IT industry & companies

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1. IT industry & companies

   EA plans to close the studio BioWare

   Bloomberg reports Electronic Arts is shutting down BioWare as part of 400 job cuts, roughly 50 of them in Edmonton. It follows EA going private in August after an acquisition backed by Saudi Arabia and other investors.

   Full story at MobileSyrup ↗
2. IT law & regulation · IT industry & companies

   Protesters rally at Meta's São Paulo office

   Hundreds protested at Meta's São Paulo offices over alleged election interference ahead of Brazil's run-off. Brazil's Superior Electoral Court ordered Meta to show proof of equitable treatment of both candidates.

   Full story at Futurism ↗
3. Artificial intelligence · Enterprise software · IT industry & companies

   Volkswagen Group rolls out Copilot to staff

   Microsoft says Volkswagen Group has equipped more than 330,000 employees with Microsoft Copilot. The tool is meant to assist them in daily workflows and business processes.

   Full story at news.microsoft.com ↗
4. Cloud & data centers · IT industry & companies

   Google and Voltus plan a virtual power plant

   Google and Voltus are building a 1-gigawatt virtual power plant. It is meant to improve grid reliability for 67 million people.

   Full story at blog.google ↗
5. Cloud & data centers · Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies

   OpenAI models arrive on Google Cloud

   OpenAI and Google Cloud are bringing frontier models and Codex workflows to Gemini's Model Garden. They are available through Google Cloud Marketplace.

   Full story at openai.com ↗
6. Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies

   ChatGPT Ads grows to 26 more countries

   ChatGPT Ads is expanding to 26 new countries. Over 100,000 advertisers have already used the platform.

   Full story at openai.com ↗
7. IT industry & companies · Artificial intelligence

   Tesla earns much less in the third quarter

   Net income fell to $787 million from $1.37 billion a year earlier, with flat revenue of $28.05 billion. Operating expenses rose 39% on AI, robots and new products, and Tesla has started building Optimus.

   Full story at TNW ↗
8. Artificial intelligence · IT industry & companies

   Barclays to cut about 5,000 jobs citing AI

   Barclays expects to have cut around 5,000 jobs by the end of 2026, roughly 5% of staff. The bank says AI and other technology let it do the same work with fewer people.

   Full story at TNW ↗
9. IT industry & companies · Smartphones & apps

   Spotify grows to 306 million subscribers

   Spotify ended the third quarter with 306 million paying subscribers, up 9% year on year. Monthly active users rose 11% to 788 million and revenue grew 16% to €4.97 billion.

   Full story at TNW ↗
10. IT industry & companies · Chips & hardware

    Bose buys headphone brand Skullcandy

    Bose has bought Skullcandy, ending the pair's long working relationship.

    Full story at Android Police ↗

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