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H-1B Visa Delays and $100K Fee Trigger Job Losses as Remote Work Sparks Tax Crisis for 65,000 Workers; CDC and NIOSH Staff Reinstated After Legal Backlash

H-1B Visa Delays and $100K Fee Trigger Job Losses as Remote Work Sparks Tax Crisis for 65,000 Workers; CDC and NIOSH Staff Reinstated After Legal Backlash

TL;DR * H-1B visa holders face job losses and tax liabilities as U.S. immigration scrutiny intensifies, impacting Indian tech workers and remote work compliance * U.S. federal health workers laid off under Trump administration are being reinstated as NIOSH and CDC restore 900+ positions amid legal and political pressure
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Google DeepMind Launches Veo 3.1 with Native Vertical Video and SynthID Watermarking; SymphonyAI’s AI Merchandising Agents Boost Retail Margins

Google DeepMind Launches Veo 3.1 with Native Vertical Video and SynthID Watermarking; SymphonyAI’s AI Merchandising Agents Boost Retail Margins

TL;DR * Google DeepMind updates Veo 3.1 with native 9:16 vertical video support, 4K upscaling, and SynthID watermarking for AI-generated content. * AI-powered retail merchandising agents from SymphonyAI optimize pricing, promotions, and planograms in real time, using Foundry and Azure to reduce margin erosion Google DeepMind Veo 3.1
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University of Waterloo Achieves Quantum Qubit Backup via Encrypted Replication; Diffraqtion Wins $1.2M for Quantum Imaging

University of Waterloo Achieves Quantum Qubit Backup via Encrypted Replication; Diffraqtion Wins $1.2M for Quantum Imaging

TL;DR * University of Waterloo researchers demonstrate quantum qubit backup method using encryption, enabling resilient data replication within no-cloning theorem constraints. * Diffraqtion wins SLUSH 100 and TechConnect awards, securing $1.1M equity prize and $100K grant to validate quantum imaging tech in orbit-like conditions at UC Observatories. University of Waterloo
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