Journals

Abner Li / 9to5Google: Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams working on the Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest; Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving Google  —  Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams responsible for… Read More »Google is reorganizing the Devices & Services teams working on the Pixel, Fitbit, and Nest; Fitbit co-founders James Park and Eric Friedman are leaving Google (Abner Li/9to5Google)

Maxwell Strachan / VICE: A survey of 9,388 software engineers in December 2023 finds ~90% believe getting a job now is harder than pre-pandemic, 60%+ believe AI will lead to less hiring  —  9,388 engineers polled by Motherboard and Blind… Read More »A survey of 9,388 software engineers in December 2023 finds ~90% believe getting a job now is harder than pre-pandemic, 60%+ believe AI will lead to less hiring (Maxwell Strachan/VICE)

Todd Spangler / Variety: Netflix says its ad tier has 23M+ MAUs globally, up from 15M+ in November 2023, and 85% of customers on the ad tier are streaming for over 2 hours per day  —  Netflix is seeing strong… Read More »Netflix says its ad tier has 23M+ MAUs globally, up from 15M+ in November 2023, and 85% of customers on the ad tier are streaming for over 2 hours per day (Todd Spangler/Variety)

Bloomberg: Sources: OpenAI is in talks with CNN and Fox Corp. to license text, video, and image content; Time says it “is in discussions with OpenAI” about an agreement  —  – Startup has said it’s in discussions with dozens of… Read More »Sources: OpenAI is in talks with CNN and Fox Corp. to license text, video, and image content; Time says it “is in discussions with OpenAI” about an agreement (Bloomberg)

Joe Rossignol / MacRumors: The US ITC files its opposition to Apple’s motion for the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban to be paused for the duration of Apple’s appeal  —  The U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) today… Read More »The US ITC files its opposition to Apple’s motion for the Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2 sales ban to be paused for the duration of Apple’s appeal (Joe Rossignol/MacRumors)

Jesse Hamilton / CoinDesk: US SEC Chair Gary Gensler concedes that losing in court after rejecting Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF left the agency with little choice but to approve such ETFs  —  The SEC chair said a court forced his… Read More »US SEC Chair Gary Gensler concedes that losing in court after rejecting Grayscale’s spot bitcoin ETF left the agency with little choice but to approve such ETFs (Jesse Hamilton/CoinDesk)

Reuters: The US SEC approves 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise, and Hashdex  —  The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has approved 11 spot bitcoin exchange-traded funds, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise and Hashdex, according to a… Read More »The US SEC approves 11 spot bitcoin ETFs, including those of Grayscale, Bitwise, and Hashdex (Reuters)

Politico: Sources: Amazon won’t offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its planned $1.4B takeover of iRobot  —  Amazon won’t offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its… Read More »Sources: Amazon won’t offer concessions to the European Commission in a bid to garner approval for its planned $1.4B takeover of iRobot (Politico)

Sarah Wynn / The Block: The SEC says it is working with the FBI in investigating the false X post about spot bitcoin ETFs  —  – The SEC spokesperson said the agency will provide updates as appropriate and said any… Read More »The SEC says it is working with the FBI in investigating the false X post about spot bitcoin ETFs (Sarah Wynn/The Block)

Rohan Goswami / CNBC: The US DOJ says SAP will pay over $220M to settle investigations into worldwide “recidivist” foreign bribery practices  —  – SAP, the $192 billion German enterprise tech company, will pay more than $220 million to settle… Read More »The US DOJ says SAP will pay over $220M to settle investigations into worldwide “recidivist” foreign bribery practices (Rohan Goswami/CNBC)