Mon. 01/23 – Moar Tech Layoffs (And Moar To Come?)

More tech layoffs, and why I’m suggesting we might only be in the early innings of this tech retrenchment. Big Wall Street banks are coming for PayPal and Apple Pay. TikTok might be putting it’s thumb on the scales to favor certain content. Would you pay $42 a month for a ChatGPT Pro plan? And how far has Apple Silicon come, exactly.

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Links:

• Spotify to trim 6% of workforce in latest tech layoffs (Reuters)
• Elliott Management Takes Big Stake in Salesforce (WSJ)
• Banks Plan Payment Wallet to Compete With PayPal, Apple Pay (WSJ)
• TikTok’s Secret ‘Heating’ Button Can Make Anyone Go Viral (Forbes)
• ChatGPT users report $42 a month pricing for ‘pro’ access but no official announcement yet (The Verge)
• Apple MacBook Pro 16 (2023) review: the core count grows (The Verge)

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