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Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs

Volkswagen reportedly plans to cut 100,000 jobs.

Australia’s social media ban may not be that effective, study finds

A study finds that Australia’s social media ban hasn’t been that effective due to self-declared age verification checks.

The Morning After: Prices rocket up on Xboxes, MacBooks, iPads and more

This week, we’ve been hit with major price hikes from major players, including Microsoft and Apple.

NASA’s TESS spacecraft finds two ‘cotton candy’ planets in one system

NASA’s TESS space telescope has discovered two ‘super puffy’ giant planets with the density of cotton candy.

‘Careless People’ author accuses Meta of ‘punishing’ whistleblower

The author of a tell-all book says Meta is using her as an example to deter future whistleblowers.

California launches tracker for AI-related job losses

California governor Gavin Newsom worked with the state’s employment department to roll out an AI job loss tracker.

YouTube Shorts nixes ‘dislikes’ and lets you double the playback speed

YouTube has made several key changes to Shorts by removing dislikes and offering a clear screen mode.

OpenAI will initially only release ChatGPT 5.6 to government-approved customers

So much for voluntary review.

The most popular Grok feature is, apparently, exactly what you think

NSFW uses account for “well over half” of traffic, a new report says.

Commodore has dropped the price of its retro phone by $100 ahead of preorders

A refreshing direction for a price change.