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Intel is laying of - apparently has already laid off - another 4000 staff. (Tom's Hardware)

The cuts were supposed to mostly target middle managers, but an analysis found that just 8% of jobs cut had "manager" in the title, while technicians and engineers were heavily affected.

Tech News

Testing the Beelink Mate Mini - a storage and I/O expansion unit for the current Mac Mini. (Serve the Home)

The Mac Mini doesn't have a standard M.2 slot and isn't directly upgradeable. The Mate Mini adds two M.2 slots and a high-speed Thunderbolt 5 connection.

Basically it works fine and delivers 3GBps on each of the M.2 slots, which is plenty fast enough for most things.

Also you can buy third-party storage upgrades for the current Mac Mini, but they require a second Mac to set up, because fuck you that's why.
OpenAI was planning to acquire AI starting Windsurf for $3 billion on Friday. And then it wasn't. (Tech Crunch)

The CEO and top researchers have been hired by Google instead, which is also paying $2.4 billion to license the company's technology.

Nice work if you can get it.

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