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fromFast Company
3 days ago

AI isn't coming for your job-it's coming for your whole org chart

AI tools are replacing traditional roles, leading to job loss for junior positions. In 2025, AI eliminated over 76,440 jobs, prompting companies to restructure their workforce.
Careers
fromAbove the Law
4 days ago

How One 1990s Browser Decision Created Big Tech's Data Monopolies (And How We Might Finally Fix It) - Above the Law

The same origin paradigm is simple but devastating: Every website and app exists in its own completely isolated universe, preventing direct data sharing.
Digital life
fromThe Verge
5 days ago

What Big Tech got out of Trump's Big Beautiful Bill

The One Big Beautiful Bill Act restores tax deductions for research and development, benefiting the tech industry, which may also gain from new border enforcement contracts.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

A former Big Tech hiring manager shares how to avoid the AI 'sameness epidemic' and stand out in your job application

Anderson adjusted his hiring practices to focus on unique insights and adaptive thinking, recognizing that AI-generated résumés contributed to a 'sameness epidemic'.
Careers
fromWIRED
1 week ago

The Enshittification of American Power

Cory Doctorow coined the term 'enshittification' to describe a cycle in the online economy where platforms exploit users after locking them in with high switching costs.
US politics
#competition
fromBusiness Insider
1 week ago

$300 billion, 500 million users, and no time to enjoy it: The sharks are circling OpenAI

OpenAI is facing intense competition and pressure from major tech companies and rival startups.
Artificial intelligence
fromIntelligencer
1 week ago

The Future of Tech Regulation Is Both Stupid and Scary

Missouri attorney general Andrew Bailey has sent letters to big tech companies accusing them of possible fraud and false advertising, demanding they explain their responses to controversial topics.
US politics
#ai-regulation
fromFuturism
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

The Architects of Project 2025 Are Suddenly Very Concerned About AI Safety

fromFuturism
3 weeks ago
Artificial intelligence

The Architects of Project 2025 Are Suddenly Very Concerned About AI Safety

fromGothamist
1 week ago

Big Tech, NYC teachers union join forces in new AI initiative that's drawing concerns

"This tool could truly be a great gift to the children of this country and to education overall," Mulgrew said. "But we're not going to get there unless it's driven by the people doing the work in the most important place in education, which is the classroom."
Education
fromThe Verge
2 weeks ago

Apple's 5th Ave store spray-painted to protest 'climate hypocrisy'

One activist spray-painted 'Boycott' beneath the Apple logo, and 'Tim + Trump = Toxic' on the building's entrance, emphasizing the protest's focus on climate hypocrisy.
US politics
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Big Tech's court wins in AI copyright cases could upend the internet as we know it

Big Tech has achieved a significant victory in the legal landscape concerning data and copyright, allowing companies like Google and OpenAI to utilize online content freely.
Privacy professionals
fromFortune
2 weeks ago

Big Tech is racing to build AI data centers-just as Accenture warns carbon emissions could surge 11x

AI data centers' carbon emissions are projected to rise sharply by 2030, significantly impacting global and freshwater resources.
Artificial intelligence
fromBusiness Insider
2 weeks ago

Microsoft cuts deeper into its workforce with another major round of layoffs

Microsoft is laying off less than 4% of its workforce and again slashing layers of management, continuing its efforts to streamline and increase efficiency.
Tech industry
fromBusiness Insider
3 weeks ago

Cloudflare to block AI bot crawlers by default and let websites demand payment for access

"Original content is what makes the internet one of the greatest inventions in the last century, and we have to come together to protect it."
Privacy technologies
fromThe Verge
3 weeks ago

Canada drops Big Tech tax to appease Trump

Rescinding the digital services tax will allow the negotiations of a new economic and security relationship with the United States to make vital progress and reinforce our work to create jobs and build prosperity for all Canadians.
Canada news
fromArs Technica
3 weeks ago

Apple gives EU users App Store options in attempt to avoid massive fines

Apple announced the measures on Thursday, the deadline for the company to comply with the bloc's rules in order to avoid new levies.
Apple
fromMashable
3 weeks ago

9 LGBTQ creators discuss not backing down from Pride

Cyrus Veyssi uses humor and life's lessons to face hate and promote acceptance, exemplifying resilience against societal and corporate disinterest in LGBTQ support.
SF LGBT
fromPoynter
3 weeks ago

Advice to fact-checkers at GlobalFact: Innovate, collaborate, uphold ethics - Poynter

"It's between power and independent journalism. And technology that was once a tool, is today a new source of power, because the authors of technology have become a strong power, and they have a new agenda."
Media industry
from24/7 Wall St.
4 weeks ago

Live Nasdaq Composite: Markets Take Leap of Faith Amid Ceasefire Hopes

With technology stocks rising, Big Tech companies are seeing their values balloon, with the combined market caps of Microsoft, Nvidia, and Apple exceeding $10 trillion.
Marketing tech
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