Everything you need to know about Clubhouse, the invite-only audio chat app Karissa Bell @karissabe On Sunday, Elon Musk nearly broke Clubhouse. It was the Tesla founder’s first appearance on the invitation-only audio app, and the conversation quickly pushed the app to its limit. The official stream maxed out with more than 5,000 … Continue reading Clubhouse is laying off employees and ‘resetting’ the company
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This plug-in stops employees from leaking sensitive data to AI chatbots
By Mark Sullivan April 20, 2023 San Francisco-based startup Patented.ai has released a plug-in, called LLM Shield, designed to warn a company’s employees when they’re about to share sensitive or proprietary information with an AI chatbot such as OpenAI‘s ChatGPT or Google‘s Bard. The company says that when employees enter company data into … Continue reading This plug-in stops employees from leaking sensitive data to AI chatbots
There’s a trust gap between business leaders, employees, and consumers. This is why
By Shalene Gupta March 28, 2023 Inflation is at an all-time high, and inequality has been steadily climbing since the 1980s and doesn’t look like it’s going to come back down anytime soon. Given this climate, it’s hard to imagine that trust in companies is flourishing. It’s not, according to PwC, which surveyed 500 … Continue reading There’s a trust gap between business leaders, employees, and consumers. This is why
What will happen to SVB employees? Past bank failures may provide some insight
By Sam Becker March 13, 2023 The aftermath of Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse is still unfolding, and the bank is now under FDIC control, allowing insured depositors to access their money as of Monday morning. While that may help some of the bank’s thousands of corporate customers make payroll in the coming days, … Continue reading What will happen to SVB employees? Past bank failures may provide some insight
Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord
Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord Kris Holt @krisholt Elon Musk is reportedly attempting to build a company town where Tesla, Boring and SpaceX workers might live. The mooted town, which is around 35 miles away from Austin, Texas, would likely be called Snailbrook, The Wall Street Journal reports. The publication unearthed … Continue reading Elon Musk reportedly wants to be his employees’ landlord
Basis Technologies Lays Off Employees As It Restructures
Basis Technologies Lays Off Employees As It Restructures by Laurie Sullivan @lauriesullivan, February 21, 2023 Add Basis Technologies, which provides cloud-based workflow automation and business intelligence, to the list of ad-tech companies that are laying off employees. The company about two weeks ago quietly laid off some 4% of its workforce, about 40 team members … Continue reading Basis Technologies Lays Off Employees As It Restructures
Reddit was hacked in a phishing attack targeting its employees
Reddit hacker snagged email addresses and old passwords Rob LeFebvre @roblef Earlier this month, a hacker accessed a few of Reddit‘s systems, grabbing some current email addresses and a database backup from 2007 that contained account passwords. The company assured its users that the attacker did not gain write access to any systems, and was … Continue reading Reddit was hacked in a phishing attack targeting its employees
Quiet or I’m quitting: Here’s why your employees are getting so fed up with workplace noise
By Jennifer Alsever January 26, 2023 Walk into a Bishops Salon in Denver, Tampa, or San Francisco, and you’ll experience a cacophony of sound: vacuum cleaners, hair dryers, thumping music, running water, clanging of spoons and bowls, and conversation—lots of conversations among the 35 to 45 clients who sit for appointments each day. In … Continue reading Quiet or I’m quitting: Here’s why your employees are getting so fed up with workplace noise
Google is laying off 12,000 employees as another brutal week comes to an end for tech
By Michael Grothaus January 20, 2023 Google and WeWork are the latest companies to announce layoffs in what has been a brutal few months for tech workers. On Friday, Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced that the search giant was cutting approximately 12,000 jobs. The cuts span the globe and myriad departments at Google’s parent … Continue reading Google is laying off 12,000 employees as another brutal week comes to an end for tech
Microsoft could lay off as many as 11,000 employees this week
Meta is laying off more than 11,000 employees Karissa Bell @karissabe Meta is reducing the size of its workforce by about 13 percent and letting more than 11,000 of its employees go in the first mass layoffs in the company’s history. Mark Zuckerberg has announced the move in a message to employees, which Meta … Continue reading Microsoft could lay off as many as 11,000 employees this week