After rapid increases during the pandemic, tech salaries barely rose in 2024 — often not keeping up with inflation — with annual increases around ~1% in some surveys. This means real purchasing power for many tech workers has actually fallen.Massive layoffs — across big tech and smaller firms — have put more skilled workers into a tighter job market, weakening their bargaining power and slowing wage growth. Recruiters note that tech hiring overall is weaker than during the peak pandemic years, so while layoffs taper in some segments, job openings remain below early-2020 levels and wage growth hasn’t rebounded fully

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Actor Mario Rodriguez is suing Tyler Perry for sexual assault, Boxer Anthony Joshua was injured in a fatal car crash in Nigeria. Beyoncé is now a billionaire according to Forbes.

A powerful winter storm is bringing extreme weather to the Upper Midwest, Great Lakes, and Northeast this weekend. 1,000 cancellations and 1,000 late flights.

Venezuela Tensions, Middle east. Epstein Files released

mass shooting at a Hanukkah celebration on Bondi Beach in Sydney, Australia, on Sunday

2 U.S. service members and 1 civilian are killed in ISIS attack in Syria, The attack, which took place in the city of Palmyra

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U.S.National Guard member Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, the 20-year- old West Virginia National Guard has died. she was one of two national guardsmen that was shot by an Afghan immigrant

2 West Virginia national guard members shot in DC. Trump vows immigration crackdown