Exclusive: Meta planning sweeping layoffs as AI costs mount
Meta is planning sweeping layoffs that could affect 20% or more of the company, three sources familiar with the matter told Reuters, as Meta seeks to offset costly artificial intelligence infrastructure bets and prepare for greater efficiency brought about by AI-assisted workers.
WordPress debuts a private workspace that runs in your browser via a new service, my.WordPress.net | TechCrunch
WordPress’s new browser-based service lets users create private sites without hosting or signing up, turning the platform into a personal workspace for writing, research, and AI tools.
Rising Memory and CPU Prices Could Push Mainstream Notebook Prices Up by Nearly 40%, Says TrendForce
For a mainstream notebook with an MSRP of US$900, surging memory prices alone could raise retail prices by more than 30%; combined with CPU price increases, the total price hike could approach 40%.
If memory and CPU prices rise simultaneously, their combined share of notebook BOM costs could climb to 58%.
CPU supply volatility is also emerging, with shortages beginning to affect entry-level platforms across multiple brands.
Online age-verification tools spread across U.S. for child safety, but adults are being surveilled
New age-verification laws and tools are designed for child safety on social media and the internet, but adults are in the crosshairs, say privacy experts.
When I joined Imprint a little less than a year ago, our deploys were manual, requiring close human attention to complete.
Our database migrations were run manually, too.
Developing good software is very possible in those circumstances, but it takes a remarkable attention to detail to do it.
It was also possible to develop good software using Subversion and developing by ssh’ing into a remote server to edit PHP files,
but the goal is making things easy rather than possible.
Claude strengthens its Excel, PowerPoint skills | The Deep View
While Anthropic doesn’t offer a productivity suite of apps like Google or Microsoft, it is expanding its integrations with Microsoft 365 applications....
They Don’t Want Their Company’s Surveillance Tool Used by ICE
Thomson Reuters, best known for its media outlet and legal research tools, provides an investigative tool to immigration enforcers. Its Minnesota employees want that to stop.