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Microsoft’s chief people officer just announced a sweeping overhaul of the human-resources team charged with compensation and policies for the company’s more than 220,000 employees, according to an internal memo viewed by Business Insider. Loading audio narration… “We’re in a time when technology, the way we work, and our org structures are all evolving,” the email from Amy Coleman, who took over as the company’s chief people officer in March 2025, states. “The pace of change is exceeding what our current operating model and decision rhythms were built for. We’re no longer being asked to scale for stability; we need…
One of the blockbuster hits of the AI age is, without a doubt, legal tech startup Harvey. On Wednesday, the company confirmed that it had closed a new raise at an $11 billion valuation, after reports circulated last month that it was working on another monster round. The company confirmed it inhaled $200 million from this round, co-led by returning investors Singapore’s GIC and Sequoia. Existing investors Andreessen Horowitz, Coatue, Conviction Partners, Elad Gil, Evantic, and Kleiner Perkins also participated. With this new funding, the company has raised more than $1 billion in total, and its valuation jumped over 3.5x…
Users might not like bots in meetings visibly taking notes, but a lot of them don’t mind if an app on someone’s computer is doing the transcription. That’s the core reason behind Granola’s popularity, which helped it secure $125 million in Series C funding led by Danny Rimer at Index Ventures, with participation from Mamoon Hamid at Kleiner Perkins. This has tipped the company’s valuation to $1.5 billion, it said, up from $250 million as of the last round. The company said that existing investors like Lightspeed, Spark, and NFDG participated in the round as well. With this round, which…
SAO PAULO, March 25 (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro is expected to be discharged from hospital on Friday, the doctor treating him told reporters on Wednesday, adding that Bolsonaro may require shoulder surgery in the future.* Bolsonaro, 71, has been hospitalized since March 13 fortreatment of an acute form of pneumonia. * The former president underwent tests after reporting painin his right shoulder, with initial assessments suggesting hemay need surgery in the future, lead doctor Brasil Caiado said. * The injury might have been aggravated by a fall inJanuary, in which Bolsonaro hit his head, Caiado said. *…
Meta is launching Meta Small Business, a new company wide initiative focused on supporting entrepreneurship and driving AI adoption, Axios reported on Wednesday. Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company’s business model, and that tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers. The company now plans to do more in the space. “In the AI era, it should be easier than ever for people to build new businesses,” Zuckerberg wrote. “We want to build the services that enable…
Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. When Diana Nyad was 64 years old, she swam 110 miles from Cuba to Florida, becoming the first person to do so without a shark cage. It was her fifth attempt over the course of 3½ decades.“I said when I did that swim, which was 12 years ago, that that was the prime of my life,” Nyad said during a phone interview this month. She felt in better shape physically and mentally than she ever had before. “And honestly, at 76, I’m even…
A Delaware judge overseeing a lawsuit against Elon Musk has appeared in at least one LinkedIn search — from his lawyers.Attorneys for the Tesla CEO have asked Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick to recuse herself from a shareholder lawsuit against him because of her reactions to a LinkedIn post criticizing him.”In light of the Court’s recent public support of LinkedIn posts that create a perception of bias against Mr. Musk in these cases, recusal is necessary and warranted,” they wrote in a Tuesday night court filing. “These cases should be re-assigned to another random-drawn judicial officer of this Court.”The recusal motion was…
Meta began laying off hundreds of employees across the company on Wednesday, according to a person familiar with the matter and LinkedIn posts from affected staff. Loading audio narration… The global cuts affected employees in Reality Labs, Facebook, recruiting, sales, and global operations, the source familiar said.A handful of employees who worked in Reality Labs and recruitment announced on LinkedIn that their roles had been eliminated, according to posts reviewed by Business Insider.”Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they’re in the best position to achieve their goals. Where possible, we are finding other opportunities for employees…
Meta is looking to leverage AI’s ability to inform and potentially influence shoppers to increase sales on the company’s social media platforms, like Facebook and Instagram. At the Shoptalk 2026 conference this week, the tech giant announced it will begin testing a new experience that allows consumers to see more product information and a summary of user reviews after they click on an ad or visit a website from Facebook or Instagram. The feature is similar to Amazon’s use of generative AI to enhance its product reviews, introduced in 2023. Instead of requiring users to read through hundreds of reviews…
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates were put on probation Wednesday and placed in the custody of their parents.The boys, who were 14 at the time, admitted earlier this month that they made 59 child sex abuse images. Prosecutors said they morphed photos of girls, many from Instagram, with virtual images of adults depicting nudity or sexual activity. Some of the victims were their classmates at Lancaster Country Day School, west of Philadelphia. Police said in court documents that a woman reported that her daughter said a…