Monthly Archives: October 2022

Gopuff told hundreds of customer service workers via Zoom that their jobs have been eliminated

Instant needs delivery operator Gopuff launched in New York City in late October. Gopuff More than 200 employees on Gopuff’s customer service team were laid off recently. The company says this round of cuts was part of July layoffs that affected 10% of the workforce. The recent cuts were carried out in October for “legal…

Biden says Republicans want to risk economic chaos by using the debt ceiling to force Medicare and Social Security cuts

President Joe Biden speaks outside Independence Hall, Thursday, Sept. 1, 2022, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum) President Joe Biden said that the GOP wants to hold the economy hostage over Social Security and Medicare. If they retake the House, the GOP wants to use debt ceiling negotiations to enact spending cuts. But Biden has ruled…

How Brex cards and software are transforming spend management by focusing on the user experience

Adobe Stock As companies grow and become more distributed, they need a streamlined, efficient way to enable spend. Enabling and tracking spend and expenses is a headache for employees and finance departments. Brex’s spend management solution makes this process much easier for teams around the world. No matter how large your company is today, there…

Umurangi Generation dev gives surprise peek at new lo-fi horror FiveSeven

With things starting to get a little spooky as Halloween approaches, Origame Digital – the developer behind acclaimed photography adventure Umurangi Generation – has teased a brand-new horror game it’s calling FiveSeven. FiveSeven made a sudden and unexpected appearance (as spotted in this Reddit thread) during a video on obscure horror games by Umuragi Generation…

Bono finally owns-up to ruining your iTunes library with that free U2 album

U2 frontman Bono has finally owned-up. The free U2 album forced onto everyone’s deeply-personal iTunes libraries back in 2014 was entirely his idea. The Songs of Innocence album appeared automatically in people’s iTunes libraries, and then inadvertently synced onto iPhones and iPods thereafter. It was notoriously hard to dispense with too. Many users who deleted…

Chinese spies allegedly tried to obstruct Huawei investigation

Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge The Justice Department has announced charges against two Chinese intelligence officers, accusing them of attempting to obstruct a US investigation into the telecommunications giant Huawei. In charging documents made public on Monday, defendants Guochum He and Zheng Wang were accused of working on behalf of the Chinese government…

Report: “Thousands” of Intel layoffs planned as PC demand slows and revenues fall

Enlarge (credit: Andrew Cunningham) Intel is planning its first major layoffs in almost six years, according to a new report from Bloomberg. The report says that layoffs will “likely” affect thousands of its 113,700 employees, particularly in its sales and marketing departments, and that they could happen as soon as this month. Bloomberg says that…

Marvel drops official trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania

Paul Rudd returns as Scott Lang in Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. The Lang/van Dyne family embarks on an exciting new adventure in the subatomic realm in the first official trailer for Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania. As we’ve reported previously, next month’s release of Black Panther: Wakanda Forever will mark the end of Phase Four of what’s…