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Tech Layoffs Outpace 2025 As Big Companies Shift Spending To AI

Tech layoffs in 2026 are outpacing last year’s tempo, but they are coming in sharp bursts rather than a steady stream, according to Crunchbase’s Tech Layoff Tracker, which monitors U.S. tech employers cutting jobs. From January through August U.S. tech layoffs reached at least 94,046, up 16.8% from 80,486 in the same period of 2025.

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Trump admin using AI to deny medical care for seniors in disastrous experiment

In January, the Trump administration rolled out a pilot program that uses artificial intelligence to authorize or deny certain types of care for patients with Medicare—a federal healthcare program for seniors that previously hasn’t required doctors to get any such pre-approval, called prior authorization. Not long after, media outlets began relaying the disastrous outcomes: technical

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Pope Leo XIV’s visit to France: What you need to know

Pope Leo XIV on Friday arrives in France for a four-day visit – his fifth Apostolic journey since becoming pontiff last year – during which he hopes to repair the Catholic Church’s standing after sexual abuse scandals while also addressing issues such as the need to regulate AI. FRANCE 24 guides you through his visit.

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