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• Federal Executive Forum IT Modernization in Government - Federal News Network

  10-02-2023 20:48
  
  Federal Executive Forum IT Modernization in Government  Federal News Network
  
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• Yahoo to lay off 20% of its staff as it cuts advertising tech business

  10-02-2023 20:18
  
  Yahoo has laid off 1,000 workers, or about 12% of its remaining staff, in a move aimed at restructuring the company’s advertising technology business unit and reallocating its finances more efficiently.The layoffs, enacted Thursday, mark the end of Yahoo’s attempts to be a direct competitor to Google and Meta in the digital advertising market, according to a report from Axios, which was the first outlet to publicize the job cuts.A further 600 employees will be let go in the second h
  
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• Microsoft cuts HoloLens, Xbox, Surface jobs as industrial metaverse team said to fold

  10-02-2023 20:00
  
  Facing macroeconomic uncertainty and slowing growth, Microsoft has confirmed that it is laying off employees working on its HoloLens, Surface laptop and Xbox products, as reports surface that it will be cutting 100 employees working for its industrial metaverse unit — essentially closing down that team.The layoffs are part of a plan to lay off 10,00 workers announced by CEO Satya Nadella earlier this month.To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Apple's second-user smartphone business is booming

  10-02-2023 18:13
  
  According to research firm IDC, the refurbished smartphone market is booming, with sales expected to reach 413 million units by 2026.$99 billion red balloons
  That’s a $99 billion market, so how can Apple take a chunk out of it? (iPhones account for around 82% of the second hand device market, according to CCS Insights and hold value for longer even in that market.)To read this article in full, please click here
  
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• Why we don’t need the four-day workweek — or weekends

  10-02-2023 13:30
  
  The battle over whether remote employees should be forced back into the office is based on a false belief: people working from home slack off more than in-office workers.It’s simply not true.Consider the latest viral TikTok trend: bragging about “time theft.” The notion was perhaps expressed best by TikTokker Daniel Ezra, who said: “The real work flex is not grinding for 80 hours a week. The real work flex is time theft.”Hundreds of comments about the video piled o
  
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• The gathering AI storm between Microsoft and Google

  10-02-2023 13:23
  
  Disclosure: Microsoft is a client of the author.Microsoft this week caught Google napping when it comes to the future of online search — much as Google caught Microsoft napping almost two decades ago when it came to the future of web browsers. And given the similarities between the two, Google should have been better prepared.Think of it: Google’s rollout of Bard is reminiscent of Microsoft’s acquisition of Spyglass — the maker of Mosaic, remember? — back when Micr
  
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• 10 highly useful add-ins for Microsoft Office

  10-02-2023 12:00
  
  The tools available in Microsoft Office are versatile, but sometimes you want to do something that Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint, and Word can’t accommodate. Chances are good that you can find an add-in that will give you that little extra something.Hundreds of add-ins are available for Office, but surprisingly few stand out. We’ve gathered 10 that we think will be useful for a wide variety of business users. (Note that some require Microsoft 365 subscriptions.) They’ll give you
  
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• 12 Gboard shortcuts that'll change how you type on Android

  10-02-2023 11:45
  
  If there's one thing we Android-totin' pterodactyls take for granted, it's just how good we've got it when it comes to typing out text on our pocket-sized phone machines.It's all too easy to lose sight of over time, but Goog almighty, lemme tell ya: Typing on Android is an absolute delight. And all it takes is 10 seconds of trying to wrestle with the on-screen keyboards on that other smartphone platform to appreciate our advantage.We've got plenty of exceptional keyboard choices 'round these pa
  
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• It's Nigeria's Executive vs its Judiciary - Africa.com

  10-02-2023 09:40
  
  It's Nigeria's Executive vs its Judiciary  Africa.com
  
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• GitHub lays off 10% workforce, plans to go fully remote to cut costs

  10-02-2023 07:59
  
  GitHub, the software development and version control service provider owned by Microsoft, announced it would be cutting 10% of its workforce and transitioning the remaining employees to remote work in order to safeguard the company’s immediate financial stability.“We announced a number of difficult but necessary decisions and budgetary realignments to both protect the health of our business in the short term and grant us the capacity to invest in our long-term strategy moving forwar
  
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• GitHub lays off 10% of workforce, plans to go fully remote to cut costs

  10-02-2023 07:59
  
  GitHub, the software development and version control service provider owned by Microsoft, announced it would be cutting 10% of its workforce and transitioning the remaining employees to remote work in order to safeguard the company’s immediate financial stability.“We announced a number of difficult but necessary decisions and budgetary realignments to both protect the health of our business in the short term and grant us the capacity to invest in our long-term strategy moving forwar
  
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