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Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta has ended its contract with Sama, a Kenya-based data annotation company, two months after workers reported viewing sensitive footage ranging from sexual activity to bathroom breaks recorded by Ray-Ban Meta smart glasses. Ars Technica reports that Meta has terminated its business relationship with Sama, a Kenyan data annotation firm, following reports that contracted workers had viewed…

Business Insider reports that Microsoft is implementing an early retirement buyout initiative targeting long-serving employees in the United States, according to an internal email obtained by Business Insider. The program could impact approximately 8,750 workers, representing up to 7 percebt of the company’s 125,000-strong US workforce. The voluntary separation program is designed for employees whose combined age and…

The UK could be subjected to new tariffs if it doesn’t stop taxing American tech giants, U.S. President Donald Trump warned in Oval Office remarks late Thursday. President Trump said: “they better be careful. If they don’t drop the tax, we’ll probably put a big tariff on the UK.” Keeping the tax on U.S. tech giants…

The New York Times reports that the six largest Wall Street banks collectively eliminated 15,000 positions during the first quarter while posting combined profits of $47 billion, representing an 18 percent increase over the previous year. The institutions — JPMorgan Chase, Citi, Bank of America, Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and Wells Fargo — are attributing these workforce reductions…

A detailed report from Bloomberg revealed that Cooper’s business has been rocked by challenges in recent months, including “employee turnover, a sputtering slate of shows and discord between staff members and her husband and co-chief executive officer Matt Kaplan, according to people familiar with the company’s operations.” In 2023, Cooper and Kaplan — a producer of over…

Axios reports that the scheduled Friday meeting at the West Wing represents a significant development in Anthropic’s attempts to resolve a bitter dispute with the Department of Defense that has resulted in the company being blacklisted from certain government contracts. The conflict centers on restrictions regarding how the Pentagon can utilize Anthropic’s AI systems. The Trump administration has taken note of…

Sam Altman’s OpenAI has formally requested that the attorneys general of California and Delaware investigate what it characterizes as “anti-competitive behavior” by Elon Musk as a courtroom showdown between the AI moguls nears jury selection. CNBC reports that OpenAI submitted a letter on Monday to the attorneys general of California and Delaware calling for an investigation…

IGN reports that video game publisher Epic Games announced the workforce reduction of 1,000 employees in an internal memo from CEO Tim Sweeney, who cited a downturn in engagement with Fortnite that began in 2025. The layoffs will be accompanied by over $500 million in cost savings through reductions in contracting and marketing expenses, as well…

NASA entered final preparations Friday for the launch Artemis II, its first astronaut mission to the moon since 1972. Liftoff is set for no earlier than April 1. NBC News reports the half-century journey to this point, where four astronauts set out on a 10-day voyage around the moon, has been long, winding and bumpy,…

Speaking at a tech conference in Austin, Texas, Signal CTO Ehren Kret, criticized lawmakers for mandating age verification for technology platforms without accompanying privacy safeguards. Governments in the United States, Europe, and other regions are moving forward with legislation requiring online platforms to verify users’ ages, following years of policies aimed at limiting data collection…