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FAA courts gamers to become air traffic controllers β€” boasts $155k average annual salary after three years as the agency prepares for 8,000 applicants

The FAA's latest YouTube video is encouraging gamers to apply to become an air traffic controller, telling them that they've been training for this challenge. The agency is tapping on the younger demographic to help expand its numbers as the ATC shortage is hampering safety and airport operations.

Framework founder says that β€˜personal computing as we know it is dead’ β€” vows to keep building β€˜computers that you can own at the deepest level’

Framework founder Nirav Patel said that the personal computing industry is facing a massive change as big companies are forcing it to move towards a subscription-based model. Still, he vows to continue making hardware that will enable the personal ownership of computation.

Tech industry lays off nearly 80,000 employees in the first quarter of 2026 β€” almost 50% of affected positions cut due to AI

Many of these job cuts are blamed on AI, but some experts say that it's actually caused by bad business decisions or corporate pivots. Still, they do not discount the disruption that AI will have on the job market, even as some companies buck the trend and hire more junior roles.

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