Sources: Sequoia COO Sumaiya Balbale resigned after the firm refused to discipline partner Shaun Maguire over his comments calling Zohran Mamdani “an Islamist”
Sumaiya Balbale left the venture firm after it decided not to discipline outspoken investor for posts about New York mayoral candidate
President Trump meets with Intel CEO Lip-Bu Tan and says his Cabinet members would continue talks with him in the coming days, after calling for his resignation
President Donald Trump said members of his Cabinet would continue discussions with Lip-Bu Tan in the coming days after meeting …
Sources: Mustafa Suleyman has been calling Google DeepMind recruits to pitch Microsoft AI, offering far higher pay packages and more freedom to do their work
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Indian software services provider Tata Consultancy Services plans to cut 2% of its global workforce, or about 12,000 employees, by March 31, 2026
In an interview with Moneycontrol, TCS CEO K Krithivasan described the decision as one of the toughest he has faced, calling it a necessary step to build a stronger, future-ready company.
Microsoft shut down Skype on May 5, capping a remarkable 21-year run for software that for many embodied the open internet and had 300M+ users in its heyday
you were right about almost everything WPXI-TV : End of an era: Skype is officially shut down Ronil Thakkar / KnowTechie : It's the end of the road for Skype Hassam Nasir / Tom's Hardware : Microsoft ...
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cuts $5.1B in IT and consulting contracts, such as with Accenture, Deloitte, and Booz Allen, calling them “wasteful spending”
- US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered cuts at the Pentagon including some consulting contracts.
Sources: DeepSeek has shown little intention to further commercialize its tech in the near term, instead focusing on model development and building AGI
160-person team focused on developing new models TechRadar : OpenAI calls on US government to ban DeepSeek, calling it ‘state-subsidized’ and ‘state-controlled’ Diya Lal / Tech in Asia : DeepSeek deni...
A former Intel CEO and chair says the company shouldn't be broken up because its foundry unit now has the tech and manufacturing know-how to compete with TSMC
He believes Intel has now caught up with TSMC from a technology perspective and a break up will be distracting. … X: Daniel Newman / @danielnewmanuv : A good counterpoint on subsets of the Intel Board...
OpenAI's board unanimously rejects the $97.4B bid by Elon Musk and a consortium of investors, calling it “Mr. Musk's latest attempt to disrupt his competition”
Bret Taylor, the chairman of OpenAI's board, said the artificial intelligence company was “not for sale.”
Memo: Meta terminates major DEI programs, including for hiring, training, and procurement, citing a changed “legal and policy landscape” around DEI in the US
Meta is ending its DEI programs Bradley Cortright / New York Sun : Meta Abandons its DEI Programs Days Ahead of Trump's Inauguration Edith Olmsted / New Republic : Mark Zuckerberg Goes Full MAGA With ...