Spotify Will Cut About 6% of Jobs in Latest Tech Layoffs – mySA

(Bloomberg) — Spotify Technology SA is planning to cut about 6% of its employees, or around 600 employees, joining a slew of technology companies from Amazon.com Inc. to Meta Platforms Inc. in announcing job cuts to lower costs. The move was announced in a filing Monday morning, confirming reports from over the weekend that there … Read more

Microsoft invests billions in ChatGPT-maker OpenAI – mySA

Microsoft says it is making a “multiyear, multibillion dollar investment” in the artificial intelligence startup OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT and other tools that can write readable text and generate new images. The tech giant on Monday described its new agreement as the third stage of a growing partnership with San Francisco-based OpenAI that began with … Read more

Caring Senior Service makes the 2023 Franchise Business Review top franchises list for second year in a row – Yahoo Finance

The review’s independent survey shows that franchise owners of the San Antonio-based non-medical senior home care company are highly satisfied with its performance SAN ANTONIO, Jan. 23, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — For the second year in a row, Caring Senior Service, a private-duty, non-medical senior home care services company, has been recognized as one of the … Read more

Leading SA: Interim President & CEO of San Antonio Chamber of … – KSAT San Antonio

SAN ANTONIO – The Texas legislative session is now underway, and big decisions in the Capitol impact our finances. Dave Peterson, the interim president and CEO of the San Antonio Chamber of Commerce, joined Leading SA to discuss their priorities and conversations with lawmakers. “The main priorities for the chamber are economic development incentives. We … Read more

Crypto conglomerate DCG to shut down a Stamford-based business – mySA

STAMFORD — Embattled cryptocurrency conglomerate Digital Currency Group is shutting down one of its Stamford-based subsidiaries, while another of its businesses has filed for bankruptcy and faces federal charges — pressures that reflect widespread disruption in its industry.  In a letter last week to shareholders, DCG founder and Chief Executive Officer Barry Silbert said the … Read more

Gyms that survived pandemic steadily get back in shape – mySA

NEW YORK (AP) — One day in January, a once-regular customer at Fuel Training Studio in Newburyport, Massachusetts, stopped in to take a “shred” class. She hadn’t stepped foot in the gym since before the pandemic. The customer told owners Julie Bokat and Jeanne Carter that she had been working out at home alone in … Read more