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Intel delays its Ohio chip factory to 2030

Intel delays its Ohio chip factory to 2030

​[[{“value”:” Intel’s first chip fabrication plant in Ohio may not open until 2030 at the earliest. According to a report in The Columbus Dispatch, Intel has slowed the building of its promised $28 billion semiconductor project in central Ohio for the second time this year. Construction won’t be completed until 2030, the chipmaker told the publication, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025

Microsoft hangs up on Skype: Service to shut down May 5, 2025

​[[{“value”:” After kickstarting the market for making calls over the internet 23 years ago, Skype is closing down. Microsoft, which acquired the messaging and calling app 14 years ago, said it will be retiring it from active duty on May 5 to double down on Teams. Skype users have 10 weeks to decide what they want […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE

Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia takes wraps off his first assignment for DOGE

​[[{“value”:” Almost two weeks after The New York Times reported that Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia had joined Elon Musk’s “Department of Government Efficiency,” Gebbia clarified his role on Thursday, announcing on X that as a starting point, he’ll be leveraging his design expertise as part of an effort to overhaul the government’s notoriously slow, paper-heavy retirement […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

SEC says meme coins are not securities

SEC says meme coins are not securities

​[[{“value”:” The Securities and Exchange Commission issued guidance on Thursday saying it does not view most meme coins, which are crypto tokens that originated from memes, as securities under United States federal law. As a result, the SEC says it does not believe people who purchase or hold meme coins are protected by federal securities law, […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Showcasing career opportunities for National Careers Week

Showcasing career opportunities for National Careers Week

​[[{“value”:” Showcasing career opportunities for National Careers Week Tweet Share 0 Skype Reddit +1 Pinterest 0 LinkedIn 0 Email At Futurum, we are passionate about opening students’ eyes to the huge range of exciting careers available. Whether you are interested in physics or photography, computers or culture, sports or space, history or health, the researchers and professionals we work with…

Meta is reportedly planning a standalone AI chatbot app

​[[{“value”:” Meta reportedly plans to release a standalone app for its AI assistant, Meta AI, in a bid to better compete with AI-powered chatbots like OpenAI’s ChatGPT and Google’s Gemini. According to CNBC, Meta could launch a standalone Meta AI app as soon as the company’s next fiscal quarter (April-June). Meta AI is currently only available […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Snowflake grows startup accelerator with $200M in new capital

Snowflake grows startup accelerator with $200M in new capital

​[[{“value”:” Snowflake plans to expand its startup accelerator with $200 million in additional commitments, the tech giant that specializes in cloud-based data storage said Thursday. The new injection of capital follows a string of activity by Snowflake over the past several months that illustrates that company’s growth ambitions. The Snowflake Startup Accelerator, formerly known as the […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Meta fires around 20 employees for leaking confidential information

​[[{“value”:” Meta has fired “roughly” 20 employees for leaking confidential information, The Verge reports. “We tell employees when they join the company, and we offer periodic reminders, that it is against our policies to leak internal information, no matter the intent,” Meta told the publication. “We recently conducted an investigation that resulted in roughly 20 employees […] © 2024 TechCrunch….

Waymo has doubled its weekly robotaxi rides in less than a year

​[[{“value”:” Waymo is logging more than 200,000 paid robotaxi rides every week, according to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai, who shared the stat about the tech giant’s subsidiary on X. Waymo commercially operates robotaxis in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Phoenix. The 200,000-weekly trips milestone is notable for a company that was providing only 10,000 rides a […] © 2024 TechCrunch….