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What is quiet firing – and is big tech doing it?
Quiet firing is a term coined to describe the process of managers subtly yet intentionally creating a negative work environment, with the aim of pushing employees to leave. It’s a way to make workforce cuts without any formal dismissal processes. A better phrase to use for this is ‘stealth layoffs’, says Emily Rose McRae, senior director analyst at Gartner, as…
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Samsung bets big on OLED and gaming with its 2025 monitor lineup
Just a few days after LG announced its CES 2025 lineup of monitors, Samsung is doing the same. The company just introduced several new models, and perhaps the most impressive among them is the Odyssey OLED G81SF. It’s a 27-inch 4K monitor with a maximum refresh rate of 240Hz, 0.03ms response time, a glare-free display, and rear-core lighting with 52…
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2025 will be another big year for MSPs as Kaseya CEO teases ‘earth-shattering’ announcements
Kaseya’s mission to change the fortunes of MSPs for the better continues unabated as its CEO has confirmed some big news is mere months away. Speaking to Channel Pro at the end of November, fresh from DattoCon Miami and APAC, Fred Voccola gave a comprehensive recap of recent announcements and the importance of the SAS Alerts acquisition. He also offered…
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2024 was a big year for Windows on Arm
I still can’t quite believe that I’m using an Arm-powered Windows laptop every day. After more than a decade of trying to make Windows on Arm a reality, Microsoft and Qualcomm finally nailed it this year with Copilot Plus PCs. These new laptops have excellent battery life and great performance — and the app compatibility issues that have plagued Windows…
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This GaN charger is one of my favorite gadgets of 2024 — and it just got a big upgrade
The days of carrying around a bulky laptop charger and a separate charger for your phone are over and if you haven’t tried one yet, there’s never been a better time to pick up a GaN charger. Unlike traditional chargers which use silicon and run hot, GaN or gallium nitride chargers are much more efficient. This allows them to be…
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Five big events shaped Microsoft’s 2024 – Computerworld
Trump wins the presidential election The biggest wildcard for Microsoft came late in the year with Trump’s election, which has potential long-range consequences for its AI plans, as well as the cloud, Teams, and more. Trump could squash antitrust actions against Microsoft — or double-down on them. He could award billions of dollars in government contracts to the company — or rescind them.…
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What are return to office (RTO) mandates and why is big tech embracing them?
In the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, the workplace landscape has undergone a seismic shift. Remote work, once a rarity, has become a defining feature of modern employment, with many employees and employers seeing its benefits. As the world has transitioned out of crisis mode, a growing trend among organizations in big tech is the implementation of return to office…
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Day 6 of OpenAI’s 12 Days event — all the big news as it happens
We’re now halfway through OpenAI’s 12 Days extravaganza. Every weekday until December 20 the AI lab is making at least one product, service or feature announcement. It is safe to say it has been a mixed bag so far. There are likely still surprises in store and we’ve yet to see any updates to the GPT family of models, Advanced…
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Ireland has become a “data dumping ground” for big tech
Ireland has become a “data dumping ground” for big tech companies, new research claims, and it’s only going to get worse as AI drives an expansion of data centers using fossil fuels. That’s according to a report by University College Cork, commissioned by Friends of the Earth, into the impact of data centers on Ireland, which has long drawn big…
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big source of traffic is AI crawlers – Computerworld
One big source of traffic, it noted, is AI crawlers, which are increasingly under scrutiny as they scan the web and gobble up voluminous amounts of data to train large language models (LLMs). A big concern is that some take data even when they’re not supposed to, as opposed to “verified” good bots that typically come from search engines and…
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