Software Microsoft tackles quality control issues. Just kidding, it's encouraging experienced workers to leave Windows giant offers buyouts to eligible staffers willing to walk
Public Sector Chase got a spiff of $77 million to create one job with New York datacenter Official involved in deal tells El Reg number doesn't paint entire picture of datacenter's economic benefit
Legal Americans who masterminded Nork IT worker fraud sentenced to 200 months behind bars Fortune 500 companies and one US defense contractor got taken for $5m in four-year scam
Legal IBM becomes first company to pay up under Trump administration's diversity blitz Didn't admit liability, will cough $17M, still fighting age discrimination cases
OSes Red Hat RHELocates its Chinese engineering team to India Hundreds of layoffs, but this smells of geopolitics, not downsizing
Columnists Tech support chap's boss got him out of jail so he could finish a job The right person for the job didn't have the right passport for the job
On-Prem Call your existing automation ‘zero-token architecture’ to become an instant agentic AI wiz Kubernetes luminary Kelsey Hightower thinks IT pros need to get smart about thriving in a world that’s trying to hide deep tech
AI + ML AI will make anyone a 10x programmer, but with 10x the cleanup Agents to check the work of the agents
AI + ML One in seven Americans are ready for an AI boss, but they might not trust it Poll finds 15% happy to take orders from a bot even as most question its output and fear job losses
Systems Australia to datacenter operators: BYO energy, pay your way, build green, or stay home PLUS: Singtel’s triple outage; 17,000 counterfeit hard drives seized; Tech wages shift across Asia; And more!
SaaS Prince of PDFs, Adobe CEO Shantanu Narayen, to step down after 18 years Didn’t say why, but for once AI may not be the reason for a lost job
AI + ML Supposedly big-brained execs are outsourcing decisionmaking to AI Survey of UK bosses find 62 percent rely on LLMs for help
AI + ML Jack Dorsey’s fintech outfit Block announces 40% layoffs, blames AI, gets 23% stock bump One massive round of firings is apparently better for morale than a drip-drip-drip of death
Security Snyk CEO bails, wants someone with more AI experience to replace him Skill at buzzword bingo also required as company seeks innovative and disruptive visionary
AI + ML Indian think tank finds strong hiring for the kind of jobs AI puts at risk IT services companies are largely immune to AIpocalypse, although the outlook is not good for entry-level jobs
Public Sector DVSA seeks £95K digital chief to steer test booking system out of the ditch Agency looks to cut waiting times and curb bot-driven slot reselling as it doubles down on IT overhaul
Off-Prem Pakistan to test students for real-world skills before they graduate from IT degrees Government decides theoretical knowledge vs. experience debate is worth settling
SaaS Workday reveals around 400 staff soon won't have to work another day Job cuts to fall hardest on non-revenue generating roles on the Global Customer Operations team
AI + ML Irony alert: Anthropic helps UK.gov to build chatbot for job seekers The jobs that will be eradicated by our AI overlords
Public Sector England's Department of Health and Social Care offering £285k for new tech director Fancy it? As national health tech boss, you'd be one of the highest paid in the team
AI + ML AI may be everywhere, but it's nowhere in recent productivity statistics Forrester principal analyst JP Gownder says jobs eaten by bots don't come back
AI + ML Sam Altman is willing to pay somebody $555,000 a year to keep ChatGPT in line There’s a big salary up for grabs if you can handle a high-stress role with a track record of turnover
Public Sector US gov't launches 'Tech Force' to replace IT staff DOGE fired Washington rediscovers that modern IT doesn’t run itself
Legal Soup king Campbell’s parts ways with IT VP after ‘3D-printed chicken’ remarks ‘Our soup’s not toxic but this chap’s behavior was’ is the gist of the defense
AI + ML HP to sack up to six thousand staff under AI adoption plan, fresh round of cost-cutting Warns memory price explosion means PCs may have less RAM, or use low-cost parts
Security 70-hour work weeks no longer enough for Infosys founder, who praises China’s 996 culture PLUS: Manga publishers win Cloudflare copyright case; India, EU to link payment systems; Storm over Australia’s weather website; And more!
On-Prem Whatever your job, mentoring is your job – and the one that matters most Nobody succeeds alone, and no community thrives without generosity
Security Selling your identity to North Korean IT scammers isn't a sustainable side hustle Four US citizens tried it, and the DoJ just secured guilty pleas from all of 'em
Public Sector UK military looking for tactical comms, systems suppliers in deal worth up to £9.6B Major battle field technology refresh will be open to the rest of public sector
AI + ML Senate bill would require companies to report AI layoffs as job cuts reach 20-year high in October Government agencies would also have to report losses due to automation.
Software Union brands Rockstar’s leak claim “a distraction” as protests hit Take-Two London Rockstar says it fired staff for leaks, but the IWGB accuses the GTA maker of union-busting
Software Labor organizers accuse Rockstar Games of 'ruthless act of union busting' after layoffs Does Discord need some stars for when Management is watching?
Public Sector UK government on the lookout for bargain-priced CTO Dangles £100K for someone to fix £23B tech mess
Software Lloyds Banking Group says 'digitization' will power more branch closures Group promises sandboxing of AI money management tools with 1,000 branches remaining
On-Prem New Zealand’s Institute of IT Professionals collapses Discovers debt it didn’t fully understand, leaving skilled migrants and students in limbo
Public Sector Feds put finger on H-1B lottery scale to favor higher earners The higher the wage level, the more entries they'll get in the draw
AI + ML Reg hack attends job interview hosted by AI avatar, struggles to exit uncanny valley If an employer asks you do to this, demand a trial run so you can learn the rules of this strange new world
AI + ML OpenAI eats jobs, then offers to help you find a new one at Walmart Move over LinkedIn, Altman's crew wants a piece of the action
Software AWS CEO says using AI to replace junior staff is 'Dumbest thing I've ever heard' They're cheap and grew up with AI … so you're firing them why?
AI + ML Your CV is not fit for the 21st century – time to get it up to scratch And yes, that means (retch) catering to AI searchers
On-Prem IT firing spree: Shrinking job market looks even worse after BLS revisions The payroll growth we thought we experienced in May and June? Gone, like tears in the rain
Public Sector IRS has lost one-quarter of its IT staff since Trump took office The 2026 tax year ought to be fun
AI + ML Faceless megacorps could be a salary-hungry IT pro's best friend, if you're in AI that is They might pay more, but don't expect a mega salary anymore
Legal TUPE or not TUPE? How AI and cloud are rewriting the rules of supplier transitions Tips on who pays when staff don't transfer, when the regulations apply ... and when they don't
AI + ML Want a job? Just put 'AI skills' on your resume It could just be the new 'proficient with MS Word'
Science Brit space sector struggles to compete with £90K graduate banking salaries UK needs skills task force to get slice of $1.8 trillion pie, Lords told
AI + ML Eat or be eaten by AI, Amazon CEO warns staff Expect headcount reductions over the next few years, says Andy Jassy
CSO Wanted: Junior cybersecurity staff with 10 years' experience and a PhD Infosec employers demanding too much from early-career recruits, says ISC2
AI + ML Canva to job candidates: Thou shalt use AI during interviews Design software slinger warns it won't hire devs who aren't good at modern tools
AI + ML Unemployment is spiking for US IT pros - unless you want to babysit bots Economic uncertainty and the race to AI are pillaging the IT job market
AI + ML UK tech job openings climb 21% to pre-pandemic highs Accenture points to AI hiring spree, with London dominating demand
Public Sector Wanted: IT manager for UK government agency – £60k So much for cushy public sector roles – a non-IT manager at McDonalds makes more
CxO To progress as an engineer career-wise, become a great communicator It'll even help you develop technical skills
On-Prem Uncle Sam claims H-1B fraud crackdown is working as registrations drop 25% Surely Trump's anti-immigrant rhetoric has nothing to do with it
AI Infrastructure Month Meet your new colleague – the ML Admin, who tames LLMs so they're ready to rock IT department keeps the infrastructure. Then this new persona takes over and handles the AI stuff
On-Prem IT pros are caught between an AI rock and an economic hard place Tech gigs slide, or so this analysis of US jobs data claims
AI + ML Duolingo jumps aboard the 'AI-first' train, will phase out contractors Luis von Ahn says small quality hits are a price worth paying to ride the wave
On-Prem Tech hiring stalls as AI hype, layoffs, tariffs, economic uncertainty, more collide And coming up next, Trump's World War Fee
Cyber-crime North Korea’s fake tech workers now targeting European employers With help from UK operatives, because it’s getting tougher to run the scam in the USA
Legal Intel and Microsoft staff allegedly lured to work for fake Chinese company in Taiwan 11 companies, including SMIC, accused of disguising outposts so they can illicitly serve Beijing
On-Prem Dell sheds ten percent of staff for the second year in a row Confirmed: 12,000 people let go over 12 months
Research US tech jobs outlook clouded by DOGE cuts, Trump tariffs Hiring remains relatively strong as analysts warn of slowdown
Public Sector Ex-NSA grandee says Trump's staff cuts will 'devastate' America's national security Would 'destroy a pipeline of top talent essential for hunting' Chinese spies in US networks, Congress told
CSO Cybersecurity not the hiring-'em-like-hotcakes role it once was Ghost positions, HR AI no help – biz should talk to infosec staff and create 'realistic' job outline, say experts
Networks Tech jobs are now white-collar trades that need apprentices, not a career crawl With a generation of networking engineers set to retire, is this how to give their successors a faster start?
Databases Hurrah! AI won't destroy developer or DBA jobs Uncle Sam's number-crunchers warn lawyers, customer service reps to brace for change, say techies will be fine
On-Prem Reclassification is making US tech job losses look worse than they are IT hiring ticks up in January, but unemployment climbs to 5.7%
On-Prem Trump’s tariffs, cuts may well put tech in a chokehold, say analysts Forrester's take on President's economic agenda offers little optimism for the industry
CxO IT job market is still shrinking but not as quickly as last year Half the number of roles axed, and yes – you can keep blaming AI
AI + ML Megan, AI recruiting agent, is on the job, giving bosses fewer reasons to hire in HR She doesn't feel pity, remorse, or fear, but she'll craft a polite email message as she turns you down
AI + ML In AI agent push, Microsoft re-orgs to create 'CoreAI – Platform and Tools' team Nad lad says 30 years of change happening in 3 years ... we're certainly feeling the compression of time
Offbeat Watchdog deep-sixes job ad that was actually pay-to-play training course Misleading listing on a recruitment site? Whatever next?
Cyber-crime North Korea's fake IT worker scam hauled in at least $88M over six years DoJ thinks it's found the folks that ran it, and some of the 'IT warriors' sent out to fleece employers
Offbeat Billionaire food app CEO wants you to pay for the privilege of working with him Zomato boss Deepinder Goyal leaves a sour taste in the mouth
Legal That position you just applied for might be a 'ghost job' that'll never be filled Turns out it's perfectly legal to waste applicants' time, use posts to squeeze more productivity out of employees
Security Wanted. Top infosec pros willing to defend Britain on shabby salaries GCHQ job ads seek top talent with bottom-end pay packets
On-Prem Intel lets go of 2,000 staff at Oregon R&D site, offices in Texas, Arizona, California Layoffs follow more than 7,500 voluntary departures, early retirements
Off-Prem IBM quietly axing thousands of jobs, source says We did warn you, Big Blue tells The Reg, as Cisco also cuts staff as promised
Security White House’s new fix for cyber job gaps: Serve the nation in infosec Now do your patriotic duty and fill one of those 500k open roles, please?
Public Sector You had one job – and four US regulators will share info to check a merger didn't unfairly end it The mass layoffs that follow tech acquisitions are likely to attract greater scrutiny
AI + ML Fintech outfit Klarna swaps humans for AI by not replacing departing workers Insists it's not cutting jobs and pays harder-to-automate people more with AI savings
Legal Philadelphia tree trimmers fail to nip FTC noncompete ban in the bud What a Trump-appointed judge taketh away, a Biden judge giveth
OSes GNOME head honcho Holly Million steps down As nonprofit behind the desktop environment of the world's most profitable Linux distro maker scours around for cash
Legal Texas court blocks FTC noncompete ban, and you can blame SCOTUS That was quick: Supremes' gutting of Chevron deference is already paying dividends
Offbeat Support, don't micromanage, say researchers who find WFH intensified 'anxiety' in some Feeling empowerment and autonomy at work reportedly key when toiling remotely
AI + ML IMF boss warns of AI 'tsunami' coming for world's jobs 'A series of large ocean waves caused by a sudden and powerful disturbance,' according to ChatGPT
Software US Equal Employment agency says Workday AI hiring bias case should continue Judge to hear software vendor's effort to dismiss discrimination case next month
AI + ML AI will reduce workforce, say 41% of surveyed executives Biz leaders optimistic it can reduce living, breathing cost centers... er, valued workers
Personal Tech Apple cuts hundreds of jobs after ditching the car project and more Self-driving to the nearest job center
AI + ML AI and wearables are scaring the wellbeing out of workers We thought everyone was thrilled about being spied on and having their jobs taken by bots
Public Sector A visa to fill Australia's empty tech jobs is getting more expensive, but maybe better value
Networks Cisco has a new problem: You take too long to implement its products and stop buying more kit
Cybersecurity Month ‘How not to hire a North Korean plant posing as a techie’ guide updated by US and South Korean authorities
On-Prem Don't worry, the halo won't fade from the IT dept when this pandemic is over – because it was never there
On-Prem Unvaccinated and working at Apple? Prepare for COVID-19 testing 'every time' you step in the office
Personal Tech Activision Blizzard to pay out three days of annual profit to settle sex discrimination case
Offbeat Great reset? More like Fake Reset: Leaders need a reality check if they think their best staff will give up hybrid work
Offbeat What is your greatest weakness? The definitive list of the many kinds of interviewer you will meet in Hell
SaaS Financial Ombudsman Service to ditch tech heads as it open arms to Workday and outside service provider
Software Accused of underpaying or snubbing women and Asian techies, Google spends pocket change to make it all go away
Legal The exodus continues: Less than half of contractors expect to stick with their employment set-up after IR35
On-Prem '20,000-plus staff' could face the chop in spin-off of IBM's IT outsourcing biz, says Wall Street analyst
SaaS Google contractor HCL America accused of retaliating against unionized techies by shifting US jobs to Poland
Science President Trump to slap fresh restrictions on H-1B work visas, refuses to hear public comment on changes
SaaS IT pro screwed out of unused vacation pay, bonus by HPE after judge rules: The law is a mess but it's still the law
Bootnotes Personality quiz for all you IT bods: Are you a chameleon or an outlaw? A diplomat or a high flier? Vote right here
