A Googler laid off after 15 years said she sees it as a chance to break out of the company's 'golden handcuffs'

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A Google manager laid off after 15 years said staying at the tech giant for so long was holding her back.

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A group of companies say they plan to continue with a 4-day workweek after workers on a trial took fewer sick days and resignations fell

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2,900 employees in the UK took part in the four-day workweek trial.

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Amazon's corporate employees will be paid up to 50% less in 2023 because of its falling stock price, report says

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Salaries for Amazon's corporate employees are largely made up of restricted stock units.

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An IT director used ChatGPT for research after phone calls and Google didn't help, and said it 'completely blew my mind'

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Use of generative AI has boomed and it's already having real-life impacts on the workplace.

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Meta's and Twitter's subscription plans show they care more about money than free speech

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Mark Zuckerberg (left) and Elon Musk both are now charging customers for a service that used to be free.

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A first-generation iPhone from 2007 sold for $63,356 at auction — more than 100 times its original price

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An Apple iPhone from 2007 sold at an auction on Sunday.

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Twitter stiffed marketing firm $7,000 for a 'swag gift box' for Elon Musk that included a $689 Japanese whiskey and a branded cheese board, a lawsuit claims

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The order, listed as a "swag gift box for Elon," Musk included cheese, whiskey, and Twitter-branded clothing, a lawsuit claims.

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Starbucks filed a fresh patent for a machine which could create the highly personalized, super complex drinks staff are so sick of making for customers

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Starbucks has become a pioneer in menu customization.

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Lawsuits accuse Elon Musk's Twitter of owing more than $14 million in unpaid bills, report says

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Twitter CEO Elon Musk appearing at a 2022 Tesla event.

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Bing's chatbot compared an Associated Press journalist to Hitler, and said they were short, ugly, and had bad teeth

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Bing and Elon Musk.

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