Microsoft’s Buyout Offer Sets Its Workforce on Edge
As Microsoft pours billions into artificial intelligence, the company has offered buyouts to about 60,000 employees. The work force was already on edge.
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Nvidia H200 chips pile up in Hong Kong as Beijing holds back, Reuters says
About 600,000 of Nvidia’s H200 AI chips are being stored in Hong Kong because Beijing has not approved large-scale imports into mainland China, Reuters reported. The news
AI stocks suffer their biggest sell-off in months as data centre backlash reaches Washington
US stocks suffered their sharpest one-day decline in months on Thursday, November 5, as investors pulled back from the chipmakers, cloud providers and power companies
Blue Origin says it is building a higher-performing rocket engine at 1/4 the cost
KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Fla.—Blue Origin announced two significant upgrades to its New Glenn rocket on Thursday, reducing the cost of manufacturing the vehicle and expanding
Sony revives the original Walkman headphones, adds USB-C
Color us nostalgic. Sony has brought back the MDR-3-series headphones that debuted in 1979 alongside the Walkman TPS-L2 cassette player. In this marketing image Sony
Zipline raises $1.5bn at $21.5bn valuation as Walmart adds 300 drone sites
Zipline has raised $1.5bn at a $21.5bn valuation, the drone delivery company announced on Thursday. Paradigm, WCM Investment Management and Layer Global led the round.
Insurer Guardian hands 1 million dental calls a year to Sierra’s AI agents
Guardian Life signed a multi-year deal with Sierra to use its AI agents for about 1 million dental benefit verification calls a year, plus payments
Google’s Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash makes 15-second AI videos for less
Google made Gemini Omni 1.2 Flash, its AI video model, generally available. It makes 15-second clips, up from 10, lets users edit them over several
Blue Origin delays New Glenn’s return to flight until January
Blue Origin has pushed New Glenn’s return to flight to January 2027, CEO Dave Limp told staff, Bloomberg reports. The rocket has been grounded since
FOSS Weekly #26.45: Fedora 45, Immutable Ubuntu, Mint New Feature, Dual Boot Without USB and More Linux Stuff
Fedora 45 arrived about two weeks late, but it’s packed. You get Linux 7.2, GNOME 51, and Plasma 6.7, plus kmscon replacing the old text
This Overlooked Linux mv Option Replaces Three Commands With One
Every Linux user has done the three-step dance at least once. You want to swap two files, so you move the first one to a
Omar Hamdi says AI will test whether PR firms can really scale
City A.M. reported on 6 October that the share of UK firms spending on public relations and management consultants fell to 4.2% in September, even as overall
Anthropic lets Claude read your bank accounts, but not move money
Anthropic launched Personal Finance, a beta that lets US Claude subscribers on Pro, Max and Ultra link bank and card accounts through Plaid and ask