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Lab workers unionize over a military deal as another firm cuts 14%

development2026-05-06

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Google DeepMind's UK workers voted to unionize over a deal with the US military, while Coinbase laid off 14% of staff because engineers now ship in days what teams used to ship in weeks and non-technical staff push production code.

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Reporting date: 2026-05-06 (not necessarily the event date)

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Welcome to May 6, 2026 (theinnermostloop.substack.com)

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Lab workers unionize over a military deal as another firm cuts 14%
Innermost Loop KB — secondary record
Reporting date: 2026-05-06
KB permalink: https://nicholsn.github.io/innermost-loop-kb/developments/2026-05-06-deepmind-uk-workers-unionize
Claim: Google DeepMind's UK workers voted to unionize over a deal with the US military, while Coinbase laid off 14% of staff because engineers now ship in days what teams used to ship in weeks and non-technical staff push production code.
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- Welcome to May 6, 2026 — https://theinnermostloop.substack.com/p/welcome-to-may-6-2026
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