Intel’s Revenues Soar, Aided by A.I. Boom
The chip maker reported a 7 percent rise to $13.6 billion in its latest quarter, more than $1 billion more than Wall Street expected.
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Meta is cutting 8,000 jobs to pay for AI. It is also asking the survivors to train their replacements.
Summary: Meta is cutting approximately 8,000 employees (10% of its workforce) beginning 20 May, cancelling 6,000 open roles, and planning additional cuts for H2 2026.
Rilian raises $17.5 million to bring agentic AI to sovereign defence
The McLean, Virginia startup’s Caspian platform sits as a command layer above existing security stacks, deploying pre-trained AI agents into air-gapped and compliance-restricted environments. One
Gartner: Global IT spending to grow by 13.5% this year
Global IT spending is expected to rise this year to $6.31 trillion, according to a new forecast from Gartner, a 13.5% increase compared to 2025.
Apple may be the only laptop vendor to grow in 2026
Chinese market research firm Sigmaintell expects Apple to be the only company to see growth in the laptop market this year. Overall, Sigmaintel predicts global notebook shipments
FOSS Weekly #26.17: Ubuntu 26.04 Release, Firefox Controversy, Positive News on Age-verification and More Linux Stuff
Ubuntu 26.04 is releasing today. As a long-term support release, it will be supported till at least 2031, making it an important upgrade for many
Things You Should Know About Ubuntu 26.04
Ubuntu 26.04 is releasing today. It is natural to have questions about a new release, specially for beginners. I have tried to answer those frequently
Meta to Lay Off 10 Percent of Work Force in A.I. Push
The layoffs affect about 8,000 employees, with Meta also planning to close 6,000 open roles, as the company focuses on artificial intelligence.
OpenAI Unveils Its New, More Powerful GPT-5.5 Model
The maker of ChatGPT is taking a more open approach to cybersecurity than its chief rival, Anthropic.
High gas prices are not saving Tesla. They are just slowing the bleeding.
Summary: US petrol prices passed $4/gallon for the first time in four years (+30% YoY), driven by the Iran conflict and Strait of Hormuz disruption.
SoftBank wants to borrow $10 billion against its OpenAI stake. The spread tells you what the banks think.
Summary: SoftBank is seeking a $10 billion margin loan backed by its OpenAI shares at SOFR + 425 basis points (~7.88%), a two-year term with
UK Biobank’s 500,000 genomes were listed for sale on Alibaba. The breach came from inside the system.
Summary: Genetic, medical, and lifestyle data from all 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers was listed for sale on Alibaba after three Chinese research institutions with legitimate
The EU is about to tell Google that Gemini cannot have Android to itself
The European Commission is preparing to tell Google exactly how it must open Android to rival AI assistants, escalating a regulatory confrontation that will determine
Google pushes Gemini toward ‘agentic enterprise’ with new platform and workflow tools
Google has updated its Gemini Enterprise app, adding new ways for office workers to build, manage, and interact with AI agents. The company also rolled