Amazon’s record 14,000+ layoffs hit engineering roles hardest, with nearly 40% of cuts affecting technical positions. The company continues CEO Andy Jassy’s push to operate like “the world’s largest startup” while facing industry-wide tech job reductions.
Ubisoft has finalized a strategic $1.16 billion transaction with Tencent, making the Chinese company a minority stakeholder in the newly formed Vantage Studios. The publisher also reported strong quarterly results with net bookings up 39% year-over-year, driven by flagship franchises and media partn
NotebookLM’s Custom mode lets you program an AI to match your exact communication style and thinking patterns. The author created an AI version of themselves that explains complex topics using their own shorthand and bottom-up thinking. This approach makes learning feel more natural and less corpora
The insurance industry faces a transformative 2026 driven by AI, customer experience crises, and the gig economy. Double-digit rate increases are pushing customers to the brink, forcing insurers to innovate or lose market share.
Peek just secured $70 million in funding and acquired ACME Ticketing and Connect&Go. The moves position the company to become the “operating system for experiences” as the industry digitizes.
Four men face decades in prison for allegedly smuggling hundreds of Nvidia GPUs to China through an elaborate front company scheme. The chips were destined for military applications including weapons design and AI surveillance tools. Authorities disrupted shipments worth millions in the ongoing tech
NASA’s Swift Observatory is falling back to Earth with a 90% chance of uncontrolled reentry by end of 2026. An Arizona startup has just 8 months to launch a daring rescue mission using a rocket that gets dropped from an airplane at 40,000 feet.
OpenAI has expanded ChatGPT group chats to all users worldwide after positive testing feedback. The feature supports up to 20 participants and creates separate conversation spaces from personal chats. Group chats are available across all ChatGPT plans including free tiers.
Perplexity has launched its Comet browser on Android, bringing AI-powered web browsing to mobile devices. The app features voice commands, page summarization, and the same AI assistant found in the desktop version.
Nvidia just posted another blowout quarter with $57 billion in revenue, up 62% year-over-year. The AI boom shows no signs of slowing despite growing bubble concerns. CEO Jensen Huang says Blackwell sales are “off the charts” with half a trillion in visibility through 2026.
