4 posts tagged ‘Twitch’
Most OpenAI Staff Threaten to Quit After Microsoft Hires Sam Altman
Gizmodo,
Early on Monday morning, Microsoft hired Sam Altman to lead a new advanced AI research team after he was ousted from his position at OpenAI last week. Within hours, OpenAI employees threatened to resign en masse with more than 500 out of 750 employees signing a letter demanding that the board resign and Altman be… Read more...
Twitch launches Privacy Center to educate users about their personal data
TechCrunch,
In the name of transparency and accessibility, Twitch launched its new Privacy Center to educate users, after conducting “extensive research” and finding that many of its users had no idea how their personal data is collected and used. The Privacy Center, which launched on Thursday, is designed to provide “clear, actionable information” about privacy rights, […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon Games will close its Crown channel on Twitch and cut 180 jobs
Amazon announced another cluster of layoffs this week along with plans to discontinue the Crown channel, a flashy Amazon-run Twitch channel that featured television-like programming. Amazon will also shutter its Game Growth group, which helped creators in the gaming world market themselves. In a letter to staff, Amazon Games VP Christoph Hartmann characterized the decision […] © 2023 TechCrunch. All rights reserved. For personal use only.
Amazon Restructures Games Division to Refocus on Prime Gaming, Lays Off 180
Another round of layoffs is underway at Amazon, and for the second time, it’s happening at the company’s video games division. Read more...