Tag: TECHNEWS
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Nissan shows off a real version of its rad-looking Max-Out electric convertible concept
/ The automaker rolled out a physical version of its electric convertible to celebrate its Futures event at its global headquarters. The Max-Out looks every bit the concept, but it could find a home in Nismo’s motorsports lineup. The Nissan Max-Out is virtual no longer. The automaker rolled out a physical version of its electric…
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Apple says it now has 935 million paid subscriptions
Apple had a rare quarter where it missed its revenue target due to problems in the supply chain and manufacturing. But its services revenue was a bright spot in the earnings. The company said it now has 935 million paid subscriptions across its services. These offerings, including iCloud, Apple Music, Apple TV+, Apple Arcade, Apple News+, Apple…
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Some Salesforce employees just found out they’re part of the 10% layoff announced last month
When Salesforce announced it was laying off 10% of its workforce last month, you might have assumed that meant that everyone who was affected was informed at that time. With social media flush with people talking about Salesforce layoffs today, the company says these are part of that original announcement, but some folks are learning about their…
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Netflix lists rules and exemptions to prevent account sharing outside household
Netflix is now detailing how it aims to maintain password sharing within a household while cracking down on outside usage. The company aims to curtail account sharing this year by asking people to pay extra money to use the streaming service outside the household for extended periods of time. The streaming giant has shared terms detailing how…
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Marqeta buys fintech Power Finance in $275M all-cash deal, its first acquisition
Marqeta has agreed to acquire two-year-old fintech infrastructure startup Power Finance for $223 million in cash, marking the first acquisition in the publicly-traded company’s 13-year history. About one-third of the purchase price is payable over a two-year period subject to certain undisclosed conditions. And, if one undisclosed milestone in particular is met within the next 12 months, Marqeta…
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Elon Musk is being investigated by the SEC for Tesla self-driving claims, report says
Elon Musk is being investigated by the SEC for Tesla self-driving claims, report sayshttps://fortizotechhub.tech.blog/?p=753(opens in a new tab)
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Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma
Twitter co-founder Biz Stone joins board of audiovisual startup Chroma Chroma, a startup working to build a new type of audiovisual entertainment specifically for mobile devices, is now adding a Twitter co-founder to its board. The company announced today that Twitter and Medium co-founder Biz Stone, previously an angel investor in Chroma alongside Pinterest’s founders,…
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This startup hopes to take on Canva, raising a $11.6M Series A for its design platform
This startup hopes to take on Canva, raising a $11.6M Series A for its design platform Despite Canva being worth in the region of $26 billion, it appears startups feel there is still plenty to be mined from this ;easy-to-use design platform’ arena. Admittedly, Professional Adobe tools remain fiddly for most people. Perhaps that’s why…
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Microsoft services like Outlook and Teams accessible again after outage caused by a ‘network issue’
Microsoft services like Outlook and Teams accessible again after outage caused by a ‘network issue’ Update 25/01/2023 7.15 PM IST: Microsoft’s services are back online after a downtime that lasted for more than four hours. The headline is changed to reflect that. https://fortizotechhub.tech.blog/2023/01/25/microsoft-services-like-outlook-and-teams-accessible-again-after-outage-caused-by-a-network-issue/ #fortizotechnologies #techcrunch #technews #news
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Microsoft invests billions more dollars in OpenAI, extends partnership
Microsoft today said that it’s extending its partnership with OpenAI, the startup behind art- and text-generating AI systems like ChatGPT, DALL-E 2 and GPT-3, with a “multi-year, multi-billion-dollar” investment. OpenAI says that the infusion of new capital — the exact amount of which wasn’t disclosed — will be used to continue its independent research and develop AI that’s “safe, useful and…