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Botsitting Costs Workers 6.4 Hours a Week, What to Do About the Job Nobody Assigned You

Digital workers spend 6.4 hours a week botsitting AI, and frequent botsitters are 73 percent more likely to be job hunting. How to make that work count.

August 14, 2026Read Article

190 Companies Signed Up to Watermark AI Text, What That Means for Your Job Application

About 190 companies have signed the EU transparency code and AI text will soon carry invisible watermarks. What that changes for AI written job applications.

August 14, 2026Read Article

Target Adds a Chief AI Officer to a 2 Billion Dollar Turnaround, What Retail Workers Should Expect

Target named its first chief AI officer inside a turnaround carrying 2 billion dollars of extra 2026 investment. What the role means for retail jobs.

August 14, 2026Read Article

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Technology

Meta Staff Asked to Trade AI Productivity for Rest and Were Told the Gains Belong to the Company

Meta CTO Andrew Bosworth told staff to stop asking for extra days off and put AI time savings into more output. What it signals about your productivity.

August 10, 2026Read Article

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Layoffs

Etsy Cut 220 Jobs the Same Week It Beat Earnings and Raised Guidance

Etsy cut 220 roles days after posting 668 million dollars in revenue and authorising a 2 billion dollar buyback. Why strong results no longer protect a job.

August 10, 2026Read Article

Technology

SpaceX Capex Jumps to 18.4 Billion Dollars in Its First Earnings Since the IPO

SpaceX reported Q2 revenue up 92% to 7.8 billion dollars and capex of 18.4 billion. What that spending pattern signals about where technical hiring is going.

August 5, 2026Read Article

Layoffs

Hughes Files Chapter 11 Bankruptcy After Starlink Cut Its Subscribers to 641,000

Hughes has filed for Chapter 11 after subscribers fell to 641,000. What Chapter 11 actually means for employees and how to protect your position during it.

August 5, 2026Read Article

Jobs

Texas Halts New Data Center Grid Connections and Thousands of Construction Jobs Wait

Texas now requires new data centers to pass an audit before connecting to the grid. What the pause means for construction and skilled trades hiring in 2026.

August 5, 2026Read Article

Waymo Opens Its Dallas Robotaxi Service to Everyone in 2026

Waymo has opened its Dallas robotaxi service to all riders. Here is what driverless expansion actually means for driving jobs and how to plan around it.

August 5, 2026Read Article

Technology

EA Goes Private in a 55 Billion Dollar Buyout and Game Developers Are Bracing

EA has closed a 55 billion dollar take private deal. Here is what leveraged buyouts historically mean for headcount and how game developers should prepare.

August 5, 2026Read Article

Microsoft Puts a Spending Cap on How Much AI Its Engineers Can Use in 2026

Microsoft gave every division an AI token budget after some engineers ran up thousands of dollars a month. What metered AI means for your job and your review.

August 5, 2026Read Article

Layoffs

Zillow Cut 500 Jobs in 2026 and the Layoff List Was Full of Directors

Zillow cut more than 500 jobs, about 7% of staff, and its WARN filing shows directors and principals hit hardest. What senior layoffs signal for your career.

August 5, 2026Read Article

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