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IT sector unemployment “increased to 3.8% in April from 3.6% in March,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
But they add that the increase reflects “an ongoing uncertainty in tech as AI continues to play havoc with hiring. That’s according to analysis f… Continue reading Unemployed Ticked Up in America’s IT Sector
IT sector unemployment “increased to 3.8% in April from 3.6% in March,” reports the Wall Street Journal.
But they add that the increase reflects “an ongoing uncertainty in tech as AI continues to play havoc with hiring. That’s according to analysis f… Continue reading Unemployment Ticked Up in America’s IT Sector
CNBC reports:
The European Union is considering rules that would restrict its member governments’ use of U.S. cloud providers to handle sensitive data, sources familiar with the talks told CNBC.
The European Commission — the EU’s executive br… Continue reading The EU Considers Restricting Use of US Cloud Platforms for Sensitive Government Data
“Meta’s embrace of AI is making its employees miserable,” reports the New York Times.
And “After Meta said late last month that it would start tracking employees’ computer use, hundreds of workers spoke up.” (One employee even told Meta’s CTO in an i… Continue reading NYT: ‘Meta’s Embrace of AI Is Making Its Employees Miserable’
While Nvidia has dominated the “infrastructure boom” since 2022’s launch of ChatGPT and “the generative AI craze,” CNBC writes that “This week offered the starkest illustration yet of what MIzuho analyst Jordan Klein said could be a ‘changing of the gu… Continue reading ‘Changing of the Guard’? AMD, Intel, and Micron Soar While Nvidia Lags
Under the nonprofit Linux Foundation, “a new Sustaining Package Registries Working Group will seek to identify concrete funding, governance, and security practices,” reports ZDNet, “to keep code flowing as download counts grow…. Because software buil… Continue reading Open Source Registries Join Linux Foundation Working Group to Address Machine-Generated Traffic
To upgrade its grid for data centers, PJM Interconnection (which serves 13 states) plans to spend $22 billion — and charge nearly $2 billion of that to customers in Maryland, argues Maryland’s Office of People’s Counsel. The money “will be recove… Continue reading Will Maryland’s Utility Bills Increase $1.6B to Support Other States’ Datacenters?
NASA’s $500 million Neil Gehrels Swift space observatory was launched in 2004. But it’s now “at risk of falling back through the atmosphere and burning up without intervention,” reports Spaceflight Now.
Fortunately, a mission to prevent that “just pa… Continue reading Rush Rescue Mission for NASA’s $500M Space Telescope Passes Key Milestone
September 2025? January 2026? Delivery dates keep slipping for the Trump Organization’s “Trump Phone” — a gold-coloured Android smartphone priced at $499 (£370). But in March the Verge spotted signs the phone was moving forward:
FCC listi… Continue reading The Trump Phone Either Is Or Isn’t Closer To Delivery
September 2025? January 2026? Delivery dates keep slipping for the Trump Organization’s “Trump Phone” — a gold-coloured Android smartphone priced at $499 (£370). But in March the Verge spotted signs the phone was moving forward:
FCC listi… Continue reading The Trump Phone Either Is Or Isn’t Closer To Delivery