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The AI Layoffs Have Come for Freelance Marketplace Fiverr

gizmodo.com Aj Dellinger 2025-09-20 15:50:51

Fiverr, the online marketplace for freelancers, announced that it is laying off about 250 full-time staff members as part of an effort to transform itself into an “AI-first company.” The layoffs will affect about 30% of the company’s staff and are part of what CEO Micha Kaufman called a “painful reset” in a message to his staff, which he also posted on X—though certainly one that will be more painful for the workers losing their jobs than for him. Kaufman claims the layoffs mark Fiverr returnin

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The staff ate it later

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-10-15 18:24:48

Japanese entertainment term is an orphan, as no other articles . Please This article. Please introduce links to this page from . "The staff ate it later" as shown on screen "The staff ate it later" (Japanese: この後、スタッフが美味しくいただきました, romanized: Kono ato, sutaffu ga oishiku itadakimashita) is a caption shown on screen when food appears in a Japanese TV program to indicate that it was not thrown away after filming. Some question the authenticity of this statement, and others believe this caption l

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TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK content moderators

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-10-31 22:32:06

TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK content moderators 30 minutes ago Share Save Tom Gerken Technology reporter Share Save Getty Images TikTok is planning to lay off hundreds of staff in the UK which moderate the content that appears on the social media platform. According to TikTok, the plan would see work moved to its other offices in Europe as it invests in the use of artificial intelligence (AI) to scale up its moderation. "We are continuing a reorganisation that we started last year to stre

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Staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

news.ycombinator.com Dan Milmo 2025-11-06 08:18:58

When the UK government announced the creation of the Alan Turing Institute in 2014 it promised a “fitting memorial” to the renowned computer scientist and artificial intelligence pioneer. More than a decade on, Britain’s leading AI institute is in turmoil as staff warn it may be in danger of collapse and ministers demand a shift in focus to defence and security work. “The ATI brand is well recognised internationally,” says Dame Wendy Hall, a professor of computer science at the University of S

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AI Is About to Radically Alter Military Command Structures That Date Back to Napoleon

gizmodo.com Benjamin Jensen 2025-11-11 02:30:45

Benjamin Jensen, Professor of Strategic Studies at the Marine Corps University School of Advanced Warfighting; Scholar-in-Residence, American University School of International Service This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. Despite two centuries of evolution, the structure of a modern military staff would be recognizable to Napoleon. At the same time, military organizations have struggled to incorporate new technologies as

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Single Sign on for Furries

news.ycombinator.com Unknown 2025-11-11 14:42:51

Single Sign On for Furries Published Today If I were to bootstrap a furry convention today for its first year, without writing any code, I'd probably start with a square store to handle both online and in person transactions, a custom domain, a social media account, and an email address for any business communications. Check in for pre-registrations will be clunky, but for a 100-300 attendance event, it should be feasible. Disclosure: I have no personal experience with Square. I know people t

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UK's Turing AI Institute responds to staff anger about defence focus

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-14 00:06:13

UK's Turing AI Institute responds to staff anger about defence focus Technology Secretary Peter Kyle wants the Alan Turing Institute to focus on defence In a letter seen by the BBC, Chair Dr Doug Gurr said the Turing Institute would "step up at a time of national need". They warned that the body - which receives £100m from the government - is at risk of collapse after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle instructed it to prioritise defence, and threatened to pull its funding if it did not. It com

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Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

feeds.bbci.co.uk Unknown 2025-11-22 18:01:26

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse 5 hours ago Share Save Zoe Kleinman Technology editor Joshua Nevett Political reporter Share Save EPA Staff at the UK's national institute for artificial intelligence (AI) have warned the charity is at risk of collapse, after Technology Secretary Peter Kyle threatened to withdraw its funding. Workers at the Alan Turing Institute raised a series of "serious and escalating concerns" in a whistleblowing complaint submitted to the Charity Co

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Atlassian terminates 150 staff

news.ycombinator.com Daniel Croft 2025-12-09 14:21:36

Atlassian CEO and co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes sent the video titled “Restructuring the CSS Team: A Difficult Decision for Our Future” to staff on Wednesday morning (30 July), informing them that 150 staff had been made redundant. The video reportedly did not make it seem that the decision was difficult, but rather said it would allow its staff “to say goodbye”. The video itself did not announce who was leaving, but it told employees they would have to wait 15 minutes for an email about their

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Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video

news.ycombinator.com Daniel Croft 2025-12-09 20:21:36

Atlassian CEO and co-founder Mike Cannon-Brookes sent the video titled “Restructuring the CSS Team: A Difficult Decision for Our Future” to staff on Wednesday morning (30 July), informing them that 150 staff had been made redundant. The video reportedly did not make it seem that the decision was difficult, but rather said it would allow its staff “to say goodbye”. The video itself did not announce who was leaving, but it told employees they would have to wait 15 minutes for an email about their

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Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game

theverge.com Jackson Ryan 2025-12-22 06:00:00

When new employees start at Weta Workshop, they’re herded into a meeting room with a long, unassuming conference table. On the walls, behind panes of glass and in between statues, swords, and masks, are five Oscars. Four of them were awarded to the studio for its efforts on Peter Jackson’s The Lord of the Rings films. New hires are offered a chance to hold one of those Oscars, but there’s a catch: handling the golden statuette marks you with a curse, preventing you from ever winning one yourself

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He-Man and Skeletor’s Weapons Have Traveled from Eternia to San Diego

gizmodo.com Germain Lussier 2025-12-27 10:45:40

So we’re walking around the Mattel booth at San Diego Comic-Con 2025, and, lo and behold, we witnessed the power of Grayskull. Nestled among a mountain of new Masters of the Universe toys on display at the convention, the company surprised fans with the live-action versions of He-Man’s Power Sword and Skeletor’s Havoc Staff on display at the convention. And they are stunning. The props are from the June 5, 2026, film Masters of the Universe, directed by Travis Knight and starring Nicholas Galit

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Leaked Documents Show xAI Employees Were Alarmed by Something They Were Asked to Do at Elon Musk's AI Startup

futurism.com Unknown 2025-12-31 08:22:26

Earlier this year, more than 200 staffers at Elon Musk's AI startup xAI were asked to have their faces recorded while speaking to their coworkers. According to internal documents and Slack messages obtained by Business Insider, some employees were taken aback after being asked to take part in a project called "Skippy," the goal of which was to train the company's Hitler-loving AI chatbot, Grok, on their facial expressions. It remains unclear whether project Skippy was in any way related to xAI

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Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business

techcrunch.com Maxwell Zeff 2026-01-11 15:26:47

In Brief Data-labeling startup Scale AI is laying off 200 employees, roughly 14% of its staff, and cutting ties with 500 of its global contractors, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday. The cuts come just a month after Meta hired Scale AI’s CEO in a $14.3 billion deal. In a memo obtained by Bloomberg, interim CEO Jason Droege told staff that Scale AI had too quickly scaled its core data-labeling business — in which the startup supplied AI labs with labeled, structured data to train AI models. Droeg

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NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts

engadget.com Unknown 2026-01-24 20:01:09

NASA is set to lose at least 2,145 senior staff members as part of the Trump administration's push for budget cuts, Politico reports. The brain drain could severely impact future research and missions, and is happening not long before the organization plans to send a new crew of astronauts to the Moon in 2026. Of the over 2,000 departing staff members, nearly all of them are in senior positions, requiring specialized skills or management experience. "Those leaving include 1,818 staff serving in

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‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

wired.com Dhruv Mehrotra 2026-02-20 18:21:09

On April 28, a nurse at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver called 911. A woman in custody, four months pregnant, had arrived at the facility’s medical unit, bleeding and in pain. As the staff rushed to get vitals, the dispatcher rattled off questions: How old was she? Was the pregnancy high risk? The nurse hesitated: “She just came to us three days ago.” On 911 audio obtained by WIRED, the dispatcher’s voice cuts in: “Is there any sign of life?” “Have we heard a heartbeat?” “Does s

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'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

wired.com Dhruv Mehrotra 2026-02-21 00:21:09

On April 28, a nurse at the Aurora ICE Processing Center near Denver called 911. A woman in custody, four months pregnant, had arrived at the facility’s medical unit, bleeding and in pain. As the staff rushed to get vitals, the dispatcher rattled off questions: How old was she? Was the pregnancy high risk? The nurse hesitated: “She just came to us three days ago.” On 911 audio obtained by WIRED, the dispatcher’s voice cuts in: “Is there any sign of life?” “Have we heard a heartbeat?” “Does s

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US House bans WhatsApp on staff devices over security concerns

bleepingcomputer.com Unknown 2026-02-25 10:43:53

The U.S. House of Representatives has banned the installation and use of WhatsApp on government-issued devices belonging to congressional staff, citing concerns over how the app encrypts and secures data. The ban covers mobile phones, laptops, desktop computers, and any web browsers used on those devices. Congressional staff are still free to use WhatsApp on their personal devices, which existing policies dictate are not allowed in sensitive areas such as classified briefings or secure facilit

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WhatsApp security concerns see app banned in Congress; iMessage recommended

9to5mac.com Ben Lovejoy 2026-02-26 02:06:21

Congressional staffers working in the House of Representatives have been told that WhatsApp security risks means they must no longer use the app on government devices. The ban was imposed by the Office of Cybersecurity, which has previously barred the use of TikTok and a number of AI apps … Axios first reported the ban. The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high-risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and poten

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US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

techcrunch.com Ram Iyer 2026-02-26 02:30:07

The U.S. government has banned WhatsApp from devices used by U.S. House of Representatives staff, saying the app poses potential security risks, Reuters reported, citing a memo sent to House staff. “The Office of Cybersecurity has deemed WhatsApp a high risk to users due to the lack of transparency in how it protects user data, absence of stored data encryption, and potential security risks involved with its use,” Reuters reported the memo as saying. The memo instead recommends staff use apps

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US AI Safety Institute will be 'gutted,' Axios reports

zdnet.com Radhika Rajkumar 2025-11-10 23:04:00

Andry Djumantara/Getty Images After reversing a Biden-era executive order on AI regulation and firing staff across several government agencies, the Trump administration is gearing up to make cuts to the US AI Safety Institute (AISI) next. On Wednesday, Axios reported that probationary employees at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), which houses AISI, are "bracing to be fired imminently." Sources told Axios they are preparing for 497 roles to be cut, which they believe w

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Latest Tech News

The AI Layoffs Have Come for Freelance Marketplace Fiverr

The staff ate it later

TikTok to lay off hundreds of UK content moderators

Staff disquiet as Alan Turing Institute faces identity crisis

AI Is About to Radically Alter Military Command Structures That Date Back to Napoleon

Single Sign on for Furries

UK's Turing AI Institute responds to staff anger about defence focus

Staff fear UK's Turing AI Institute at risk of collapse

Atlassian terminates 150 staff

Atlassian terminates 150 staff with pre-recorded video

Inside the struggle to create a cozy Lord of the Rings game

He-Man and Skeletor’s Weapons Have Traveled from Eternia to San Diego

Leaked Documents Show xAI Employees Were Alarmed by Something They Were Asked to Do at Elon Musk's AI Startup

Scale AI lays off 14% of staff, largely in data-labeling business

NASA will lose over 2,000 senior staff due to proposed Trump budget cuts

‘They're Not Breathing’: Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

'They're Not Breathing': Inside the Chaos of ICE Detention Center 911 Calls

US House bans WhatsApp on staff devices over security concerns

WhatsApp security concerns see app banned in Congress; iMessage recommended

US bans WhatsApp from House of Representatives staff devices

US AI Safety Institute will be 'gutted,' Axios reports

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