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MindsEye developers sign damning open letter against studio execs over “longstanding disrespect and mistreatment” following game’s disastrous launch

MindsEye developers sign damning open letter against studio execs over “longstanding disrespect and mistreatment” following game’s disastrous launch

Developers on the ill-fated action game MindsEye have signed an open letter to developer Build A Rocket Boy’s executive leadership, citing “longstanding disrespect and mistreatment” of staff. The letter has been signed by 93 current and former employees of Build A Rocket Boy, along with the Game Workers Branch of the Independent Workers of Great Britain union. Following its disastrous …

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Elon Musk Settles $128M Severance Suit With Ex-Twitter CEO, Other Execs

Elon Musk Settles 8M Severance Suit With Ex-Twitter CEO, Other Execs

UPDATE: Elon Musk’s reconciliation with Donald Trump may still be in the early stages, but the former DOGE frontman has made good with some of Twitter’s ex-top executives. “WHEREAS, the Parties have reached a settlement and the settlement requires certain conditions to be met in the near term,” a September 30 filing in federal court in San Francisco announced. This …

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Elon Musk will settle $128M lawsuit with former Twitter execs

Elon Musk will settle 8M lawsuit with former Twitter execs

Elon Musk will settle a $128 million lawsuit with four Twitter executives he fired after taking over the company in 2022. One of Musk’s first moves upon buying Twitter was to fire CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned Segal, and top lawyers Sean Edgett and Vijaya Gadde. The four executives never received severance payments, which they claim is because they tried …

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Elon Musk will settle $128 million Twitter execs lawsuit

Elon Musk will settle 8 million Twitter execs lawsuit

Elon Musk has agreed to settle with four top Twitter executives he fired after purchasing the company in 2022, after they sued the billionaire over more than $128 million in unpaid severance last year. An update to the case filed in the US Northern District Court of California says that the parties — Twitter’s former CEO Parag Agrawal, CFO Ned …

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A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory

A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory

Context windows of AI models, which indicate the ability of a model to “remember” information, have increased over time. However, researchers have suggested new ways to increase long-term memory of AI models, as they often can’t hold context over several sessions. 19-year-old founder Dhravya Shah is attempting to solve problems in this area by building a memory solution, called Supermemory, …

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A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory

A 19-year-old nabs backing from Google execs for his AI memory startup, Supermemory

Image Credits:Supermemory Context windows of AI models, which indicate the ability of a model to “remember” information, have increased over time. However, researchers have suggested new ways to increase long-term memory of AI models, as they often can’t hold context over several sessions. 19-year-old founder Dhravya Shah is attempting to solve problems in this area by building a memory solution, …

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Strip club execs bribed auditor with private dances, free trips to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes, charges say

Strip club execs bribed auditor with private dances, free trips to avoid paying millions of dollars in taxes, charges say

Executives at a company that owns strip clubs around the country have been charged with bribing a New York official with free trips to some of the venues and with private dances to avoid paying more than $8 million in sales taxes, authorities said Tuesday. Houston-based RCI Hospitality Holdings and its corporate leaders received favorable treatment during at least six …

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Strip club execs accused of bribing NY official to avoid taxes

Strip club execs accused of bribing NY official to avoid taxes

Executives at a company that owns strip clubs around the country have been charged with bribing a New York official with free trips to some of the venues and with private dances to avoid paying more than $8 million in sales taxes, authorities said Tuesday. Houston-based RCI Hospitality Holdings and its corporate leaders received favorable treatment during at least six …

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