#techindustry
#Google #UK #RishiSunak #SundarPichai #TechIndustry #AI
'Rishi Sunak and Sundar Pichai will meet on Friday for talks amid an intensifying debate about the threats and opportunities posed by artificial intelligence, Sky News learns.'
https://news.sky.com/story/sunak-and-google-ceo-pichai-to-meet-for-talks-on-ai-threats-12888986
Tech job prospects still strong
Layoffs grip the industry
A deep breath of relief
#techjobs #techlayoffs #techindustry #haiku #poetry
http://thenextweb.com/news/tech-job-opportunities-strong-despite-layoffs
The Erosion of the Status of Software Developers as Professionals 👇💡🧑💻
#BigTech #Lobbyists Explain How They Took Over #Washington. An amazing #researchpaper unearths how the #techindustry invented the concept of #digitaltrade and sold it to government officials. https://prospect.org/power/2023-04-18-big-tech-lobbyists-took-over-washington/ see also https://rethinktrade.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/International-Preemption-by-Trade-Agreement-Explainer.pdf #Congress #lobbying
eicker.news #technews »#ActivityPub is the next big thing in #socialnetworks: The #techindustry is abuzz about a #newstandard for #socialnetworking that is more open, more user-centric, and potentially more powerful than Twitter and Facebook.« https://www.theverge.com/2023/4/20/23689570/activitypub-protocol-standard-social-network
Faking it is over: Not only has funding dried up for cash-burning #StartUps, but now, #fraud is also in the air, as #investors scrutinize start-up claims closely and a #tech downturn reveals who has been taking the industry’s “fake it till you make it” ethos too far. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/04/15/business/silicon-valley-fraud.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare #TechIndustry #SiliconValley #VentureCapital via @nytimes
Sources told Mission Local that the suspect knew Lee, and also worked in the tech industry, contrary to assumptions many people in tech made about his killer.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/epvnzm/bob-lee-murder-suspect-san-francisco-arrest
#sanfrancisco #boblee #SF #Crime #Tech #techindustry
Exciting news to share! After an incredible 8 years as Principal Software Engineer at Red Hat, I am thrilled to announce that I am embarking on a new adventure. I am grateful for the experiences and opportunities I had at Red Hat and will always cherish the memories.
It has been a pleasure to work with the Vert.x team during my time at Red Hat. I look forward to exploring new avenues and making new contributions to the tech industry. #EclipseVertx #gamechanger #newbeginnings #techindustry
So, in today's rant about #technology and the evil #TechIndustry, I just lost more than an hour of editing of a chapter in #MicrosoftWord. I'm sure I've saved the file because it was contained in a zip folder and it won't edit, unless I saved a copy. I didn't want to save it on OneDrive, but on my PC. The result: I went through all the proofreading, edits, comments, saved it again (ctrl+s), closed MS Word, open my email to attach it, and ffs, the file wasn't there
1/
So, tech industry veterans, how long do we reckon it'll take for the big firms to start hiring again? A couple of years? 5? Or do we reckon those days are done?
#tech #techindustry #organisations #hiring #product #productmanager #productmgmt
Corporate culture can only mask the effects of captalism for so long. Alphabet is and has always been a business existed to make profit, grow, and satisfy shareholders. https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/20/tech/google-layoffs-employee-culture/index.html #techlayoffs #techindustry #google
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https://www.eliza-ng.me/post/webdesignai/
#webdevelopment #websitebuilders #techindustry
This type of cybercrime is a serious offense and will not be tolerated. We are committed to working with our partners in law enforcement and the tech industry to ensure that these types of attacks are prevented in the future. We urge anyone who has information about this incident to come forward and contact us.
We would like to take this opportunity to remind the public to exercise caution when clicking on links or providing personal information online. It is important to always be vigilant and protect yourself from potential scams and phishing attempts.
#FBI #Cybercrime #LinusTechTips #Hackers #Justice #TechIndustry #Phishing #Scams #CryptoCurrency #Tesla
#BCgovernment extended #InteractiveDigitalMedia #TaxCredit for another 5 years to lower #employment costs for #TechCompanies .
This tax credit is a #refundable tax credit equal to 17.5 percent of eligible 'salary & #wages in #BritishColumbia. This year’s extension, which is part of #BCBudget2023 will allow the program to operate until 2028 to continue #LoweringCosts for talent as the #TechSector conducts more #layoffs
https://betakit.com/bc-government-extends-tax-credit-for-digital-media-companies
Tech industry blooms
Bank's failure brings downfall soon
Silicon Valley mourns
#siliconvalley #techindustry #failure #bank #haiku #poetry
https://www.vox.com/technology/2023/3/16/23641641/silicon-valley-bank-failure-history
SVB Financial Group Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection to ‘Preserve’ Firm’s Value
https://news.bitcoin.com/svb-financial-group-files-for-chapter-11-bankruptcy-protection-to-preserve-firms-value/
#court-supervisedreorganization #SouthernDistrictofNewYork #strategicalternatives #SiliconValleyBank #SVBFinancialGroup #financialcompany #recoverablevalue #leadershipteams #preferredequity #toplieutenants #SVBSecurities #pressrelease #receivership #stakeholders #techindustry #USPresident
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One of the richest companies in the world expands hiring freeze and delays bonus!? The have basically unlimited money, something is wrong in Silicon Valley. #SiliconValley #TechIndustry #HiringFreeze #BonusDelay #CorporateGreed #apple
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#Slack is the latest notable app to embrace #ChatGPT as the #generativeAI buzz continues to sweep through the #TechIndustry. @openai has built a ChatGPT app using Slack's development tools and it's available in beta today.
https://www-engadget-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/www.engadget.com/amp/even-slack-has-a-chatgpt-app-now-154334452.html via @Engadget
Boom fades away fast
Tech industry struggles on
Remote work changes all
#amazonhq #techindustry #remotework #pandemic #haiku #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/03/03/business/amazon-second-headquarters.html
ASPI’s Critical Technology Tracker: Report of The Global Race for future Power.... (Between US and China) very interesting reading 💡👇
https://www.aspi.org.au/report/critical-technology-tracker
#technology #techindustry #USvsChina #TechWars #TechHegemony #Comparisons #ColdWar2
Oh workers who have weathered the storm
Your value is no longer forlorn
You bring us back to life
Ending our strife
Your worth has become all the more sworn
#labormarket #techindustry #jobs #employment #ode #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/26/business/economy/staffing-layoffs.html
There Are 600k #H1B Visa Holders In USA , But Those Recently #LaidOff In Worker Shedding #TechIndustry Have Only 60 Days To Land A New Gig In The #LandOfOpportunity That Recruited Them Here To #SiliconValley Before Facing Certain #Deportation.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/us-policy/2023/02/24/temporary-visa-h1b-tech-layoffs/
TIL that most of the #LaborUnions in Mexico mostly protect the interests of the employers, not the workers. They're also extremely violent. Despite that, Mexican workers have been having some success organizing independent unions. The secret is largely to organize in secret.
I think there is a lesson to be learned here for dealing with #UnionBusting elsewhere, particular in the #US #TechIndustry. Organize quietly, not using company resources, and do it as cells to make the leaders harder to find (and fire) when some rat betrays you by talking about it in the company Slack.
Mexican Workers Are Rejecting Company Unions
https://jacobin.com/2023/02/mexico-auto-industry-independent-union-organizing-saint-gobain-cuautla/
finally{}: Tech is Taking Sides
Throughout history, industries have stayed relatively neutral during wartime. Global companies especially may offer marketing-focused messages of hope and concern but keep their heads down and their tones neutral when faced with actually taking a stand against one side of a conflict. Per usual, though, the tech industry is happy to disrupt the status quo - n
https://alittleofboth.com/2023/02/finally-tech-is-taking-sides/
#TechIndustry #php[architect]
eicker.news #technews »Why #China Didn’t Invent #ChatGPT: The state’s hardening #censorship and heavier hand have held back its #techindustry; so has #entrepreneurs’ reluctance to invest for the long term. It wasn’t always that way.« https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/china-chatgpt-microsoft-openai.html
Oh China, once a tech pioneer
Your advancements we did much admire
But censorship's stranglehold
Made investors grow old
And your tech dreams were forever dire
#china #censorship #techindustry #innovation #ode #poetry
https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/17/business/china-chatgpt-microsoft-openai.html
Analytics Insight Announces the Top 100 #AI Companies to Watch Out for in 2023 👇🤖
As the #TechIndustry downsizes amid economic uncertainty, data suggests all #workers haven’t been affected equally.
#Layoffs #SiliconValley #Diversity #Equity #Inequality #Workplace #Employment
#Metaverse »#Web3 and #themetaverse are still trendy to the #techindustry (just don't say '#crypto').« https://mashable.com/article/web3-metaverse-tech-trends-crypto-ces
#Buzzfeed cuts 12% of its workforce, and announces it is increasing the use of #ChatGPT in its feed. Buzzfeed's stock market price rose 146% this week.
#CorporateGreed plus #AI leads to more #layoffs and #joblosses .
And it's only just beginning.
#ArtificialIntelligence #Unemployment #TechNews #TechIndustry #Azure #LaMDA #Technology #TechnologyNews #WritingJobs #Writers #Blogging #ContentCreatorNews
@kirshner
Try not to link back to #TheBirdSite. We don't want to boost it here on #Mastodon. We're trying to STOP #ElonMusk .
Here's a link that would be a good source for your #TechIndustry #News item.
"But we cannot avoid the externalities of today’s market, which is influenced by complicated global factors like the collapse of Chinese real estate, the war in Ukraine, and my desire for a marble kitchen island with a waterfall edge."
Is this worse than the Dot Com Crash (if you were around for that)?
#layoffs #recession #dotcomcrash #economy #economicdownturn #tech #techindustry
A married couple with a 4-month-old baby were both hit by @Google@twitter.com's mass #layoffs. Allie was on #MaternityLeave, while her husband was set to go on #PaternityLeave in a few weeks. #TechIndustry #Work https://www.businessinsider.com/google-laid-off-mother-on-parental-leave-baby-father-too-2023-1
Where I write about #BigTechLayoffs, and the lessons from two decades back that many seem to have forgotten (or haven't learned).
https://medium.com/swlh/tech-layoffs-a-forgotten-deja-vu-768f9ce7f133
The American #economy is doing fine. So why are #TechCompanies #LayingOff tens of thousands of #workers? https://www.theatlantic.com/newsletters/archive/2023/01/tech-layoff-contagion-economy/672826/?utm_source=feed #TechIndustry #Workplace #LayOffs
I'm going to join the Garage48 Hackathon in Tartu at the weekend. It's time I got myself back in the conversation as a marketer for tech teams, and maybe I'll learn something.
New from me: How to survive #unemployment in the #techIndustry without losing your mind.
https://esmenter.medium.com/tech-layoffs-and-you-6c943179ab67
@fuzzychef
Do NOT mistake what is happening inside #Google with a mere "greedy corporation" story.
PAY ATTENTION!
Google developed the same revolutionary #ArtificialIntelligence which has permitted the recent #layoffs in the #TechIndustry . #AI can now do the #Coding & countless other #TechJobs .
Google ( #LaMDA ) & #Microsoft ( #Azure ) are at war, & whoever wins the #AI will own the #internet .
More tech layoffs are on the way.
This will change the entire world as we know it.
"Competition for talent in the technology industry has fallen significantly allowing Alphabet to materially reduce compensation per employee. In particular, Alphabet should limit stock- based compensation given the depressed share price."
I'm curious to know what people in Silicon Valley feel about this statement. #googlelayoff #techindustry #tech #siliconvalley
Why “Copycat” #Layoffs Won’t Help #Tech #Companies — Or Their #Employees | #StanfordGraduateSchoolOfBusiness
"... the #workforce #reductions that are happening across the #TechIndustry are a result mostly of 'social contagion:' Behavior spreads through a network as companies almost mindlessly copy what others are doing. When a few firms fire staff, others will probably follow suit. Most problematic, it’s a behavior that kills people: For example, research has shown that layoffs can increase the odds of suicide by two times or more.
Moreover, layoffs don’t work to improve company performance, Pfeffer adds. Academic studies have shown that time and time again, workplace reductions don’t do much for paring costs. Severance packages cost money, layoffs increase unemployment insurance rates, and cuts reduce workplace morale and productivity as remaining employees are left wondering, 'Could I be fired too?'"
Just a note for all the techies on my feed: Just because you work a tech job doesn't mean you have to do it in the tech *industry*.
Everyplace needs coders, web developers, admins, and ops people. There are real problems out there to be solved and real people you can be helping.
But the tech industry has shown it doesn't give a crap about us. Their #layoffs were a "power move", but we don't have to play their game.
Go someplace where you'll be respected. Let the #TechIndustry rot.
Layoffs at Google are concerning, but a reminder that the expectations for growth in the cloud and ads business may have been too high due to a bloated economy. Let's hope for a rebound and support for those affected #Google #layoffs #techindustry
Google parent company Alphabet to lay off 12,000 employees
When a few firms #layoff staff, others will probably follow suit (#copycat). Most problematic, it’s a behavior that #kills people: #research has shown that #layoffs can increase the odds of #suicide by two times or more. #MentalHealth #TechIndustry https://news.stanford.edu/2022/12/05/explains-recent-tech-layoffs-worried/
Dew Drop – January 19, 2023 (#3861)
Today's top links:
- VS 2022 17.5 Preview 3 is here
- EFCore.VisualBasic - Release 7.0.0
- PostSharp 2023 w/ .NET 7 & C# 11 support
- .NET Rocks! - Fusion Development w/ Vishwas Lele
- Why are there so many tech layoffs & why should we be worried?
- Announcing .NET Community Toolkit 8.1
https://www.alvinashcraft.com/2023/01/19/dew-drop-january-19-2023-3861/
#cloud #visualstudio #csharp #webdev #windowsdev #dotnet #mobiledev #database #devops #dewdrop #techindustry
Global News BC: B.C. tech firm Hootsuite lays off 7% of staff, names new CEO https://globalnews.ca/news/9419852/hootsuite-layoffs/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #Hootsuitelayoffs #ConsumerTech #TechIndustry #Hootsuite #B.C.Tech #Business #starrtup #Labour #News
More proof that the current so-called #AI industry is just #plagiarism and #IPTheft at industrial scale: from #sourcecode to #academic #papers, #art, #photography, #news/#analysis, and more. The current #vc backed #techindustry is irredeemably #lawless and broken.
https://www.bigtechnology.com/p/a-writer-used-ai-to-plagiarize-me
@jeff Gah, this quote gets me: "Could there be a tech recession? Yes. Was there a bubble in valuations? Absolutely. Did Meta overhire? Probably. But is that why they are laying people off? Of course not. Meta has plenty of money. These companies are all making money. They are doing it because other companies are doing it."
Not exactly brilliant leadership. #technology #TechIndustry #Layoffs
“when you’re accustomed to privilege, equality feels like oppression”
https://thoughtbot.com/blog/dei-speaking-up-about-our-values
We know advertising is central to the business model of companies like Google and Facebook, but we often understate how integral it is to the larger economy — in tech and beyond.
In a new #techwontsaveus, I spoke to @danjokaz00ie to explore how companies create audiences to sell to advertisers — and why that’s important to understand.
Listen here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/1004689/11747335-why-advertising-shapes-the-tech-economy-w-daniel-joseph
Something I just found out, and which puts the recent, massive tech layoffs into serious context, is that big tech companies had been staffing up, *a lot*, since the pandemic started.
Like, "Meta had nearly doubled its workforce since 2020" and "Amazon added 427,000 people in just 10 months in 2020" levels of "a lot".
The massive tech layoffs don't mean "the economy's in trouble"; they mean *tech made a stupid gamble and lost*.
#news #tech #TechIndustry #economy https://slate.com/technology/2022/11/meta-amazon-shopify-tech-layoffs-pandemic.html
Hi, I’m Itamar! Time for an #introduction!
Originally from #Brazil, I currently live in #Germany, where I work as Director of #DesignStrategy at #SAP and lecturer of #ProjectManagement on the M.Sc. Usability Engineering at #RheinWaalUniversity
Working in the #techindustry since 1998, I’ve helped companies in several countries create great #userexperience. During my 7 years in #China, I championed #UX as the #Shanghai Leader of the #InteractionDesignAssociation (#IxDA)
After such a bad week of developments for the tech industry, I can’t believe we’re topping it off with Elizabeth Holmes sentenced to 11 years in prison. I’m overjoyed!
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/nov/18/elizabeth-holmes-theranos-trial-sentencing
Elon Musk’s shambolic takeover of Twitter is a mask-off moment that shows he’s always been an aggressive billionaire hostile to workers.
It also requires the media to reckon with the way they helped create this monster with years of fawning coverage.
Read my newsletter: https://buttondown.email/techwontsaveus/archive/is-this-the-moment-it-all-collapses/
Let this be a lesson to tech journalists that no matter how close you get to a tech leader and shill for their companies, there’s no guarantee they won’t turn on you after the slightest criticism. So maybe just hold them to account like you’re supposed to.
“From Belonging to Burnout, Five Years at Airbnb”
https://news.techworkerscoalition.org/2022/04/05/issue-5/
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There's also a website full of self-care resources at https://selfcare.tech
#SelfCare #Bot #Bots #MentalHealth #Health #Care #Relax #Relaxation #Hydration #Kindness #Developers #Devs #TechIndustry
U.S. Accuses I.B.M. of Monopolizing Computer Market (1969)
Glancing at the Jan 18, 1969 front page of the NY Times, I was impressed first by the story density (13 stories, an infobox, and photo), then by the familiarity of some of the actual headlines.