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Reclassification Is Making US Tech Job Losses Look Worse Than They Are(2025-02-10 18:00:08)

According to consultancy firm Janco, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reclassified several job titles, "leading to a downward adjustment of over 111,000 positions for November and December 2024," The Register reports. This revision contributed to an overall decline of 123,000 IT jobs for the year...
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Microsoft To Adjust Office-Teams Pricing in Bid To Avoid EU Antitrust Fine(2025-02-10 15:00:03)

An anonymous reader shares a report: Microsoft has offered to widen the price differential between its Office product sold with its chat and video app Teams and its software sold without the app in a bid to avert a possible EU antitrust fine, according to three sources. The move by the U.S. tech gia...
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Lyft Eyes Robotaxi Launch in 2026(2025-02-10 12:00:06)

Lyft says it will launch a fleet of robotaxis, using self-driving technology from Intel's Mobileye, in Dallas in "as soon as 2026," with plans to scale to "thousands" of vehicles in additional markets in the months to follow. From a report: To signal its seriousness, the company tapped Marubeni, a J...
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Server Attack Stops the Presses at US Newspaper Chain(2025-02-10 09:00:04)

They publish 77 newspapers in 26 U.S. states, according to Wikipedia. But this week a "cybersecurity event" at the newspapers' parent company "disrupted systems and networks," according to an article at one of their news sites which quotes an email sent to employees by the publishing company's CEO. ...
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Trump Orders Treasury Secretary To Stop Minting Pennies(2025-02-10 06:00:12)

President Donald Trump has ordered Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent to halt penny production to cut government spending, according to a Truth Social post on Sunday. The U.S. Mint spent 3.69 cents to produce and distribute each penny last year, resulting in a $85.3 million loss on over three billion ...
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