Defaulting to AI-enabled layoffs is often seen as a shortcut to cost-cutting. Specialist site jobloss.ai, which tracks AI-enabled layoffs, reported that 126,000 US employees lost their jobs between January 2025 and June 2026 due to AI-related factors.
A blue screen shows up out of nowhere, asking for a 48-digit recovery key most people didn’t know they had. It happens after a routine update, a BIOS change, or a new motherboard, and the drive itself is usually fine. Windows just doesn’t trust the hardware anymore, so it locks everything until someone proves they’re…