Topline Job cuts from U.S.-based companies were the highest they’ve been in 15 years in 2024—with the exception of 2020 job losses spurred by the COVID pandemic—as cuts jumped 5.5% over 2023, with experts blaming rapid technological advancement and shifting economic conditions. Key Facts Companies cut 761,358 jobs in 2024, according to a new report
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Kurdistan hasn’t been able to export its oil via a pipeline for more than a year now, but crude continues to flow out of the semi-autonomous Iraqi region—on tank trucks to the border with Iran. More than 1,000 such tank trucks are estimated to be transporting at least 200,000 barrels per day (bpd) of Kurdish
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Energy-intensive data centers were responsible for an estimated 4% of the US’ overall energy use in 2022, according to the International Energy Agency. DepositPhotosRecent reports suggest renewable energy sources alone won’t be enough to meet data centers’ increasingly intensive power needs. The post AI companies eye fossil fuels to meet booming energy demand appeared first
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While podcast networks like iHeartMedia, Spotify and PodcastOne have publicly announced plans to debut AI-generated audio translations, few have gone live yet…
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