Amazon just confirmed plans to cut roughly 16,000 roles, including in AWS—another reminder that even "safe" high-tech jobs can vanish fast. If you're being pushed out (or fear you might be), this video gives you a clear, practical playbook to regain control.

First: a layoff is a business event, not a personal verdict. Your job is to stabilize your mindset and your runway so you can make smart decisions quickly. Next: stop "job hunting" and start value positioning. The market doesn't pay for buzzwords; it pays for outcomes—cost removed, risk reduced, reliability improved, delivery speed increased.

Then choose one lane and go deep. Panic-skill-spamming with random certs wastes time. Focus on work that survives budget pressure: FinOps and cloud cost optimization, security/governance/compliance, platform engineering and reliability, modernization with real ROI, and production-grade data engineering.

Finally, treat your search like operational excellence: a 30–60–90 day plan, shipped artifacts, targeted outreach, and interview stories tied to measurable impact. If you're navigating a layoff right now, you're not alone—and you're not powerless.

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The U.S. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is intensifying its investigation into Microsoft's dominance in the world of business software, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence. With a sharp focus on Microsoft's widely used products like Windows, Office, and its AI Copilot, regulators are probing claims that Microsoft may be leveraging its market power to unfairly push AI offerings onto its users and lock out competitors. Subpoenas have gone out to at least six rival companies, demanding deep insight into Microsoft's licensing, bundling, and cross-platform compatibility practices.

Central to the probe is whether Microsoft's integration of AI, security, and identity services into its dominant platforms effectively stymies fair competition by making it harder for customers to use competing cloud services or alternative software. Launched under Lina Khan during the Biden Administration and continuing under the Trump Administration's FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson, this sweeping inquiry marks one of the toughest regulatory challenges to Microsoft's grip on enterprise technology since the 1990s. As the FTC consults with various companies and industry experts, the growing scrutiny signals that regulators are prepared to confront tech giants who may be using their position to reshape user choice and the future of AI and cloud technology.

AI regulation is moving fast—and it's not happening the same way everywhere. In this video, we break down what's underway right now across the EU, UK, US (federal + states), and Canada in a clear, non-hype way. You'll learn how the EU AI Act sets a risk-based framework (from banned practices to strict controls for high-risk systems and new rules for foundation models), while the UK leans on existing regulators and principles instead of one mega "AI law." In the United States, there's still no single national AI statute, so the real action is in agency guidance, enforcement, and government procurement rules—plus a rapidly growing state-by-state patchwork. We'll also zoom into major state momentum, including California's combination of privacy governance and AI transparency/synthetic media rules, and what's developing in Florida through targeted privacy and anti-deception approaches.

Finally, we cover Canada's direction with proposed "high-impact AI" requirements (AIDA) and how privacy law already shapes AI deployment. Whether you build AI products, buy AI tools, or just want to understand where policy is headed, this is your quick map of the emerging rules of the road. Subscribe for updates as these laws evolve.