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. Alphabet Inc. - Google's parent company - has suspended its plans to build a large campus in San Jose, California, citing economic pressures. The project, which was meant to cover office space, housing and public parks, isn't going ahead at this stage. The news comes at a time when the company is cutting 12,000 jobs across the globe, and facing ever-greater competition from Microsoft-backed ChatGPT AI Chatbot. CEO Sundar Pichai recently spoke of a potential second wave of layoffs, primarily impacting 450 Indian employees. Alphabet Inc is one of the world's largest technology companies, based in Mountain View and specializing in internet related services and products.

Barry Diller, self-made billionaire and media mogul, has voiced his dissent towards the harms of generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT. IAC, the digital media conglomerate he owns, launched in 1995 as an umbrella brand for media & tech businesses. Diller has since then worked hard to build noteworthy services like Match, Ask, Toolbox.com, CollegeHumor, Citysearch, The Daily Beast, Tinder, Vimeo, Tripadvisor, and Homesnap.

Barry Diller, self-made billionaire and media mogul, has voiced his dissent towards the harms of generative artificial intelligence (AI) platforms such as ChatGPT. IAC, the digital media conglomerate he owns, launched in 1995 as an umbrella brand for media & tech businesses. Diller has since then worked hard to build noteworthy services like Match, Ask, Toolbox.com, CollegeHumor, Citysearch, The Daily Beast, Tinder, Vimeo, Tripadvisor, and Homesnap.

Twitter has taken a major step forward by announcing the revamp of its authentication process with the removal of blue checkmarks from Legacy accounts. Twitter CEO Elon Musk stated that the previous system was "deeply flawed" & in order to drive revenue, the company has launched Twitter Blue, an optional paid subscription service. This service provides additional benefits like longer tweet limits, editing capabilities, high-qual video uploads & more. Keep an eye out to see how this global subscription will pan out!

Google, a leading provider of internet services, has rolled out an update to its video calling service Meet. With this update, users are now able to mute video feeds of other participants in their meeting, providing an opportunity to focus on the presenter or hide participants with distracting video feeds. This functionality for all Google Workspace customers, as well as legacy G Suite Basic and Business customers, can simply be activated by selecting 'Audio only' before joining. Additionally, admins are now able to customize the background image for their users to suit their brand guidelines.