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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 reportedly affects 30,000 employees globally — 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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| Ryan D'Agostino / Esquire: |
Tim Cook discusses 50 years of Apple and it still being Steve Jobs' company, the “very accessible” Trump administration, his “consistent” values, 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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LinkedIn: Tony Fadell. Bluesky: @etk-nv, @petbugs13, and @karlbode.com. Mastodon: @stroughtonsmith …. Forums: r/apple
| 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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| Luz Ding / Bloomberg: |
Alibaba releases Qwen3.6-Plus, its third proprietary, closed-source AI model it launched within three days, saying it has “drastically enhanced” agentic coding — Alibaba Group Holding Ltd. has released its third proprietary AI model in as many days, reinforcing the company's intent … | Hayden Field / The Verge: |
An interview with Mustafa Suleyman on Microsoft's AI reorg, how revising its OpenAI contract “unlocked [Microsoft's] ability to pursue superintelligence”, more — Its new transcription model is a step towards those goals, says Microsoft AI's Mustafa Suleyman.| Dan Milmo / The Guardian: |
Ofcom: the share of adult UK social media users that actively post, share, or comment falls from 61% in 2024 to 49%, as users say they are being more selective — Ofcom research shows people also concerned old posts could affect personal or professional life
More: Ofcom, Creative Bloq, Financial Times, Neowin, ISPreview UK, and The Hollywood Reporter
| Helene Braun / CoinDesk: |
Solana-based DeFi platform Drift warns users about an “active attack” on its protocol; Arkham data: $250M+ moved from Drift to a wallet, which now holds <$600K — The platform halted deposits while it investigates suspicious activity and urges users to proceed with caution.| Julie Bort / TechCrunch: |
A whistleblower alleges Delve pitched a prospect on Pathways, a modified copy of open-source no-code tool SimStudio, which would violate the software's license — The controversy surrounding compliance startup Delve has gone from bad to worse this week. Among the fresh allegations …
More: DeepDelver and StrictlyVC
| Financial Times: |
Sources: Amazon is in talks to acquire Globalstar to bolster its low Earth orbit satellite business; Apple's 20% stake in Globalstar is one complicating factor — Ecommerce giant is trying to catch up with SpaceX's low Earth orbit internet service — Amazon is in talks to acquire …
More: MacRumors, Investor's Business Daily, Benzinga, DatacenterDynamics, Fast Company, Reuters, TelecomTV, ZeroHedge News, Blockonomi, Bloomberg, MacDailyNews, The Next Web, Barron's Online, CNBC, RTÉ, Capacity, The Mac Observer, AppleInsider, 9to5Mac, Advanced Television, Telecompaper, and Mobile World Live. Forums: MacRumors Forums
| Sally Weale / The Guardian: |
UK National Education Union poll: 66% of secondary school teachers in England have observed their pupils' critical thinking skills decline due to AI usage — Two-thirds of secondary school teachers report a decline in core abilities such as writing and problem-solving
More: Metro.co.uk. X: @dave43law. Bluesky: @rossignol, @eicathomefinn, @timbale, @andreamann, @aurelmondon.com, and @jacklewisevanz
| Erin Griffith / New York Times: |
How AI helped Medvi, a telehealth provider of GLP-1 weight-loss drugs with just two employees, hit $401M in 2025 sales; it's tracking for $1.8B in 2026 sales — Matthew Gallagher took just two months, $20,000 and more than a dozen artificial intelligence tools to get his start-up off the ground.
X: @alexfmac, @turnernovak, and @nic_carter. Mastodon: @jeffjarvis@mastodon.social. Forums: Hacker News
| 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 …
More: Tech in Asia
| Abner Li / 9to5Google: |
Google increases the storage of its $19.99-per-month Google AI Pro subscription plan from 2TB to 5TB at no additional cost; the 10TB tier costs $49.99 per month — Google today announced that AI Pro subscriptions now come with 5 TB of storage. — Previously, subscribers … | Stephen Morris / Financial Times: |
Sources: AI startup Poolside held talks with Google and others to revive a Texas data center project after a CoreWeave deal and a $2B Nvidia-led round collapsed — AI start-up held talks with Google and other cloud providers in bid to revive ambitious 2-gigawatt Texas projectSponsor Posts
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Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
Azure Content Understanding: Building on lessons from a decade of Document Intelligence — What a decade of teaching machines to read real-world documents taught us about what LLMs can and can't do.
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The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
The best sales leaders aren't job hunting. Here's how to reach them without months of cold outreach. — Our team came from Box, Square, and Brex, so we already know the GTM leaders worth meeting.
Zoho:
Ask an Expert: How to effectively recover stuck TDS refunds with reduced TDS reconciliation time — The 26AS/Form 168 gets updated quarterly and often gets checked only during the time of ITR filing.
Ask an Expert: How to effectively recover stuck TDS refunds with reduced TDS reconciliation time — The 26AS/Form 168 gets updated quarterly and often gets checked only during the time of ITR filing.
IDrive:
Protecting your Cloud Applications Data — Backing up Office 365, Google Workspace, Dropbox & Salesforce data is critical to preventing data loss or corruption, complying with laws and avoiding critical downtime in case of a disaster.
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