Tech

Microsoft has announced a voluntary buyout program for longtime employees in the United States, impacting thousands of older and more experienced workers as the company hopes to trim its payroll without conducting a layoff.

The Turkish parliament on Wednesday passed the latest national ban on social media for children, joining a trend that began with Australia’s landmark ban in December 2025.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta is monitoring employee activity across hundreds of popular websites and applications, including Google, LinkedIn, and Wikipedia, as part of an effort to collect data for training its AI models.

Tesla vehicle registrations in California fell by nearly a quarter in the first three months of 2026, with Elon Musk’s EV giant recording more than 10,000 fewer sales compared to the same period in 2025. The entire EV market in California has crashed, with Q1 registrations down 40 percent to levels not seen since 2021.

Google announced this week that 75 percent of all new code created within the company is currently being generated by AI systems and subsequently reviewed by human engineers.

Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has revealed plans to eliminate approximately 8,000 positions, representing 10 percent of its workforce, as part of a broader efficiency initiative aimed at balancing substantial investments in AI technology.

Elon Musk’s SpaceX has secured an agreement granting it the option to acquire Cursor, a rapidly growing AI coding start-up, for $60 billion as the rocket maker pushes deeper into AI ahead of its hotly anticipated IPO.

Prediction market platform Kalshi announced Wednesday that it has suspended three congressional candidates and imposed financial penalties after they were caught trading on their own election campaigns in violation of the platform’s rules.

Google largely silences the right through “search visibility” and news selection, Breitbart News Tech Editor Colin Madine explained during an appearance on Breitbart News Daily, walking through the various ways Big Tech has worked to undermine the right.

Hasan Piker sparked backlash on Wednesday when he argued that Luigi Mangione killed Brian Thompson because he committed “social murder.” 

Baylor University is sabotaging a Turning Point USA event, set for Wednesday evening, by denying ticket holders from the greater Waco community, the organization says.

The FCC Media Bureau on Wednesday said it is seeking comment on whether or not the agency should update television ratings to warn parents about programs that discuss “gender identity” issues and other controversial topics.

Major Wall Street institutions are crediting AI with enabling significant workforce reductions even as quarterly earnings soar.

A MAGA influencer has been unmasked as an AI-generated persona, created by a man in India who used it to scam money off men on the internet. The scammer claims Meta’s Instagram algorithm helped spread his content far and wide.

AI startup Anthropic is investigating reports that a group of users gained unauthorized access to its Claude Mythos model, a powerful AI system that was deliberately released to only a small circle of trusted companies due to its advanced cybersecurity capabilities.

Reese Witherspoon responded to critics of her support for generative AI, clarifying that she does not want humans replaced by computers. 

Twenty-three state Republican attorneys general sent a letter to Fitch, S&P, and Moody’s for downgrading fossil fuel companies over what they believe are flawed environmental, social, and governance (ESG) metrics.

The Gates Foundation is planning to reduce its workforce by about 20 percent of its total staff while simultaneously commissioning an outside review of Bill Gates’ connections to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.

Gene Hamilton, the President and co-founder of America First Legal, warned on The Alex Marlow Show that conservatives need to prepare for “lawfare that is enabled by woke AI” in the future.

Jeff Bezos’ aerospace company Blue Origin failed to place a customer’s satellite into the correct orbit during a Sunday launch, triggering massive financial losses for the satellite operator.

Alex Bores, a Democratic congressional candidate in New York, is unveiling a proposal to establish an “AI dividend” program designed to distribute wealth generated by the technology and mitigate potential mass unemployment. The plan sounds suspiciously close to the universal basic income (UBI) plans favored by tech tycoons.

Apple’s newly appointed CEO John Ternus will inherit a company with a four trillion dollar market cap that faces mounting pressure to articulate a compelling AI strategy as the tech giant prepares for leadership transition from the “Tim Apple” era.

Alex Cooper, host of the popular podcast “Call Her Daddy,” and her media empire is reportedly facing troubled times due ongoing internal divisions within her company.

YouTube is offering elite celebrities a free tool to ensure their likeness is not copied through AI or emerging deepfakes.

A comprehensive analysis has found that major online news aggregators including Google News, Yahoo News, and Microsoft Bing News overwhelmingly feature content from left-leaning media outlets, while almost completely excludinng right-leaning outlets.

Verizon’s CEO is taking an unusually candid approach to discussing AI’s potential to disrupt the American workforce, setting himself apart from many of his corporate peers.

An international backlash is mounting against Elon Musk’s Tesla as car owners allege the company charged thousands of dollars for autonomous driving technology that never materialized.

After performing well behind their human rivals only a year ago, an android smoked the entire field on Sunday in a Beijing half marathon and ran faster than any human in history.

Failed companies are discovering that their internal communications and operational data have become valuable commodities in the booming AI industry.

Google has reached a preliminary settlement agreement to pay $135 million to resolve a class action lawsuit alleging the company collected data from Android phone users without proper consent. Here’s how to check if you qualify for a payout.