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Elon Musk will give Twitter workers stock awards based on $20 bn valuation
San Francisco : Elon Musk has finally broken his silence on giving stock awards to employees, saying that they will get stock awards based on a roughly $20 billion valuation.
It is less than half of $44 billion for which Musk acquired…
Snap acquires Th3rd that creates digital 3D counterparts of people, products
San Francisco : Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has quietly acquired 3D-scanning studio called Th3rd for an undisclosed sum. A company spokesperson told TechCrunch that four team members from Netherlands-based Th3rd have joined Snap…
Crypto exchange Binance temporarily suspends all spot trading
San Francisco : Leading blockchain and cryptocurrency platform Binance on Friday announced that it has temporarily suspended all spot trading on its platform as it works to resolve an issue.
"We are aware of an issue impacting spot…
Snap launches new business unit to offer AI solutions to retailers
San Francisco : Snap, the parent company of Snapchat, has launched a new business unit that will offer its augmented reality (AI) solutions to retailers and businesses so they can integrate them into their apps.
The new "Augmented…
Storm kills 5 people in San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco : Five people died from storm-related incidents in the US' San Francisco Bay Area, local authorities said. Two San Francisco residents died from injuries in separate incidents related to downed trees on Tuesday afternoon, city…
Microsoft introduces ‘Bing Image Creator’ powered by OpenAI’s DALL-E
San Francisco : Microsoft has introduced a new feature 'Bing Image Creator' to the new Bing and Edge preview, which allows users to create an image simply by using their own words to describe the picture they want to see powered by an…
Google launches early access to its AI chatbot Bard
San Francisco : Google has announced that it is opening up access to its ChatGPT competitor "Bard" as an early experiment for users to collaborate with generative AI. The early access to Bard has rolled out in the US and UK, and the company…
Netflix’s cloud gaming service ‘underway’, aims to bring games to any of its…
San Francisco : In an update shared by streaming giant Netflix, it has confirmed that work on its own cloud gaming service is "underway," with an aim to bring games to any of its devices that users have.Netflix VP of External Games Leanne…
Netflix to bring 40 more games this year
San Francisco : Streaming giant Netflix has announced that it will bring 40 more games later this year, and also 70 titles are in development with its partners."That's in addition to the 16 games currently being developed by our in-house…
Twitter to soon increase long-form tweets to 10k characters: Musk
San Francisco : Twitter CEO Elon Musk on Tuesday said that the micro-blogging platform will soon increase the long-form tweets to 10,000 characters, along with simple formatting tools.When a user posted, "Genius, @twitter and @elonmusk…