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'We Don't Believe in Work-Life Balance': A Newly-Acquired Startup Just Offered Its 200-Person Team a Choice — Work Weekends or Take a Buyout

The buyout amounts to nine months of pay.

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Microsoft Is Reportedly About to Crack Down on Remote Work

Microsoft employees at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington, may soon be mandated back to the office, according to new reports.

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AI Contractors at Meta Could See Users' Personal Data, Including Selfies

AI Contractors at Meta Could See Users' Personal Data, Including Selfies

Multiple contractors reported that they could view details, including phone numbers, email addresses, and hobbies.

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How Did a Hacker Sneak Past Cisco's Defenses Using Just a Voice? Here's What to Know About the Data Breach.

How Did a Hacker Sneak Past Cisco's Defenses Using Just a Voice? Here's What to Know About the Data Breach.

The breach exposed customers' personal data, like addresses and phone numbers.

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Is AI Stealing Jobs From Young Workers? Goldman Sachs Data Reveals Unemployment Trends

Is AI Stealing Jobs From Young Workers? Goldman Sachs Data Reveals Unemployment Trends

AI has led to an increase in unemployment for 20- to 30-year-old tech workers, according to Goldman Sachs.

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Is Your ChatGPT Session Going On Too Long? The AI Bot Will Now Alert You to Take Breaks

Is Your ChatGPT Session Going On Too Long? The AI Bot Will Now Alert You to Take Breaks

ChatGPT is set to reach 700 million weekly users, a fourfold increase from the same time last year.

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'We Don't Negotiate': Why Anthropic CEO Is Refusing to Match Meta's Massive 9-Figure Pay Offers

'We Don't Negotiate': Why Anthropic CEO Is Refusing to Match Meta's Massive 9-Figure Pay Offers

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei laid out his rationale on a recent podcast for why he will not play the competing offer game despite Meta CEO Mark...

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Here's How Much Palantir Pays Its Top Tech Talent, From Software Engineers to AI Researchers

Here's How Much Palantir Pays Its Top Tech Talent, From Software Engineers to AI Researchers

With stock up nearly 500% in a year, Palantir is booming. Here's how that translates into pay for its employees.

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Apple Smashes Expectations With $94 Billion Quarter. Here's How the iPhone Maker Did It.

Apple Smashes Expectations With $94 Billion Quarter. Here's How the iPhone Maker Did It.

Apple just reported a significant revenue beat for its latest quarter, exceeding analyst expectations.

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How Much Does Apple Pay Its Employees? Here Are the Exact Salaries of Staff Jobs, Including Developers, Engineers, and Consultants.

How Much Does Apple Pay Its Employees? Here Are the Exact Salaries of Staff Jobs, Including Developers, Engineers, and Consultants.

New federal filings submitted by Apple reveal how much the tech giant pays its employees for a variety of roles.

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Microsoft Just Became the Second Company in History to Achieve a $4 Trillion Valuation — Here's How

Microsoft Just Became the Second Company in History to Achieve a $4 Trillion Valuation — Here's How

The jump in valuation followed a better-than-expected earnings report on Wednesday.

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Here's Why Meta's Earnings Were Better-Than-Expected, According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Here's Why Meta's Earnings Were Better-Than-Expected, According to CEO Mark Zuckerberg

Meta stock reached a record high after the tech giant reported its second-quarter earnings on Wednesday.

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Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang Says He's 'Created More Billionaires' Than Anyone Else — Adding Two More This Week

Nvidia's CEO Jensen Huang Says He's 'Created More Billionaires' Than Anyone Else — Adding Two More This Week

Two more Nvidia leaders have crossed the threshold into billion-dollar fortunes — and they're still clocking into work.

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Here's How Meta's AI Superintelligence Effort Is Different From 'Others in the Industry,' According to Mark Zuckerberg's New Blog Post

Here's How Meta's AI Superintelligence Effort Is Different From 'Others in the Industry,' According to Mark Zuckerberg's New Blog Post

In a letter published on Wednesday, the Meta CEO said that the company's goal is to bring personal superintelligence to everyone.

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Starbucks Is Betting on Protein Cold Foam and a 'Sugar Reduction' to Turn Around Lagging Sales. Here's a Look at the Sweeping Changes.

Starbucks Is Betting on Protein Cold Foam and a 'Sugar Reduction' to Turn Around Lagging Sales. Here's a Look at the Sweeping Changes.

Starbucks' CEO Brian Niccol plans to revive sales through a spate of company-wide changes.

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Starbucks Built a New 'Luxury' Office Near Its CEO's Newport Beach, California Home

Starbucks Built a New 'Luxury' Office Near Its CEO's Newport Beach, California Home

The 4,624-square-foot office was disclosed as part of Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol's compensation package before he started the role last fall.

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Here Are the 10 Jobs AI Is Most Likely to Automate, According to a Microsoft Study

Here Are the 10 Jobs AI Is Most Likely to Automate, According to a Microsoft Study

These careers are most likely to be affected by generative AI, based on data from 200,000 conversations with Microsoft's Copilot chatbot.

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This Meta Product Unexpectedly Tripled in Revenue Over the Past Year: 'Major Milestones'

This Meta Product Unexpectedly Tripled in Revenue Over the Past Year: 'Major Milestones'

Sales for the Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses have skyrocketed, leading others in Big Tech, including Apple and Google, to work on their own frames.

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AI Will Create More Millionaires in the Next 5 Years Than the Internet Did in 2 Decades, According to Nvidia's CEO

AI Will Create More Millionaires in the Next 5 Years Than the Internet Did in 2 Decades, According to Nvidia's CEO

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said that AI enables people to create new things, generating more opportunities to produce revenue.

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Here's How Much Walmart Employees, From Designers to Software Engineers, Make in a Year

Here's How Much Walmart Employees, From Designers to Software Engineers, Make in a Year

New data reveals the compensation paid to Walmart's over two million employees.

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Intel Is Laying Off 33,000 Employees in Turnaround Plan: 'Scale Back the Company'

Intel Is Laying Off 33,000 Employees in Turnaround Plan: 'Scale Back the Company'

Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan stated that the layoffs followed a "systematic review" of the company's headcount and spending.

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This Big Tech CEO Just Became a Billionaire for the First Time

This Big Tech CEO Just Became a Billionaire for the First Time

Google CEO Sundar Pichai has officially hit billionaire status, a rare achievement for a non-founding CEO.

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Microsoft's CEO Says the Company's Mass Layoffs, Despite Financial Success, Are 'Weighing Heavily on Me' in an Internal Memo

Microsoft's CEO Says the Company's Mass Layoffs, Despite Financial Success, Are 'Weighing Heavily on Me' in an Internal Memo

Microsoft has laid off over 15,000 employees this year, but CEO Satya Nadella says headcount "is relatively unchanged" as the company continues to...

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Here's What Happened When Thousands of Workers Tried a Four-Day Workweek in the Biggest Trial Yet

Here's What Happened When Thousands of Workers Tried a Four-Day Workweek in the Biggest Trial Yet

A new study shows that workers on a four-day workweek report being happier and more productive.

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These 2 Companies Have the Widest Pay Gap Between the CEO and the Typical Worker

These 2 Companies Have the Widest Pay Gap Between the CEO and the Typical Worker

The CEOs of Starbucks and Abercrombie & Fitch earn more than 6,000 times the median annual salary of a worker.

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Mark Cuban Spends 'Most' of His Time Using This Decades-Old Communication Method. Here's Why He Prefers It.

Mark Cuban Spends 'Most' of His Time Using This Decades-Old Communication Method. Here's Why He Prefers It.

Here's how the tech billionaire gets his inbox from 1,000 emails to 20 in one day (with barely any AI).

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Amazon Is Acquiring Bee, an AI Wearable Startup That Sells a $50 Listening Device

Amazon Is Acquiring Bee, an AI Wearable Startup That Sells a $50 Listening Device

Bee's core product is a $50 wristband that resembles a Fitbit and listens to everything you say.

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Here's How Much Amazon Employees — From Software Engineers to Product Managers — Make in a Year

Here's How Much Amazon Employees — From Software Engineers to Product Managers — Make in a Year

New data revealed how much Amazon pays its employees, including CEO Andy Jassy.

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Here's What 'Terrifies' OpenAI's CEO About Financial Institutions Today: 'This Is a Huge Deal'

Here's What 'Terrifies' OpenAI's CEO About Financial Institutions Today: 'This Is a Huge Deal'

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman said that society is going to have to change the way it verifies identity in response to AI.

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These 3 Common Mistakes Are Holding You Back at Work, According to a Former Meta Engineer Known as the 'Coding Machine'

These 3 Common Mistakes Are Holding You Back at Work, According to a Former Meta Engineer Known as the 'Coding Machine'

Meta's former "coding machine" says that software engineers often make the same mistakes that can hurt their careers — and they can be applied to...

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'Astonishing': AI Models From Google, OpenAI Win Gold Medals in an International Math Competition

'Astonishing': AI Models From Google, OpenAI Win Gold Medals in an International Math Competition

The International Math Olympiad is one of the most challenging high school-level math competitions.

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Here's Why In-N-Out Heiress Lynsi Snyder Is Moving Her Family from California to Tennessee: 'It Will Be Wonderful'

Here's Why In-N-Out Heiress Lynsi Snyder Is Moving Her Family from California to Tennessee: 'It Will Be Wonderful'

In-N-Out President Lynsi Snyder, 43, grew up in California, but says raising a family and doing business in the state has been difficult.

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Apple's Next Big Launch Is Reportedly Foldable iPhones. Here's When It Will Be Revealed.

Apple's Next Big Launch Is Reportedly Foldable iPhones. Here's When It Will Be Revealed.

Apple's foldable smartphones will look similar to the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold line, according to a new report.

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The CEO of the World's Most Valuable Company Says This Would Be His College Major in 2025

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang graduated with a Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering from Oregon State University in 1984, but he would change that...

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Netflix Co-CEO Says the Company Used AI on a TV Show for the First Time: 'Completed 10 Times Faster'

Netflix chief Ted Sarandos says audiences were "thrilled" with the AI-generated footage.

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ChatGPT's New Update Can Create PowerPoint Presentations and Excel Spreadsheets for You

The new AI agent can generate Google Sheets and slide decks, making it a powerful new office tool.

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Here's How the CEO of the Biggest Bank in the U.S. Spends His Downtime: 'This Gives Me Purpose in Life'

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, 69, recently said that his top three priorities are his family, his country, and his purpose, which is working at the bank...

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Robinhood Is Writing More Code with AI than Google or Microsoft

Robinhood co-founder and CEO, Vlad Tenev, says almost all engineers at the company have adopted AI coding tools.

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JPMorgan Is Now Valued More Than Its 3 Largest Competitors Combined: 'We're Quite Cautious to Just Declare Victory'

JPMorgan is worth more than Citigroup, Bank of America, and Wells Fargo all put together.

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Here's What It's Like to Work at OpenAI, According to an Employee Who Quit 3 Weeks Ago

The former OpenAI engineer said that there was no drama behind his decision to quit, but that he simply wanted a new beginning.

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This 80-Year-Old Tech Billionaire Just Overtook Mark Zuckerberg as the Second-Richest Person in the World

Larry Ellison founded the cloud computing company, Oracle, in 1977, where he still serves as the chief technology officer.

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Perplexity CEO Says AI Coding Tools Cut Work Time From 'Four Days to Literally One Hour'

Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas said that the startup's engineers are using AI coding tools.

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Here's How Much a Typical Microsoft Employee Makes in a Year

Data from thousands of new federal filings shows how much Microsoft is paying its employees, from software engineers to product designers.

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Starbucks Tells Employees to Return to the Office or Take a Buyout: 'Not Everyone Will Agree with This Approach'

Starbucks CEO Brian Niccol is pushing for more in-person work, stating that it strengthens company culture.

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Nvidia CEO Says '100% of Everybody's Jobs Will Be Changed' Due to AI

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will transform how people get work done.

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Google Swoops in to Make a $2.4 Billion Deal With a Startup Previously Promised to OpenAI

Google is hiring the startup's top leadership and paying for licensing rights.

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Meta Acquires AI Startup That Generates Human-Sounding Voices: 'Great Match for Our Work'

Through the acquisition, Meta is adding fresh talent to its ranks and bringing over the startup's 35 employees.

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Here Are the 10 Highest-Paying Jobs with the Lowest Risk of Being Replaced By AI: 'Safest Jobs Right Now'

A new report from career resources platform Resume Genius finds the top 10 AI-proof careers expected to see the most growth within the next decade.

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Samsung Is Looking into Making AI Necklaces, Earrings, and Other Wearables: 'All Kinds of Possibilities'

A Samsung executive confirmed this week that the company is working on smart glasses, with plans to expand to other types of wearable devices.

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2 Major Career Companies Are Laying Off 1,300 Employees: 'AI Is Changing the World'

The job cuts at Indeed and Glassdoor mainly impact U.S. roles on teams such as research and development.

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