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Some found out they didn't qualify for WARN Act protections like two-months notice because the company had classified them as remote workers....

The invisible force behind all of this is no mystery to anyone paying attention to the city's tech economy. San Francisco is home to some of the most valuable private companies in the world, and their employees have been quietly accumulating — and, increasingly, cashing out — fortunes....

The Clips feed aims to enable discovery by offering users a scrollable feed with short snippets of shows and movies....

Intel's stock has risen a stunning 490% over the past year, a bet by Wall Street that may be running well ahead of the company's actual turnaround....

CloudFlare announced its first large-scale layoff. CEO Matthew Prince says because of AI efficiency gains, the company doesn't need as many support roles....

More than 500 people will be affected by the closures....

The VC firm, which focuses on mothers as consumers, raised a $10 million debut fund....

the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has opened an investigation into Avride after identifying more than a dozen crashes and one minor injury....

A report by Poland's top intelligence agency accused Russia of sabotage and hacking activities against the country's military and civilian infrastructure....

Former cybersecurity executive Peter Williams stole several surveillance and hacking tools and sold them for $1.3 million to a Russian broker that works with Putin's government....

The Defense Department has released a collection of UFO files with images, videos, and documents on war.gov/ufo....

Truecaller's ad revenue declined by 44%, leading to the layoffs....

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After years of hints and preparation, Lime plans to enter the public markets....

PJM Interconnection — which oversees the grid for some of the densest data center developments on Earth — wants to overhaul itself. Not everyone thinks it's up to the task....

Airbnb also said its customer support AI bot now handles 40% of issues without escalating to a human agent....

Like many AI companies automating work that humans currently do, Basata will eventually face a harder question about where the line is between augmenting workers and displacing them. For now, the founders say the administrative staff they work with aren't worried about that; they're more worried about drowning....

The company is reportedly in talks to raise another $750 million at a pre-money valuation of more than $40 billion. It last raised in November at $32 billion....

The new features could be handy for customer service systems, but OpenAI says they have applications that work across a variety of other fields, including education and creator platforms....