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How quick fixes and old code in systems compound technical debt and raise hacking risks, requiring an estimated $1.52T to fix and costing the US $2.41T per year (Christopher Mims/Wall Street Journal)

March 3, 2024

[ad_1] Christopher Mims / Wall Street Journal: How quick fixes and old code in systems compound technical debt and raise…

Meta plans to divest from Kustomer, which it reportedly acquired for ~$1B; sources: the startup's revenue has flattened while burning through ~$200M since 2022 (Wall Street Journal)

March 11, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: Meta plans to divest from Kustomer, which it reportedly acquired for ~$1B; sources: the startup’s revenue…

Sources: Meta plans multiple rounds of layoffs over the coming months that in total would be roughly of the same magnitude as the ~13% cut of November 2022 (Wall Street Journal)

March 10, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: Sources: Meta plans multiple rounds of layoffs over the coming months that in total would be…

FTC sues to block Intercontinental Exchange's $11.7B acquisition of mortgage software provider Black Knight, saying the deal would lead to higher prices (Wall Street Journal)

March 10, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: FTC sues to block Intercontinental Exchange’s $11.7B acquisition of mortgage software provider Black Knight, saying the…

A look at China's "golden shares", initially meant to reduce the state's role in the economy and now being used to quietly control its biggest tech companies (Lingling Wei/Wall Street Journal)

March 10, 2023

[ad_1] Lingling Wei / Wall Street Journal: A look at China’s “golden shares”, initially meant to reduce the state’s role…

Sources: ahead of its March 16 event, Baidu scrambles to ready its ChatGPT-style Ernie Bot, which struggles with basic tasks, to get ahead of its Chinese rivals (Wall Street Journal)

March 9, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: Sources: ahead of its March 16 event, Baidu scrambles to ready its ChatGPT-style Ernie Bot, which…

Sources describe how Google stalled the release of a powerful chatbot for years due to the risk AI demos could pose to its reputation and search ads business (Wall Street Journal)

March 8, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: Sources describe how Google stalled the release of a powerful chatbot for years due to the…

YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram helped Monu Manesar, an Indian cow vigilante wanted in connection to two murders, thrive despite violent and Islamophobic posts (Wall Street Journal)

March 7, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: YouTube, Facebook, and Instagram helped Monu Manesar, an Indian cow vigilante wanted in connection to two…

WeightWatchers is acquiring Sequence, a digital health company offering $99/month telehealth visits with doctors who can prescribe weight loss drugs, for $106M (Andrea Petersen/Wall Street Journal)

March 7, 2023

[ad_1] Andrea Petersen / Wall Street Journal: WeightWatchers is acquiring Sequence, a digital health company offering $99/month telehealth visits with…

Sources and docs: Binance and Binance.US have been more intertwined than disclosed, sharing staff, finances, and an affiliated entity to buy and sell crypto (Wall Street Journal)

March 5, 2023

[ad_1] Wall Street Journal: Sources and docs: Binance and Binance.US have been more intertwined than disclosed, sharing staff, finances, and…