Meta is laying off 10% of its workforce starting 20 May, with more cuts planned for H2 2026, while spending up to $135B on AI infrastructure and awarding executives $921M stock options.

US gas prices passed $4/gallon and EV interest hit 2026 highs, but overall EV sales fell 28% and Tesla missed delivery estimates. The tax credit mattered more than the pump.

Rilian raises $17.5M led by 8VC to deploy agentic AI into air-gapped defence and sovereign cloud environments.

The OSTP says China is running industrial-scale campaigns to distil US AI models. OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google are sharing threat intelligence. Congress is drafting sanctions.

Zapata Quantum raises $15M after emerging from a near-liquidation in 2024 and a two-phase restructuring that addressed $18.7M in debt.

Microsoft offers voluntary retirement to ~8,750 US employees using a "Rule of 70" formula, its first such programme in 51 years, as it redirects spending toward AI.

OpenAI launches GPT-5.5, its first fully retrained base model since GPT-4.5, targeting enterprise with agentic coding, computer use, and knowledge work ...

Workers’ compensation is evolving as AI improves claims processing, decision-making, and access to care. Here’s how companies like Claim Clarity are approaching it.

Kostiantyn Gitko built Devox Software after years in enterprise IT leadership. Here’s how his focus on structure, scale, and long-term stability shaped the company.

Health data from 500,000 UK Biobank volunteers appeared for sale on Alibaba after three Chinese research institutions violated data-sharing contracts. The ICO is investigating.

The European Commission is drafting measures requiring Google to give rival AI assistants the same Android access as Gemini, with a binding decision due by July 2026.

The US military narrows its ANPI microreactor programme from eight companies to three, targeting nuclear-powered Air Force bases by 2030 at Buckley SFB and Malmstrom AFB.