The repercussions of HP acquisition
Welcome again a week in the review. This week we look at the internal chaos surrounding HP acquisition of $ 116 million on Humane from AI PIN Maker; The new Mira Morati project of artificial intelligence comes out of the ghost. Duolingo killed the iconic owl amulet with Cybletruck. And more! Let’s get into it.
Amnesty International has died. The start -up company announced that most of its assets It was obtained by HP for $ 116 millionLess than half of $ 240 million in VC financing. The startup will immediately stop sales of 499 dollars, and after February 28, it can no longer be worn connected to Humane’s servers. After that, the devices will not be able to communicate, correspondence, inquiries/artificial responses, or access to the cloud. Customers who bought AI’s pin at the last 90 days are qualified to recover money, but anyone bought a device before that, not.
Hours after HP acquisition It was announced, many humanitarian employees received HP job offers with Wages increase between 30 % and 70 %, In addition to HP plans and bonuses, according to the internal documents seen by Techcrunch and exporters who asked not to be identified. Meanwhile, other humanitarian employees – especially those who worked near artificial intelligence pin devices – were notified that they were out of the job.
The long -awaited iPhone SE update from Apple It was revealed, three years after the last major update of the budget -thinking smartphone. 16E is part of an exclusive set of phones capable of running Apple because of the addition of the A18 processor. The iPhone 16e also cleared the Home Home button in favor of the facial identifier and switched the lightning port for USB-C. The iPhone 6e begins with $ 599 February 28 will start charging.
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RIP, duo: Duolingo “killing” the iconic owl amulet with Cybletruck, and the marketing trick is amazingly well. The company launched a bilateral saving campaign – and encouraging users to do more lessons – as the company says it is “binary or die.” Read more
Chatgpt: Openai no longer wants to take Chatgpt as a liberal position, even if some users find a “moral mistake or offensive”. This means that Chatgpt will now present multiple views on controversial topics in an attempt to be neutral. Read more
Uber opposite Doordash: Uber sued Doordash, accusing her delivery competition for suffocating competition by intimidating restaurant owners in exclusive deals. Uber claims that Doordash only intimidates restaurants to work with them. Read more
The following Mira Moratti step: The new Openai CTO Mira Murati is out of artificial intelligence, AI Machines Lab, from the hide. The startup company, which includes the co -founder of Openai John Shuleman and former Openai Research Officer Barret Ziph, will focus on building cooperative “multimedia” systems. Read more
Presented by GROK 3: Elon Musk’s Xai released the latest pioneering AI, GROK 3, and unveiled new possibilities for Grok iOS apps and web applications. Musk claims that the new models family is “Amnesty International that seeks the truth”, which sometimes “contradicts what is politically true.” Read more
Steam infiltrators: Valve removed Steam’s video game mainly designed to spread malware. Security researchers found that everyone who planted a video game in an attempt to deceive the players to stabilize the theft of information called Vidar. Read more
Another Dei U Turn: Mark Zuckerberg and Pricela Chan will end the internal DEI programs and stop providing “financing of social advocacy” for ethnic arrows and immigration reforms. The switch comes just weeks after the organization’s assertion of employees that it will continue to support Dei’s efforts. Read more
Amazon closes Android App Store: Amazon will stop its Android application store in August in an attempt to focus more on the company’s private devices. The company told the developers that they would not be able to provide new applications to the store. Read more
Mark Zuckerberg did not come to return the brand: A study by the Pew Research Center found that Americans’ opinions on Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg are more negative than positive. About 54 % of adults say they have an unfavorable vision of musk while 67 % negatively feels the Zuckerberg. Read more
Noise canceling headphones may harm your mind: A new report at the BBC looks at whether noise canceling technology may re-connect the brains of people who use it to adjust the troublesome background noise-and may forget the brain how to filter the sounds themselves. Read more
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