Cryptic comments suggest some belt-tightening could be coming. — Earlier this week, Google CEO Sundar Pichai suggested he wanted to make the search-engine giant 20 percent more efficient — and hinted that could mean a reduction in headcount. “Across everything we do, we can be slower to make decisions,” he told the audience at the Code Conference in Los…

You got this! — So, the Hellmouth has opened in New York City. If your Sunday morning brunch or grocery shopping is interrupted by a horde of sulfur-spewing demons, your first reaction might be panic, and that’s OK! Seeing Astrapuch the Destroyer swallow your roommate’s soul right in front of you isn’t exactly an…

The search engine giant is famous for its high salaries. But does it pay the highest salaries in tech? — Google is a dream employer for many technologists, and it’s not just because of the high salaries or the plentiful in-office amenities. The search-engine giant offers the chance to work on cutting-edge projects that can potentially touch the lives of billions of people — more than sufficient reason for many…

Not everyone is happy with the company’s increasingly flexible policies. — Some Apple employees are still pushing back on the company’s latest attempt to bring its workforce back to the office. Earlier this month, leaked internal emails suggested Apple would bring employees back to the office for three days per week starting in September. Although all employees would be expected at…

An excerpt from my new heist-in-a-hurricane novel. — It was the worst possible timing — or maybe the best. A major hurricane churning its way up the East Coast, unleashing chaos: traffic jams, stripped store shelves, canceled flights, subways and trains shut down. Overloaded 911. Distracted cops. Prime opportunity for crime — if Fiona could dodge floods and…

You might not recognize these startup heads’ names, but they’re earning the biggest bucks possible. — Who’s the highest-paid CEO in tech? If you said “Elon Musk,” you’d be right — but some of the other names (and companies) on the list of best-compensated chief executives might surprise you. A new analysis by Bloomberg suggests that the CEOs of cybersecurity, cryptocurrency, and self-driving startups make…

Want to become CTO? It’s quite a quest. — “Tech Connects,” Dice’s podcast, digs into the tech hiring, recruiting, and career topics that matter to you. Check it out on Acast, Apple Podcasts, and Spotify! For many technologists, the ultimate goal of their career is to ascend into management and become either a CIO, CTO, or even CEO. It’s…

Twitter wants to make its operations more efficient… but probably not like this. — Is Elon Musk’s Twitter drama driving employees from the social media company? That’s the assertion by Business Insider, which spoke to a number of anonymous employees about their decision to leave Twitter. “The general consensus among the majority of us is they’re doing a poor job,” one said, referring to…

“Tech Connects,” Dice’s podcast, digs into tech hiring, recruiting, and career topics that matter to you. The first episode of the Tech Connects podcast is here! Every month, we’ll have great guests who will share their expertise about the current state of the tech careers world, from the hottest tech…