Tech world:10 things you need to know!

If you are interested in technology, then the ten facts you have to know about!

1. Facebook put off around 40 people. The employees were part of the account-management and sales groups within the company's "publisher ad-tech group."

2. Amazon reported its first-quarter pays. It was a vast win through the board, and the stock enlarged 12% in after-hours trading.

3. Stemcentrx has been attained by AbbVie for $5.8 billion (£3.96 billion). The company claims it is "curing" cancer.

4. LinkedIn stated its first-quarter earnings, beating Wall Street potentials on the top and bottom lines. The stock soared more than 15% after-hours, but established at about 8%.

5. Topshop has launched a start-up accelerator called Top Pitch that is attentive on wearable. It is being run in business with corporate innovation and early stage investor, L Marks.

6. OpenAI, a $1 billion (£687 million) artificial intelligence company funded by Elon Musk, has built a "gym" where developers can train their AI organizations to get smarter. Using OpenAI's open basis toolkit, developers can access "environments" where they can test their AI bots.

7. Spotify learnt a San Francisco startup that creates concert photo albums for artists. The startup, CrowdAlbum, has a platform that aggregates photos and videos from music events that have been shared on social media.

8. Mozilla has fixed a safety flaw in its Firefox web browser that was discovered by a team of people working for British spy agency GCHQ. The flaw could have allowed web pages to run their own code, potentially causing serious problems.

9. The Apple employee found dead at the company's California headquarters was Edward Mackowiak, 25, as per the Santa Clara Coroner's office. Local media conveyed that the victim suffered a head coiled and a gun was exposed near his body.

10. Google has a new exec heading up all of its hardware efforts. Rick Osterloh, the previous president of Motorola, will lead a new separation that combines all of the company's disparate hardware products, including Chromecast, Nexus, and Google Glass.

 

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