The running list: big tech layoffs in 2026, with employers citing AI
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Microsoft said Monday it has eliminated about 4,800 roles, or 2.1% of its global workforce, adding to the string of AI-related layoffs hitting the tech world. The company said the…
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Amazon will stop accepting new customers for Mechanical Turk
These may be the last days of Amazon’s Mechanical Turk. A notice on the Mechanical Turk website says that on July 30, 2026, the crowdsourcing service will close to new…
Midjourney wants Hollywood studios to reveal the details of their AI use
As part of an ongoing legal dispute with three Hollywood studios, AI startup Midjourney is seeking to force those studios to reveal how they themselves use AI. Disney and Universal…
The Dune keyboard unit can be your meeting controller and more
My biggest pet peeve with meeting apps is that each one has a different shortcut to mute your microphone or turn off your webcam. It’s hard to remember which keys…
OpenAI proposed donating 5% of its equity to a US sovereign wealth fund
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman has proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a US sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported on Thursday, citing two people familiar with the…
Lime begins life as a public company after years of uncertainty
Micromobility company Lime has raised $167 million in its IPO, ending a nearly decade-long run as a private company that saw wild valuation swings as it navigated several major hype…
Nvidia Competitor Etched Hits $5B Valuation, $1B in Sales for AI Chip
Nvidia AI chip competitor Etched issued a progress report on Tuesday after TSMC successfully manufactured its chip earlier this year. The startup says it has already booked $1 billion in…
South Korean tech giants commit over $550B to ease ‘RAMageddon’
The world’s two largest memory chip companies plan to invest $518 billion (~800 trillion won) to build four new memory factories in southwestern South Korea, a region that has historically…
The strongest founder in the room got cancer. Here’s how he used AI to fight back.
Conno Christou does not leave things to chance. He tracks his sleep with a Whoop band, cross-references it with an Oura ring, and has nearly 100 biomarkers checked each year.…
TikTok’s path to becoming a super app
Although TikTok is widely described as a social media giant, it has gradually moved beyond that category. Over time, the video app added the TikTok Shop, a map for local…