Month: November 2026

Employers sharply increased the number of positions they were looking to fill and cut layoffs to the lowest level in over a year in September, while workers felt increasingly emboldened to quit their jobs for better work. U.S. job openings unexpectedly rose in September to…

Job openings in the manufacturing sector rose last month to their highest level since December 2023, data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics showed Tuesday. Vacant positions in manufacturing rose to 584,000 in September from 530,000 in the prior month. Durable goods openings rose to…

Nearly 40 percent of job cuts announced in May 2026 were blamed on AI, according to a Challenger, Gray & Christmas report, but a growing number of those same employers are now calling laid-off workers back. CNBC reports that some people are calling it “AI…

An investigation has uncovered a network of more than 400 connected domains and apps linked to Chinese-language developers that offer tools for generating sexually explicit AI deepfake images and videos. The apps were available on the app stores of both Apple and Google. Wired reports…

Nvidia has instructed data center partners worldwide to keep Chinese customers below half their cloud computing business, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The Financial Times reports that Nvidia’s sales force and regional teams have spent the summer verbally passing along a new…

The Labor Demand Proxy Shows Businesses Hungry for U.S. Workers The dominant narrative about the labor market is that it is stuck in a “low hire, low fire stasis.“ Relatively few workers are being put on payrolls, and few are being knocked off. The low…

On Tuesday’s broadcast of the Fox News Channel’s “America’s Newsroom,” Rep. Ro Khanna (D-CA) said that massive government spending on the response to the coronavirus pandemic caused the large uptick in inflation in the ensuing years and “you can argue that the government, both under…

Exit polls late Tuesday showed a significant percentage of voters blame President Donald Trump for high prices. Approximately 60 percent of those polled amid the crucial midterm election pointed to Trump, the New York Post reported. “The findings, released less than one hour before the…

The cost of living was a crucial or major factor for 88% of voters in Tuesday’s midterm elections, according to CNN exit poll figures. Nearly half, 49%, called the issue crucial to their decision, while another 39% described it as a major factor. Just 10%…

Stock-index futures fell sharply in after-hours trading as early indicators pointed to wins for Democrats. Futures linked to the tech-heavy Nasdaq were down by nearly two percent at 10 p.m. S&P 500 futures were down by 1.15 percent. Dow futures dropped by around eight-tenths of…