The Trump administration plans to replace the lottery system for H-1B visas with a “weighted” system prioritizing higher-paid individuals, starting February 27
key changes explained NDTV Profit : New H-1B Visa Rules Tilt In Favor Of US Big Tech, Indian IT Faces Fresh Challenges: Sandip Agarwal Business Today : U.S. Scraps H-1B Lottery, Shifts To Skill- And S...
A look at iRobot, founded in 1990, and its slow collapse after US and EU regulatory pressure killed Amazon's $1.7B deal in 2024 amid growing Chinese competition
There's something painfully American about the arc of iRobot, the company that taught your vacuum to navigate around the furniture.
Nvidia's rise after ChatGPT's release is reminiscent of dot-com era titans like Cisco and Juniper; Cisco's share price grew over 1000x between 1990 and 2000
The A.I. chip maker reached the landmark before Apple and Microsoft, as its value rose more than tenfold after ChatGPT's release in late 2022.
Amazon's IMDb says founder Col Needham will step down as CEO and move to executive chair, and appoints COO Nikki Santoro as CEO; Needham launched IMDb in 1990
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Congressional leaders seem flummoxed by the growing popularity of Chinese-owned apps Xiaohongshu and Lemon8, an unintended consequence of the TikTok ban
The Chinese apps RedNote and Lemon8 have exploded in popularity as TikTok faces an imminent ban and the Supreme Court upheld the law forcing its sale. Bluesky: @harrymccracken.com , @pharmesq , @romit...
Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), a foundational technology of the internet age, died at age 78 on October 11
On Friday, Ward Christensen, co-inventor of the computer bulletin board system (BBS), died at age 78 in Rolling Meadows, Illinois. Threads: @blinkenjim . Mastodon: @CyberpunkLibrarian … and @m501@mast...
Investigation: 2020 to 2023 data shows how thousands of middlemen game the H-1B program and companies farm out IT workers to exploit the US visa lottery system
Each year in April, the US government conducts a lottery that shapes the lives of hundreds of thousands of people — and America's future as an economic power. X: @deedydas , @yask123 , @ericfan_journo...
Amazon limits authors to self-publishing three books per day on its website, after an influx of suspected AI-generated material listed for sale in recent months
What legitimate author needs to self-publish more than one book per month? [embedded post] X: Corey Quinn / @quinnypig : I'm sorry, what the hell kind of legitimate author is going to put out more tha...
A look back at PLATO, an educational computer system released in 1960 that some consider a precursor to graphics, touchscreens, messaging apps, games, and more
Forums, instant messaging, and multiplayer video games all started here. — Bright graphics, a touchscreen, a speech synthesizer … LinkedIn: Ray Ozzie . Mastodon: @davidgerard@circumstances.run . Twe...
In its annual report, Intel says the European Commission is revisiting its antitrust case against the firm even after the General Court overturned a €1.06B fine
Table of Contents Organization of Our Form 10-K The order and presentation … Dana F. Blankenhorn / Dana Blankenhorn : Wintel (1990-2023): Death of a Monopoly