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Dear Sophie: How do tech layoffs impact PERM and the green card process?

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Here’s another edition of “Dear Sophie,” the advice column that answers immigration-related questions about working at technology companies. Dear Sophie, I handle HR and immigration at our tech company. Will the layoffs in the tech industry affect the PERM process for EB-2 and EB-3 green cards?

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Cybersecurity Due Diligence: Now a best practice in Merger & Acquisition (M&A)

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Cooley is an international law firm recognized for its technology practice and experience in multiple practice areas, including Mergers and Acquisition (the firm has handled over 1,000 M&A transactions since 2010). The Verizon/Yahoo! Cognitio has contributed to cybersecurity assessments on both side of M&A transactions.

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Umaro is turning ocean-farmed seaweed into imitation bacon

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The firm, which is now technically a subsidiary of the former, was formed to compete for the $100 million Carbon Removal XPrize. The organization managed to land a $5 million prize, due in part to research Beth Zotter had begun in 2010. Image Credits: Umaro.

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Stripe eyes an exit over next 12 months

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The news, as first reported by the Wall Street Journal , comes as a surprise considering the rather dry public market activity in the tech world. The payments giant was founded in 2010, so the fact that it’s exploring avenues for exit is not entirely surprising.

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Trade routes of the digital age: How data gravity shapes cloud strategy

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Cities like Samarkand, Constantinople and Alexandria became gravitational hubs, attracting merchants, culture and commerce due to their strategic locations. Likewise, emerging technologies like 5G, AI-driven data orchestration and cloud-native architectures are redefining how enterprises manage data across multi-cloud environments.

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Singapore is poised to become Asia’s Silicon Valley

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They will join an international coterie of tech giants like Google, Facebook, Amazon, Stripe, Salesforce and Grab, that already have headquarters or significant operations, including engineering and R&D centers, in Singapore. Proximity to important growth markets isn’t the only reason tech companies find Singapore desirable.

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Not your father’s avatar: The real future of artificial intelligence

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If this is one aspect of the future of AI, what will be the implications for technology leaders? These tools were mostly usable with minimal concern about underlying technology and its longevity, TCO or quality — possibly because the barriers to both entry and exit were deemed insignificant.