Germany turns to Indian workers to help solve labour shortageGermany has a shortage of workers - so it's turning to India for helpTim ManselBusiness reporter, Weil am Rhein, southwest GermanyBBCHandirk von Ungern-Sternberg received an email from India out of the blueGermany is continuing to struggle with a shortage of skilled workers, as elderly staff retire, and there are not enough young...

AI is cursing renters with the promise of impossible homesJoyce, a native New Yorker, didn’t think finding her first solo apartment in the city would be easy. But she also didn’t think it’d be “hell.” After looking at a lot of tiny, overpriced places she described as “shitholes,” Joyce found her dream apartment: a reasonably priced studio in Manhattan.“It was big and airy, and there was a...

Class-Action Suit Claims Amazon 'Bricked' Early Fire TV Streaming SticksAmazon is facing a proposed class-action suit that claims the company made early versions of its Fire TV Stick devices obsolete over time.The plaintiff named in the suit, Bill Merewhuader, filed in the Superior Court of Los Angeles County, said he purchased two second-generation Fire TV Stick devices from Best Buy in...

Cyera eyes $12B valuation at 80x ARR multiple despite operating losses Data storage security company Cyera is finalizing a round led by Evolution Equity Partners of at least $300 million at a $12 billion valuation, according to four people with knowledge of the deal. Calcalist was first to report the funding deal, although TechCrunch’s sources added new details about the company and its...

Amid hardware legal battle, OpenAI releases a $230 keyboard for Codex OpenAI is officially entering the hardware market with the launch of a $230 light-up keyboard designed to pair with its AI coding assistant, Codex. The Codex Micro, co-designed with specialty keyboard designer Work Louder, is being advertised as a fancy new way for ChatGPT users to manage their fleets of AI coding agents —...