Article URL: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-10-08/us-suspends-visa-program-for-tech-firms-including-microsoft Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006832 Points: 125 # Comments: 111…
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Article URL: https://www.reuters.com/business/us-suspending-permanent-residency-program-for-microsoft-vance-says-2026-10-08/ Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50006948 Points: 41 # Comments: 9…
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The other firms being suspended from the program include Capgemini, Cognizant, HCL, Infosys, Tata, and Wipro.
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Labor Secretary Keith Sonderling cited "multiple active federal investigations" around the two companies' involvement in the program Thursday.
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WorldPingThe Department of Labour is also suspending Microsoft and Adobe from the PERM programme…
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The hackers alerted the fashion giant's customers through a push notification that said they had "fully compromised" the company's cloud storage.
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WorldPingThe Surface Laptop Ultra is an AI powerhouse, with Nvidia’s new RTX Spark chip and up to 128GB of unified memory – and it’s priced for power users.
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