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Firms That Adopt AI Hire More Senior Staff. The Junior Fall Is Smaller, and Less Certain, Than Claimed
A Stanford and King's College London working paper (not peer reviewed) finds that at AI-adopting firms in 41 countries, senior employment rose 6.7% while junior employment was 2.5% lower, "an estimate that is not statistically significant". Viral posts said junior jobs fell 3%. Here is what the paper says, and its limits.
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Circana: US Xbox Unit Sales Down 33% and PlayStation Down 25% in 2026 Through August
Circana analyst Mat Piscatella says US Xbox unit sales are down 33% and PlayStation down 25% year to date through August. Prices are Tom's Hardware's.
RunOnFlux: 12 Months of Development, From the Proof of Useful Work v2 Fork to a Rebuilt Roadmap
A month-by-month review of what RunOnFlux (Flux) shipped from October 2025 to October 2026, what it has announced next, and where its own accounts disagree.
Tesla: The Last 12 Months, What Shipped, What Slipped and What Is Only Planned
Tesla from October 2025 to October 2026: results, deliveries, robotaxi cities, NHTSA files, FSD in Europe. Confirmed facts, company claims and slipped plans.
xAI (now SpaceXAI): The Last 12 Months, From Grok 4.1 to the SpaceX IPO
A month-by-month review of xAI (now SpaceXAI) from Oct 2025 to Oct 2026: models, SpaceX deal, IPO, compute, plus roadmap claims and open questions.
Aselsan Says Its GÖKALP Interceptor Drone Destroyed a Target Drone in Midair; the Claims Are Its Own
Aselsan says its GÖKALP interceptor drone struck and destroyed a target drone in midair in a demo. Range and cost claims are its own; none verified.
Westlake Robotics Releases WR1, a “General Brain” for Humanoid Robots; the Trouser-Folding Demo and the “First” Claim Are the Company’s Own
Westlake Robotics released WR1, a "general brain" for humanoids. The trouser-fold demo and its "first" claim are the company's own; no independent test.
Shadow Traffic Testing (Traffic Mirroring) for Software and AI Changes: How It Works and How to Set It Up
How shadow traffic testing (traffic mirroring) works, with doc-sourced Envoy, Istio, NGINX and GoReplay setups, plus comparison, rollback and risks.
Musk Says Grok Bot Can Research Best Prices and Buy Things for You; the Feature Dates From August and Comes With an Approval Step
Musk says Grok Bot can research best prices and buy things for you. The feature dates from 28 August. What the approval step and single-use card mean.
Super Micro-Linked Contractor Willy Sun Pleads Guilty in the Nvidia-Server China Diversion Case, Reuters and Bloomberg Report
Contractor Willy Sun pleaded guilty to four counts in the Nvidia-server China case, Reuters and Bloomberg report. Co-defendants are presumed innocent.
European Commission Selects 46 New Critical Raw Materials Strategic Projects. The Label Is Not Funding
The Commission named 46 more Critical Raw Materials Act strategic projects on 9 October. The label means faster permits, not automatic EU funding.
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