Senate appoints former NSA official as head of US cybersecurity agency Mariella Moon @mariella_moon A former NSA and White House official has been appointed to lead the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) at a time when ransomware and other kinds of cyberattacks are on the rise. The Senate has named Jen Easterly … Continue reading Judge blocks federal officials from contacting tech companies
How Brands Should Approach The Marketing Support Gap Left By Tech Layoffs by Bryan Karas , June 23, 2023 The first half of 2023 was, to put it bluntly, a bloodbath for layoffs in the world of major marketing platforms (most significantly Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon). At the same time, those companies, specifically Meta and … Continue reading How Brands Should Approach The Marketing Support Gap Left By Tech Layoffs
By Pavithra Mohan Even with summer upon us, there are few signs that companies have stemmed the flow of layoffs that have rocked the corporate world for the past year. In fact, the tech industry seems to be setting new records: This year, employers have cut 200,000 jobs and counting, according to Layoffs.fyi, far … Continue reading Tech layoffs keep coming. Here’s how hiring managers should respond
Everything you need to know about Amazon Prime Day 2023 Valentina Palladino @valentinalucia This year’s Amazon Prime Day is likely right around the corner, so it’s a good time to start thinking about the things you’ll want to look for once the deal wave hits. Everything from gadgets to clothes to household necessities … Continue reading Amazon’s Echo Dot is down to $28, plus the rest of this week’s best tech deals
Spotify is laying off 200 employees from its podcast division Jon Fingas @jonfingas Spotify isn’t done with layoffs this year. The company is cutting 200 jobs in its podcast division, or about 2 percent of its workforce, as part of a “strategic realignment.” Spotify is moving to a more “tailored approach” that optimizes … Continue reading All the big tech layoffs of 2023
By Laya Neelakandan May 18, 2023 In an unsigned opinion on Thursday, the Supreme Court declined to reinterpret a law that protects social media companies from being held responsible for their users’ posts, effectively dealing a victory for the tech platforms. The law, known as Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, protects platforms … Continue reading Supreme Court bolsters Section 230, shielding tech platforms from liability for harmful posts
By Clint Rainey April 25, 2023 It’s easy to wonder if the recent, and in fact very much ongoing, waves of layoffs in tech and finance could be putting knots in these high-paying industries’ hiring pipelines. But not only does data show the number of job openings is up (here’s a report from earlier … Continue reading Mass layoffs haven’t dented pay for tech and finance internships, says Glassdoor
By Danica Lo April 16, 2023 Popular new consumer technology often gives rise to its fair share of ominous doom in public discourse—and the recent rapid adoption of generative AI and tools such as ChatGPT has so rankled the establishment that some tech executives have called for a six-month moratorium on continued innovation in … Continue reading Will you lose your job to AI and tech like ChatGPT?
By Laya Neelakandan April 12, 2023 Since the start of the year, tech companies have laid off over 150,000 employees. At the same time, the sector at large has been dealing with continual fallout from last month’s collapse of financial heavyweights including SVB and Signature Bank. Still, even in the midst of … Continue reading The post-SVB era: These tech companies are actually on a growth path
Nathan Ingraham One thing you can definitely say about Amazon’s Kindle: It’s not the kind of device you need to upgrade often, even if you’re an avid reader. I’ve been using the same one since late 2015, and it’s still going strong. But Amazon caught my attention with the 5th-generation Paperwhite. For the first time … Continue reading Amazon’s Kindle Paperwhite falls back to $100, plus the rest of the week’s best tech deals
