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PwC’s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer Finds a ‘Two-Track’ Labor Market Taking Shape

PwC’s 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer Finds a ‘Two-Track’ Labor Market Taking Shape

Awais Khalid
June 17, 2026

The conventional fear about AI and jobs is that the companies leaning into it hardest will need fewer people. PwC’s...

IBM Study: 91% of Enterprises Don’t Understand Their AI Vendor Dependencies

IBM Study: 91% of Enterprises Don’t Understand Their AI Vendor Dependencies

Awais Khalid
June 17, 2026

Ask 1,000 senior executives whether they understand exactly which AI vendors, models, and infrastructure their company now depends on, and...

HSBC and Google Cloud Strike Multi-Year AI Banking Partnership Built on Gemini and DeepMind

HSBC and Google Cloud Strike Multi-Year AI Banking Partnership Built on Gemini and DeepMind

Awais Khalid
June 17, 2026

More than 600 of HSBC’s banking applications already run on Google’s servers. Starting this week, the bank wants Google’s AI...

SpaceX Buys AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60 Billion in Largest Venture-Backed Acquisition Ever

SpaceX Buys AI Coding Startup Cursor for $60 Billion in Largest Venture-Backed Acquisition Ever

Awais Khalid
June 17, 2026

Three days ago, SpaceX was a rocket company that happened to own a chatbot. On Tuesday, it became the most...

David Silver’s Ineffable Intelligence Taps Google Cloud and Nvidia’s Vera Rubin GPUs for Its Superlearner Bet

David Silver’s Ineffable Intelligence Taps Google Cloud and Nvidia’s Vera Rubin GPUs for Its Superlearner Bet

Awais Khalid
June 16, 2026

A company with no released product, no revenue, and no public roadmap just became one of the best-resourced AI labs...

Tech Quick-Takes: SpaceX’s Record $85.7B IPO Divides Retail Investors and Google’s 4x-Faster DiffusionGemma Model

Tech Quick-Takes: SpaceX’s Record $85.7B IPO Divides Retail Investors and Google’s 4x-Faster DiffusionGemma Model

Awais Khalid
June 16, 2026

SpaceX’s initial public offering has grown to $85.7 billion in total proceeds after underwriters fully exercised the “greenshoe” overallotment option,...

Gartner: AI Servers to Drive 26% Data Center Energy Spike in 2026, as Cooling Startups and Grid Operators Race to Respond

Gartner: AI Servers to Drive 26% Data Center Energy Spike in 2026, as Cooling Startups and Grid Operators Race to Respond

Awais Khalid
June 16, 2026

Global data center electricity consumption is projected to reach 565 terawatt-hours (TWh) in 2026, a 26 percent increase over the...

The Next Smartphone War Is Agentic: OpenAI’s Phone Plans and Huawei’s HarmonyOS 7 Target the App-Free Future

The Next Smartphone War Is Agentic: OpenAI’s Phone Plans and Huawei’s HarmonyOS 7 Target the App-Free Future

Awais Khalid
June 16, 2026

Two separate developments this month point toward the same shift: smartphone makers are betting that AI agents, not app grids,...

Microsoft Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Over AI Spending as Florida’s OpenAI Suit Moves Forward

Microsoft Hit With Shareholder Lawsuit Over AI Spending as Florida’s OpenAI Suit Moves Forward

Awais Khalid
June 16, 2026

Two unrelated legal actions are putting fresh pressure on the AI industry’s biggest players this month: a shareholder class action...

The “AI Off-Switch”: US Export Order Forces Anthropic to Disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Worldwide

The “AI Off-Switch”: US Export Order Forces Anthropic to Disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Worldwide

Awais Khalid
June 16, 2026

On June 9, 2026, Anthropic made Claude Fable 5 and Claude Mythos 5 generally available, describing the pair as its...

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