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Google, Microsoft-backed VerSe Innovation cuts 5% of workforce, reduces salaries • TechCrunch

Google, Microsoft-backed VerSe Innovation cuts 5% of workforce, reduces salaries • TechCrunch

India’s VerSe Innovation — the $5 billion Indian startup behind news aggregator Dailyhunt, short-video platform Josh, and hyperlocal video app PublicVibe — has cut 150 employees, or 5% of its workforce of 3,000, TechCrunch has learned and confirmed. The Bengaluru-based startup informed impacted employees on Friday and separately held a town hall meeting on Monday where it announced pay cuts to its remaining staff, people familiar with the matter told… Source link

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Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

A blue, 27 minutes agoHow iPhones lack innovation? Because they didn’t change design every year as chinese do?Nothing to do with design, every apple features were stolen from android, which apple fans users said our features were gimmicks, and now you can’t live without them. A blue, 25 minutes agoUnder display camera is nothing new, and its performance is poor. No innovation for ZTE. A be… moreHello iBlue, Where’s your iMate trix?

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Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

Hot take: Google Pixel 7, 7 Pro lack in innovation, Pixel Watch has big shoes to fill

In typical Google fashion, leaks of Google’s next-generation hardware were aplenty, only this time Google didn’t wait to reveal its fall lineup – instead teasing early renders during Google I/O in May. The Pixel event wrapped Thursday morning, but there were no surprises left to announce if you were following leaks in past few weeks. We have a new Google Pixel 7, Pixel 7 Pro, Pixel Watch, and we got a glimpse of Google’s upcoming Pixel Tablet. The launch event took place live… Source link

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Google Claims Apple Follows Its Lead in Smartphone Innovation: ‘We Take It As a Compliment’

Google Claims Apple Follows Its Lead in Smartphone Innovation: ‘We Take It As a Compliment’

During Google’s latest launch event, the company made multiple references to Apple and the iPhone 14, iOS 16, and Apple’s reluctance to adopt support for RCS messaging. Google yesterday held an event where it announced the Pixel Watch, Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro, and offered new details on the Pixel Tablet. During the event, some presenters couldn’t help but take a few jabs at Apple and some of Cupertino’s latest announcements. “Pixel has always been a leader in smartphone innovation,” said… Source link

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Goldman hires Google exec to co-head applied innovation unit – memo

Goldman hires Google exec to co-head applied innovation unit – memo

NEW YORK, July 12 (Reuters) – Goldman Sachs has hired Jared Cohen, who founded technology incubator Jigsaw at Google, to co-head its newly created applied innovation unit, an internal memo showed, as the Wall Street powerhouse invests in technology expertise. Cohen, who also served as advisor to Google’s CEO Eric Schmidt in the past, will co-head the new Goldman unit with George Lee, the memo said, whose contents were confirmed by the bank’s spokesperson. “The Office of Applied Innovation will… Source link

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DOD's Commercial IT Innovation Hub to Deploy Google Secure Cloud Offering – Nextgov

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Why Ark Innovation ETF stocks are getting pummeled in 2022

Investors in the Ark Innovation ETF (ARKK) have been fed through the wringer this year, as Cathie Wood’s flagship disruption fund is already down 22% — whipsawing investors in both directions. Of the 44 components of the fund, including Tesla (TSLA), Shopify (SHOP), Zoom Video (ZM), none are currently up on the year — leaving investors to lick their wounds. Since the ARKK topped out just shy of $160 nearly one year ago, rallies have become increasingly short-lived — such as last week’s… Source link

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Cathie Wood Pours Money Into 3 “Strong Buy” Innovation Stocks

Stock picker and hedge manager Cathie Wood made some serious waves last year, when her ARK Innovation ETF outperformed the S&P 500 by an order of magnitude. From the pandemic trough in March to the end of 2020, the S&P gained 68%, while Wood’s flagship fund surged ahead by 153%. It was an astounding performance. Wood made smart choices last year, targeting tech companies, remote connections, and telehealth for investment. All of those segments saw big gains in business during the lockdown… Source link

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Google’s Manifest V3 still hurts privacy, security, and innovation

It’s been over two years since our initial response to Google’s Manifest V3 proposal. Manifest V3 is the latest set of changes to the Chrome browser’s rules for browser extensions. Each extensions manifest version update introduces backwards-incompatible changes to ostensibly move the platform forward. In 2018, Manifest V3 was framed as a proposal, with Google repeatedly claiming to be listening to feedback. Let’s check in to see where we stand as 2021 wraps up. Since announcing Manifest… Source link

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