AI Behind Over 50,000 Layoffs in 2025 at Top Tech Firms
π Key Facts β AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025. β World's biggest tech companies cited AI in layoff strategies. ...
π Key Facts β AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025. β World's biggest tech companies cited AI in layoff strategies. ...
Brian Niccol has spent his first year as CEO of Starbucks making a series of changes, big and small, to improve operations at the coffee giant. Eugene Gologursky/Getty Images for Fast Company Brian Ni...
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Miguel J. Rodriguez Carrillo / AFP Former SpaceX employees have launched startups with over $3 billion in venture funding. The SpaceX Mafia is backed by top venture firms like Andreessen Horowitz and ...
π Key Facts β Asia-Pacific markets climbed on Monday. β Investors are assessing China's benchmark lending rate decision. ...
Paramount Skydance, Warner Bros. Discovery, and Netflix have very different approaches to remote work. John Lamparski/Getty Images; Dania Maxwell / Los Angeles Times via Getty Images; Beata Zawrzel/Nu...
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Wall Street CEOs Jamie Dimon, Jane Fraser, and David Solomon. AP Bank CEOs have praised the epochal efficiency changes promised by AI. But what does efficiency mean for employees? Does it mean fewer j...
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OpenAI lost at least 11 scientists and executives in 2025, including more than half a dozen researchers to Meta in the summer. REUTERS/Shelby Tauber/Pool OpenAI lost more than half a dozen researchers...
π Key Facts β Caroline Pham served as acting chair of the CFTC. β Monday marked Caroline Pham's last day at the regulator. ...
Tech leaders like Sundar Pichai, Mark Zuckerberg, and Elon Musk led a workforce efficiency crusade in 2025. Jakub Porzycki/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Steve Granitz/FilmMagic The "efficiency" m...