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Duolingo Replaces Human Contractors With AI

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The language-learning giant Duolingo is now putting artificial intelligence at the core of its operations. In a message to employees, CEO Luis von Ahn explained that they will begin cutting back on contractor work when AI can handle the same tasks effectively, according to The Verge. From now on, using AI will play a key role in hiring, performance reviews, and decisions about growing teams.

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Marriott Expands Coworking-Focused Hotel Portfolio With CitizenM Acquisition

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Marriott International has just announced it is acquiring CitizenM, a unique lifestyle brand that combines select-service hotels with coworking environments. The deal, valued at $355 million, will see Marriott take ownership of CitizenM’s intellectual property and franchise the brands hotels, according to Coworking Europe. With 36 hotels in over 20 cities, CitizenM has carved out a niche catering to modern, mobile professionals.

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Job Openings Plunge, But Layoffs Drop Too, In A Confusing Signal for the U.S. Labor Market

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U.S. job openings dropped sharply in March, but a decline in layoffs suggested that the labor market remained on solid footing despite an ever-shifting tariffs policy casting a pall over the economy. Job openings, a measure of labor demand, decreased 288,000 to 7.192 million by the last day of March, the Labor Department’s Bureau of Labor Statistics said in its Job Openings and Labor Turnover Survey, or JOLTS report, on Tuesday.

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China’s 125% Tariff Hits U.S. Exports, Putting 860K Jobs at Risk

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All American exports to China worth $140.7 billion last year now face a retaliatory Chinese tariff of at least 125%, putting at risk hundreds of thousands of American jobs that support the exports, the US-China Business Council said on Tuesday. China imposed a 125% tariff rate on U.S. exports on April 11 to retaliate against a 145% tariff that the U.S. government levied on Chinese goods, in an unprecedented escalating trade war between the world’s two largest economies that threaten to den

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Trump’s Federal Workforce Cuts Hit With Major Lawsuit

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A coalition of more than two dozen labor unions, cities and nonprofits sued President Donald Trump’s administration, claiming that its broad federal workforce cuts were an illegal power grab. The complaint filed on Monday in San Francisco federal court said the “large-scale reductions in force” that Trump ordered federal agency chiefs to implement on February 11 lacked Congressional approval, and violated the U.S.

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UPS Cuts 20,000 Jobs as Amazon Pullback and Tariffs Hit Hard

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United Parcel Service on Tuesday said it would slash 20,000 jobs and shut 73 facilities as part of a planned reduction in deliveries for Amazon.com, and as U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs roil global trade. A UPS spokesman said the layoffs are due to shedding 50% of shipping volume from Amazon.com, its largest customer, as well as ongoing cost-cutting and efficiency projects under a major operational restructuring.

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US Accounting Firms Turn to India as CPA Shortage Worsens

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U.S. accounting firms including RSM US, Moss Adams, Bain Capital-backed Sikich and Apax Partners-backed CohnReznick are expanding their operations in India to tackle an acute shortage of accountants at home. The surge in recruitment has started boosting enrolment in specialised commerce courses in India, and could establish Asia’s No. 3 economy as a hub for accounting talent, reminiscent of the 90s outsourcing boom that revolutionised the tech industry. “This could be the breakthroug

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