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New trainings launched in collaboration with employer and education partners, including the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Rackspace, Purdue Global, and Jack Henry. Hiring initiative with AI-powered training pathways unlocks job…

According to Reuters, Amazon laid off several hundred workers in its AWS cloud computing sales, marketing, global services division, and physical stores technology teams. AWS claims that the cuts resulted from Amazon identifying a few…

Fully remote Dell employees will not be eligible for promotion beginning in May 2024. According to Business Insider, the change in policy is a reversal from the company’s previous work-from-home stance.  Not that long ago, CEO Michael Dell…

In February, the White House said it would investigate connected cars to gauge national security risks due to advances in Chinese technology. The impetus for the investigation is that state-subsidized Chinese vehicles could flood the U.S.…

A software engineer previously employed at Google and secretly working with two companies based in China was charged with stealing AI technology. Linwei Ding, a Chinese national, was arrested in Newark, California, on four counts of federal…

The Apple “Core Technology Fee” for EU app developers will stand, but Apple caved and announced concessions based on feedback from its app developers. It will no longer require that corporate entities sign up for the new DMA terms, and it…

Brussels fined Apple €1.84 billion E.U. ($2 billion U.S.) for preventing other music streaming companies from fairly competing by creating restrictions on its App Store. It is the first penalty for Apple from the EU. The European Commission…

Elon Musk is suing OpenAI and its chief executive, Sam Altman, claiming they are breaching a contract by putting profits and commercial interests in developing artificial intelligence ahead of the public good. The multibillion-dollar…

Apple just avoided a lawsuit that accused the company of copying heart-monitoring technology from startup AliveCor, after a federal judge ruled in Apple’s favor.  Although details of the decision are sealed because of confidentiality…

2023 devastated Silicon Valley tech workers—representing the worst 12 months since the dot.com crash two decades ago. Reasons cited for layoffs in 2023 included over-hiring during the pandemic, rising inflation, and lower consumer demand.…