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The tech industry’s layoffs and hiring freezes: all of the news
Companies have been cutting costs. | Photo by Natt Garun / The Verge Over the last couple years, it feels like we’ve heard news of mass layoffs and hiring freezes from tech companies nearly every week, and since the beginning of 2024, there’s been a new wave of layoffs and firings. In the first few days of January 2024 alone:…
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US tariffs: how Trump’s tax is impacting big tech and beyond
President Donald Trump has announced that he’s imposing a tariff on goods from some of the US’s biggest trade partners: Canada, Mexico, and China. Under the executive orders signed on February 1st, Canada and Mexico will face a 25 percent tariff, while goods from China will be subject to a 10 percent tax. Energy resources from Canada will also have…
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Indian tech giant Tata Technologies hit by ransomware attack
Tata Technologies Ltd. had to suspend some of its IT services following a ransomware attack that impacted the company network. A subsidiary of Tata Motors, Tata Technologies is an Indian public multinational tech firm that focuses on automotive design, aerospace engineering, and R&D engineering in general. It is one of India’s key tech developers and state project contractors, employs over 11,000…
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The Verge’s favorite tech for babies and kids
We’ve got several parents on our staff, and as members of The Verge, they are also into gadgets. Put the two together, and you’ve got some really interesting stuff that can be used to keep your infant, toddler, or child safe, happy, educated, and / or out of trouble. Here are some of the devices that the folks here use…
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Trump’s first 100 days: all the news impacting the tech industry
Rosenworcel said the commission was rejecting complaints that “seek to weaponize the licensing authority of the FCC in a way that is fundamentally at odds with the First Amendment”. Then, on Wednesday, the FCC said in a series of orders the complaints had been dismissed “prematurely based on an insufficient investigatory record”. Source link
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The DeepSeek bombshell has been a wakeup call for US tech giants
Every now and again, life deals you a curveball. In the case of US tech, it was DeepSeek, a Chinese AI startup that caused a meltdown the likes of which we’ve never seen before. News of DeepSeek has ruled the airwaves over the last couple days following the release of powerful new AI models that appear to represent a paradigm…
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Tired of overbooked meeting rooms? Logitech’s new workplace sensor tech aims to streamline office efficiency
Logitech has launched ‘Logitech Spot,’ a new environmental sensor tool it says will help businesses monitor and better utilize office space. Slated for availability in the second half of the year, Spot appears to be targeted at companies that don’t have a clear sense of how office space is being used and need a more reliable source of information for…
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Samsung and Google’s spatial audio tech is coming to Android — what that means
At the beginning of the year, Samsung and Google announced Eclipsa Audio, a 3D audio format meant to rival Dolby Atmos. The new spatial audio tech is supposed to arrive in Samsung’s 2025 TV and soundbar lineup as well as the Google-owned YouTube this year. Eclipsa Audio is similar to Dolby Atmos and uses “audio data such as the location…
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EU tech firms team up to launch ‘Virt8ra’ sovereign edge cloud platform
Eight European tech organizations have teamed up to launch a sovereign edge cloud platform aimed at providing portability and interoperability across multiple cloud providers. Virt8ra, coordinated by OpenNebula Systems, includes backing from Arsys, BIT, Gdańsk University of Technology, Infobip, IONOS, Kontron, Mondragon, and Oktawave, and will provide computing and storage resources in a host of countries across the region. This…
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A sign of things to come in software development? Mark Zuckerberg says AI will be doing the work of mid-level engineers this year – and he’s not the only big tech exec predicting the end of the profession
Mark Zuckerberg has hinted that Meta could begin replacing software engineers with AI as early as 2025, marking the latest in a string of troubling predictions for the profession. The bold statement came during his interview on the Joe Rogan Experience podcast earlier this month, where Zuckerberg suggested AI code generation systems are nearing a point where they can replicate…
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