Why turning 40 now means higher layoff risk and forced retirement fears |

Mid-career professionals, particularly those in their 40s, are facing increased layoff risks and a sense of early retirement due to ageism and rapid technological shifts. This demographic, burdened by significant financial responsibilities, experiences job loss as a profound disruption, necessitating continuous upskilling and adaptability for survival in a changing job market. When headlines broke that…

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One year after DeepSeek, Chinese AI firms from Alibaba to Moonshot race to release new models

BEIJING — Chinese companies are accelerating the rollout of new artificial intelligence models as competition with U.S.-based rivals OpenAI, Anthropic and Google intensifies. Just over a year ago, China-made DeepSeek rocked global markets with the release of an AI chatbot that undercut OpenAI’s ChatGPT on usage fees and production costs, raising questions about the efficacy…

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