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I built a machine learning model to predict who leaves tech jobs early. The results surprised me.

I went into this research convinced I already knew the answer. After more than a decade in People Analytics, the last few years at Meta, I had a working theory about why tech employees leave their jobs within the first year. Two things, I believed, were doing most of the damage: whether someone was getting […]

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7 Best Global HR Software Options for International Companies in 2026

Global HR is no longer just about compliance. It’s becoming an operational infrastructure layer for distributed companies. As a seasoned HR professional, I used to think working for an international company was a peak career flex. Unfortunately, in 2026, the reality can be far less glamorous. Picture running an HR team for a global company […]

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Denis Brovarnyy: Tech education that starts where theory ends

The gap between finishing a course and actually being useful on a team, Denis Brovarnyy has seen it from both sides. And in an era where AI is reshaping every technical role, that gap is getting more expensive to ignore. Companies are no longer experimenting with AI. They are implementing it. And they need people […]

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Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.

Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026. The layoffs, announced via an internal memo from HR head Janelle Gale, are structural rather than performance-based, reorganising teams into AI-focused “pods” while Meta spends $115-135 billion on AI infrastructure […]

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Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to 7% of US workers in first-ever buyout programme amid $80B AI spending push

Summary: Microsoft is offering voluntary retirement to approximately 7% of its US workforce (~8,750 of 125,000 employees) in the first such programme in its 51-year history, using a “Rule of 70” formula (age + years of service). The offer, disclosed by CPO Amy Coleman, targets senior director level and below, with details arriving 7 May […]

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Accenture bets on General Robotics to unify factory AI across robot brands

In short: Accenture Ventures has invested in General Robotics, whose GRID platform provides a unified AI intelligence layer across 40+ robots from different manufacturers including FANUC, Flexiv, and Ghost Robotics. The deal extends Accenture’s physical AI strategy alongside its NVIDIA-powered Physical AI Orchestrator and prior investments in Sanctuary AI and Schaeffler humanoid robotics partnerships. Accenture […]

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Stanford’s annual AI report finds a widening gap between AI insiders and everyone else

The 2026 AI Index from Stanford’s Institute for Human-Centered AI documents a deepening disconnect between expert optimism and public anxiety. Gen Z anger about AI is rising fast. Employment in AI-exposed fields among younger workers is already declining. And the US has the lowest trust in its government to regulate AI of any country surveyed. […]

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The future of work includes better water: why offices are rethinking hydration

Dehydration is unfortunately a pretty common issue for people of all ages. Some studies suggest that as many as 75% of Americans could be chronically dehydrated at any given moment. It’s easy to fall short of your body’s daily water intake needs if you’re busy, stressed or preoccupied with other things.   Dehydration may be a […]

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Vibe coding is flooding Apple’s App Store, and Apple is fighting back

In short: AI-powered “vibe coding” tools have driven an 84% jump in new app submissions to Apple’s App Store in a single quarter, according to reporting by The Information, the largest surge in a decade. The flood is straining Apple’s review infrastructure, with approval times ballooning from 24 hours to as many as 30 days. Apple […]

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