Big tech articles

Patreon rejects "fair use" claims for AI training, calls for creator compensation

Oracle prepares new round of layoffs while doubling down on AI infrastructure

Oracle is spending billions on AI data centers as cash flow turns negative

Nvidia says its investments in OpenAI and Anthropic are likely its last

AMD is selling $60 billion worth of GPUs – and a piece of itself – to Meta

Editor's take: AMD and Meta have joined the growing circus of reciprocal deals Big Tech is using to bootstrap what it hopes will become a self-sustaining "AI economy." Under a new multi-year agreement, the two companies will closely align their technology roadmaps – though AMD's role comes with strings attached, including hitting specific performance targets in the stock market.

Goldman Sachs says AI's impact on the US economy was "basically zero" last year

Xbox co-founder warns Microsoft is "sunsetting" the brand, compares new leadership role to "palliative care"

Apple's bad week: FTC pressure, delayed Siri AI, and a stock sell-off

The new corporate alibi: AI is the go-to excuse for mass layoffs

Apple's iPhone business just set an all-time record with $85 billion in sales

Nine out of ten DuckDuckGo users don't want AI anywhere near their search

After 70 years of false starts, fusion energy is finally gaining momentum

Big Tech is finally on trial for how it built its algorithms

Why it matters: When jurors in Los Angeles walk into a courtroom this week, they'll confront a question technology companies have long sidestepped: can a line of code, an algorithmic feed, or a design pattern cause psychological harm? The case, K.G.M. v. Meta et al., marks the first personal-injury trial to test whether social media platforms themselves – not just the people who use them – bear responsibility for the mental-health fallout of the digital age.

Another report shows most companies aren't making more money from AI

Facepalm: It's only been a few days since a survey showed more than half of CEOs admit to seeing no significant financial benefit from AI. Now, another report has come to the same conclusion, and, once again, it tries to put a positive spin on the results.

TSMC struggles to meet surging AI chip demand amid data center boom

Ripple effect: While critics and PC enthusiasts are cheering for the AI bubble to burst, Big Tech and enterprise ventures cannot buy AI accelerators fast enough. In fact, even one of the world's most important chip manufacturers is now facing significant issues with its ability to meet customer demand.

Elon Musk says OpenAI and Microsoft owe him $134 billion in "wrongful gains"

Apple couldn't build the best AI for Siri, so it's borrowing Google's

Jensen Huang says relentless negativity around AI is hurting society and has "done a lot of damage"

OpenAI's employee compensation dwarfs every major tech IPO of the past 25 years

Bottom line: OpenAI's financial model reflects the intense pressure to retain the people driving its breakthroughs. The company's willingness to spend aggressively on equity has redefined what competitive pay looks like in artificial intelligence – and raised the stakes for every firm vying to shape the field's future.

Intel and Nvidia's superchip plans blend CPUs, GPUs, and big money

Nvidia's $4 trillion rise raises questions about financing its own customers

Bottom line: Nvidia's explosive rise to become the world's most valuable company has come with an uneasy question from investors: how much of its record-breaking growth depends on financing its own customers? Now worth more than $4 trillion, Nvidia designs the specialized silicon and software that power AI systems, from data centers hosting ChatGPT to national AI computing hubs. But behind that scale lies a complicated web of investments that critics say resembles vendor financing – a practice in which a company lends money to customers who use those funds to buy its products.

AI created 50 new billionaires in 2025, startup investment pulled in more than $200 billion

Apple announces more senior execs are leaving, including its general counsel and DEI chief

President Macron accuses US of undermining EU investigations into Big Tech

Apple fast-tracks CEO succession plans as Tim Cook could step down next year