Microsoft is cutting about 7,000 jobs, or 3% of its workforce. The move isn’t about poor performance or falling revenue. It’s a clear shift in strategy—fewer layers, more engineers, and more investment in artificial intelligence. The layoffs affect staff across divisions and global offices. But the bulk of those let go are in middle management…
AI is transforming industries worldwide, and its growing impact on digital finance is becoming significant. One of the most intriguing applications of AI lies in the analysis and forecasting of the Bitcoin price in USD – a notoriously volatile metric that traditional financial models struggle to predict. Today, AI is helping decode cryptocurrency’s complexities with…
According to Thales, AI and quantum threats have catapulted to the top of the worry list for organisations wrestling with data security. That’s the key takeaway from the cybersecurity giant’s 2025 Data Threat Report, an annual deep dive into the latest data security threats, emerging trends, and hot topics. This year’s findings are stark: almost…
The Linux Foundation and Meta are putting some numbers behind how open-source AI (OSAI) is driving innovation and adoption. The adoption of AI tools is pretty much everywhere now, with 94% of organisations surveyed already using them. And get this: within that crowd, 89% are tapping into open-source AI for some part of their tech…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More After three hours at Google’s I/O 2025 event last week in Silicon Valley, it became increasingly clear: Google is rallying its formidable AI efforts – prominently branded under the Gemini name but encompassing a diverse range…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More We’re seeing AI evolve fast. It’s no longer just about building a single, super-smart model. The real power, and the exciting frontier, lies in getting multiple specialized AI agents to work together. Think of them as…
The Middle East is pulling in more attention from global tech investors than ever. Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and Qatar are rolling out billions of dollars in deals, working with top US companies, and building the kind of infrastructure needed to run large-scale AI systems. It’s not just about the money. There are new laws,…
After what felt like an age of tech industry tea-leaf reading, OpenAI has officially snapped up “io,” the much-buzzed-about startup building an AI device from former Apple design guru Jony Ive and OpenAI’s chief, Sam Altman. The price tag? $6.5 billion. OpenAI put out a video this week talking about the Ive and Altman venture…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More It was a big week for AI announcements following events from Microsoft, Google, and Anthropic. But OpenAI is finishing things out with news of its own. And no, we’re not just talking about its $6.5 billion…
Join our daily and weekly newsletters for the latest updates and exclusive content on industry-leading AI coverage. Learn More In the first generation of the web, back in the late 1990s, search was okay but not great, and it wasn’t easy to find things. That led to the rise of syndication protocols in the early…