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AI Reshapes Corporate Workforce as Companies Halt Traditional Hiring
Major corporations are reshaping their workforces around AI with Salesforce announcing it will not hire software engineers in 2025 and other companies laying off thousands while shifting focus to AI-specific roles. Duolingo has laid off thousands after implementing ChatGPT-4, UPS cut 4,000 jobs in its largest layoff in 116 years, Read more…
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Software Firm Bird To Leave Europe Due To Onerous Regulations in AI Era, Says CEO
Cloud communications software firm Bird, one of the Netherlands’ most prominent tech startups, plans to move most of its operations out of Europe, its CEO said, citing restrictive regulations and difficulties hiring skilled technology workers. From a report: “We are mostly leaving Europe as it lacks the environment we need Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
More Than Half of Countries Are Ignoring Biodiversity Pledges
More than half the world’s countries have no plans to protect 30% of land and sea for nature, despite committing to a global agreement to do so less than three years ago, new analysis shows. From a report: In late 2022, nearly every country signed a once-in-a-decade UN deal to Read more…
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Apple Announces $500 Billion US Investment Plan, To Hire 20,000 People
Apple said it planned to hire an additional 20,000 staff in the US over the next four years as part of a $500 billion American investment plan. Financial Times: The $500 billion figure [non-paywalled source], spread over Trump’s second term in office, includes regular spending on thousands of US suppliers, Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) The Planet (on, and off)
Should Climate Change Be Acknowledged In Movies?
For the second year running, nonprofit consulting firm Good Energy applied its Climate Reality Check to the actual Oscar-nominated films [which] tests whether a movie and its characters acknowledge global warming… Of last year’s 13 Oscar-nominated films that met Good Energy’s criteria (feature-length movies set in present-day or near-future Earth) Read more…
Leben (Life aka misc) Technology
‘Robot’ Umpires Come to Major League Baseball (Spring Training) Games
A computerized system that calls balls and strikes is being tested during Major League Baseball spring training exhibition games starting Thursday after four years of experiments in the minor leagues. Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred is an advocate of the Automated Ball-Strike System, which potentially as early as 2026 could be Read more…