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Gallup: 12% of employed US adults reported using AI daily in their job in Q4 2025, compared to 10% in Q3 and 8% in Q2; 49% say they never use AI in their role (Andy Kemp/Gallup)
https://www.gallup.com/workplace/701195/frequent-workplace-continued-rise.aspx

Frequent Use of AI in the Workplace Continued to Rise in Q4
Frequent use of AI in the workplace has continued to rise, while overall use has remained level. Use varies widely by industry, role type and job level.

This month, the Network Performing Arts Production Workshop (NPAPW) 2025 brought together performing artists, technologists, educators, and students from around the world.
A joint initiative of GÉANT and Internet2, NPAPW25 explored what happens when creativity meets advanced networks.
From history of network-enabled performances to MVTP uses cases, and the distributed concert linking New York & Miami, it was a success.
🔗 Read the full recap by Domenico Vicinanza:

Last month I switched from Google Workspace to proton.me for hosting email for my domains.
It went smoothly, but if you're considering it, here's some things I wish I'd known when I was starting to move my old email.
#protonmail #google_apps #google_workspace

10 years and a few days ago, I was running a DIY Synth workshop with STM32F7 dev boards in our kitchen in North London... Still have ~10 of these boards.
Here are also two videos (live performances) of some softsynths (some with MIDI via USB support) which we built in these workshops (I did quite a few of those in that year)...
STM32F746 MIDI synth (live recording, 2016-01-31)

Tesla-Werksleiter lehnt Tarifvertrag ab – IG Metall wirbt
Die IG Metall kämpft für die Einführung eines Tariflohns beim US-Autobauer Tesla in Grünheide. Die Werksführung lehnt das ab.
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An MIT study finds that AI can replace 11.7% of the US labor market, or ~$1.2T in wages, based on the "Iceberg Index", which measures job automation potential (MacKenzie Sigalos/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/26/mit-study-

MIT study finds AI can already replace 11.7% of U.S. workforce
Artificial intelligence can already replace 11.7% of the U.S. labor market, across finance, health care and professional services, according to MIT's study.

Das kleinstes Pixel der Welt gibt’s in Würzburg
Ein Bildelement mit lediglich 300 Nanometern Kantenlänge haben Würzburger Forscher erschaffen. Das ist zirka halb so lang wie die Wellenlänge des Lichts.
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Amazon says it will cut ~14,000 jobs across its corporate workforce, after cutting 27,000 from 2022 to 2023; the company employed 1.55M people globally in June (Spencer Soper/Bloomberg)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-…

Filing: Pinterest plans to lay off less than 15% of its workforce by Q3 and cut back on office space, saying it is "reallocating resources" to AI teams (Annie Palmer/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/01/27/pinterest-layoffs-stock-ai.html

Pinterest laying off 15% of workforce in push toward AI roles and teams
The company said it's "reallocating resources" to roles and teams focused on artificial intelligence.

NY Gov. Kathy Hochul signs a law requiring social platforms with features like autoplay and addictive feeds to show mental health warning labels for young users (Felix Day/WRGB)

Governor Hochul signs law for mental health warnings on addictive social media features
Governor Hochul has signed new legislation that will require social media platforms with certain addictive features to display warning labels alerting young use