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Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, carbon emissions, and leadership (Caroline O’Donovan/Washington Post)

Caroline O’Donovan / Washington Post: Hundreds of white-collar Amazon workers in Seattle walked off the job, frustrated by job losses, a return-to-office mandate, carbon emissions, and leadership — Frustrated by job losses, office policies and rising carbon emissions, white-collar Amazon workers are demanding more from leadership

Sources: a planned $3B chip plant in India by ISMC, a consortium that included chipmaker Tower, has been stalled due to the company’s pending takeover by Intel (Reuters)

Reuters: Sources: a planned $3B chip plant in India by ISMC, a consortium that included chipmaker Tower, has been stalled due to the company’s pending takeover by Intel — A planned $3 billion semiconductor facility in India by chip consortium ISMC that counted Israeli chipmaker Tower as a tech partner …

After getting three applicants in 2022, India opens new applications for setting up semiconductor and display fabs under its $10B chip incentive scheme (The Financial Express)

The Financial Express: After getting three applicants in 2022, India opens new applications for setting up semiconductor and display fabs under its $10B chip incentive scheme — The applications will be received by India Semiconductor Mission, the designated nodal agency entrusted with the responsibility …

Berlin-based travel experiences marketplace GetYourGuide raised $194M, with an $85M Series F and a $109M revolving credit facility, at a $2B valuation (Ingrid Lunden/TechCrunch)

Ingrid Lunden / TechCrunch: Berlin-based travel experiences marketplace GetYourGuide raised $194M, with an $85M Series F and a $109M revolving credit facility, at a $2B valuation — The tourist industry is bouncing back after a rough couple of pandemic-stressed years, and in the case of some tourism and travel startups …

Sources: a planned $3B chip plant in India by ISMC, a consortium that included chipmaker Tower, has been stalled due to the company’s pending takeover by Intel (Reuters)

OpenAI researchers say training AI with process supervision, which rewards the thought process rather than the outcome, could help prevent hallucinations (Hayden Field/CNBC)

Hayden Field / CNBC: OpenAI researchers say training AI with process supervision, which rewards the thought process rather than the outcome, could help prevent hallucinations — – AI hallucinations occur when models like OpenAI’s ChatGPT or Google’s Bard fabricate information entirely.

A Simple Guide to Cams

With the availability of precision controllable actuators, it’s easy to overlook the simple but versatile mechanisms that got us here. In the video after the break, [Teaching Tech] explores the basics of cams and how to use them in your projects. Cams are used to convert rotation into linear motion, and are probably best known

Evident: at some banks, about 40% of all open job roles are AI-related; JPMorgan advertised 3,651 AI-related roles from February 2023 through April 2023 (Bloomberg)

Bloomberg: Evident: at some banks, about 40% of all open job roles are AI-related; JPMorgan advertised 3,651 AI-related roles from February 2023 through April 2023 — Deutsche Bank AG is using artificial intelligence to scan wealthy client portfolios. ING Group NV is screening for potential defaulters.

More Ideas For Setting Up An Electronics Workbench

Setting up an electronics work area is a highly personal and situational affair, with many interesting problems to be solved, and for many of us, significant budget constraints. The requirements for electronics development vary wildly depending upon the sort of work to be undertaken, but there is core equipment that many of us would consider

Apple might announce ‘several’ Macs at WWDC

Photo by Becca Farsace / The Verge Apple could have a pretty big Worldwide Developers Conference next week, according to Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman. In addition to the rumored mixed reality headset and the usual updates to its operating systems, Gurman is expecting Apple to focus on “several” new Macs at the show, he said in

Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Mark Gurman / Bloomberg: Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM — Apple Inc. is testing a pair of new high-end Macs and their accompanying processors ahead of its Worldwide Developers

Crypto bridging protocol Multichain says it suspended service for multiple chains after being unable to contact its CEO to get server access amid tech problems (Michael McSweeney/The Block)

Michael McSweeney / The Block: Crypto bridging protocol Multichain says it suspended service for multiple chains after being unable to contact its CEO to get server access amid tech problems — – Multichain, the cross-chain protocol, confirmed Wednesday that the team is unable to contact its chief executive amid ongoing technology problems.

Cortex, which sells an internal developer portal for teams making software at scale, raised a $35M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to nearly $53M (Frederic Lardinois/TechCrunch)

Frederic Lardinois / TechCrunch: Cortex, which sells an internal developer portal for teams making software at scale, raised a $35M Series B led by IVP, taking its total funding to nearly $53M — Cortex, a startup building an internal developer portal that helps engineering teams build better software at scale …

Leap Motion’s gesture control quest continues with the Leap Motion Controller 2

Leap Motion controller Ten years after debuting with a $79.99 Kinect-like control unit, the company now called Ultraleap is back with a sequel. Continue reading…

Neural Network Helps With Radar Pipeline Diagnostics

Diagnosing pipeline problems is important in industry to avoid costly or dangerous failures from cracked, broken, or damaged pipes. [Kutluhan Aktar] has built an system that uses AI to assist in this difficult task. The core of the system is a MR60BHA1 60 GHz mmWave radar module, which is most typically used for breathing and

Ultraleap unveils the $140 hand-tracking module Leap Motion 2, its first since the original in 2013, with support for standalone XR headsets; preorders open (Ben Lang/Road to VR)

Ben Lang / Road to VR: Ultraleap unveils the $140 hand-tracking module Leap Motion 2, its first since the original in 2013, with support for standalone XR headsets; preorders open — The Daily Roundup Newsletter — Keep your finger on the pulse of the XR industry with the Daily Roundup, the most important news in

Amazon is rolling out AI across 12 fulfillment centers to weed out damaged goods and says the tech is 3x as effective at spotting damage as a warehouse worker (Liz Young/Wall Street Journal)

Liz Young / Wall Street Journal: Amazon is rolling out AI across 12 fulfillment centers to weed out damaged goods and says the tech is 3x as effective at spotting damage as a warehouse worker — Company expects artificial intelligence to reduce the number of damaged items moving through fulfillment centers and to speed up

Bengaluru-based Capillary Technologies, whose SaaS helps companies manage their loyalty programs, raised a $45M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$150M (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)

Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch: Bengaluru-based Capillary Technologies, whose SaaS helps companies manage their loyalty programs, raised a $45M Series D, bringing its total funding to ~$150M — Capillary Technologies, an Indian SaaS startup that offers solutions for loyalty management and customer engagement …

Sources: Apple is testing two new high-end Macs, one with M2 Max, and the other with the unannounced M2 Ultra chip with 60 graphics cores and up to 192GB of RAM (Mark Gurman/Bloomberg)

Boston-based Lightmatter, which uses light for AI computing, raised a $154M Series C from Fidelity, GV, and others, and claims to have tripled its valuation (Jane Lee/Reuters)

Jane Lee / Reuters: Boston-based Lightmatter, which uses light for AI computing, raised a $154M Series C from Fidelity, GV, and others, and claims to have tripled its valuation — Lightmatter, a Boston-based startup using light for AI computing, said on Wednesday it raised $154 million and tripled its valuation …

It could get harder to use a Nest Hub for shopping lists soon

Google Assistant will no longer integrate third-party lists and reminder apps starting June 20th. | Image: The Verge Google Assistant will lose the ability to integrate with third-party notes apps on June 20th, per an AnyList developer blog post announcing the change (via 9to5Google). AnyList says it’s talking to Google about the change and hopes

WWDC 2023: what to expect at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference

Image: Apple Apple’s upcoming Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) is expected to be one of its biggest yet. After years of rumors and leaks, Apple could finally take the wraps off of its mixed reality headset, entering the company into a new product category and giving the world a first look at its attempt to prove

Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years (Natasha Singer/New York Times)

Natasha Singer / New York Times: Amazon agrees to pay $25M to settle FTC and DOJ charges over the company keeping Alexa voice recordings and geolocation data collected from children for years — Regulators said the tech giant kept children’s Alexa voice recordings “forever,” violating a children’s privacy law.

Reddit might destroy third-party Reddit apps (Update: Reddit stands firm)

Credit: Edgar Cervantes / Android Authority Third-party Reddit apps are in big trouble due to an upcoming API access change. According to one developer, continuing to allow access to an app could cost upwards of $20 million each year. Even if apps transitioned to only supporting paid users, it still would likely be untenable. Update,

San Diego-based Measurabl, which makes carbon footprint management tools for properties, raised a $93M Series D led by Energy Impact Partners and Sway Ventures (Mike Freeman/San Diego Union-Tribune)

Mike Freeman / San Diego Union-Tribune: San Diego-based Measurabl, which makes carbon footprint management tools for properties, raised a $93M Series D led by Energy Impact Partners and Sway Ventures — Measurabl managed to raise money despite the venture capital market being largely frozen for technology entrepreneurs.

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