Browsing: work

Technology

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 11, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: The dilemma of the Anthropic myth, violence against AI, Tokenmaxxing at Meta The Big Technology…

Technology

As AI transforms white-collar work, leaders across industries say trust, not AI, is the key differentiator where accuracy, accountability and regulation matter (Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsApril 9, 2026

Financial Times: As AI transforms white-collar work, leaders across industries say trust, not AI, is the key differentiator where accuracy,…

Technology

Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 24, 2026

Meghan Bobrowsky / Wall Street Journal: Internal memo: Meta appoints CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative,…

Technology

Yann LeCun’s Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs has raised $1.03 billion at a pre-money valuation of $3.5 billion to work on global models, in Europe’s largest ever seed round (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 10, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Sierra is getting ahead in the AI race | Co-founder Bret Taylor Grit explores what it…

Technology

British cybersecurity company Darktrace appoints Ed Jennings, who previously led work management platform Quickbase, as CEO, its third boss in 18 months (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: How Sierra is getting ahead in the AI race | Co-founder Bret Taylor Grit explores what it…

Technology

Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads against Bores’ work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)

By Stacey D. WallsMarch 7, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: AI revenues explode, Dario’s memo, McDonald’s CEO’s baby burger The Big Technology Podcast takes you…

Technology

A look at the growing popularity of “WorkTok” videos, where employees film their daily work routines on TikTok and Instagram, particularly among Gen Z viewers (Kimi Chaddah/Financial Times)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 23, 2026

Featured Podcasts Big Tech Podcast: OpenAI Closes to $100 Billion, OpenClaw Acquisition, AI Productivity Question – with Aaron Levie The…

Business & Money

Kraft Heinz suspends work to split company, says challenges ‘fixable’

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 11, 2026

Kraft Heinz announced in September 2025 its intention to split into two separately listed companies, thereby reversing its 2015 megamerger,…

Technology

Eight-month study at US tech company finds AI tools don’t reduce work but intensify it, with employees working faster and taking on a wider range of tasks (Harvard Business Review)

By Stacey D. WallsFebruary 9, 2026

Featured Podcasts Squeak: The Truth Behind Automation Claims in Customer Support | Ping Wu, CEO of Cresta Grit explores what…

Technology

Gallup: 12% of employed U.S. adults reported using AI daily in their work in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 10% in the third quarter and 8% in the second; 49% say they never use AI in their role (Andy Kemp/Gallup)

By Stacey D. WallsJanuary 26, 2026

Andy Kemp / Gallup: Gallup: 12% of employed U.S. adults reported using AI daily in their work in the fourth…

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

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

Netflix (NFLX) Q1 2026 Results

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

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)

Cerebras files for IPO on Nasdaq, reports 2025 revenue of $510 million, up 76% year-over-year, with net profit of $87.9 million, compared to net loss of $485 million in 2024 (Jordan Novet/CNBC)

World expands its Tinder partnership and partners with Zoom and others to verify human users, as it continues its shift from crypto to identity verification (Maxwell Zeff/Wired)

Some shareholders question whether Sam Altman should lead OpenAI through the turbulence of an IPO and have proposed Bret Taylor as successor (Wall Street Journal)

About 40% of U.S. data centers planned for 2026 face delays, with major sites from Microsoft, OpenAI and others likely more than three months behind schedule (Financial Times)

Browsing: work

Japan approves another $4 billion in subsidies to Rapidus to fund the chipmaker’s work for Fujitsu, bringing total state investment and fees to $16.3 billion (Mari Kiyohara/Bloomberg)

As AI transforms white-collar work, leaders across industries say trust, not AI, is the key differentiator where accuracy, accountability and regulation matter (Financial Times)

Internal memo: Meta names CTO Andrew Bosworth to oversee its AI For Work initiative, previously led by Guy Rosen, seeking to compete with AI-native startups (Meghan Bobrowsky/Wall Street Journal)

Yann LeCun’s Advanced Machine Intelligence Labs has raised $1.03 billion at a pre-money valuation of $3.5 billion to work on global models, in Europe’s largest ever seed round (Madhumita Murgia/Financial Times)

British cybersecurity company Darktrace appoints Ed Jennings, who previously led work management platform Quickbase, as CEO, its third boss in 18 months (Kieran Smith/Financial Times)

Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir co-founder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads against Bores’ work for Palantir (Nancy Scola/Politico)

A look at the growing popularity of “WorkTok” videos, where employees film their daily work routines on TikTok and Instagram, particularly among Gen Z viewers (Kimi Chaddah/Financial Times)

Kraft Heinz suspends work to split company, says challenges ‘fixable’

Eight-month study at US tech company finds AI tools don’t reduce work but intensify it, with employees working faster and taking on a wider range of tasks (Harvard Business Review)

Gallup: 12% of employed U.S. adults reported using AI daily in their work in the fourth quarter of 2025, up from 10% in the third quarter and 8% in the second; 49% say they never use AI in their role (Andy Kemp/Gallup)