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Is Microsoft Teams Really Going To Start Tracking Employee Locations?

A new "Workspace Check-in" feature rolled out last month.

Microsoft's new Workplace Check-in feature for Teams has officially rolled out, making it possible to automatically update an employee's work location using Wi-Fi or desk peripheral connections. It may be off by default, requiring admin enablement and employee consent, but "voluntary" opt-in isn't as free a choice as it sounds in the workplace.

Microsoft Teams is used by 93 of the Fortune 100 companies, and its new Workplace Check-in tool is packaged as a feature that's supposed to make employees' life easier by automatically checking them in once they get to work and connect to the company Wi-Fi, a replacement for physical check-in peripherals. It's also supposed to reduce the need to manually update your status and enable co-workers to know they can coordinate in-person meetings with you.

As much as Microsoft tries to push this update as a straightforward,...

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Wipro PARI boosts hands-on robotics and automation learning for future manufacturing talent

Wipro PARI (Precision Automation and Robotics India), a part of Wipro Infrastructure Engineering, has donated and commissioned a industrial robot (FANUC R-2000iB/210F six-axis) to the Indo-Swiss Centre of Excellence (ISCE), Pune. The robot was formally inaugurated last week, July 4th 2026, and will provide nearly 200 students with hands-on

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Anthropic is now worth $1.2 trillion on paper. Almost nobody can buy in

Anthropic is the hottest stock in private tech. It is also one of the hardest to buy, and that is exactly why the price keeps climbing. Shares in Anthropic are changing hands on secondary markets at an implied valuation of $1.2 trillion, Business Insider reports. That is a 550%

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China just caught a rocket in a net, and SpaceX should be watching

SpaceX lands its rockets on legs. Blue Origin uses a platform. China just caught one in a giant net. China has recovered the first stage of an orbital rocket for the first time. The milestone pulls it into a club with only two other members. On Friday, the booster of

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A 23-year-old’s AI startup wants a $20bn valuation, months after a breach cost it Meta

A three-year-old startup run by a 23-year-old is in talks to double its worth to $20bn. The numbers are dazzling. Read the footnotes. Mercor, the AI training marketplace, has told investors it can raise at a $20bn valuation. It says it already holds at least one term sheet at that

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Wipro PARI boosts hands-on robotics and automation learning for future manufacturing talent

Anthropic is now worth $1.2 trillion on paper. Almost nobody can buy in

China just caught a rocket in a net, and SpaceX should be watching

A 23-year-old’s AI startup wants a $20bn valuation, months after a breach cost it Meta