DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter

DOGE ‘doesn’t exist’ with eight months left on its charter

U.S. President Donald Trump’s Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump’s pledge to slash the government’s size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings. “That doesn’t exist,” Office of Personnel Management Director Scott Kupor told Reuters earlier … Read more

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges

Meta halted internal research suggesting social media harm, court filing alleges

Meta halted internal research that purportedly showed that people who stopped using Facebook became less depressed and anxious, according to a legal filing that was released on Friday. The social media giant was alleged to have initiated the study, dubbed Project Mercury, in late 2019 as a way to help it “explore the impact that … Read more

Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption

Microsoft faces uphill climb to turn enterprise dominance into widespread AI chatbot adoption

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella speaks at Microsoft Build AI Day in Jakarta, Indonesia, on April 30, 2024. Adek Berry | AFP | Getty Images On Microsoft’s earnings call last month, CEO Satya Nadella boasted about the company’s artificial intelligence products, and said over 150 million people are using its Copilot assistant for productivity, cybersecurity, coding … Read more

Govini founder Eric Gillespie released on $1 million bond with Pentagon probe ‘ongoing’

Govini founder Eric Gillespie released on  million bond with Pentagon probe ‘ongoing’

Mug shot of Eric Gillespie, Govini Founder and Chairman. Courtesy: Pennsylvania Attorney General Govini founder Eric Gillespie, who is charged with four felonies, including multiple counts of unlawful contact with a minor, was released on bail. Gillespie, who lives in Pittsburgh, posted a $1 million bond after his court appearance Thursday. He is not allowed to … Read more

Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’

Figure AI sued by whistleblower who warned that startup’s robots could ‘fracture a human skull’

Startup Figure AI is developing general-purpose humanoid robots. Figure AI Figure AI, an Nvidia-backed developer of humanoid robots, was sued by the startup’s former head of product safety who alleged that he was wrongfully terminated after warning top executives that the company’s robots “were powerful enough to fracture a human skull.” Robert Gruendel, a principal … Read more

Amazon cut thousands of engineers in its record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster

Amazon cut thousands of engineers in its record layoffs, despite saying it needs to innovate faster

The Amazon Puget Sound Headquarters is pictured on Oct. 28, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. Stephen Brashear | Getty Images Amazon‘s 14,000-plus layoffs announced last month touched almost every piece of the company’s sprawling business, from cloud computing and devices to advertising, retail and grocery stores. But one job category bore the brunt of cuts more … Read more

Global investors battle between long- and short-term wins amid Nvidia volatility

Global investors battle between long- and short-term wins amid Nvidia volatility

Global investors are bracing for a battle between long and short-term wins amid a dramatic sell-off in artificial intelligence-related stocks.  AI darling Nvidia buoyed an otherwise deflated market when it reported strong earnings after the bell on Wednesday, sending its own stock soaring and carrying related names alongside it. However, the rally quickly reversed on Thursday with Nvidia ultimately … Read more

U.S. greenlights AI chip exports to Gulf tech giants after Saudi Crown Prince’s Washington visit

U.S. greenlights AI chip exports to Gulf tech giants after Saudi Crown Prince’s Washington visit

U.S. President Donald Trump and Crown Prince and Prime Minister Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia stand for a photo with Tesla CEO Elon Musk, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and other participants at the U.S.-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center on Nov. 19, 2025 in Washington, DC. Win McNamee | Getty Images The U.S. … Read more

Feds charge 4 in plot to export restricted Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong

Feds charge 4 in plot to export restricted Nvidia chips to China, Hong Kong

Four men have been indicted on federal criminal charges related to a plot to export Nvidia chips worth millions of dollars to China and Hong Kong in violation of tight U.S. restrictions, court documents show. The chips are highly restricted from exports because of their use in artificial intelligence and supercomputing applications, according to the … Read more

Nvidia earnings takeaways: Bubble talk, ‘half a trillion’ forecast and China orders

Nvidia earnings takeaways: Bubble talk, ‘half a trillion’ forecast and China orders

Nvidia on Wednesday reported fiscal third-quarter earnings that beat expectations, and provided a strong forecast for the current quarter. Wall Street welcomed the report, and Nvidia stock rose after the release and during the conference call. Other stocks in the so-called artificial intelligence trade also saw a boost. A closer look at Nvidia’s report shows … Read more