Automation

Microsoft expands voluntary buyouts as AI spending rises

Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to around 60,000 employees as it tries to preserve AI investment and control operating costs.

Gemini adds direct editing for Google Docs and files

Google Gemini can now generate and edit Docs, Sheets, PDFs, and more inside chat, with web and mobile support split…

AI, data centers and Arizona’s water fight

A Verge feature says Arizona’s AI boom is colliding with drought, as TSMC is welcomed but new data centers face…

Akai opens MPC Sample Key to early modders

Akai is reportedly opening the unannounced MPC Sample Key to modders with open-source firmware, signaling a more community-driven launch.

Adam Mosseri says AI backlash will keep growing

Instagram head Adam Mosseri says backlash to AI is broadening and will likely intensify, especially in creative industries.

MIT says infrastructure is entering a defining era

MIT’s Ali Jadbabaie says climate pressure, AI and supply-chain shocks are forcing a rethink of how infrastructure is designed, financed…

Meta quietly launches Waddle World pet journal app

Meta has launched Waddle World, a pet-style app whose store listings call it a “daily journal disguised as a pet”…

MIT’s Paris Smaragdis pushes machines to hear better

MIT professor Paris Smaragdis is developing AI systems that can hear and interpret sound, with uses in music tools, audio…

MIT learner co-writes AI anthology with peers

Prabha Jha and 20 peers turned MIT xPRO AI discussions into The AI Anthology, a book on AI’s business and…

Data center backlash is shaping 2026 campaigns

Data centers are emerging as a 2026 campaign issue, while tech-linked political groups pour millions into races across the U.S.

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