Google spent billions of dollars to lay people off

From The Verge: Google spent $2.1 billion on severance and other expenses as it laid off more than 12,000 employees over the course of 2023. And the layoff charges keep coming: in just the one month of 2024 so far, the company has already spent $700 million on employee severance charges as part of...

AT&T's New Robocall-Fighting Tool Adds Logo Images to Caller ID

From : AT&T is adding company logos to caller ID to help you sort authentic calls from scams.

US carriers have been using a caller authentication system, the Stir/Shaken protocol, for years to fight robocalls. The technology uses digital signatures to prove that real businesses are calling people...

Yelp will use AI to tell you if that burger’s any good

From The Verge: Yelp is joining the wealth of platforms expanding their use of AI, as it’s rolling out a new feature on iOS that rounds up and summarizes user reviews in a blurb that appears near the top of a company’s Yelp page.

The new feature uses large language models (LLMs) to parse through...

What’s new in Linux Mint 21.3 ‘Virginia’

From PC World: Linux Mint always follows its Ubuntu base (LTS with long-term support) after some delay. Version 21.3 has just brought its system base up to the level of Ubuntu 22.04.3, i.e. the third update of the Ubuntu LTS version 22.04.

While Ubuntu automatically installs such point releases as...

Amazon Launches Ads in Prime Video Today

From CNET: Amazon rolled out ads in its Prime Video streaming service Monday, after announcing the change in September. This launch begins with customers in the US, the UK, Canada and Germany for early 2024, with France, Italy, Spain, Mexico and Australia to follow later this year.

Amazon said...

Microsoft axes WordPad after 28 years of duty

From Tom's Hardware: Months after its announcement, Microsoft finally released a new Windows 11 Canary Build with WordPad scrubbed from existence. Microsoft described WordPad as a 'Deprecated Feature' indicating it is no longer in development, and therefore the software-making giant will no longer...

Subscribe to Daily Computer & Technology News, Reviews, Discussion