Labor and worker’s rights in tech
… The layoffs also reportedly impact workers on its social media, recruiting, and sales teams. …
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Amazon employees ask Seattle to put the brakes on new data centers
… Data centers have sparked protests across the country over concerns about water consumption, local electricity prices, and noise. …
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… Tom Warren Feb 23 Here’s what Xbox is working on for 2026 Tom Warren Feb 5 Microsoft is working to rebuild trust in Windows Tom Warren Jan 29 Claude Code is suddenly everywhere inside Microsoft Tom Warren Jan 22 Microsoft is closing its employee library and cutting back on subscriptions Tom Warren … …
AI backlash is coming for elections
… The Alliance runs an online tracker of layoffs attributed to AI. So far, it’s tallied over 110,000 job losses in the US. Many have been at large tech companies — 30,000 came from layoffs at Oracle alone. …
Elon Musk is steamrolling Wall Street to become a trillionaire
… I remember one of the rounds of layoffs — I think it was the “A Fork in the Road” or one of those earlier rounds — and Twitter went down for a period of time, too. …