Building trades unions emerge as a key ally of tech giants in push for AI data centers :: WRAL.com

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — Building trades unions — long fashioned as the voice of the American worker — are now intertwined with the richest companies in the world as they create America’s artificial intelligence economy. Unionized workers are employed on a huge number of massive data center projects and scrambling to recruit new apprentices to…

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Matt Garman: After 30,000+ layoffs, Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman says: Jobs are not going away, I can tell you we are hiring just as many software developers as… |

AWS CEO Matt Garman says Amazon is hiring 11,000 software development engineer interns and early-career hires in 2026, pushing back on fears that AI is eliminating software engineering jobs. His comments come after Amazon’s two biggest layoff rounds in six months—30,000-plus corporate cuts in total—and amid warnings from other tech leaders that AI coding tools…

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Pentagon inks deals with tech giants in move to become ‘AI-first fighting force’

The Department of Defense said Friday it has signed agreements with eight major artificial intelligence companies as part of a push to make the U.S. military an “AI-first fighting force.” The companies, Amazon Web Services, Google, Microsoft, NVIDIA, OpenAI, Oracle, Reflection and SpaceX, will provide resources to deploy their capabilities across secure military network environments,…

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Schuylkill TECHNOLOGY Center holds honor society induction ceremony – Times News Online

Published May 02. 2026 06:20AM Schuylkill Technology Center recently hosted the 35th Annual National Technical Honor Society Induction Ceremony at the South Campus in Mar Lin. The society promotes the ideals of honesty, service, leadership, career development and skilled workmanship among career and technical students, while rewarding meritorious achievement in career and technical education. Students…

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Origin plans PET cap technology sale, wind down

Key Terms reduction in force financial A reduction in force is an organized cutback in a company’s workforce—commonly known as layoffs—intended to lower costs or reshape operations. Like trimming a household budget or pruning a garden, it can improve long-term financial health but often brings one-time costs, reduced capacity, and morale or execution risks that…

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US Military Reaches Deals With 7 Tech Companies to Use Their AI on Classified Systems

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon said Friday that it has reached deals with seven tech companies to use their artificial intelligence in its classified computer networks, allowing the military to tap into AI-powered capabilities to help it fight wars. Google, Microsoft, Amazon Web Services, Nvidia, OpenAI, Reflection and SpaceX will provide their resources to help…

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Saab UK Hosts Youth STEM Challenge

Saab UK hosted the South regional heat of Global Underwater Hub’s (GUH) STEM Challenge at its Fareham campus, welcoming school pupils for a hands‑on introduction to underwater engineering and marine technology. Delivered by GUH in partnership with educational charity The Smallpeice Trust, the one‑day challenge saw 10 teams of students aged 13–14 design, build, code…

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Trice Imaging Accelerates Growth in Women’s Health Sector

May 1, 2026 — Women’s health services face rising complexity with growing patient volumes across fertility care, obstetrics, gynecology and menopause health, converging with an increase in data per imaging examination due to the latest advances in 3D/4D ultrasound or AI-enabled tools across multi-modalities.  To support clinicians and practices with more connected, efficient and scalable image…

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