The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020
- Tech industries are losing their strength. — One economist said tech job losses outpaced the past two recessions. — Still, there is weakness in other areas of the job market.
The US' February jobs report shows the tech sector's post-2022 job losses are now outpacing past downturns in 2008 and 2020
- Tech industries are losing their strength. — One economist said tech job losses outpaced the past two recessions. — Still, there is weakness in other areas of the job market.
Sources: Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as soon as March, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort
Oracle Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort.
Sources: Oracle is planning to cut thousands of jobs as soon as March, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort
Oracle Corp. is planning to ax thousands of jobs, among its moves to handle a cash crunch from a massive AI data center expansion effort.
Sam Altman says OpenAI amended its DOD contract to ensure “the AI system shall not be intentionally used for domestic surveillance of US persons and nationals”
Sam Altman says company is working with defence department on provisions covering mass surveillance
Sam Altman says that “the democratic process must stay in control, and we must democratize AI” and that no private company should decide the fate of the world
(I also would like to share this, which I wrote after thinking a little more.) There is a lot we will talk about in the coming days …
Block says it is laying off 4,000+ of its 10,000+ employees, saying AI tools have changed “what it means to build and run a company”; XYZ jumps 15%+
Block said Thursday it's laying off more than 4,000 employees, or about half of its headcount.
Block reports Q4 revenue up 4% YoY to $6.25B, gross profit up 24% to $2.87B, driven by a 33% surge in Cash App, and forecasts Q1 gross profit up 22% to $2.8B
Block (XYZ.N) on Thursday said it will cut over 4,000 jobs, nearly half its workforce, as part of an overhaul …
A look at the challenges some AI developers face in building models to extract trillions of high-quality tokens from PDFs, which are hard to parse, for training
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In recent interviews, Sam Altman said AI's adoption faces more resistance than he expected, while Jensen Huang warned the “doomer narrative” may be winning
Tech leaders are beginning to worry about the public's underwhelming enthusiasm for their plans to remake the world with artificial intelligence.LinkedIn:Bridget FahrlandandDaron Y...
Uber's market cap fell to ~$150B, down ~25% in six months, as investors weigh robotaxi disruption and see the market as a two-horse race between Waymo and Tesla
Waymo's momentum is undeniable, but Uber's scale is being undervalued in AI-driven selloff — Uber can't seem to emerge from the shadow of what's to come.
Block employees describe a deteriorating culture, as morale plunges amid rolling layoffs and Jack Dorsey pushes generative AI tools to maximize productivity
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Jack Dorsey's Block as morale plunges amid rolling layoffs and a push to use AI tools to improve productivity
Workers describe a deteriorating culture at Block, the company behind Square and Cash App, where layoffs continue and employees are expected to use AI tools daily.
An eight-month 2025 study at a US tech company: AI tools didn't reduce work but intensified it; employees worked faster, longer, and did a bigger scope of tasks
Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work …
An eight-month study at a US tech company finds AI tools didn't reduce work but intensified it, as employees worked faster and took on a broader range of tasks
Right now, many companies are worried about how to get more employees to use AI. After all, the promise of AI reducing the burden of some work …
How Anthropic's bet on enterprise users is paying off; sources say Anthropic's investor guidance claims annualized revenue will exceed $30B by the end of 2026
Start-up's bet on enterprise users is paying off as coding tools fuel revenue and investor frenzy
How Anthropic's bet on enterprise users is paying off; sources: Anthropic's guidance to investors claims annualized revenue will exceed $30B by the end of 2026
Start-up's bet on enterprise users is paying off as coding tools fuel revenue and investor frenzy — Anthropic achieved a breakout moment …
Anthropic rolls out a fast mode for Claude Opus 4.6 in research preview, saying it offers the same model quality 2.5 times faster but costs six times more
Opus is usually $5/million input and $25/million output. The new fast mode is $30/million input and $150/million output!
A researcher says an exposed Moltbook database could have let anyone take control of the site's AI agents and post anything; the database has since been secured
‘It exploded before anyone thought to check whether the database was properly secured.’ — Moltbook is a “social media” …
A look at Moltbook, a social network where OpenClaw assistants interact autonomously, as they discuss consciousness and identity, technical tips, and more
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