eBay to lay off 800 staff

eBay is cutting about 800 jobs, or 6% of its full-time workforce. “We are taking steps to reinvest in our business and align our structure with our strategic priorities, which will impact certain roles in our workforce,” the company said in a statement. “We are grateful for the contributions of the affected employees and are…

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Welcome to the post-hype crypto market

Crypto startups are coming back into the conversation, but ETHDenver Last week, there was as much talk about the token as it was about Washington. Policy changes are increasing rapidly in the market tying rope And stablecoins face scrutiny, players like stripe Re-enter the conversation, and startups will either gain traction or cool off. The…

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Waymo to begin testing in Chicago and Charlotte

Waymo is bringing its robotaxis chicago And charlotte The company said Wednesday as part of its effort to continue expanding autonomous vehicles. Starting today, Waymo will begin manual mapping and initial data collection to lay the groundwork for operations in those cities. Waymo typically enters a new city by conducting months of manual driving and…

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Nvidia challenger AI chip startup MatX raised $500M

MatX, a chip startup founded by two former Google hardware engineers, has raised a $500 million Series B led by Jane Street and Situational Awareness, an investment fund formed by former OpenAI researcher Leopold Ashenbrenner. The company aims to make its processors 10 times better at training LLMs and delivering results compared to Nvidia’s GPUs….

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Uber engineers built an AI version of their boss

Consumers probably think of Uber as a ride-hailing and food delivery company. But in the eyes of CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, Uber actually has a massive code base with engineers who are “virtually the creators of the company.” In fact, Uber engineers have gone as far as replacing Khosrowshahi with a chatbot that will ask him…

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