Mastodon released version 4.6 of its open-source social networking software on Tuesday, and the most commercially significant feature in the update is one borrowed from a technology that predates social …
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Target, Walmart and Amazon Are Losing LGBTQ+ Consumer Spending as DEI Retreats Carry a Measurable Price
New survey data released Tuesday quantifies what had been visible anecdotally throughout 2026: the wave of corporate retreats from diversity, equity, and inclusion commitments has produced a measurable and sustained …
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HSBC Partners With Google Cloud in Multi-Year AI Deal Targeting More Than 200 Use Cases and $100 Million Returns
HSBC Holdings announced on Wednesday a multi-year strategic partnership with Google Cloud to deploy artificial intelligence across its global operations, with an initial focus on three domains: hyper-personalized wealth management …
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Robinhood Cuts 10% of Workforce and Doesn’t Blame AI, Exposing the Limits of a Worn-Out Narrative
Robinhood CEO Vlad Tenev announced on Tuesday that the company is eliminating approximately 10% of its full-time workforce – roughly 290 positions – in a restructuring framed around maintaining a …
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Google released the stable version of Android 17 on Tuesday, June 16, alongside Wear OS 7 and a June Pixel Drop delivering a broad package of AI-powered features to its …
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Justice Department Moves to Dismiss NAACP Pollution Lawsuit Against xAI, Invoking Military AI Operations
The United States Department of Justice filed a motion in a Mississippi federal court on Monday asking for the dismissal of the lawsuit brought by the NAACP against Elon Musk’s …
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The abrupt suspension of Anthropic’s Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models has produced a consequence that no commercial AI developer would choose to engineer: a live, public demonstration of the …
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American Express has announced an agreement to acquire TheFork, the leading online restaurant reservation and management platform in Europe, from Tripadvisor for $700 million in cash. The transaction, which is …
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Nvidia made its first return to the investment-grade bond market since June 2021 on Monday, launching a debt offering of at least $20 billion structured across seven tranches with maturities …
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KFC Launches Global Overhaul, Pivoting Away From Bone-In Chicken in Bid to Reclaim Fast-Food Relevance
Kentucky Fried Chicken, the Yum Brands-owned chain whose identity has been inseparable from its original bone-in fried chicken recipe since Colonel Harland Sanders opened his first franchise in 1952, is …