31 May 2026
Silicon Valley giant Meta slashes even more jobs as AI boom sparks bloodbath
The AI bloodbath continues in tech as Meta cuts thousands of jobs in Silicon Valley. The company, which owns Facebook and Instagram, laid off 2,212 people at its Menlo Park headquarters and an additional 213 workers were cut at the Sunnyvale office, Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification, or WARN filings that were released on Thursday show.
30 May 2026
‘There is no way to stop this’: ‘Biotech Barbie’ Cathy Tie on her mission to genetically modify babies
On a Friday evening in late April, Cathy Tie, the Canadian serial entrepreneur and self-styled “Biotech Barbie”, is centre stage at New York City’s famous Carnegie Hall, performing Saint-Saens’ Piano Concerto No 2 on a gleaming Steinway grand piano, accompanied by an orchestra. Her floor-length pink tulle gown shimmers with gold sequins; her dark hair cascades in waves over her caped shoulders.…
29 May 2026
The Apple Car Is Finally Here
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28 May 2026
Anthropic Debuts Claude Opus 4.8, Teases Upcoming Launch of ‘Mythos-Class Models’
On Thursday, Anthropic launched Claude Opus 4.8, the latest and most advanced version of its flagship AI model. It’s available everywhere at the same price as its predecessor, Opus 4.7 ($5 per million input tokens and $25 per million output tokens).
27 May 2026
Kogod’s David Marchick To Become American University’s Interim President
The Kogod School of Business will see its dean depart this summer to become American University’s president
27 May 2026
Forbes Daily: Micron Technology Is The Latest $1 Trillion Chipmaker
Eric Wu cofounded Opendoor in 2014 to automate purchasing homes with cash. Now, he’s targeting a different side of the real estate equation: construction. His new startup, NavigateAI, aims to build what Wu describes as an AI coach for construction workers and has raised $25 million in seed funding at a $225 million valuation.
25 May 2026
European startups that once chose the U.S. now skip Silicon Valley
More European tech startups are staying in Europe rather than choosing a move to Silicon Valley in the United States.
22 May 2026
How Stanford sold its soul to Silicon Valley
Theo Baker was still a teenager when he took down the president of Stanford University. And he hadn’t even meant to become a journalist. Baker had dreamed of going to Stanford since he was a wee nerd of 7, obsessed with coding and technology. He showed up at 17 to study computer science — the kid who’d built his first website in elementary school, now inside what he came to see as the world’s…
21 May 2026
Meet The 25-Year-Old Vying To Become Hollywood’s First AI Movie Mogul
In years past, when a great athlete retired, they typically told their story through a ghost-written memoir or perhaps even a biopic. But Hall of Fame basketball player Carmelo Anthony opted instead for the storytelling medium of the moment, striking a partnership with Utopai Studios, the Silicon Valley-based startup specializing in AI movies and TV shows.
