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Sources: Oracle has cut ~10,000 jobs in India, or ~20% of its Indian workforce, as part of a restructuring that has reportedly affected 30,000 staff worldwide — Oracle has cut around 10,000 jobs in India, sources told ET. This is part of a global restructuring affecting 30,000 employees.
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| Bloomberg: |
Sources: SpaceX has filed confidentially for an IPO, putting it on track for a June listing; SpaceX could reportedly seek a $1.75T+ valuation and raise ~$75B — SpaceX has filed confidentially for an initial public offering, according to people familiar with the matter …
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| Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire: |
Tim Cook reflects on 50 years of Apple, Steve Jobs' legacy, reaffirming the company's values, working with a “very accessible” Trump administration, and more — Apple's iconic CEO speaks exclusively with Esquire about fifty years of Apple history—and the future the company is continuing to create.
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| Cloudflare: |
Cloudflare debuts EmDash, an MIT-licensed, TypeScript-based CMS built on Astro, designed as a serverless “spiritual successor” to WordPress, available on GitHub — The cost of building software has drastically decreased. We recently rebuilt Next.js in one week using AI coding agents.
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| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio as its own, a practice that could violate the software's license — The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve has gone from bad to worse this week. Among the fresh allegations …
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| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data says $250M+ moved from Drift to an interim wallet — The platform halted deposits while it investigates suspicious activity and urges users to proceed with caution. … What to know:| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba releases Qwen3.6-Plus, its third proprietary, closed-source AI model launched within a three-day period, saying it “drastically enhanced” agentic coding — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has released its third proprietary AI model in as many days, reinforcing the company's intent …
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| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: the share of adult UK social media users actively posting, sharing, or commenting falls to 49%, down from 61% in 2024, as users become more selective — Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life — Social media users in the UK … | Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google increases the storage of its $19.99 per month AI Pro subscription plan to 5TB, up from 2TB, at no additional cost; 10TB costs $49.99 per month — Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage. — Previously, subscribers of the $19.99 per month plan got 2 TB, just like the $9.99 tier.| Reuters: |
IDC: Chinese GPU and AI chipmakers captured ~41% of China's AI server market in 2025, significantly eroding Nvidia's share, which stood at 55% with ~2.2M cards — Chinese GPU and AI chip makers captured nearly 41% of China's AI accelerator server market last year, eroding Nvidia's once-dominant position … | Juro Osawa / The Information: |
OpenClaw launches an official China mirror, with ByteDance providing the servers to host the Chinese-language service, as OpenClaw explodes in the country — ByteDance is helping OpenClaw operate a Chinese version of its ClawHub marketplace, which distributes OpenClaw's special files that enable AI agents to perform specific tasks.
| Bloomberg: |
Sources: Chinese optics company and Nvidia supplier Innolight confidentially filed for a Hong Kong IPO that could raise $3B+; Innolight is listed in Shenzhen — Chinese optics firm Zhongji Innolight Co. has confidentially filed for a Hong Kong listing, according to people familiar with the development … | Lily Mae Lazarus / Fortune: |
Treeline, which is building an AI and software-first alternative to legacy corporate IT systems, raised a $25M Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz — Treeline wants to rebuild corporate IT from the ground up, starting with the everyday headaches most workers barely notice until something breaks.
More: Treeline, Inc., a16z, FinSMEs, and VC News Daily
| Sally Weale / The Guardian: |
UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England say pupils using AI are losing their capacity for core skills like writing — Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving
More: Metro.co.uk and Mirror
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| New York Times: |
Sources: the US State Department ordered embassies to push back against foreign influence campaigns, as officials worry anti-US views are taking root worldwide — The war in Iran has exposed the need to mount a defense against foreign influence campaigns, officials and experts say.
Bluesky: @campuscodi.risky.biz, @daniloc.xyz, @derekbjohnson, and @rebekahtromble
| Bloomberg: |
A profile of Microsoft CFO Amy Hood, who paused some data center expansions in 2025, a decision some say led to its current supply crunch and growth bottleneck — After making a controversial call to pause some data center development last year, Amy Hood is navigating one of the toughest jobs in tech.| Ian King / Bloomberg: |
Intel agrees to pay $14.2B to repurchase Apollo's 49% stake in the Fab 34 JV in Ireland, and plans to issue $6.5B in new debt to fund it; INTC closed up 8.84% — Intel Corp., the chipmaker aiming to restore its manufacturing prowess, agreed to pay $14.2 billion to buy back half of a plant …
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| Stevie Bonifield / The Verge: |
Raspberry Pi raises prices by between $11.25 and $150, citing higher memory costs after December 2025 and February 2026 hikes, and unveils a 3GB Pi 4 for $83.75 — Prices are going up by over $100 in some cases thanks to those AI fools. … As of today, the price of the 16GB version … | Vicky Ge Huang / Wall Street Journal: |
Franklin Templeton agrees to acquire CoinFund spinoff 250 Digital to form Franklin Crypto, which will offer strategies designed for institutional investors — Money manager's crypto investment unit will offer strategies designed for institutional investors
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