San Francisco: On May 20, Meta began laying off about 8,000 employees—approximately 10% of its workforce—and announced that roughly 7,000 staff would be reassigned into four newly created AI-focused organizations; LinkedIn also announced cuts affecting over 600 positions as part of broader industry restructuring tied to increased AI investment. Employees received...
In Mountain View, California, Google and Samsung on Tuesday unveiled their first jointly developed AI-powered smart glasses at Google I/O 2026, signaling a coordinated push into next-generation wearable computing. The device runs on Android XR, Google’s platform for augmented and mixed reality, and is positioned as a companion to modern...
SpaceX is preparing for the 12th uncrewed test flight of its Starship rocket, featuring the first launch of the third-generation Starship V3 vehicle. The mission, designated Flight 12, is scheduled to lift off during a 90-minute window starting at 6:30 p.m. EDT from the company’s Starbase facility in South Texas....
United States – Google and Blackstone Inc. have formed a joint artificial intelligence cloud business to expand large-scale computing capacity for generative AI workloads, the companies announced this week. Blackstone will contribute an initial $5 billion in equity and hold a majority stake in the new entity, with leverage lifting...
LONDON, England – Anthropic is preparing to brief global financial regulators on cybersecurity vulnerabilities identified by its unreleased AI system, Mythos Preview, according to a Financial Times report cited by Reuters on Monday. The specialized cybersecurity-focused model is designed to identify weaknesses in software, internet infrastructure, and web browsers, including...
WASHINGTON. The Supreme Court on Monday set aside appeals-court rulings and sent two cases involving Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act back to lower courts, ordering further consideration of whether private individuals and advocacy groups can sue to challenge state legislative maps drawn after the 2020 Census. In the...
The United States is evaluating intelligence suggesting Cuba has acquired more than 300 military drones and discussed potential attacks on U.S. targets, including the Guantanamo Bay naval base, nearby military vessels, and possibly Key West, Florida, according to an Axios report published Sunday. The drones, reportedly obtained from Russia and...
South Korea said it will deploy all available administrative and legal measures, including rarely used emergency arbitration, to stop a threatened labor strike at Samsung Electronics, the country’s largest employer and the world’s biggest memory chip maker. Prime Minister Kim Min-seok outlined the stance after an emergency meeting with ministers...
Google has disclosed that it disrupted a criminal group attempting to use artificial intelligence to exploit a previously unknown zero-day vulnerability in a widely used online system administration tool, according to an Associated Press report published minutes ago. The attackers reportedly used a large language model to help identify the...
Washington, United States – In a closely watched federal court case over the future of OpenAI, legal teams representing Elon Musk and Sam Altman delivered their closing arguments in a high‑stakes showdown. Musk’s attorneys argued that OpenAI’s transition from a purely non‑profit research lab to a for‑profit structure breached fiduciary...
