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Claims are circulating that Indian professionals on H-1B visas are walking away from their American homes, contributing to falling house prices in some markets. The story has drawn heavy attention online, tapping into ongoing debate about job losses in the tech sector, visa uncertainty, and whether layoffs are forcing foreign workers to sell or leave properties behind. No official data confirming widespread abandonment has been cited.

Reports claim that mass layoffs at Red Hat are not confined to this week or to October 1, suggesting job cuts have been occurring over a longer period and may continue. The report characterises the reductions as partly secret, raising concerns among employees and observers about the scale of job losses at IBM's Red Hat subsidiary. Specific numbers of affected workers were not provided.

North Korean hackers used deepfake technology to fake their own faces while posing as contacts in order to steal cryptocurrency from developers. The scheme reportedly involved building trust with targets in the crypto industry before draining funds. The case highlights a shift by state-backed actors from simple photo swaps to sophisticated real-time deepfake identity fraud targeting tech workers.

A new piece argues that efforts to organize tech workers have largely fallen short, prompting a debate on the left about why union drives at major technology companies have struggled to deliver lasting gains. Writers and activists are weighing lessons from past campaigns, internal divisions among workers, and management resistance, with some calling for new strategies before organizing efforts lose further momentum across the industry.