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Tech layoffs are becoming the new normal

TechSpot

IT jobs are no longer the safe bet they once were. Since the start of the year, 209 tech companies have laid off 50,312 employees, according to Layoffs.fyi. Last year, a total of 1,191 tech companies gave 269,180 employees their walking papers.

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Inside the plan to save Zulily: How ‘The Profit’ will try to revive a once high-flying e-commerce brand

GeekWire

Entrepreneur and investor Marcus Lemonis, who had a starring role on CNBC’s business turnaround show “The Profit,” is executive chairman of Beyond Inc., which acquired the assets of Zulily for $4.5 million. (GeekWire Illustration / Zulily Image and Beyond Inc. Photo) This week on the GeekWire Podcast : The rise, fall, and revival of Zulily.

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Hackers can access your private, encrypted AI assistant chats

TechSpot

Like any good assistant, your AI knows a lot about you. It knows where you live and where you work. It probably knows what foods you like and what you are planning to do this weekend. If you are particularly chatty, it may even know if you are considering a.

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Tech Moves: Former Amazon, Flexport exec Tim Collins joins Blue Origin as supply chain chief

GeekWire

Tim Collins. (LinkedIn Photo) Tim Collins , most recently an executive vice president at Flexport and a former top Amazon leader, announced Saturday that he’s joining Blue Origin as vice president of supply chain. Collins was executive vice president of global operations at logistics giant Flexport, following 1 1/2 years at Gopuff as SVP of operations.

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Activating Intent Data for Sales and Marketing

Sales and marketing leaders have reached a tipping point when it comes to using intent data — and they’re not looking back. More than half of all B2B marketers are already using intent data to increase sales, and Gartner predicts this figure will grow to 70 percent. The reason is clear: intent can provide you with massive amounts of data that reveal sales opportunities earlier than ever before.

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The FCC now defines broadband as 100 Mbps at minimum – 25/3 Mbps was simply not enough

TechSpot

This week, the FCC established a new minimum standard to evaluate whether Americans have access to high-speed broadband internet. The update to 100 Mbps for downloads and 20 Mbps for upload speeds marks a significant departure from the previous baseline of 25/3 Mbps set by the Commission in 2015. The.

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Apple settles pension lawsuit with English council for $490 million

TechSpot

The case was first brought in April 2019 by the US city of Roseville before being taken over in 2020 by a local council in the east of England.

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