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The US DOJ says at least two DOGE employees accessed Social Security data banned under a court order and shared agency data on third-party servers (April Rubin/Axios)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 20, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon: The future of AI devices, AI fashion, blending reality and computing…

Technology

How Manus distanced himself from his Chinese roots to court American investors; Source Says Meta’s $2.5 Billion Deal Includes $500 Million Retention Pool For Manus Employees (Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 31, 2025

Featured Podcasts Social radars: Jared Friedman, partner, Y Combinator; Co-founder, Scribd Come be a fly on the wall as Y…

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Sources: PDD, owner of Pinduoduo and Temu, fires dozens following a fight between employees and Chinese officials investigating fraudulent deliveries on its platform (Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsDecember 18, 2025

Bloomberg: Sources: PDD, owner of Pinduoduo and Temu, fires dozens following a fight between employees and Chinese officials investigating fraudulent…

Technology

Sunday Robotics, which launched its Memo home robot on November 19, has hired at least 10 former Tesla employees, including engineers who worked on Autopilot and Optimus (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 29, 2025

Grace Kay / Business Insider: Sunday Robotics, which launched its Memo home robot on November 19, has hired at least…

Technology

Sources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers in several US divisions this year (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 20, 2025

Hugh Langley / Business Insider: Sources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers…

Business & Money

Barry Sternlicht says he will abandon his employees in favor of AI

By Stacey D. WallsNovember 11, 2025

A version of this article first appeared in the CNBC Property Play newsletter with Diana Olick. Property Play covers new…

Business & Money

Paramount to lay off 1,000 employees, with more cuts expected

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 29, 2025

The Paramount Skydance Corporation logo and lettering are seen on a Paramount stand during Media Days in Munich (Bavaria, Germany).…

Technology

The AI boom has driven residential rents to the highest SF in the U.S. over the past year, as AI companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to their employees (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

By Stacey D. WallsOctober 18, 2025

Natalie Rocha / New York Times: The AI boom has driven residential rents to the highest SF in the U.S.…

Politics

Trump’s mass firing of federal employees immediately blows up in his face

By Frank M. EverettOctober 10, 2025

Trump’s plan to punish Democrats backfires.The only logical thing about much of the Trump administration’s behavior is that there is…

Technology

NLRB abandons complaints against Tim Cook, in particular that he violated workers’ rights with an email in 2021 threatening employees who disclose confidential information (Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsSeptember 26, 2025

Featured podcasts Hard Fork: The Grand Ai Build-Out + H-1B Visa Chaos + Tiktok Braces for removal The future is…

Award-winning Burmese journalist Shin Daewe released from prison – Radio Free Asia

RFA welcomes release of Shin Daewe, RFA contributor in Myanmar – Radio Free Asia

Soft power ‘wins’ Beijing as Chinese medical ship treats 5,400 people in PNG for free – Radio Free Asia

US to establish fuel depot in Philippines to support operations in South China Sea – Radio Free Asia

Japan’s combat role in Philippine war drills signals shift in regional strategy – Radio Free Asia

Local car dealerships grow, die amid rise of auto mega-retailers

Netflix has long been “a builder, not a buyer.” Are those times over?

Some grocers are using AI to reduce food waste and increase profit margins

Trump names Erica Schwartz director of CDC

RFK Jr.’s Peptide Policy Could Boost Hims & Hers as Its GLP-1 Business Scales

Jared Kushner under investigation for potential violations of federal bribery and foreign agent laws

Trump’s Broken Brain Tries to Fool America With Iran War Hallucinations

Donald Trump has lost his power to America

RFK Jr. collapses in front of the country during a hearing at home

Democrats decide to impeach Pete Hegseth for recklessly endangering US troops

Global DRAM supply is expected to meet only 60% of demand through 2027; memory will reach around 40% of low-end smartphone manufacturing costs by mid-2026, up from 20% currently (Nikkei Asia)

Autonomous vehicle startups raised a record $21.4 billion through 34 deals through April 15, compared to $5.9 billion raised through 99 investments globally in all of 2025 (Mary Ann Azevedo/Crunchbase News)

Some Mac Mini and Mac Studio models are unavailable or facing wait times of up to 12 weeks in the United States, with analysts citing strong demand from power users of AI agents (Nicole Nguyen/Wall Street Journal)

What some executives think about using universal basic income to mitigate AI-related layoffs: Musk calls it the "best way"OpenAI policy document mentions a public wealth fund (Siladitya Ray/Forbes)

Sources: Recursive Superintelligence, a four-month-old startup developing self-learning AI and founded by former DeepMind and OpenAI engineers, has raised more than $500 million (Financial Times)

Browsing: Employees

The US DOJ says at least two DOGE employees accessed Social Security data banned under a court order and shared agency data on third-party servers (April Rubin/Axios)

How Manus distanced himself from his Chinese roots to court American investors; Source Says Meta’s $2.5 Billion Deal Includes $500 Million Retention Pool For Manus Employees (Wall Street Journal)

Sources: PDD, owner of Pinduoduo and Temu, fires dozens following a fight between employees and Chinese officials investigating fraudulent deliveries on its platform (Bloomberg)

Sunday Robotics, which launched its Memo home robot on November 19, has hired at least 10 former Tesla employees, including engineers who worked on Autopilot and Optimus (Grace Kay/Business Insider)

Sources: Google is offering voluntary buyouts to employees in its UK offices, following similar offers in several US divisions this year (Hugh Langley/Business Insider)

Barry Sternlicht says he will abandon his employees in favor of AI

Paramount to lay off 1,000 employees, with more cuts expected

The AI boom has driven residential rents to the highest SF in the U.S. over the past year, as AI companies lease apartments and offer rent stipends to their employees (Natallie Rocha/New York Times)

Trump’s mass firing of federal employees immediately blows up in his face

NLRB abandons complaints against Tim Cook, in particular that he violated workers’ rights with an email in 2021 threatening employees who disclose confidential information (Josh Eidelson / Bloomberg)