Tag Archives: Years

Colin Lecher / The Markup: A Democratic report finds popular tax filing tools inappropriately and “recklessly” transmitted data to Meta and Google for years; tax data is tightly regulated  —  The investigation was opened in response to work published last year by The Markup

“I want to apologize to my teammates, my club, my fans, and the city of [Yekaterinburg] for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them,” Griner said in her statement. “I want to also apologize to my parents, my siblings, the Phoenix Mercury organization back at home, the amazing women of the WNBA, and my …

Alex Gabriel Simon / Bloomberg: Indian IT giant Wipro plans to spend $1B over the next three years to train its 250K employees in AI and integrate the technology into its product offerings  —  Wipro Ltd., the Indian outsourcing provider, plans to spend $1 billion to train its 250,000 employees in artificial intelligence …

Nearly ten years ago, the sprawling dark-web drug market known as the Silk Road was torn offline in a law enforcement operation coordinated by the FBI, whose agents arrested the black market’s boss, Ross Ulbricht, in a San Francisco library. It would take two years for Ulbricht’s second-in-command—an elusive figure known as Variety Jones—to be tracked down and arrested in …

Jennifer Elias / CNBC: Emails: Google employee no. 8 Urs Holzle will step back from management after 24 years, becoming an “individual contributor” amid a shakeup at Google Cloud  —  – Employee No. 8 Urs Holzle will step back from management after 24 years, CNBC has learned.

In a message shared with the Naughty Dog team today and then later published online, Co-President Evan Wells announced his retirement from the video game development studio. After a career spanning 25 years, Wells revealed that he would be stepping down at the end of the year. Wells expressed mixed emotions as he made the decision to retire, stating, “This …

Naughty Dog co-president Evan Wells is retiring at the end of the year, leaving Neil Druckmann to fully take the reins of one of the PlayStation’s best-known studios. In a message published on Naughty Dog’s officiate site, Wells talked about his 30 year career in games and praised Druckmann, saying that he’s “incredibly confident” that he’s leaving the studio in …

Brody Ford / Bloomberg: Salesforce plans its first price hike in seven years by ~9% for some products like Tableau and Sales Cloud, effective August 2023 for new and existing customers  —  Salesforce Inc. is raising prices for the first time in seven years after introducing artificial intelligence features.

In an era when it seems games are killed off all the time, it’s impressive to see Microsoft and 343 Industries continuing to support and update Halo: The Master Chief Collection nearly a decade after its initial release. And its next update, out July 12, is huge, adding a ton of new content to the already massive collection of classic …

Mark Maurer / Wall Street Journal: Accounting firm KPMG plans to invest $2B in AI and cloud services globally over the next five years through an expanded partnership with Microsoft  —  Expanded partnership with Microsoft is expected to bring in $12 billion in revenue for KPMG over five years, the Big Four accounting firm says