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Upwork Navigates Cross-Currents as AI Reshapes Freelance Demand
Earnings material from the company showed that low-complexity assignments are being automated faster than Upwork expected. At the same time, customers are spending more on larger projects, AI consulting is growing, and enterprises are tapping…
How I Doubled My Freelance Income by Targeting the Right Decision-Makers
CTOs are the worst people to pitch if you want to make actual money. For 18 months, I thought I was doing everything right. I built a slick personal website, spent hours polishing my GitHub repositories, and sent 317 hyper-personalized outreach…
Teams from Thiruvanananthapuram excel at the latest edition of Destiny dance championship
When curtains came down on Destiny 5: The Last Dance, one of India's biggest all-style dance championships in Chennai a few days ago, standing tall on the stage were three dance crews from Kerala, that too from Thiruvananthapuram. While The Abrupt…
Anthropic rolled out a feature that stops undetected AI-generated writing
It's going to get a lot harder to let Claude be a ghostwriter for everything from novels to homework. On Monday, Anthropic said new Claude models will embed an 'imperceptible watermark' directly into AI-generated text. The watermark doesn't change…
The Talent Arbitrage: How Mid-Market Firms Are Bypassing the Geographic Hiring Gridlock
For decades, American business growth relied on a simple equation: when revenue increased, companies hired locally. Leadership looked within a tight radius of their headquarters to fill critical roles. If the local talent pool was dry or domestic…
Netflix's new 'unpredictable' mystery thriller jumps straight to top of trending chart
The Last House, Netflix's 'unpredictable' new mystery thriller, has jumped straight to the top of the streamer's trending chart. Released on 7 August, the sci-fi horror stars Greta Lee and Wagner Moura as parents who attempt to keep their family…
Upwork: Q2 Earnings Snapshot
PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — PALO ALTO, Calif. (AP) — Upwork Inc. (UPWK) on Monday reported profit of $25.4 million in its second quarter. The Palo Alto, California-based company said it had net income of 20 cents per share. The online…
Maxine Peake's 'powerful' drama with Stephen Graham is the movie you need to see tonight
A star-studded British comedy film hailed as 'affecting' is streaming now in the UK. Directed by Adrian Shergold, Funny Cow follows an unnamed female British comedian, played by Maxine Peake, who overcomes a troubled childhood and an abusive…
A-Level Results Day 2026 freebies: All the free food and discounts you can get to celebrate and how to claim
A-Level Results Day 2026 freebies Arguably more stressful than sitting your A-Level exams is waiting for your results. But the wait is nearly over, as Thursday 13 August (which, right now, probably feels like the scariest day of the year) is…
Meet 21 Black women who bounced back and are thriving after being pushed out of the workplace
For Black women, the instability of today's job market has been particularly severe. Since early 2025, approximately 600,000 Black women have become unemployed, left the labor force, or otherwise been pushed out. Behind that staggering figure are…
I Think We Have to Do It' - Atlus Producer Says Persona 1 and 2 Remakes Are 'Something We Should Definitely Do
Kazuhisa Wada, producer for Atlus' P-Studio, says he 'can't say for sure' if Persona 1 and 2 remakes are coming, but said they are still games he thinks 'we have to do.' Wada opened up about the Persona studio's development pipeline during an…
Stock Index Futures Muted as Bond Yields Climb on Inflation Worries
September S&P 500 E-Mini futures (ESU26) are up +0.03%, and September Nasdaq 100 E-Mini futures (NQU26) are up +0.11% this morning, pointing to small moves at the open as rising oil prices reignited inflation concerns a day before the release of…
See how this 3D artist experiments with colour in renders
Giovane Henriques works as a freelance 3D character artist for games and cinematics. He doesn't stick to a set modelling technique – each concept has a story, a learning experience, and this is developed throughout the process. whether he's…
Something I Refuse To Put Up With' - Battlefield 6 Player With Over 400 Hours Gets Full Refund from Steam After Key Modes Were Removed
A Battlefield 6 player with hundreds of hours of playtime has scored a full refund of the game after Battlefield Studios removed key modes from its quick-play matchmaking. Over on Reddit, the player revealed that Steam granted them a full $110…
GTA 6 Boss Says More People Are Pre-Ordering the $100 Version of the Game Than the Standard Edition, but Don't Get Your Hopes Up for a Holiday Sale
Grand Theft Auto 6 fans are pre-ordering the $100 Ultimate Edition more than the standard edition of the game. In an interview with CNBC, Strauss Zelnick, the CEO of Rockstar's parent company Take-Two Interactive, revealed that people are buying…
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