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Freelancers now represent more than one in four US workers

As AI advances and skills gaps grow, businesses are increasingly hiring skilled freelancers, who say they are seeking more autonomy than traditional jobs offer. Gen Z is leading the trend.

By Lucas Mearian

25 Apr 20258 mins

Generative AIHiringIT Jobs

Google threatens employees' jobs if they don't come back to the office

By Mikael Markander

24 Apr 20252 mins

Can Lip-Bu Tan’s AI bet resurrect a stumbling Intel?

By Mastufa Ahmed

24 Apr 20254 mins

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Gen Z, millennials: A college degree is a waste of money and time

By Lucas Mearian

23 Apr 20256 mins

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Job seekers using genAI to fake skills and credentials

By Lucas Mearian

21 Apr 20257 mins

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How to stop your AI hallucinating

21 Apr 20254 mins

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OpenAI GPT-4.1 models promise improved coding and instruction following

By Lynn Greiner

16 Apr 20251 min

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About the Best Places to Work in IT

By Best Places to Work in IT Team

16 Apr 202510 mins

CareersIT Leadership

Discover Financial Services exec: GenAI isn't yet ready for prime time

By Lucas Mearian

14 Apr 202518 mins

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One in six workers would quit if forced to return to office

Although 60% of companies now demand that workers return to their offices at least a few days each week, employees are resistant amid work-life balance concerns, according to a TopResume study.

By Lucas Mearian

9 Apr 2025 4 mins

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AI could affect 40% of all jobs, UN says

A new report by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development also predicts the technology could worsen inequality between nations.

By Viktor Eriksson

8 Apr 2025 1 min

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Tech hiring dropped by 29K in March, even as US job growth remained solid

It looks as though the generative AI boom is playing a big role in buoying tech sector jobs.

By Lucas Mearian

5 Apr 2025 5 mins

Generative AIHiringTechnology Industry

Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s new AI education initiatives offer hope for enterprise knowledge retention

Learning-centered AI design could solve the growing “digital amnesia” problem in workplace.

5 Apr 2025 1 min

Education IndustryEducation and Training SoftwareIT Training

Yes, Social Security Administration systems that rely on COBOL need to be updated. No, Elon, it can't be done quickly.

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

4 Apr 2025 5 mins

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How IT certification can help you earn more

Your weekly round-up of the questions asked by readers of CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World sees Smart Answers offering advice on how IT security certifications help career advancement; how can companies overcome the complexity of S/4HANA migration projects; and why are cloud credentials so easily compromised in cyberattacks?

31 Mar 2025 4 mins

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US, other G7 nations, fall behind in global tech race, study finds

Not one G7 nation made it into a top 10 ranking based on future tech competitiveness, according to London-based SThree.

By Lucas Mearian

28 Mar 2025 6 mins

Artificial IntelligenceIT SkillsTechnology Industry

Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference set for June 9

As usual, the big show will be an online event with some in-person guests.

26 Mar 2025 3 mins

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How to win the race for IT talent

How can IT leaders address the AI talent shortage?

24 Mar 2025 4 mins

CareersGenerative AIIT Leadership

The return-to-office Catch 22

What could go wrong when you're ordered to return to the office — but there's no office to go back to?

By Steven Vaughan-Nichols

14 Mar 2025 5 mins

GovernmentIT StrategyRemote Work

DOGE may be using an algorithm to fire federal workers

Automated reduction-in-force software, developed by the US government decades ago, may be behind how federal employees are being laid off.

By Lucas Mearian

14 Mar 2025 4 mins

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Hey Apple! When you're in a hole, stop digging

Should Apple really be promising dramatic upgrades in iOS 19?

12 Mar 2025 4 mins

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US wants to nix the EU AI Act’s code of practice, leaving enterprises to develop their own risk standards

26 Apr 20254 mins

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How to win fake friends and influence fake people

25 Apr 202514 mins

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Apple plans to make all US iPhones in India by end of 2026

25 Apr 20255 mins

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Podcast: Are companies wasting their money on failed AI projects?

9 Apr 202535 mins

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Podcast: Will AI replace entry-level coding jobs?

8 Apr 202535 mins

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Podcast: Why passwords need to be eliminated

2 Apr 202540 mins

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Why passwords are failing us – the future of secure logins

2 Apr 202540 mins

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Why AI is disrupting IT sourcing, procurement

26 Mar 202541 mins

IT DirectorProcurement Software

The art and science of going viral in 2025

19 Mar 202549 mins

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