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• AI now handles website creation for 53% of surveyed entrepreneurs
• Business owners saved $850 and 32 hours using AI tools
• Website design job postings have fallen 59% since early 2024

Freelance website development opportunities have fallen sharply since 2024, while an increasing number of American entrepreneurs are using artificial intelligence to create websites independently.

Research commissioned by Bluehost found that 53% of surveyed business owners had adopted AI website builders rather than relying on professional developers.

The findings coincide with substantial declines in freelance programming advertisements, particularly in website design, PHP, WordPress, and HTML development.

Website development vacancies fall by nearly 60%

The Bluehost survey questioned 201 American entrepreneurs involved in decisions concerning their companies' online operations.

Among respondents adopting AI website generators, 85% indicated that their websites would have been developed differently without access to these technologies.

Participants reported average savings of $850 and approximately 32 working hours compared with commissioning developers or agencies to complete equivalent projects.

However, website hosting and domain setup remained tasks that respondents were reluctant to delegate to AI, with 21% identifying these among the least likely to be outsourced.

Previously, 34% identified insufficient time as an obstacle to launching websites, while 28% cited limitations in their technical knowledge.

Even among respondents who had avoided AI website generators, 71% expressed willingness to consider these technologies for future website development projects.

Historical recruitment figures on Freelancer.com indicate that website design advertisements declined 59% between the second quarter of 2024 and the third quarter of 2026.

PHP opportunities experienced an identical 59% reduction, while WordPress assignments decreased 58%, followed by HTML programming vacancies with a 55% decline.

These reductions exceeded those recorded across certain other freelance categories, suggesting that website development assignments have experienced particularly substantial pressure.

Graphic design advertisements decreased 43% during the corresponding period, whereas data entry opportunities increased 16%, despite their exposure to automation technologies.

However, these figures cover one freelance marketplace and cannot confirm that the adoption of AI tools directly caused the reduction in advertised programming jobs.

Business owners increasingly manage websites without developers

Business owners reported considerable satisfaction with AI websites, with 72% expressing strong approval and 97% reporting at least moderate satisfaction.

Nevertheless, just 9% published their websites without modifying the initial AI output, indicating continued involvement in reviewing and adjusting generated material.

Content revisions were undertaken by 61% of respondents, while 60% modified visual elements before making their websites accessible to customers online.

Following publication, 94% continued employing AI technologies for business activities, extending their use beyond the initial website development process itself.

Among these respondents, 34% reported increased visitor numbers, while 31% experienced improvements in sales or revenue after adopting AI assistance.

However, 54% preferred reviewing every proposed website modification, compared with 30% who were comfortable allowing AI to operate independently without approval.

Only 50% expressed willingness to disclose their websites' AI origins to customers, indicating reservations despite generally favourable assessments of the technology.

The survey's relatively small sample also limits generalisation, with adoption estimates carrying approximately 6.9 percentage points of uncertainty at 95% confidence.

Although freelance advertisements have declined considerably, the evidence does not establish an equivalent collapse in employment across the entire website development industry.

Looking for a different day?

A new Quordle puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: Quordle hints and answers for Friday, October 16 (game #1726).

Quordle was one of the original Wordle alternatives and is still going strong now more than 1,500 games later. It offers a genuine challenge, though, so read on if you need some Quordle hints today — or scroll down further for the answers.

Enjoy playing word games? You can also check out my NYT Connections today and NYT Strands today pages for hints and answers for those puzzles, while Marc's Wordle today column covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about Quordle today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

Quordle today (game #1727) — hint #1 — VowelsHow many different vowels are in Quordle today?

• The number of different vowels in Quordle today is 4*.

* Note that by vowel we mean the five standard vowels (A, E, I, O, U), not Y (which is sometimes counted as a vowel too).

Quordle today (game #1727) — hint #2 — repeated lettersDo any of today's Quordle answers contain repeated letters?

• The number of Quordle answers containing a repeated letter today is 2.

Quordle today (game #1727) — hint #3 — uncommon lettersDo the letters Q, Z, X or J appear in Quordle today?

• Yes. One of Q, Z, X or J appears among today's Quordle answers.

Quordle today (game #1727) — hint #4 — starting letters (1)Do any of today's Quordle puzzles start with the same letter?

• The number of today's Quordle answers starting with the same letter is 0.

If you just want to know the answers at this stage, simply scroll down. If you're not ready yet then here's one more clue to make things a lot easier:

Quordle today (game #1727) — hint #5 — starting letters (2)What letters do today's Quordle answers start with?

• Q

• E

• S

• B

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

Quordle today (game #1727) — the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle, game #1727, are…

• QUARK
• ENEMY
• SPASM
• BLOCK

I hope I wasn’t the only person who found today’s game difficult.

The rare letter Q in QUARK — and the relative obscurity of it as a word itself — and the odd S-M letter combination in SPASM made it quite a challenge and one I only just scraped through to complete my week-long win streak.

Daily Sequence today (game #1727) — the answers

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The answers to today's Quordle Daily Sequence, game #1727, are…

• FREER
• SCALP
• CRATE
• TOWER

Quordle answers: The past 20

• Quordle #1726, Friday, 16 October: SHORT, WORTH, JOIST, SLUNK
• Quordle #1725, Thursday, 15 October: STALE, EPOCH, PIANO, CORNY
• Quordle #1724, Wednesday, 14 October: TIMID, GROUP, GRILL, EVERY
• Quordle #1723, Tuesday, 13 October: FLUFF, DEBUT, TEETH, STEIN
• Quordle #1722, Monday, 12 October: HELLO, BELOW, RIGHT, SLANT
• Quordle #1721, Sunday, 11 October: LILAC, INLET, TRIAD, SHAPE
• Quordle #1720, Saturday, 10 October: SWEAT, THIRD, RURAL, CLASP
• Quordle #1719, Friday, 9 October: OLDEN, DUNCE, SWATH, HILLY
• Quordle #1718, Thursday, 8 October: MINTY, ROWER, BROOD, RESET
• Quordle #1717, Wednesday, 7 October: PALER, FROTH, DOZEN, ERASE
• Quordle #1716, Tuesday, 6 October: FRESH, SKULK, BATCH, ENSUE
• Quordle #1715, Monday, 5 October: SIXTH, SPEAK, SEDAN, HEIST
• Quordle #1714, Sunday, 4 October: INFER, RAINY, THING, ARENA
• Quordle #1713, Saturday, 3 October: CHORE, FLYER, STICK, PURSE
• Quordle #1712, Friday, 2 October: IVORY, SADLY, ANGEL, LLAMA
• Quordle #1711, Thursday, 1 October: NAVEL, SHEER, BIRTH, TACKY
• Quordle #1710, Wednesday, 30 September: CHOKE, BATCH, MOSSY, EAGER
• Quordle #1709, Tuesday, 29 September: BILGE, MEDAL, LODGE, PORCH
• Quordle #1708, Monday, 28 September: BRUNT, TORSO, STONE, HEATH
• Quordle #1707, Sunday, 27 September: VALET, CHEST, VIGIL, PUREE

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Connections puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, October 16 (game #1223).

Good morning! Let's play Connections, the NYT's clever word game that challenges you to group answers in various categories. It can be tough, so read on if you need Connections hints.

What should you do once you've finished? Why, play some more word games of course. I've also got daily Strands hints and answers and Quordle hints and answers articles if you need help for those too, while Marc's Wordle today page covers the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Connections today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Connections today (game #1224) - today's words

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Today's NYT Connections words are…

• BREA
• KING
• SNAP
• PING
• STILL
• PAZ
• SNOW
• SHOT
• BOHÈME
• FIDDLER
• ALERT
• PRINT
• CHIME
• SCALA
• HERMIT
• DING

NYT Connections today (game #1224) - hint #1 - group hints

What are some clues for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: Your phone wants your attention
• GREEN: Images
• BLUE: Types of marine beastie
• PURPLE: Missing a word that means “the”

Need more clues?

We're firmly in spoiler territory now, but read on if you want to know what the four theme answers are for today's NYT Connections puzzles…

NYT Connections today (game #1224) - hint #2 - group answers

What are the answers for today's NYT Connections groups?

• YELLOW: DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS
• GREEN: PHOTO
• BLUE: KINDS OF CRABS
• PURPLE: LA_____

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Connections today (game #1224) - the answers

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The answers to today's Connections, game #1224, are…

• YELLOW: DIGITAL NOTIFICATIONS: ALERT, CHIME, DING, PING
• GREEN: PHOTO: PRINT, SHOT, SNAP, STILL
• BLUE: KINDS OF CRABS: FIDDLER, HERMIT, KING, SNOW
• PURPLE: LA_____: BOHÈME, BREA, PAZ, SCALA

• My rating: Easy
• My score: Perfect

My initial thoughts were that there were a whole bunch of tiles about noises off and at least one word that you would associate with the word LA.

I decided to go with my second hunch and was rewarded with a Purple First for connecting BREA, PAZ, BOHÈME, and SCALA. Living in Europe possibly helped.

Having scored a success with this quartet and deciding to ignore the feeling I was falling into a trap, I submitted CHIME, PING, ALERT and DING. Next, now reduced to eight tiles, the four synonyms for PHOTO were easier to spot — a good thing, as my crab knowledge didn’t extend beyond HERMIT.

Yesterday's NYT Connections answers (Friday, October 16, 2026, game #1223)

• YELLOW: SURFACE IMPERFECTIONS: CHIP, MARK, NICK, SCRATCH
• GREEN: LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES: CHAD, HUNGARY, LAOS, PARAGUAY
• BLUE: EUROPEAN COUNTRIES MINUS A LETTER: BULGARI, CYRUS, HUNGRY, SPAN
• PURPLE: STARTING WITH WORDS FOR "STYLISH": CHICKEN, COOLIDGE, HIPPO, SMARTIES

What is NYT Connections?

NYT Connections is one of several increasingly popular word games made by the New York Times. It challenges you to find groups of four items that share something in common, and each group has a different difficulty level: green is easy, yellow a little harder, blue often quite tough and purple usually very difficult.

On the plus side, you don't technically need to solve the final one, as you'll be able to answer that one by a process of elimination. What's more, you can make up to four mistakes, which gives you a little bit of breathing room.

It's a little more involved than something like Wordle, however, and there are plenty of opportunities for the game to trip you up with tricks. For instance, watch out for homophones and other word games that could disguise the answers.

It's playable for free via the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

Looking for a different day?

A new NYT Strands puzzle appears at midnight each day for your time zone – which means that some people are always playing 'today's game' while others are playing 'yesterday's'. If you're looking for Friday's puzzle instead then click here: NYT Strands hints and answers for Friday, October 16 (game #957).

Strands is the NYT's latest word game after the likes of Wordle, Spelling Bee and Connections – and it's great fun. It can be difficult, though, so read on for my Strands hints.

Want more word-based fun? Then check out my NYT Connections today and Quordle today pages for hints and answers for those games, and Marc's Wordle today page for the original viral word game.

SPOILER WARNING: Information about NYT Strands today is below, so don't read on if you don't want to know the answers.

NYT Strands today (game #958) - hint #1 - today's themeWhat is the theme of today's NYT Strands?

• Today's NYT Strands theme is… Quite the crush

NYT Strands today (game #958) - hint #2 - clue words

Play any of these words to unlock the in-game hints system.

• MUST
• FLUSH
• MINTS
• FIVE
• SLOG
• LEAF

NYT Strands today (game #958) - hint #3 - spangram lettersHow many letters are in today's spangram?

• Spangram has 10 letters

NYT Strands today (game #958) - hint #4 - spangram positionWhat are two sides of the board that today's spangram touches?

• First side: left, 1st row

• Last side: right, 6th row

Right, the answers are below, so DO NOT SCROLL ANY FURTHER IF YOU DON'T WANT TO SEE THEM.

NYT Strands today (game #958) - the answers

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The answers to today's Strands, game #958, are…

• BLUSH
• PERSPIRE
• BABBLE
• FIDGET
• GIGGLE
• STUMBLE
• SPANGRAM: FALLINLOVE

• My rating: Hard
• My score: 1 hint

Annoyingly, even though I suspected that today’s theme was about the squirming embarrassment of falling in love, I struggled to find any game words.

Even more annoying, having found both “plush” and “lush”, the hint gave me BLUSH.

I was obviously having an off day, and patently unattuned to the language of love, but I managed to STUMBLE my way around the board without the need of further assistance.

Yesterday's NYT Strands answers (Friday, October 16, game #957)

• PINPOINT
• MOLECULE
• ATOM
• MITE
• FOLLICLE
• AMOEBA
• SPANGRAM: SMALLWORLD

What is NYT Strands?

Strands is the NYT's not-so-new-any-more word game, following Wordle and Connections. It's now a fully fledged member of the NYT's games stable that has been running for a year and which can be played on the NYT Games site on desktop or mobile.

I've got a full guide to how to play NYT Strands, complete with tips for solving it, so check that out if you're struggling to beat it each day.

• Hebrew University physicists estimate a single superconducting vortex can act as a memory bit at about five times Landauer's limit, at 4.2 kelvin
• The fivefold figure is a simulation-based estimate anchored to continuous-drive measurements, not a measured erasure, however
• The release's million-fold edge over conventional computers disregards refrigeration costs

Every time a computer erases a bit, it pays an energy toll that physics will not waive; IBM physicist Rolf Landauer pinned down the minimum in 1961: kT ln 2, a figure that scales with temperature and works out to about 2.9 zeptojoules at room temperature.

No real chip comes close, making that gap a favorite target as computing's electricity bill keeps climbing.

Physicists at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem now say they have come within about five times of that floor using a single superconducting vortex, a nanoscale whirlpool of electrical current.

Storing a bit in a whirlpool might be a slightly controversial play

The work, published in Nature Communications on September 24 and publicized in a university release on October 11, is a clever measurement, but it has limitations: the device works only at liquid-helium temperatures, and one of the paper's three peer reviewers has opposed the final version.

In a thin superconducting film, a magnetic field can punch through in tiny tubes, each ringed by circulating current and carrying one quantum of flux, and these vortices snag on defects.

The team, led by Yonathan Anahory, used a 55-nanometer niobium film patterned into a strip 10 micrometers wide and cooled to 4.2 kelvin. Sweeping a steady current through the strip nudged individual vortices into spots where the film's natural disorder offers two neighboring resting places only a few nanometers apart. The positioning matters here, acting effectively as a store of value: left or right becomes zero or one.

They then rocked each vortex with an alternating current and tracked it with a SQUID-on-tip microscope, a magnetic sensor built onto a tapered glass probe. The part of the motion that lags behind the push reveals how much energy is lost each cycle.

Anahory said the result puts the bit at roughly five times Landauer's limit, “bringing it remarkably close to the minimum permitted by physics.” The release covers the energy as measured for the actual test, not the cooling aspect, which could significantly reduce the efficiency story here.

The paper adds another caveat here: Its abstract concedes that “our experimental method requires a steady sinusoidal drive incompatible with Landauer’s erasure protocol” and attributes the near-limit figure to numerical analysis.

The lab measured dissipation while vortices were wiggled back and forth continuously; the cost of a true erasure, forcing a bit of unknown value into a known state, was estimated with simulations anchored to that data. The fivefold number is the authors' estimate for a working bit driven at 150 kHz, spelled out in their replies to reviewers.

This has, however, spurred a peer review fight, also published by Nature Communications, which lists the unusually blunt referee reports alongside the paper.

Reviewer #2 rejected the first draft, said the second could run only with extra experiments, and recommended against the final version, opening with “Authors write that they measure work. It is not true.” The reviewer argued that force, displacement, and work were estimated or inferred rather than observed, and asked for two sanity checks: show the vortex being pushed into one well and staying there, and show its spontaneous hopping changing with temperature, as thermal activation predicts.

The authors declined both, citing scanning drift that limits static imaging to about 20 nanometers and noting that changing temperature also reshapes the pinning landscape.

Reviewer #3 backed publication, calling the work original and sound and warning that the extra experiments could delay it indefinitely. Reviewer #1 judged the technique ill-suited to erasure at useful speeds and encouraged a more modest title.

Speed is the tradeoff

Not only is the cost of cooling unaccounted for, with real-world refrigeration costs not being factored in, but the bigger problem is also speed. Landauer's limit is only reachable if you take your time, and work by Proesmans, Ehrich, and Bechhoefer shows that the extra cost of erasure rises as operations speed up.

The Hebrew University estimate applies at 150 kHz, or essentially one operation every 6.7 microseconds, while superconducting logic chips were clocked at 6 GHz more than a decade ago.

Going slower does not help either. By the authors' own noise data, the two wells central to the near-limit result let the vortex hop on its own roughly 3,000 to 7,000 times a second at 4.2 K.

The authors argue that this is fine as long as operations run much faster than the hopping. But it means the most efficient wells hold information for well under a millisecond, and the paper does not show a single well that is both near the limit and able to keep data for long.

The tradeoff, therefore, is one between speed, cost, and durability, and given that the use case is data storage, it is a tough call to make. Vortex memory is not entirely new; the Hebrew University contribution is energy accounting, and its claim to a first is narrow, though it uses a single vortex.

The Hebrew University team has produced a careful, somewhat contested estimate of how cheaply a single vortex can be shuffled between two spots, and a reminder that sitting close to the physical limit and being efficient at the wall socket are very different things.

• Withings users must now pay a hefty premium to sync data to Apple Health
• The change requires a $100 annual subscription to Withings+
• Customers are incredibly unhappy with the move

The whole point of using a health and fitness tracker, one would think, is to be able to analyze your data in order to understand your own well-being. New users of Withings’ smart scales, however, have just been stung with an extortionate annual subscription if they want to enjoy that privilege.

As noted on the Withings forum, the company has decided to lock the ability to sync your wellness metrics to the Apple Health app behind a paywall. And this isn’t just some token fee either — you’ll be charged a whopping $99.99 a year. All to do what has always been free (and what many rivals still offer at no cost).

Withings apparently justified the move to the forum poster by citing unspecified “privacy measures” and an “AI connector.” Yet syncing data to Apple Health using the HealthKit framework doesn’t require any server-side processing or hefty AI lifting that might justify such an expensive fee. Instead, the paywall simply gives the impression of being an opportunistic revenue booster.

The post on the Withings forum described the move as a “silent and incredibly anti-consumer change” and pointed out that anyone who signed up on or after October 13, 2026, would be subject to it. Existing users won’t be forced to pay, but that’ll come as little consolation to everyone else.

A controversial move

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It’s safe to say that the optics don’t look good for Withings, and users have been understandably upset at the move. The original poster on the Withings forum labeled the change “an obvious cash grab” that “ruins the hardware experience and destroys the trust in the brand,” adding that “We shouldn't have to pay a subscription to access our own health data.”

On Reddit, users echoed that dissatisfaction, saying “$99 a year is a real joke” and, about Withings’ decision-makers, “They are digging their own grave.” Another Redditor asked, “Why would I ever buy another Withings product, let alone recommend the products to other people, if you have to pay a subscription to access your own data?”

A Withings representative tried to explain that the $99.99 Withings+ subscription includes other features — including “An improved Health Assistant” and “Better-priced access to medical services” — but no user seems to care about any of that. The main concern is the decision to lock a fundamental feature behind a paywall when said feature appears to require no additional costs on Withings’ part.

Given the strength of the customer reaction already, it wouldn’t be surprising to see Withings backtrack and unlock Apple Health syncing in the near future. With many users already saying they’ll either ditch their Withings devices or abstain from buying one in the first place, the ball is firmly in Withings’ court.

AI has changed many aspects of the professional world, especially the practice of software development and engineering. A swathe of tools and platforms now enable programmers to use AI assistants and copilots – as well as swarms of agents – to work on building systems autonomously, based on instructions. And for one key figure in the AI space, this was something of an inevitability.

Going viral

In a viral post on the social media platform X, one of the key figures behind the conception of OpenAI, Andrej Karpathy, remarked on the future of programming, provoking a reaction from many in the industry at the time.

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ChatGPT had launched a few months prior to that, and developers were already familiar with the basic level of coding that the chatbot could perform, especially in popular languages such as Python and HTML. Much of this was also based on simple text-based instructions – meaning that the AI models could understand and process natural language and churn out complex programming in a way that hadn't been seen before.

Karpathy, who in 2024 co-founded Eureka Labs, an AI education platform, perfectly encapsulated the feeling, with the tech industry in the process of understanding the full implications of this technology.

Good vibes only

Karpathy added in a follow-up post that many examples out there in scientific literature showed that natural language was capable of wielding AI to engage in complex programming. These findings served as a collective precursor to many enterprise features that we see in widespread use today, such as GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, and others.

However, the rise of vibe coding and instructions-based programming also means that the nature of the work is changing for many software developers. Many now simply review code instead of writing it themselves, engaging in validation and bug-squashing.

Thus, the role of software development is becoming something that requires fewer and fewer juniors. This, however, may lead to other unintended consequences – including the fact that the traditional career pipeline is permanently changed.

L-shaped standing desks remain quite a niche pursuit, in my experience. They're ideal if you need additional desktop space. They're more than capable of lifting more than your standard desk, which is ideal for multi-monitor setups. But they also need a lot of room.

Still, for me, the Uplift V3 L-shaped standing desk is one of the best models around. It remained rock-solid in my real-world tests, with a massive 535lb lifting capacity thanks to the surprisingly quiet triple motors.

Given the absolute size of this unit, it's unlikely to be the best standing desk I've tested for most office professionals. But for those that need a stable desk with plenty of space to work on, there's a lot on offer here that I like.

Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Price and Availability

The Uplift V3 L-shaped desk is available direct from the manufacturer's website.

Prices start at $1,000, it comes in a range of styles, and you can expand it to make it a little fancier if you like and still get exactly what you want for a little cheaper.

What you choose, whether that's the barreled-shaped frame that goes all the way down to $1,719 if you just want the frame, or if you do end up choosing a desktop to go with it, you can absolutely make sure that you check Uplift's website to make sure you're getting the best deals.

All Uplift desks come with a standard 15-year warranty, which shows just how much they believe in the product. They also sell pretty much everything you need accessory-wise, and I've had great experiences with these, too.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Unboxing and First Impressions

Let this be a warning to you - learn from my mistakes. I should have followed the instructions I sent, built a standard desk, built the accessories piece, sanded it, and then attached the waterslide.

However, I got slightly distracted and rushed, so I ended up building the entire thing on the floor. I then had to flip it very, very, very carefully and nearly broke my foot, broke my toe, and ended up cutting off the top of the desk pretty significantly (if you look at the pictures) due to messing up a screw because I was once again rushing and trying to solve my issues.

I can't blame Uplift for this. The instructions were clear. I just did not listen. Thankfully, we also got a spectacular desktop on Uplift, so I can use it to cover the gouge from the screw I misplaced during assembly.

Once assembled, I was thrilled with how clean and sharp the desk looked. The power bar attached just as easily as the others. The little desk shelf added a nice elevation change for gear, and the desktop material itself was just as good as I hoped.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Design and Build Quality

L-shaped standing desks have been hit or miss for me. I have used some that were super sturdy and strong, and others that feel like they're not even worth it.

Uplift, on the other hand, does it right, and they make sure the added leg and extension actually add stability, not just complexity. At max height, which I seem to be putting it at often since I'm fairly tall and like to adjust cables a lot, this desk is still just as stable as when it's at its lowest.

I haven't had any issues adjusting the height over these 90+ days, and there have been zero responsiveness issues. The desk responds quickly when I press the buttons to move it, and it jumps directly to the designated preset height, just as I would expect.

Over the last several months, my only qualm has been the gash in the desktop that I made myself. Once again, once we moved the desk mat over it, we now barely notice that, and actually don't notice it at all.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: In use

I've already gone into this a bit, but over the last 3 months or so, this desk has done excellently across my team.

We've changed the setup a few times, but the guy on my team who normally uses this desk prefers to keep it pretty simple. He uses a laptop, lots of physical books for research, and some photos. It never missed a beat.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Final verdict

If you're looking for an L-shaped standing desk and you're willing to spend a little extra to get something quality, long-lasting, and customizable, then the Uplift V3 L-shaped standing desk is definitely one you should consider.

It's got a ton of options on both desktop and materials. It's got great accessories. It's easy to build if you follow the instructions, unlike me. Now, nearly 100 days in, I can confidently say it doesn't just look good at first; it actually runs well after I've pushed it hard for several months.

I have no doubt this desk will last for years with basic care and maintenance, and it will keep serving well for a long time.

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L-shaped standing desks remain quite a niche pursuit, in my experience. They're ideal if you need additional desktop space. They're more than capable of lifting more than your standard desk, which is ideal for multi-monitor setups. But they also need a lot of room.

Still, for me, the Uplift V3 L-shaped standing desk is one of the best models around. It remained rock-solid in my real-world tests, with a massive 535lb lifting capacity thanks to the surprisingly quiet triple motors.

Given the absolute size of this unit, it's unlikely to be the best standing desk I've tested for most office professionals. But for those that need a stable desk with plenty of space to work on, there's a lot on offer here that I like.

Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Price and Availability

The Uplift V3 L-shaped desk is available direct from the manufacturer's website.

Prices start at $1,000, it comes in a range of styles, and you can expand it to make it a little fancier if you like and still get exactly what you want for a little cheaper.

What you choose, whether that's the barreled-shaped frame that goes all the way down to $1,719 if you just want the frame, or if you do end up choosing a desktop to go with it, you can absolutely make sure that you check Uplift's website to make sure you're getting the best deals.

All Uplift desks come with a standard 15-year warranty, which shows just how much they believe in the product. They also sell pretty much everything you need accessory-wise, and I've had great experiences with these, too.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Unboxing and First Impressions

Let this be a warning to you - learn from my mistakes. I should have followed the instructions I sent, built a standard desk, built the accessories piece, sanded it, and then attached the waterslide.

However, I got slightly distracted and rushed, so I ended up building the entire thing on the floor. I then had to flip it very, very, very carefully and nearly broke my foot, broke my toe, and ended up cutting off the top of the desk pretty significantly (if you look at the pictures) due to messing up a screw because I was once again rushing and trying to solve my issues.

I can't blame Uplift for this. The instructions were clear. I just did not listen. Thankfully, we also got a spectacular desktop on Uplift, so I can use it to cover the gouge from the screw I misplaced during assembly.

Once assembled, I was thrilled with how clean and sharp the desk looked. The power bar attached just as easily as the others. The little desk shelf added a nice elevation change for gear, and the desktop material itself was just as good as I hoped.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Design and Build Quality

L-shaped standing desks have been hit or miss for me. I have used some that were super sturdy and strong, and others that feel like they're not even worth it.

Uplift, on the other hand, does it right, and they make sure the added leg and extension actually add stability, not just complexity. At max height, which I seem to be putting it at often since I'm fairly tall and like to adjust cables a lot, this desk is still just as stable as when it's at its lowest.

I haven't had any issues adjusting the height over these 90+ days, and there have been zero responsiveness issues. The desk responds quickly when I press the buttons to move it, and it jumps directly to the designated preset height, just as I would expect.

Over the last several months, my only qualm has been the gash in the desktop that I made myself. Once again, once we moved the desk mat over it, we now barely notice that, and actually don't notice it at all.

(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: In use

I've already gone into this a bit, but over the last 3 months or so, this desk has done excellently across my team.

We've changed the setup a few times, but the guy on my team who normally uses this desk prefers to keep it pretty simple. He uses a laptop, lots of physical books for research, and some photos. It never missed a beat.

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(Image credit: Collin Probst // Future )Uplift V3 L-Shaped Standing Desk: Final verdict

If you're looking for an L-shaped standing desk and you're willing to spend a little extra to get something quality, long-lasting, and customizable, then the Uplift V3 L-shaped standing desk is definitely one you should consider.

It's got a ton of options on both desktop and materials. It's got great accessories. It's easy to build if you follow the instructions, unlike me. Now, nearly 100 days in, I can confidently say it doesn't just look good at first; it actually runs well after I've pushed it hard for several months.

I have no doubt this desk will last for years with basic care and maintenance, and it will keep serving well for a long time.

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• LG's FLiPP tech could deliver Tandem OLED performance for much less
• Will arrive on smaller displays first, don't expect it on TVs for several years
• Production for laptop and monitor screens could start in 2027

If you're a fan of OLED, there's an exciting new acronym you need to know: FLiPP. It stands for FMM-Less innovative Pixel Patterning, and the FMM bit refers to fine metal masks. Those are normally used in OLED manufacturing to precisely place the organic emissive materials.

With FLiPP, there's no mask. Instead, the materials are deposited across the glass, given a protective layer and then refined using photolithography and etching to get rid of the unwanted sections.

The biggest single advantage to FLiPP is efficiency. According to trade site The Elec, LG Display found that the tech increased the utilization rate – the efficiency of the production – from 75% in a conventional FMM process to over 93% in a FLiPP process.

That's good news for us, because more efficient production means lower production costs. And that ultimately means we could see much better OLEDs without higher prices.

FLiPP also improved utilization of the organic emissive materials from 40% to 74%, boosted the pixel aperture ratio (how much of the pixel area emits light) to 65%, and enabled the light-emitting area to boost luminance by 1.6x, longevity by 2.4x or reduce power consumption by 13%.

So that means these OLED screens can brighter, or they can be more reliable, or they can use less power, depending on the preference of the device. But in the near future, those devices will almost certainly be laptops and monitors, and not TVs — sadly for those desperate for the price of the best OLED TVs to drop.

LG Display announced the technology at the International Meeting on Information Display (IMID) 2026 (Image credit: LG Display)What the FLiPP?

LG Display's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) Choi Young-seok says that the technology is still in the first development stage. The next stage would be developing actual products, and the third stage is mass production.

That third stage will initially concentrate on the monitor market where displays are smaller — the improved efficiency figures mentioned above were for 23.5-inch panels — but laptops are apparently on the cards as well. LG Display has said it expects to reach this point by late 2027 — so the first products might appear at CES 2028.

According to Cho Heung-ryeol, who is the head of the Next-Generation Display Division, LG Display is currently evaluating its existing LCD and WOLED production lines to see if they can be reused without major modifications, or if new plant would need to be purchased. The former option is of course the preferred one. Either way, LG Display still plans for production to start in around a year.

If you'd like to know more about the technical side of FLiPP and how it compares to other OLED manufacturing processes, The Elec has published a transcript of LG Display's online seminar and you can read it here.

• AMD's proposed rack combines 32,768 CPU cores with 16 AI accelerators
• Traditional data centers may need new power and cooling infrastructure
• AMD divides agent workloads into personal, enterprise, and technical computing categories

AMD is developing a rack-scale computing system for artificial intelligence agents, with configurations designed for personal, enterprise, and technical workloads.

Dubbed Helion Agentic AI Rack, it supports up to 32,768 Zen 6 x86 CPU cores, 16 Instinct MI350P accelerators, and 74 petaflops of FP4 computing performance.

The proposed platform also supports 102 Tbps of networking bandwidth and uses modular hardware designed for different agent computing requirements.

A rack built around three kinds of AI agents

AMD groups agent workloads into three categories: personal assistants, enterprise applications, and technical computing, each with different processing requirements.

Personal agents need dense, energy-efficient servers; enterprise applications require a balance between agent capacity and performance; while technical workloads prioritize processing speed.

AMD allows operators to customize CPU core density, processing performance, and power consumption according to their workloads.

The hyperscale configuration uses CPU-only infrastructure, while the enterprise version combines processors and graphics accelerators within an integrated rack.

For personal agents, the system uses 256-core Venice processors operating at 400W, prioritizing processing density and power efficiency.

Enterprise workloads use the 256-core Venice processors rated at 600W, while technical computing uses 96-core, high-frequency Venice processors.

The enterprise configuration separates agent execution, inference, and general-purpose computing into distinct server nodes.

CPU sandbox nodes handle agent execution, Instinct MI350P accelerators support inference, and general-purpose servers accommodate databases, storage, and technical computing.

AMD also includes an integrated token router for directing agent model requests across frontier and open-source models.

The rack supports programmable networking, an open-source software ecosystem, and ORv3 44OU hardware compliant with Open Compute Project specifications.

Why traditional data centers may need substantial changes

Traditional data centers are built for standard cloud or legacy enterprise computing, not racks packing up to 32,768 Zen 6 CPU cores alongside heavy GPU configurations.

Therefore, facilities built around existing server arrangements may lack the appropriate combination of power delivery, cooling capacity and network infrastructure for these configurations.

Workload diversity creates another challenge because personal agents, enterprise applications and technical computing require different processing characteristics.

AMD's proposed rack mixes dense 256-core processors with 96-core high-frequency systems, requiring infrastructure that can accommodate different server types and operating requirements.

This creates a planning challenge for data centers, which must allocate rack space, power, and cooling to different server configurations instead of deploying identical systems.

Operators may need to modify existing infrastructure if it cannot support the selected combination of high-core-count and high-frequency servers.

Networking introduces an additional consideration because the rack supports up to 102 Tbps of bandwidth and integrates a programmable token router.

Existing facilities may need compatible networking equipment and software to support this throughput and route model requests across different AI systems.

The Helion Agentic AI Rack is scheduled for availability in November 2026, but AMD has not disclosed complete facility upgrade costs or cooling requirements.

Katie Zacharia is "transitioning out" of her role as press secretary, according to a White House official not authorized to speak on the record, marking a stunning turn of events for the spokeswoman.

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• Oxylabs, Decodo, Webshare, ScrapingBee, and Honeygain now formally sit under one Vilnius-based umbrella called Source
• Source claims AI agents drove a fourfold increase in demand for services across its organizations
• The brands, previously reviewed as rivals, including three of TechRadar's nine best-proxy picks, now officially share common oversight

Oxylabs, Decodo, Webshare, ScrapingBee, and Honeygain have formally come together under a single name, Source, and the Lithuanian group behind them says AI agents are why it needed one.

The Vilnius-based ecosystem claims demand across its companies has risen fourfold in a year as AI agents, next-generation search tools, and frontier AI products pull live data from the web.

Its systems now process 1.5 million requests per second, and that it is expanding into web search APIs built specifically for AI agents.

One umbrella with five different, competing shopfronts?

Source presents itself as a backbone rather than a business. Its launch post says it has no customers or products of its own; instead, it handles patents, procurement, hiring, and compliance, while each brand keeps its own team, product strategy, and customer base.

The brands are split by customer type. Oxylabs serves enterprises and AI labs; Decodo (formerly Smartproxy) targets the mid-market; ScrapingBee sells developer APIs; Webshare serves professional consumers and solo builders; and Honeygain pays ordinary people for their spare bandwidth.

For anyone shopping for a proxy service, this is the most practical takeaway. Oxylabs bought Webshare in 2022 and ScrapingBee in 2025, and Honeygain became its main residential proxy sourcing partner in 2021.

Decodo's ties were less clear-cut until now, and trade site Proxyway notes that the launch officially links Oxylabs and Decodo under one organization. Source CEO Vytautas Savickas ran Decodo until March 2026, when he moved across to lead the Oxylabs group and founder Julius Černiauskas became chairman.

All of this points to a marriage of convenience rather than a merger by organizations that are already very closely interlinked. This is interesting because some of these brands have been sold and reviewed as alternatives to one another.

The best example of this is that three of the nine picks in TechRadar's own best proxy sites guide now belong to Source: Decodo as best overall, Oxylabs as best for business, and Webshare as best for privacy.

For context on the overlap, our residential proxy roundup described Oxylabs as one of Decodo's toughest competitors. Source says the companies remain fully independent in strategy, customers, and market presence, and that may well hold commercially, but common oversight is now a matter of record.

The release provided to TechRadar says Source gives the group "a unified voice in defending responsible access to public web data," and its legal history explains the appetite.

Reddit sued Oxylabs alongside Perplexity, SerpApi and AWMProxy in October 2025, alleging they evaded its anti-scraping measures by lifting Reddit content from Google search results. Oxylabs said it was "shocked and disappointed" and would defend itself.

It was still listed as a defendant in filings this spring, and in late July a federal judge allowed Reddit's core claims against SerpApi and Perplexity to proceed. Further back, a Texas jury awarded rival Bright Data nearly $7.5 million against Oxylabs in a 2021 patent case.

Source's own essay on AI agents and the open web argues that if access is negotiated one licensing deal at a time, only the biggest companies will be able to afford it. This makes a convenient argument for a large web scraping group, but the gatekeeping fears are real.

The most concrete product promised here is AI search, and it is older than the umbrella itself: Oxylabs already offers a Web API that pairs a search endpoint with a scraping endpoint for agents, so the "dedicated AI Search APIs" promised look more like an expansion of existing work than a new product line.

For customers, the questions to watch are whether the brands keep competing on price, how clearly each one discloses their newfound relationship, and how the Reddit case plays out for Oxylabs.

For everyone else, Source is a bet that AI agents will keep needing the live web, and that the companies supplying the pipes deserve a seat at the table when the rules for that access get written, aiming to negotiate from a clustered position of strength.

ScalaHosting is an experienced Dallas-based provider with 18 years in the hosting industry and one of the best web hosting companies in the business. Its range includes shared hosting, WordPress, self-managed VPS, and managed cloud products for personal sites, businesses, online stores, and agencies.

Its defining feature is SPanel, an alternative to cPanel and WHM. It combines website, email, security, backup, and server management tools and is included with Mini and ScalaHosting's managed cloud products.

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ScalaHosting: Pricing & plansScalaHosting shared hosting

ScalaHosting's shared hosting offers lots for your money (Image credit: Future)

ScalaHosting's shared range starts with Mini. During our sales check, ScalaHosting quoted $35.40 for the first year, equivalent to $2.95 a month, or $11.95 with monthly billing. This is not a free trial because payment is taken upfront, but monthly billing avoids an annual commitment.

Mini includes 10GB of NVMe storage, one website, automated backups, SSL certificates, malware protection, and no stated bandwidth limit. Start is advertised from $5.95 and renews at $14.95, with 50GB and unlimited websites. Advanced starts at $9.95 and renews at $19.95, with 100GB. Start and above include a free domain for the first year on qualifying annual terms.

Entry Cloud starts at $14.95 a month and renews at $39.95. It supplies two dedicated CPU cores, 2GB of RAM, 50GB of NVMe storage, a dedicated IP address, and SPanel. These resources give a busy WordPress site or small store more predictable capacity than an ordinary shared account.

The introductory rates are competitive, but renewals move ScalaHosting out of budget territory. Mini's monthly rate is also far higher than the promotional annual equivalent, although both introductory and renewal prices are displayed clearly.

ScalaHosting WordPress hosting

ScalaHosting's WordPress plans mirror its main tiers. Even Mini includes an AI-assisted site builder, migration, SSL certificates, CDN integration, malware protection, WP-CLI, and automated backups.

SPanel's WordPress Manager handles installation, updates, cloning, and staging. Each installation gets one-click admin access and screens for themes, plugins, users, comments, maintenance, and performance. WP Lock restricts file changes after completion. OpenLiteSpeed caching is available on Entry Cloud and managed cloud plans, while commercial LiteSpeed is a paid extra where supported.

A small store can begin on shared hosting, while Entry Cloud or managed cloud adds dedicated CPU and memory for more consistent performance. Free migration also simplifies moving an established WooCommerce site.

ScalaHosting VPS hosting

All of ScalaHosting's VPS plans are fully configurable (Image credit: ScalaHosting)

ScalaHosting's VPS plans provide dedicated CPU and memory resources, giving demanding websites more predictable performance than standard shared hosting and reducing the risk of slowdowns during traffic spikes.

Managed cloud hosting starts at $29.95 a month for two CPU cores, 4GB of RAM, and 50GB of NVMe storage, renewing at $54.95. Higher configurations start at $44.95 and $69.95, renewing at $96.95 and $170.95. Customers can also build a custom server.

Self-managed cloud VPS starts at $19.95 a month on a 12-month term and renews at $24.95. The entry setup has two CPU cores, 4GB of RAM, 50GB of NVMe storage, root access, snapshots, a dedicated IP, and SPanel on demand. Managed plans include SPanel and expert help with the server environment.

ScalaHosting lists native infrastructure in Dallas, New York, Seattle, and Sofia. Managed SPanel customers also get a much broader choice through integrated cloud and AWS locations across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region. Read our full SPanel review for more of our thoughts.

ScalaHosting: Speed & performance 

ScalaHosting GTMetrix speed performance (Image credit: GTMetrix)

ScalaHosting uses NVMe storage throughout the current range and advertises a redundant 10Gbps network. Its terms set a 99.9% monthly uptime threshold. Credits begin at 10% when uptime falls to 99.8% and rise to 100% below 99%, excluding scheduled downtime.

In our previous shared-hosting test, ScalaHosting recorded a 0.730-second Largest Contentful Paint result. That was close to the results from GoDaddy and GreenGeeks and comfortably ahead of several budget hosts in the same comparison. The test site also maintained 100% uptime when checked every five minutes throughout 14 days of monitoring.

ScalaHosting's uptime results (Image credit: Uptime)

Our newest VPS comparison with Liquid Web found ScalaHosting slightly faster in several server tasks, while the two hosts produced broadly similar WordPress benchmark results.

WordPress installation was quick, and the server used NVMe storage as advertised. The results support ScalaHosting's positioning for business and ecommerce workloads.

ScalaHosting's Softaculous app installer (Image credit: ScalaHosting)ScalaHosting: In use

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SPanel remains ScalaHosting's main point of difference. It covers much of what cPanel and WHM do without a separate managed-cloud license fee. Mini includes SPanel, while shared hosting also offers cPanel. Entry Cloud and managed cloud center the experience on SPanel.

The current interface has clear sections for email, databases, tools, software, and settings. The dashboard displays account details and resource usage, while administrators can enter individual accounts directly. SSL, PHP, cron, SSH, WordPress, and security tools are easy to locate without dense menus.

Backup controls are unusually granular. SPanel separates local and remote destinations, supports SSH or rsync transfers, and provides hourly, daily, weekly, and monthly schedules with retention settings. Restore points appear in the same area.

SPanel also includes Cloudflare integration, Lighthouse reports, uptime monitoring, and slow-process tracking. Eligible agency plans support collaborators, permissions, and custom branding. SShield monitors traffic and blocks attacks, while blacklist monitoring helps identify email reputation problems.

(Image credit: Future)ScalaHosting: Support

ScalaHosting's SPanel (Image credit: ScalaHosting)

Support is available around the clock through chat, email, and tickets. ScalaHosting promises an initial ticket response within 15 minutes, although complex work may move from chat to a ticket.

In our pre-sales check, an agent began typing within seconds and answered in about a minute. The initial reply confirmed that Mini includes SPanel but did not fully address monthly billing. A prompt follow-up clarified that Mini costs $11.95 monthly and still qualifies for the 30-day full-refund policy.

We found similarly practical help. Support corrected a mistakenly selected data center almost immediately, then resolved missing credentials and a welcome-email problem within 10 minutes. That exceeded our expectations for an unmanaged plan.

Managed cloud customers receive broader help with the server environment, application installation, and migration. This suits businesses that need VPS resources without a server administrator.

ScalaHosting: Final verdict

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ScalaHosting makes the strongest case above the cheapest shared tier. Entry Cloud and managed cloud combine dedicated resources, NVMe storage, offsite backups, security tools, and SPanel without a separate control panel fee. SPanel is approachable, its WordPress and backup tools go beyond the basics, and support remains fast.

The trade-off is price. Some renewals more than double, and monthly Mini costs much more than the introductory annual rate. Those compromises are reasonable for a growing WordPress site, ecommerce business, or agency that values management and support. Basic sites should compare long-term shared-hosting costs.

ScalaHosting FAQsIs ScalaHosting good for beginners?

Yes. Shared hosting includes one-click application installation, backups, SSL certificates, migration help, and a clear control panel. Managed cloud plans are the better fit for beginners who want dedicated resources without administering the server themselves.

Does ScalaHosting use cPanel?

Yes, but it is not the default across the range. Mini includes SPanel, and shared hosting customers can select SPanel or cPanel. ScalaHosting's managed cloud range is built around SPanel. Adding cPanel to a VPS costs extra.

Where are ScalaHosting servers located?

ScalaHosting lists native infrastructure in Dallas, New York, Seattle, and Sofia. Managed SPanel plans add integrated cloud and AWS locations across North America, Europe, and the Asia-Pacific region.

Does ScalaHosting include backups?

Yes. Automated daily backups are included across the current hosting range and stored off site. Eligible SPanel plans also include tools for creating on-demand restore points.

Does ScalaHosting have an uptime guarantee?

ScalaHosting's terms set a 99.9% monthly uptime threshold. Account credits start at 10% for 99.8% uptime and rise in 10% steps, reaching 100% below 99%. Scheduled downtime does not count, and customers must submit a claim with supporting details.

What are ScalaHosting's nameservers?

ScalaHosting's nameservers are:

ns1.scalahosting.com
ns2.scalahosting.com

How to cancel a ScalaHosting service (Image credit: ScalaHosting)Can I get a refund?

New customers receive a 30-day full-refund window on eligible web hosting, reseller, and VPS services, including Mini on monthly billing. ScalaHosting also offers a partial refund for unused service after activation. Domains, SSL certificates, dedicated servers, licenses, and custom software are excluded, and a terms-of-service violation removes eligibility.

How do I cancel ScalaHosting?

Cancellation requests must be submitted from the client dashboard under My Services and Manage. ScalaHosting says requests sent by email are not accepted and processing can take up to seven days, so customers should not wait until the renewal date.

Training of the Waymo robotaxis will begin in the coming days, but you won’t be able to book a ride till 2028.

Katie Zacharia's first official day was on Monday.

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• Brad Smith hits back at Trump administration's decision to target Microsoft
• Five out of six tech/science medal holders were born outside of the US
• "We should all be worried," Smith says

Microsoft President Brad Smith has warned that new restrictions under the Trump administration could severely damage America's technology industry by limiting its access to skilled migrants.

Speaking with Politico, Smith criticized the administration's decision to restrict Microsoft's ability to sponsor skilled foreign employees for permanent US residency under the green card scheme.

By discouraging workers from moving to America, Smith worries that they could be incentivized to move to other countries, both losing America access to skilled professionals while simultaneously boosting other countries' access.

Smith hits back at Trump administration to limit green card

Microsoft's President's comments come in a response to US Vice President JD Vance's October 8 2026 memo declaring that Microsoft and seven other companies would be suspended from sponsoring foreign workers for permanent residency.

"Our message to Microsoft is, you’re a great American company, but you’ve got to hire great American workers," Vance said (via The Guardian). "You cannot lay off American workers and then replace them with foreign indentured servants."

Adobe, Cognizant, Infosys, Capgemini, Tata, Wipro and HCL are also impacted by the changes.

"I think we should all be worried about sending – intentionally or inadvertently or otherwise – signals that send the most talented next wave of AI [or] SI software engineers to other countries, rather than the United States," Smith said.

Smith also criticized the Trump administration for failing to get the numbers right about its green card applications, calling Vance's comments "completely off base" and slating the government because "the green card backlog is so long."

"We should consider the fact that when the president honored six Americans with these technology and science medals, five of the six had come to the United States as immigrants," he added.

The next steps continue to play out, but legal challenges and international worker uncertainty could both be on the cards.

For the first time since 2014, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists has updated its guidelines for the treatment of symptoms commonly associated with menopause.

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