Shona Ghosh
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ChatGPT was an 'oh crap' moment for hundreds of CEOs
Earnings calls during the first half of 2023 were dominated by execs scrambling to find an answer to: "What are we doing with ChatGPT?" → Read More
It's a huge win for Zuckerberg if Threads steals Twitter's lost charm and serendipity
Mark Zuckerberg is trying to capture something users say Twitter has lost — its serendipitous, eclectic charm. → Read More
The CEO of software giant Intuit, which has avoided mass layoffs, says tech firms axed jobs because they misread the pandemic
The CEO of Intuit, which has not conducted mass cuts, said companies wrongly believed temporary pandemic growth would lead to permanent gains. → Read More
ChatGPT was a black swan event
ChatGPT is only six months old. It's already changed the way investors value companies, relationships between students and educators, and Big Tech. → Read More
Silicon Valley elites are warring over who does 'fake work' in tech
As big tech companies shed jobs, founders and investors like Elon Musk and Keith Rabois say workers have sat around doing nothing for too long. → Read More
'I'm glad Elon is in the fight': Tech CEOs battling Apple's 30% App Store fee get unexpected ammo from Musk
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney and Spotify boss Daniel Ek both supported Musk's criticism of Apple over its App Store fees. → Read More
Facebook probably has your phone number, even if you never shared it. Now it has a secret tool to let you delete it.
Meta's apps have almost 3 billion daily users. It's scooped up unknown numbers of email addresses and phone numbers for people who never signed up. → Read More
Darktrace and Babylon Health backer Hoxton Ventures has raised $215 million to back early-stage startups
Hoxton Ventures, founded in 2013 by two Americans, wrote early checks to Babylon Health, Darktrace, Deliveroo, all of which hit unicorn status and went public. → Read More
Tech firms trigger contingency plans to help Ukrainian staff during 'full-scale invasion'
Major corporates and tech startups have relied on technical staff in Ukraine for years. Now they're rushing to help employees. → Read More
5 things in tech you need to know today
UK technology editor Shona Ghosh shares some of her favorite stories from 2021, including reports on workplace harassment and the growing metaverse. → Read More
British people have cancelled restaurant bookings and parties in a desperate attempt to keep Christmas with family
Hospitality bookings are down by a third in December, suggesting Brits have voluntarily wound back social events despite not being under lockdown. → Read More
Amazon reportedly paused plans to reinstate a ban on warehouse workers having phones after 6 died in a tornado
Amazon had planned to reinstate its warehouse worker phone ban in January, but Bloomberg reported it was pausing after at least six workers died. → Read More
The Netherlands has just gone into a month-long nationwide lockdown in response to the Omicron surge
The Netherlands is the first EU country to reimpose lockdown in the face of surging Omicron cases throughout Europe. → Read More
Joe Biden is set to address the nation Tuesday with a stark warning for unvaccinated people
The U.S. president will set out 'what the winter will look like' for those who 'choose to remain unvaccinated,' Press Secretary Jen Psaski said. → Read More
Check out the 13-slide pitch deck Silverflow, a payments startup built by ex-Adyen employees, used to raise $17 million backed by Coatue
Silverflow wants to replace decades-old payments processing technology with its faster payments tech. → Read More
Kitt, an alternative to WeWork, has raised $8.16 million to create bespoke managed offices
London-based Kitt helps companies design their offices and offers additional services to take the hassle out of finding and managing a space. → Read More
Former Meta VP Julien Codorniou quits after 11 years for Goop investor Felix Capital
Julien Codorniou resigned from Meta after 11 years at the company to invest in European startups. → Read More
These 2 Uber execs quit in the pandemic to found secondhand e-bike startup Upway and raised $5 million in seed funding backed by Sequoia
Former Uber Eats executive Toussaint Wattinne launched a secondhand e-bike marketplace after cycling around 800 miles with his wife across the UK. → Read More
OnePlus and Nothing founder Carl Pei thinks Mark Zuckerberg's metaverse is the most exciting tech announcement in years
The metaverse is Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg's vision of a persistent, shared virtual reality. Fellow founder Carl Pei says it's an exciting vision. → Read More
OnePlus founder Carl Pei quit mid-pandemic to launch an Apple challenger. He envisages an ecosystem of devices with his current startup, Nothing.
Nothing founder Carl Pei says the firm plans to unveil new devices in the first quarter of 2022. → Read More