TikTok is revamping its system for paying creators. With its new Creativity Program, which incentivizes users to make videos longer than one minute, the platform…
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Sumo Logic urges customers to reset API keys following security breach
Sumo Logic, a U.S.-based cloud data analytics and log analysis company, is urging users to reset API keys after discovering a security breach. In a…
Proptech startup Zeus Living, which was backed by Airbnb, reportedly shuts down
Startup Zeus Living is the latest casualty in the proptech world. The Airbnb-backed startup is reportedly “winding down operations,” as reported by The Information. TechCrunch…
A comprehensive list of 2023 tech layoffs
Last year’s techwide reckoning continues. The tech industry has seen more than 240,000 jobs lost in 2023, a total that’s already 50% higher than last…
Ask Sophie: What should we know about the next H-1B lottery?
Sophie Alcorn Contributor Sophie Alcorn is the founder of Alcorn Immigration Law in Silicon Valley and 2019 Global Law Experts Awards’ “Law Firm of the…
Fakespot Chat, Mozilla’s first LLM, lets online shoppers research products via an AI chatbot
Earlier this year, Mozilla acquired Fakespot, a startup that leverages AI and machine learning to identify fake and deceptive product reviews. Now, Mozilla is launching…
New pre-seed funds are popping up everywhere
“There are still healthy gains to be had” Among the doom and gloom felt lately in venture capital investments and returns, there seems to be…
Hugging Face has a two-person team developing ChatGPT-like AI models
AI startup Hugging Face offers a wide range of data science hosting and development tools, including a GitHub-like portal for AI code repositories, models and…
Google’s AI-powered search experience expands globally to 120+ countries and territories
Google’s AI-powered search experience is rolling out worldwide, after initial launches in select markets including the U.S., India, and Japan. Starting today, the AI-based conversational…
Stablecoin company Circle going public makes good sense
If at first you don’t succeed, wait and try again. That seems to be the mantra at Circle, best known as the issuer of the…