TECH

WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff
- By West virginia digital
- . April 3, 2025
Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs

The affidavit of a Rippling employee caught spying for Deel reads like a movie
- By West virginia digital
- . April 3, 2025
On Wednesday, Rippling publicly released the affidavit of the Rippling employee who testified that he was working as a spy

You might be following Second Lady Usha Vance on Instagram now
- By West virginia digital
- . April 3, 2025
Starting Wednesday, Meta says it will begin combining the Instagram accounts of the Second Lady of the United States, Usha

Epic Games CEO calls Apple and Google ‘gangster-style’ businesses in need of competition
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
Epic Games CEO Tim Sweeney, whose company makes Fortnite and tools for other developers, including Unreal Engine, called out Apple

Stablecoin issuer Circle takes another stab at a public listing
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
Circle, the issuer of USDC, a stablecoin pegged to the U.S. dollar, filed to go public on Tuesday. The company,

Space solar startup Aetherflux raises $50M to launch first space demo in 2026
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
Aetherflux, the space solar startup founded by billionaire co-founder of Robinhood Baiju Bhatt, has raised a $50 million in a

OpenAI’s o3 model might be costlier to run than originally estimated
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
When OpenAI unveiled its o3 “reasoning” AI model in December, the company partnered with the creators of ARC-AGI, a benchmark

OpenAI seeks to convene group to advise its nonprofit goals
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
As it prepares to transition from a nonprofit corporation to a for-profit, OpenAI says it’s convening a group of experts

What to know about TikTok’s uncertain future in the US and the people who want to buy it
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
TikTok, owned by the Chinese company ByteDance, has been at the center of controversy in the U.S. for four years

Epic Games acquires Loci to introduce automated 3D tagging
- By West virginia digital
- . April 2, 2025
Epic Games announced on Wednesday the acquisition of Loci, an AI platform for automated tagging 3D assets. The deal will