A new report details the “Great Frustration” facing job seekers in 2025. Despite low headline unemployment, hiring is at a decade-low, applications have tripled, and workers are burning through savings.
Law firms for Google and Apple are warning employees on H-1B visas to avoid international travel due to unpredictable processing delays. The holdup is linked to new requirements for social media vetting, which has left hundreds of Indian professionals in limbo after traveling home in December.
Google is hitting the brakes on its plan to fully replace Google Assistant with Gemini on Android phones. The company now says the upgrade will continue “into 2026,” missing its original late-2025 target. The goal is a more seamless switch, but it means Assistant’s days are still numbered.
Anysphere, the company behind the Cursor AI coding assistant, has acquired AI code review startup Graphite. The deal’s price is rumored to be significantly above Graphite’s recent $290 million valuation.
According to a new survey, more than half of AI users would rather buy a product directly within an AI interface than be sent to a merchant’s website. This points to a growing trust in AI-driven commerce and a preference for streamlined, integrated shopping journeys.
OpenAI has rolled out new safety guidelines for users under 18, aiming to curb risky roleplay and self-harm content. The move comes as 42 state attorneys general push for AI safeguards and lawmakers like Sen. Josh Hawley propose banning minors from chatbots altogether. Still, the gap between policy
Nearly 40% of professionals admit to working on vacation, with 96% getting hassled by colleagues. This constant tether to work is undermining the very point of time off and, ironically, hurting long-term productivity.
Netflix is making a major move into gaming by acquiring avatar platform Ready Player Me. The company’s team of 20 will join Netflix, and its services for developers will be shut down by January 31st, 2026.
Microsoft is celebrating the 10th anniversary of its DirectX 12 graphics API. Over the last decade, it has evolved from a foundational low-level control layer into a comprehensive suite powering ray tracing, mesh shaders, and AI-assisted features.
The FUSE 3.18 release is out, headlined by a new “fuse-over-io_uring” mode for potentially huge performance improvements. In separate but equally welcome news, a Linux kernel patch set has fixed an eMMC secure erase bug that made wiping 1GB take about 10 minutes; it now takes roughly 2 seconds.
