Last August, SoundCloud cut its workforce by 20 percent, citing "the challenging economic climate" for the layoffs. That's been a common refrain among companies reducing staff in recent years — with companies like Google, Meta, Amazon and more framing layoffs as restructuring or cost cutting measures. Now, SoundCloud says it will be cutting staff by
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Post Office scandal – cover-up a ‘dark chapter’ in government,
The latest stage of a statutory public inquiry into the Post Office IT scandal exposed the methods used by the Post Office and supplier Fujitsu to cover up software errors and push the blame and costs for the accounting discrepancies they caused onto the desperate users in Post Office branches, destroying their lives. Phase three
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Executives say they’re committed to ESG, but data shows otherwise
Consumers aren't going to let them off the hook Over the past several years, environmental, social and governance (ESG) initiatives took the business world by storm. The bottom line was no longer all that mattered. Customers and investors alike wanted to know how companies were tackling a host of ESG issues, from climate change to
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Everything The Hubble Space Telescope Achieved In Its 33rd Year
Nasa/Getty Images Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has been one of the most valuable tools in astronomy, contributing to findings about everything from far-off exoplanets to the expansion of the universe. Even though the telescope is now getting on in years and has had to overcome various issues with hardware that
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“Spooky” Quantum Entanglement of Photons Doubles Microscope Resolution
Caltech researchers have doubled the resolution of light microscopes using quantum entanglement, enabling higher-resolution imaging without damaging specimens like living cells.
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Scientists Develop the World’s First Transistor Made of Wood
Modulation of electrical current in a wood-based electrochemical transistor.
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TikTok: Montana to become first US state to ban app on personal devices
Montana is set to become the first US state to ban Chinese-owned media giant TikTok from personal devices.
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Best Cellphone Plans of 2023: Our Top Picks for May
This is a bit more complicated. Verizon used to be our pick with its Play More plan that bundled in the Disney Bundle (ad-free Disney Plus, ESPN Plus and Hulu with ads) and services like Google Play Pass or Apple Arcade into the plan's sticker price. Now the carrier has updated its wireless plans to
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Columbia Engineers Create Highly Dexterous Human-Like Robot Hand That Can Operate in the Dark
Columbia Engineers have created a groundbreaking robot hand that seamlessly integrates advanced touch sensing with motor-learning algorithms, allowing it to manipulate objects without relying on vision.
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Legend of Zelda game sells 10 million copies in three days
Nintendo has announced its latest game in the Zelda series has sold more than 10 million copies in just three days.