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Private Hiring Slowed to 44,000—Job Switchers Still Won 7% Pay Growth
ADP’s August 5 report estimated that U.S. private employers added 44,000 jobs in July, while annual pay growth reached 7% for job switchers and held at 4.4% for stayers.
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Unemployment Can Fall While Jobs Disappear—Check Who Stopped Looking
The unemployment rate can fall while employment shrinks when job seekers stop actively looking and leave the labor force. Participation, employment-population and U-6 show what changed.
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Your UK Employer Can Monitor You—But “Available” Does Not Mean Lawful
UK employers may monitor workers, but the system must have a lawful basis and be necessary, fair and proportionate. Disclosure alone does not make excessive surveillance lawful.
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From 15-Second Generation to 30-Second Storytelling: How Seedance 2.5 Expands on Seedance 2.0
Creators can still explore the Seedance 2.0 workflow for shorter multimodal generation, complex motion, audiovisual output, editing, and extension.
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Is AI Suppressing Wages? Two Studies Reach Very Different Answers
AI may be restraining pay growth in a narrow group of highly exposed U.S. occupations, but broader evidence finds no average wage penalty. Different methods drive the divide.
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Earning Money Through Website Surfing: A Simple Way to Make Cryptocurrency
Many believe that earning cryptocurrency online requires special skills or expensive equipment. However, this is far from the truth. Website surfing, or browsing websites for rewards, is an accessible way to earn money or cryptocurrency with just a computer or smartphone and an internet connection.One of the easiest methods to generate income in the digital space is through website surfing. The tasks involved are so simple that virtually anyone can participate, regardless of experience or technical expertise.In this article, we’ll introduce you to a platform where you can start earning money and cryptocurrency through website surfing: Quasa Rewards.
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The State of Hybrid Freelance 2026: AI, Web3 and the Death of Traditional Work (Update June 2026)
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Quasa Projects: The PPC Advertising Platform Powering the New Crypto Economy
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Quasa Rewards: The World’s First and Only Crypto Platform for Earning by Surfing Websites
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Quasa Rewards: The World’s First and Only Crypto Platform for Earning by Surfing Websites
If you’re looking for the easiest and smartest way to start earning crypto online, Quasa Rewards is the clear choice.
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Jobless Claims Rose to 199,000—Layoffs Still Look Historically Low
The August 6 U.S. claims report showed initial filings rising to 199,000, still consistent with low layoffs, while continued claims pointed to longer unemployment spells.
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UK Employment Rights Shift August 25—Digital Union Ballots Come First
Electronic and workplace union balloting is scheduled to take effect on 25 August 2026, before tribunal and harassment reforms in October and dismissal changes in January 2027.
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JOLTS Has 7.4 Million Openings—That Does Not Mean 7.4 Million Offers
June 2026 JOLTS data show 7.4 million openings, but that is a month-end vacancy estimate—not an offer count. Hires, quits and layoffs measure flows across the month.
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Sapiom Raises $35M to Give AI Agents Budgets, Rules and Buying Power
On August 5, Sapiom raised a $35 million Series A led by Dragonfly to expand infrastructure for building and operating agents that use paid services under organizational controls.
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Thinking Machines Lab’s Tinker: What Its Fine-Tuning Service Sells
Tinker sells managed compute for custom post-training of open-weight models. Customers control data and training logic; Thinking Machines Lab operates the distributed infrastructure.
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Aug. 12 skywatching: see the eclipse safely, then catch the Perseids
On Aug. 12, 2026, plan the eclipse around your exact location, use proper solar filters, then switch to an overnight Perseid session timed for local darkness.
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ISS spacewalk installs the final mount for its next solar-array upgrade
Jessica Meir and Anil Menon installed the ISS’s final iROSA mounting kit on August 6, 2026, preparing power channel 3B for a future roll-out solar array.
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Sapiom Raises $35M to Give AI Agents Budgets, Rules and Buying Power
On August 5, Sapiom raised a $35 million Series A led by Dragonfly to expand infrastructure for building and operating agents that use paid services under organizational controls.
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OpenAI Slowed Astra After It Could Not Rule Out Critical Cyber Risk
On August 7, OpenAI slowed Astra’s path toward release and imposed tighter controls after testing could not rule out Critical cyber capability. No new launch date has been announced.
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