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Daily Tech News 16 March 2024

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Tech sector layoffs are a thing of the past... 2001 and the Dot Com crash to be precise. (CNBC)

US tech companies laid off more than 260,000 workers last year, and another 50,000 already this year. What's more, they're not hiring.

It's worse than any time in the last 20 years. Brush up on your COBOL and be prepared to move to Nebraska.

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Sony's PS5 Pro could be out in time for it to be not available for Christmas. (The Verge)

And also to have no games to play.

It's not a huge upgrade - around 50% faster graphics, same CPU - but that should help with any games that are just not quite smooth enough.

Not that there are any games.
Walmart is now selling the M1 MacBook Air for $699. (Liliputing)

Which would be a great price except that's the 8GB model and, of course, you can't upgrade it.
Someone out there is worth $70 billion, and nobody knows who it is except that it's not Craig Wright. (WCCFTech)

Bitcoin was invented by the pseudonymous Satoshi Nakamoto. Australian "computer scientist" Craig Write claimed to be the person behind the pseudonym, but just had his claims thrown out in court as being laughably without merit.

Whoever it is owns over a million Bitcoin, worth around $70,000 each.

Disclaimer: Timing is everything.

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