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HENDERSON, Nev. —  When David Mulcrone looks to the 2024 presidential race, he’s filled with a combination of resignation and determination.Gay and Latino, he no longer feels comfortable in Donald Trump’s Republican Party. So he’ll vote for President Biden if that’s what it takes to keep Trump out of the White House a second time — even though Mulcrone is not terribly enthusiastic about the prospect.“Too old,” Mulcrone said of the 81-year-old incumbent. But then again, “Democrats didn’t put themselves in a position to…

Spotify CEO Daniel Ek said staff were being incredibly productive, but the company just wasn’t acting as efficiently as it could be.Photo: TORU YAMANAKA/AFP (Getty Images)Spotify staff could be listening to a funerary dirge in their own Spotify Wraps. The company announced it was making sweeping staff cuts across the board, reducing global headcount by around 17%. Merry Christmas.“Even AI Rappers are Harassed by Police” | AI UnlockedSpotify CEO Daniel Ek blamed the layoffs on slowing economic growth and how “capital has…

Image: Tada Images (Shutterstock)Another round of layoffs is underway at Amazon, and for the second time, it’s happening at the company’s video games division. Top 5 Shopping Tips for Amazon Prime DayAmazon employees received an email about the layoffs Monday morning, as first reported by Reuters. Approximately 180 jobs will be eliminated in the retailer giant’s games division, which was responsible for publishing several games including MMOs such as New World, Lost Ark and a Lord of the Rings project.“After our initial…

Update Friday, November 10: Job losses have continued at a number of tech companies in November, according to the latest stats from the online tracker Layoffs.fyi. Here are a few of the notable companies that have made significant staff cuts.NextdoorThe neighborhood-focused social platform said in its third-quarter earnings report that it plans to reduce staff by 25% as part of a cost-saving plan. “This reduction in our team is the hardest decision we have had to make at Nextdoor,” CEO Sarah Friar said in a…

Nextdoor is introducing its first generative AI feature, an in-app “assistant” that can help users rewrite “potentially unkind” posts on the neighborhood social network. The new feature is rolling out “over the next several weeks.” It’s far from the first time the company has experimented with ways to remind users to keep conversations “neighborly.” The company, which has at time struggled to fight the perception that its platform can , began using in 2019 and last year introduced pop-ups reminding users to be more The…

Amazon.com Inc-owned Twitch's Emmett Shear will step down as chief executive officer after over 16 years at the live video streaming platform that he co-founded, he said on Thursday. President Dan Clancy, who has been at Twitch since 2019, will take on the role of CEO effective immediately, Shear said in a blog post, adding that he will remain on as an advisor. Twitch, which has seen online celebrities like Tyler "Ninja" earn millions of dollars playing games and chatting with fans, has come under fire in recent months…

Nextdoor is gearing up for a potentially contentious election season. Ahead of the midterms, the company says it will label election-related posts with information about how to vote, and will use in-app alerts to remind users to not let political conversations get overly “heated.” In a blog post, the company says it will use “pop-up reminders” to encourage “civil political discourse” on election-related posts. “Nextdoor will use pop-up reminders when hurtful or harmful language is detected or anticipated via predictive…

Facebook has announced it will shut down a new hyperlocal feature called Neighborhoods that was to provide a dedicated space to help people connect with neighbours, participate in their local community, and discover new places nearby.Facebook said it will end its test of Neighborhoods on October 1, at which point the feature will no longer be available.The feature was first rolled out in Canada and then to the US. Neighborhoods is an opt-in experience within the Facebook app, so you choose whether to join Neighborhoods…