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Rising costs, Employment Rights Bill threaten jobs, growth: UK survey
The UK labour market is facing mounting pressures as businesses grapple with rising costs, regulatory changes and an increasingly challenging economic environment, the latest annual Confederation of British Industry (CBI)-Pertemps Employment Trends Survey revealed. Against a backdrop of falling vacancies and rising unemployment, business confidence in the UK labour market remains low. The UK labour … Read more
‘Students prefer IT, banking jobs over core sectors like process industries:’ IIT Roorkee Director | Education News
Students are not interested in entering the “process industry” and are instead gravitating towards IT, finance, and consultancy roles — driven by “pay packages and job comfort”—a trend that concerns IIT Roorkee Director Prof. Kamal Kishore Pant. “Students are now not going for hardcore jobs, which is a kind of worry. They look at IT … Read more
Google lays off 200 AI contractors who feared they were training bots to take their jobs
More than 200 contract workers helping Google improve its artificial intelligence systems have lost their jobs in recent weeks, according to a report by Wired. The cuts were carried out by outsourcing firm GlobalLogic, which handles much of Google’s AI rating work. For many of these workers, the layoffs have added to concerns that their … Read more
What if your advisors were Jobs and Buffett?
Have you ever felt that AI can be…a little too flattering? We’ve all seen it: the eager chatbot that keeps telling you your idea is “brilliant.” AI can be incredibly helpful, but flattery doesn’t build companies. Honest feedback does. That’s why I’ve started doing something a little unorthodox: I hire Steve Jobs and Warren Buffett. … Read more
Ban-hit real money gaming companies fire 2,000 setting off a scramble for jobs
Real money gaming (RMG) companies have laid off nearly 2,000 employees following the blanket ban on the sector, according to data collated by ET. Many of these people are now seeking opportunities in adjacent industries. The job cuts span major players such as Mobile Premier League (MPL), Head Digital, Games24x7, Zupee, and PokerBaazi. Online gaming … Read more
₹3,720 crore vanishes, 6,500 jobs lost since ban
Nearly 30 days after India’s government passed one of the most sweeping regulatory overhauls in its digital economy’s history, the real money gaming (RMG) industry finds itself in shambles. Following the passage of The Promotion and Regulation of Online Gaming Act, 2025, player deposits worth over ₹3,720 crore have evaporated, while tax revenue losses tally … Read more
Ban-hit gaming companies fire 2,000 setting off a scramble for jobs
Real money gaming (RMG) companies have laid off nearly 2,000 employees following the blanket ban on the sector, according to data collated by ET. Many of these people are now seeking opportunities in adjacent industries. The job cuts span major players such as Mobile Premier League (MPL), Head Digital, Games24x7, Zupee, and PokerBaazi. Online gaming … Read more
Canada loses 66,000 jobs in August: Here’s why the labour market is slowing down
Unemployment in Canada hits 7.1% in August amid job market cooling Canada’s labour market took a notable downturn in August, according to the latest Labour Force Survey released by Statistics Canada. The country recorded a loss of 66,000 jobs, or 0.3%, marking the second consecutive month of employment decline. This drop was primarily due to … Read more
Automate and orchestrate Amazon EMR jobs using AWS Step Functions and Amazon EventBridge
Many enterprises are adopting Apache Spark for scalable data processing tasks such as extract, transform, and load (ETL), batch analytics, and data enrichment. As data pipelines evolve, the need for flexible and cost-efficient execution environments that support automation, governance, and performance at scale also evolve in parallel. Amazon EMR provides a powerful environment to run … Read more