams Pixel Fitbit Nest
Google says the restructuring will help improve Google Assistant.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
Google Google Assistant
Google lays off hundreds of staff working on Assistant and says the restructuring would help improve Assistant as the company explores integrating newer AI tech
Semafor · 2024-01-11 · #1
Google lays off hundreds of employees working on Google Assistant as part of a restructuring.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
Google Google Assistant staff
Google lays off hundreds of staff working on Assistant and says the restructuring would help improve Assistant as the company explores integrating newer AI tech
Semafor · 2024-01-11 · #1
Unity is conducting mass layoffs, amid which ironSource founders are exiting.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
Unity
Over 60% of surveyed software engineers in December 2023 believe AI will lead to less hiring.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
survey of 9,388 software engineers (Dec 2023) AI hiring levels
A survey of 9,388 software engineers in December 2023: ~90% believe getting a job now is harder than pre-pandemic and 60%+ believe AI will lead to less hiring
VICE · 2024-01-11 · #37
IronSource CEO Tomer Bar-Zeev and his fellow co-founders are stepping down from Unity effective immediately amid mass layoffs.
confirmed 1 article 2024-01-11
Tomer Bar-Zeev ironSource founders Unity
Sources say Mark Zuckerberg has become deeply engaged in Meta's AI efforts ahead of its 20th anniversary.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-11
Mark Zuckerberg Meta's AI efforts
Sources describe how AI replaced the metaverse as Mark Zuckerberg's top priority, leading Meta to ruthlessly cut jobs and focus on quickly releasing AI products
Bloomberg · 2024-01-11 · #10
Sources say Meta ruthlessly cut jobs as part of the shift toward AI.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-11
Meta
Sources describe how AI replaced the metaverse as Mark Zuckerberg's top priority, leading Meta to ruthlessly cut jobs and focus on quickly releasing AI products
Bloomberg · 2024-01-11 · #10
Sources report that several hundred Google engineering employees received notices their roles were eliminated and lost corporate access; most hardware cuts were in AR, with affected teams including core engineering, Google Assistant and Pixel hardware.
rumored 1 article 2024-01-11
Google engineering employees Google Assistant Pixel phone AR hardware