WordPress maker Automattic lays off 16% of staff

Automattic, the company behind WordPress.com, Tumblr, WooCommerce, and a range of other online services, is reducing its workforce. The layoffs will impact 16% of staff across divisions, an Automattic blog post published Wednesday reveals. Ahead of the layoffs, Automattic’s website listed 1,744 employees, which means north of 270 people may have lost their jobs. (Automattic […]

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IAF Fighter Jet Crashes In Jamnagar; Pilot Ejects Safely, Another Missing

The fighter jet crashed in an open field at Suvarda village, nearly 12km from Jamnagar city and caught fire, said District SP Premsukh Delu. 

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Who are climate conscious consumers? Not who you’d expect, says Northwind Climate

Rather than divide people into demographic buckets, Northwind Climate analyzes survey responses for behavioral clues.

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CM Yogi Backs Road Prayer Ban, Says `Learn Discipline From Hindus`

CM Yogi Adityanath urged Muslims to learn religious discipline from Hindus, who participated in the massive Maha Kumbh Mela without any incidents of crime, destruction, or harassment.

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Commerce Min Working On Different Scenarios To Counter Possible Fallout Of US Tariffs

India and the US are also working on a bilateral trade agreement to promote two-way commerce and investments.

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OpenAI plans to release a new ‘open’ AI language model in the coming months

OpenAI says that it intends to release its first “open” language model since GPT‑2 “in the coming months.” That’s according to a feedback form the company published on its website Monday. The form, which OpenAI is inviting “developers, researchers, and [members of] the broader community” to fill out, includes questions like, “What would you like […]

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