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Jan 31, 2023 • 3min
Groupon cuts another 500 employees in the second round of layoffs
Groupon has laid off another 500 employees in a measure to cut costs, the company said in an SEC filing last week. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 31, 2023 • 3min
Eazy Digital helps Southeast Asia’s small insurers digitize their operations
Founded by two insurance industry veterans, Eazy Digital wants to give small insurance companies in Southeast Asia the same advantage as their larger competitors. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 30, 2023 • 3min
NASA’s ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ aced first flight and is ready for crewed Artemis II launch
The enormous Space Launch System passed its first test with flying colors, NASA’s preliminary analysis concludes, and the rocket and Orion capsule are good to go for their next mission. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 30, 2023 • 11min
Hands on with Walmart’s new (but buggy) ‘Text to Shop’ feature
Walmart recently introduced a new way to shop: via text. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 27, 2023 • 3min
Chrome for Android now lets you lock your incognito session
Chrome is rolling out an update for Android users that lets them lock their incognito sessions with a password code or biometric info when they exit the app. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 27, 2023 • 5min
Hawk AI, an anti-money laundering and fraud prevention platform for banks, raises $17M
Hawk AI, a German company developing anti-money laundering (AML) and tangential fraud prevention smarts for financial institutions, has raised $17 million in a Series B round of funding. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 26, 2023 • 2min
GitHub says it now has 100M active users
Code-hosting platform GitHub has announced that 100 million developers are now using the platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 26, 2023 • 5min
After inking its OpenAI deal, Shutterstock rolls out a generative AI toolkit to create images based on text prompts
When Shutterstock and OpenAI announced a partnership to help develop OpenAI’s Dall-E 2 artificial intelligence image-generating platform with Shutterstock libraries to train and feed the algorithm, the stock photo and media giant also hinted that it would soon be bringing its own generative AI tools to users. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2023 • 3min
Twitter won’t force you to the ‘For You’ timeline on web anymore
In another flip-flop move, Twitter says that it will now remember the feed — the algorithmic “For You” or chronological “Following” — its users have chosen on the web. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Jan 25, 2023 • 3min
Zillow introduces Calendly-like instant booking for rental property tours
Real estate marketplace Zillow has introduced an instant tour booking feature for renters on its platform. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
