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Standard Chartered To Replace "Lower-Value Human Capital" With AI As Meta Layoff D-Day Nears
Standard Chartered To Replace "Lower-Value Human Capital" With AI As Meta Layoff D-Day Nears
The white-collar job-loss apocalypse, accelerated by AI, is increasingly concentrated in repetitive, data-intensive, and digitally native roles, with tech firms announcing layoffs one after another.
While 'D-Day' for Meta layoffs is Wednesday morning, the London-headquartered international bank Standard Chartered announced on Tuesday plans to cut 15% of its corporate roles (or about 7800 jobs) by 2030 as part of a broader efficiency push amid the adoption of AI.
STAN also raised its profitability targets, aiming for a 15%...
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US Producer Prices Cooler Than Expected In March Despite Surge In Energy Costs
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Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown
Massive Oil Slick Spotted Off Iran's Kharg Island, Cause Unknown
An apparent large oil spill spanning dozens of square miles of sea has been spotted off of Iran's main oil hub of Kharg Island, according to open source satellite imagery and reporting in both the NY Times and Reuters on Friday.
The reports cite images from Copernicus's Sentinel-1, Sentinel-2, and Sentinel-3 satellites taken from monitoring May 6 through 8 which show a huge grey-and-white slick extending out to the west of Kharg Island.
Image source: Soar
"The slick appears visually consistent with oil," said Leon Moreland,...
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