California hammered as national job cuts jump to a five-year high

California hammered as national job cuts jump to a five-year high

Job cuts across the country are the highest they have been in five years, led by layoffs in California and cutbacks in Washington. California employers announced 173,022 job cuts from January to November, up nearly 14% from the same period last year, according to the latest monthly report from outplacement firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.…

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Alphabet’s TPU AI chips are a potential US$900 billion ‘secret sauce’

Alphabet’s TPU AI chips are a potential US0 billion ‘secret sauce’

The success of TPU chips is a primary reason for the company’s 31% fourth-quarter share rally [NEW YORK] Alphabet investors are growing increasingly confident that the company’s semiconductors could represent a significant driver of future revenue for Google’s parent. The success of Alphabet’s tensor processing unit, or TPU, chips is a primary reason for the…

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Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage

Micron to exit consumer memory business amid global supply shortage

[BENGALURU] Memory chipmaker Micron Technology said on Wednesday (Dec 3) that it will exit its consumer business, as it doubles down on advanced memory chips used in artificial intelligence (AI) data centres amid a global supply shortage of the essential semiconductors. Shares of the company were down 2.6 per cent in afternoon trading. Micron’s move…

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Jason Kelce Details Kylie Kelce’s “Devastating” Past Pregnancy Loss

Jason Kelce Details Kylie Kelce’s “Devastating” Past Pregnancy Loss

Jason Kelce is detailing a difficult chapter for his family.  The former Philadelphia Eagles player—who shares kids Wyatt, 6, Elliotte, 4, Bennett, 2, and Finnley, 7 months, with wife Kylie Kelce—recalled the emotional moment he learned that Kylie had suffered a pregnancy loss in 2018 before their four daughters were born. “I remember it just being absolutely devastating,”…

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