Apple is now worth $540 billion less than Microsoft — a Tesla-sized gap

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella and Apple CEO Tim Cook.

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I was laid off from Google, so I started my own business. It meant taking a $100,000 pay cut, but I don't regret it.

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Nearly 50,000 tech workers have been laid off — but there's a hack to avoid layoffs

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Nearly 50,000 tech workers have lost their jobs since the start of this year. Now, Gen Zers are looking at a different sector for job security.

He landed a job at Google in 2021 after being rejected by the company twice. Here's what he learned about big tech interviews along the way.

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Sahil Gaba interviewed at Google three times before landing his current software engineering role.

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The TikTok ban chaos — explained in 60 seconds

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A TikTok ban is gathering steam in Congress. But what could it actually mean?

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Tech workers reported feeling increasingly dissatisfied with their salaries. Layoffs may be fueling the frustration.

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35% of tech workers reported feeling "something" or "very" dissatisfied with their salaries last year, and layoffs across the sector may be to blame.

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Tesla's value has slumped by $234 billion this year — that's more than McDonald's, Disney, or Nike are worth

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Elon Musk is CEO of Tesla.

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Author Cory Doctorow has a theory about why all tech and social platforms eventually decline

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Cory Doctorow coined the term "enshittification" to describe how platforms like Mark Zuckerberg's Facebook decayed.

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Why Zuck, Ivanka Trump and the world's rich and famous are flocking to a lavish party in India

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Ivanka Trump arrives for the Ambani wedding pre-party in Jamnagar, India.

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Google's Gemini flop raises the question: What exactly do we want our chatbots to do, really?

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As AI explodes onto the scene, recent hiccups should have ask asking: What do we want from this technology, anyway?

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