As the market slows down, AWS and other Amazon units are preparing for another round of layoffs, which is expected to overwhelmingly impact tech talent. “Amazon is planning a second round of job cuts next week as part of its broader goal of trimming some 30,000 corporate workers,” Reuters reported. “The company in October cut

In 2026, lower-end PCs may be more difficult to come by, and for those that are available, price tags may rise. This is fallout from Intel’s plans to pivot its manufacturing capacity from chips for PCs to Xeon processors to support intensive AI workloads. The company has admitted that it had miscalculated demand for its

Cyber threats don’t follow predictable patterns, forcing security teams to rethink how protection works at scale. Defensive AI is emerging as a practical response, combining machine learning with human oversight. Cybersecurity rarely fails because teams lack tools. It fails because threats move faster than detection can keep pace. As digital systems expand, attackers adapt in

Anthropic’s Economic Index offers a look at how organisations and individuals are actually using large language models. The report contains the company’s analysis of a million consumer interactions on Claude.ai, plus a million enterprise API calls, all dated from November 2025. The report notes that its figures are based on observations, rather than, for example,

LiveKit, the infrastructure platform powering OpenAI’s ChatGPT voice mode, has closed a $100 million Series C funding round at a $1 billion valuation. Index Ventures led the investment, with participation from Salesforce Ventures, Hanabi Capital, and returning investors Altimeter and Redpoint Ventures. The funding arrives just ten months after LiveKit’s previous round and shows how

Cambio, an AI-powered platform for commercial real estate, has announced its public launch alongside an $18 million Series A funding round. Maverick Ventures led the investment, with participation from Y Combinator, Adverb Ventures, Peterson Ventures, and angel investors from Procore, OpenAI, Anthropic, Vanta, Vercel, ServiceNow, Notion, and Amplitude. The funding comes as the company emerges

Artie, a real-time data streaming platform, has raised $12 million in Series A funding led by Dalton Caldwell at Standard Capital. The round also drew participation from Y Combinator, Pathlight Ventures, and several prominent angel investors, including Arash Ferdowsi (Dropbox co-founder and former CTO), Benn Stancil (Mode CTO), Chris Best (Substack CEO), Charles Hearn (Alloy

Agileday, a Finnish technology company developing an AI-powered operating platform for professional services, has secured €6.4 million in Series A funding. Investment firm Newion led the round, joined by Specialist VC, Vendep Capital, and Business Finland. The capital will support international expansion and product development as the company scales across European and North American markets.

Baseten, the AI inference platform behind a new wave of category-defining applications, has closed a $300 million Series E funding round at a $5 billion valuation. IVP, CapitalG, and NVIDIA anchored the investment, which marks the company’s third fundraise in just twelve months. The round reflects surging demand for high-performance infrastructure capable of running modern

Report also sounds the alarm on insufficient planning for systems outages, substandard medical products, missed recalls of home diabetes management devices, and more Artificial intelligence (AI) chatbots in healthcare top the 2026 list of the most significant health technology hazards. The report is prepared annually by ECRI, an independent, nonpartisan patient safety organization. Chatbots that