The Fallout from HP’s Humane Acquisition
Welcome Back to Week in Review. This week we're looking at the Internal Chaos Surrounding HP's $ 116 Million
The Fallout from HP’s Humane Acquisition
Welcome Back to Week in Review. This week we’re looking at the Internal Chaos Surrounding HP’s $ 116 Million Acquisition of AI Pin Maker Humane; Mira Murati’s New AI Venture Coming Out of Stealth; Duolingo killing its iconic owl mascot with a cybertruck; And More! Let’s get into it.
Humane’s AI Pin is Dead. The Hardware Startup Announced That Most of Its Assets Have Been Acquired by HP for $ 116 Million, Less Than Half of the $ 240 Million it raised in vc funding. The Startup Will Discontinue Sales of its $ 499 AI Pins, and After February 28, The Wearable Will No Longer Connect to Humane’s Servers. After that, The Devices Won’t Be Capable of Calling, Messaging, AI Queries/Responses, Or Cloud Access. Customers who bought an aı pin in the last 90 days are eligible for a refund, but anone who bought a device before then.
Hours After The HP Acquisition Was Announced, Several Humanes Employees Receives Receferres from HP WHDHSSSSES BETWEEN 30% AND 70% Meanwhile, Esher Humane Employees
Apple’s Long-Awaited iPhone Se Refresh Has Been Revealad, Three Years After the Last Major Update to the Budget-Mint SmartPhone. The 16e is part of an exclusive group of Handsets Capable of Running Apple Intelligence Due to the Addition of an A18 Processor. The iPhone 16e Also Ditched the Touch ID HOME BUTTON IN LIGHTNING PORT IN FAVOR OF USB-C. The iPhone 6e Starts at $ 599 and Will Begin Shipping February 28.
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News
RIP, Duo: Duolingo “Killed” its iconic Owl mascot with a cybertruck, and the marketing stunt is going surrisingly well. The Company Launched a Campaign to Save Duo – and Encourage Users to Do More Lessons
OpenAI “Uncensors” Chatgpt: OpenAI No Longer Wants Chatgpt to Take an Editorial Stance, Even if Some Users Find it “Moralyly Wrong Offensive.” That means chatgpt will now of offering multiple perspectives on controversial subjects in an effort to be neutral. Read More
Uber Etc. Doordash: uber is suing doordash, accoount of de delary rival of silly competance by intimidating restaurant owners into exclusive deals. Uber Alleges that Doordash Bullied Restaurants into Only Working with Them. Read More
Mira Murati’s Next Move: Former OpenAI CTO Mira Murati’s New AI Startup, Thinking Machines Lab, Has Come out of Stealth. The Startup, Who Includes OpenAI Co-Founder John Schulman and Former OpenAI Chief Research Officers Barret Zoph, Will Focus on Building Collabotive “Multimodal” Systems. Read More
Introduction Gok 3: Elon Musk’s XAI Released Its Latest Flagship AI Model, Gok 3, and Unatilled New Capilities for the Gok iOS and Web Apps. Musk Claims That The New Family of Models Read More
Hackers on Steam: Valve Removed a Image Game from Steam That Wassentially Design to Spread Malware. Security Researchers Found That Modified An Existing Image Game in Attempt to Trick Gamers into Installing An info-Stealer Called Vidar. Read More
Another DEI U-TURN: Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan’s Charity Will End Internal DEI Programs and Stop Providing The Switch Comes Just Weeks After Read More
Amazon Shuts Down its Android App Store the Company. Read More
Mark Zuckerberg’s Rebbrand Didn’t Stock off: About 54% of us adults say they do not unfavorble view of musk while a when 67% feel negatively toward zuckerberg. Read More
Noise-Canceling Headphones Cult Your Brain: A New BBC Report Consides Wheether Noise-Canceling Tech Might Be Rewiring The Brains of Peope? Read More
Analysis
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