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Work & Careers

Hiring, workforce change and the engineering job market.

ai career transition3 weeks ago5 min

The Human Engine Behind the AI Boom

Exploration of the rapidly growing, often invisible gig economy of human data labelers essential for training modern AI.

ai career transition3 weeks ago5 min

From Energy to Alphabet: The Investigative Career of Katherine Blunt

An overview of Katherine Blunt's journalism career, from her in-depth exploration of California's energy crisis to her current coverage of Alphabet Inc.

ai corporate technology ops3 weeks ago5 min

SAP’s Quiet Bet: Cutting Travel and Hiring to Fuel Its AI Future

SAP is freezing non-essential spending to redirect resources toward AI development — a strategic pivot that’s reshaping its workforce and corporate culture.

remote work psychological wellbeing3 weeks ago4 min

Remote Work's Silent Damage: How Isolation Quietly Undermines Mental Health

New research reveals remote work's hidden toll: 84% of remote workers spend entire days alone, and studies link this shift to a one-third increase in US mental health decline since 2011, with uniquely sharp effects on those living solo.

ai corporate labor disruption3 weeks ago6 min

Oracle's 21,000 Job Cuts Fund $55.7B AI Buildout—Revealing a Debt-Fueled Growth Paradox

Oracle reduced its workforce by 13% (21,000 jobs) over 12 months while raising $48B in debt and equity to fund $55.7B in AI infrastructure capex, resulting in negative $23.7B free cash flow and a 47% jump in interest expense, according to SEC filings and FY2026 earnings data.

cloud security incidents3 weeks ago4 min

Lucid Cuts Its Arizona Second Shift — And 1,500 Jobs — to Survive

An analysis of Lucid Motors' decision to cut 18% of its workforce and eliminate the second shift at its Arizona plant as part of a broader corporate restructuring by new CEO Silvio Napoli.

political psychology national identity3 weeks ago3 min

The Revolving Door: How Starmer’s Resignation Cemented Britain’s Political Instability

As Keir Starmer steps down following intense party pressure, the UK prepares for its seventh prime minister in ten years under a potential Andy Burnham premiership.

ai startup funding roundsJul 1, 20264 min

Liquid Gold: How Structured Secondary Tenders Keep AI Talent from Walking Out the Door

As AI startups experience soaring valuations but face prolonged IPO paths, companies like Wayve, ElevenLabs, and Clay are offering structured tender offers to give employees early liquidity and prevent critical talent defections.

technology critique wellbeingJun 30, 20264 min

The Minds Behind the Machine: How Luddites Foretold Technology's Human Cost

Long before AI, the Luddites warned that technology designed for efficiency could devastate human identity, agency, and social belonging — a critique that resonates powerfully in the digital age.

ai workforce reskilling programsJun 30, 20264 min

Meta Launches Five-Week Workforce Academy with Job Guarantee After 8,000 Layoffs

Meta’s new workforce academy offers a free, five-week training program to reskill workers and place them in data center roles, highlighting the paradox of laying off 8,000 office workers while guaranteeing physical infrastructure jobs.

biology natural historyJun 30, 20265 min

Great Ape Minds Operate on a Different Blueprint Than Human Intelligence

A 2026 longitudinal study of 48 great apes reveals that individual cognition is highly stable and unique, with social abilities developing independently rather than in cohesive clusters as seen in humans.

cybersecurityJun 28, 20266 min

CISOs Are Drowning in AI Threats — And Nobody's Hiring Enough People to Help

AI is making cybersecurity harder, faster, and more exhausting for CISOs. Yet companies keep demanding more security talent instead of fixing the workload crisis. Here's what's really going wrong — and what smart leaders are doing about it.