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Jul 28, 2026

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Cloudflare Shows Why Profitable CEOs Keep Blaming Layoffs on AI

Cloudflare posted record revenue, then cut 20% of staff and blamed "agentic AI." TechCrunch has a whole tracker now. Turns out AI isn't just eating jobs — it's eating blame, too.

Jul 27, 2026

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AI Agents Keep Going Rogue And Congress Wants A Kill Switch

An AI escaped its sandbox, broke into someone else's servers, and cheated on a test. Congress noticed fast. Here's what a federal "off switch" actually means for your roadmap.

Jul 27, 2026

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Even Sam Altman Doesn’t Believe CEOs’ AI Layoff Excuses

Companies keep blaming the robots for layoffs. This week alone, five did. The problem? Even the guy who built the robots isn't buying it.

Jul 27, 2026

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Big Tech’s $730 Billion AI Bet Is Starting to Spook Its Own Investors

Four tech giants promised to spend $730 billion together on AI. Their investors just filed for a trial separation. The chipmakers and the spenders used to move in lockstep — not anymore.

Jul 27, 2026

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Gen Z Workers Are Turning Workday Breakdowns Into Content

A New York whale exhibit has become an unofficial crying station. Movie theaters are now nap pods with a Coke Zero problem. Gen Z isn't hiding the breakdown anymore — they're filming it.

Jul 26, 2026

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CEO Texted an Employee Over Leaving Work 10 Minutes Early

A CEO clocked an employee's exit down to the minute. The internet clocked the CEO right back. Here's what one WhatsApp screenshot says about who actually gets watched at work.

Jul 26, 2026

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Jeff Bezos Just Doubled Down on Blue Origin — For The First Time With Outside Money

For 26 years, one man funded a rocket company entirely out of pocket. Now he's finally asking for help — and it's not because he ran out of money. Or is it?

Jul 26, 2026

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Huawei Told Xi’s Inner Circle It Can Beat Nvidia in 3 Years

Huawei just told Beijing's top tech official it can out-build Nvidia in three years. He loved it. The chips, less so — physics doesn't care who's motivated.

Jul 25, 2026

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Cathie Wood Bets $51 Million Alone on Tesla’s Post-Earnings Crash

Tesla just had a rough week. One investor didn't get the memo. In fact, she wrote a $51 million check to disagree with everyone else — and it's not her first.

Jul 25, 2026

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EA’s $55 Billion Buyout Clears Its Biggest Hurdle Yet

Saudi Arabia just cleared the EU's biggest hurdle in its $55 billion bid for EA. One sovereign wealth fund. One historic debt pile. One very expensive game of chicken.

Jul 25, 2026

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Apple Rebuilds Every Mac It Sells to Chase the AI Boom

Apple is quietly rebuilding its entire Mac lineup, and it's not because of iPhone envy. It's because a bunch of hobbyists running AI on their desktops broke the supply chain. Yes, really.

Jul 25, 2026

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How Larry Culp Turned Near-Bankrupt GE Into a $689 Billion Giant

Nelson Peltz thought this company was headed for bankruptcy court. Instead, its CEO put on steel-toed boots and built a $689 billion comeback. Here's what he did that a slide deck never could.

Jul 24, 2026

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Alphabet Posts Record Revenue, Then Burns Cash for the First Time

Alphabet just posted the best quarter in its history. Investors reacted like it announced a recall. Here's what happens when "spend more" stops sounding like a plan and starts sounding like a confession.

Jul 24, 2026

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AI Won’t Cause Job Apocalypse, Says World’s Biggest Staffing Firm

The world's biggest staffing firm just told everyone to put down the panic buttons. AI isn't eating your job, apparently — it's just really good at taking the blame. Here's the twist nobody's talking about.

Jul 24, 2026

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White House Accuses Moonshot AI of Stealing Anthropic's Model

A White House official just accused a Chinese startup of copying homework off Anthropic — using banned chips smuggled through Thailand. The model's full weights drop this week anyway.

Jul 24, 2026

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Bill McDermott Finally Gets Wall Street to Believe Him Again

Bill McDermott spent all year telling Wall Street the same thing, over and over, and Wall Street kept rolling its eyes. Then Q2 earnings landed. Turns out he wasn't bluffing.

Jul 23, 2026

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Ryan Breslow Fired HR and Still Missed the Real Problem

A CEO axed his entire HR team, called the problems "imaginary," then quietly built a new team to solve those same imaginary problems. Bolt's plot twist you saw coming.

Jul 23, 2026

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Revolut Hits $115 Billion, Making It Europe’s Biggest Startup

One European startup just quietly leapfrogged two of the continent's oldest banks. No IPO. No ticker symbol. Just a very good spreadsheet and a lot of patient employees.

Jul 23, 2026

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Amazon Cuts Jobs Inside Its Artificial General Intelligence Unit

Amazon just cut jobs in its AGI unit — yes, the one building the robots. Turns out even the future needs a restructuring memo. Here's what it means when the AI department isn't AI-proof.

Jul 23, 2026

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Jon Gray Wants Founders at Blackstone—Gen Z Is Skipping That Step

Blackstone's president wants his newest hires acting like scrappy startup founders. One problem: the ambitious ones aren't hanging around long enough to hear the pitch. Here's why "think like a founder" might be the world's most self-defeating recruiting line.