Big Tech workforce stalls despite over 100,000 layoffs since 2022

Employment growth across major US technology companies has slowed sharply since the end of the pandemic hiring surge, even as layoffs continue and investment in artificial intelligence accelerates. An analysis by Business Insider shows that Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, and Apple collectively added......

CoreWeave expands Meta AI cloud deal to $21 billion through 2032

CoreWeave and Meta have expanded their artificial intelligence cloud partnership to an estimated $21 billion, extending their agreement through December 2032 and reinforcing one of the largest infrastructure deals in the AI sector. The announcement, disclosed in a regulatory filing and company statement,......

Pentagon shake-up boosts opportunities for smaller AI companies

Small U.S. defense-focused artificial intelligence startups are seeing a surge of attention from military officials and investors following the Pentagon’s split with Anthropic. The move has highlighted the need for the Department of Defense to diversify its AI suppliers and reduce reliance on a......

Morocco launches digital program to modernize handicrafts sector

Morocco has introduced a national program to accelerate the digital transformation of its handicrafts sector, aiming to improve competitiveness and expand market access for artisans. The initiative was announced in Rabat by Lahcen Essaadi during GITEX Africa 2026 in Marrakech. It forms part of a broader......

Anthropic revenue tops $30 billion as tpu deal expands capacity

Anthropic said its annualized revenue has surpassed $30 billion, marking a sharp acceleration from about $9 billion at the end of 2025 and roughly $19 billion in late February. The company also reported that the number of enterprise clients spending more than $1 million annually has doubled to over 1,000. The......

Apple shares slide on foldable iPhone delays and App Store growth concerns

Apple shares fell sharply on Tuesday, weighed down by a report citing technical setbacks affecting the company's first foldable iPhone and fresh analyst data pointing to a slowdown in App Store revenue growth. The stock ranked among the weakest performers on the Dow Jones Industrial Average during......

PlanetScale CEO calls out Claude for falsely telling users the company has shut down

PlanetScale CEO Sam Lambert took to X on Saturday to publicly criticize Anthropic's Claude AI after it repeatedly told developers that PlanetScale, a widely used cloud database platform, had ceased operations. The incident drew fresh attention to the real-world consequences of AI hallucinations for......

Micron surges on HBM4 deliveries and record memory price forecasts

Shares of Micron Technology rose roughly 3 percent in pre-market trading on Monday as investors weighed a string of positive developments: volume shipments of the company's HBM4 memory for NVIDIA's next-generation AI platform, surging contract memory prices, and the fallout from a record second......

Chinese scientist reveals military uses of space solar power project

A senior Chinese scientist involved in Beijing's ambitious space-based solar energy program has published a paper detailing how the technology could be adapted for military operations, including surveillance, electronic warfare, and communications control, offering a rare public acknowledgment of......

BanRay campaign urges public to treat AI smart glasses as unwelcome in shared spaces

A grassroots campaign called BanRay has become the latest flashpoint in a widening debate over wearable surveillance, urging the public to treat always-recording AI smart glasses as unwelcome in shared spaces. The campaign, hosted at BanRay.eu, argues that devices such as the Meta Ray-Ban smart glasses......

China bans Jack Dorsey's Bitchat messaging app from the App Store over censorship concerns

Apple removed Jack Dorsey's decentralized messaging application Bitchat from the Chinese App Store in February 2026 following a formal request from China's Cyberspace Administration of China, as Dorsey confirmed Sunday in a post on X. The ban targets the app's ability to operate entirely......

Altman tells CEOs to lock in AI capacity now or risk falling behind

OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has delivered direct advice to corporate leaders on AI adoption, urging them to secure computing resources immediately, rethink how they measure AI usage, and begin using the technology themselves, warning that those who wait risk being left behind. In an interview with Axios's......

OpenAI's CFO privately questions Altman's push for a 2026 stock market listing

A rift has emerged at the top of OpenAI over the timing and financial viability of what could become one of the largest initial public offerings in technology history. Chief Financial Officer Sarah Friar has privately questioned CEO Sam Altman's drive to take the company public as early as the fourth......

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