This GE Appliances plant couldn't keep workers until it built an app, like an Uber for factory work

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The takeaway: Manufacturing jobs have long been built around fixed schedules and predictable shifts. At a GE Appliances plant in northwest Georgia, that structure is starting to loosen, replaced by a system where workers pick their hours through an app. The setup is run through staffing firm MyWorkChoice, which maintains a pool of more than 900 people trained to handle different roles across the plant.

The employees log in to an app

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Firefox is switching to a faster release schedule, just like Chrome and Edge

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Too Fast: Google recently announced an accelerated Chrome release schedule. Now, another major player in the browser market, Mozilla, is doing the same. The company plans to drop two updates for its open-source browser every month across both desktop and Android devices. The new roadmap is expected to begin in September 2026, although Mozilla could change course if unexpected issues arise.

Mozilla Director Sylvestre Ledru confirmed that

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Apple is reportedly skipping M6 Pro, Max, and Ultra chips to fast-track AI-focused M7 Macs

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Rumor mill: Apple is overhauling its Mac chip roadmap to place artificial intelligence at the center of its hardware strategy. Instead of completing the M6 lineup with the usual Pro, Max, and Ultra variants, the company is reportedly moving directly to the M7 generation and planning significantly larger Neural Engine upgrades, according to people familiar with the plans.

This fall's Macs are still expected to debut with a base M

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SK Hynix predicts memory crunch will peak in 2027 and continue through 2030

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The big picture: SK Hynix CEO Kwak Noh-Jung has warned that the global memory crunch is far from over. In a recent interview with Reuters, the executive predicted that 2027 will be the worst year ever for the industry from a supply perspective and that demand will continue to outpace supply even beyond 2030.

Speaking with the publication, Noh-Jung said SK Hynix is doing their best

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Claude's new Reflect feature is Spotify Wrapped for your AI habits


Claude now has its own take on Spotify Wrapped , only instead of exposing your questionable music taste, Reflect shows how you use AI. The beta dashboard summarizes up to 12 months of topics, activity patterns, and common tasks. Check out Reflect using the the Claude desktop app for Windows or macOS.



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New York hospital replaces 12 nurses with AI, prompting warnings over patient care dangers

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A hot potato: We're used to hearing stories about AI taking admin, call center, and similar jobs, but it's not just white-collar workers who are at risk. In New York, 12 nurses were laid off on Sunday and replaced by AI-powered software, some of whom had worked at the hospital for decades. The move came not long after the city's nurses went

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TSMC posts blowout $39 billion quarter, raising the same old AI question: is this sustainable?

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Bottom line: TSMC delivered another strong quarter, offering a clear signal that demand for AI chips remains high. The company reported revenue of NT$1.27 trillion, or about $39.6 billion, for the June quarter, up 36% from a year earlier and in line with analyst expectations. The gains were driven in part by a sharp surge in June revenue, which jumped 68

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Swedish startup unveils foot-long drone-killing interceptor that can exceed 220 mph

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Why it matters: Cheap attack drones have created one of modern warfare's biggest economic problems, with the weapons used to stop them often costing far more than the aircraft they destroy. A Swedish startup believes its foot-long interceptor could make countering drones far more cost-effective, and it has now demonstrated the system taking down targets.

Stockholm-based Nordic Air Defence publicly showed off the K100XR

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An abandoned IBM campus became a TikTok sensation, now it's a magnet for trespassers

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Recap: The former IBM campus in Somers, New York, is drawing attention again, but not for any new development plans. Instead, the long-vacant property has become a frequent target for trespassers, many of them drawn in by videos circulating on social media.

What used to be a tightly managed corporate site is now showing up in short clips on TikTok and Instagram, where users post footage of empty offices,

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EU says it can't stop Sony from ending physical PlayStation game releases

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A hot potato: Hopes that the EU could force Sony to abandon its plans to stop making new games on discs have faded. An EU commissioner said that companies are "free" to make games in whatever way they want, including killing off physical media and offering them in download-only formas.

Michael McGrath, the European Commissioner for Democracy, Justice, the Rule of Law and Consumer Protection, was asked whether the

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