January 30, 2026 U.S. workers are facing a job market defined by stalled hiring and a growing wave of layoffs, as companies across industries cut costs, restructure operations and redirect spending toward automation and artificial intelligence. Economists say more...
January 30, 2026 As global venture capital tightens and international accelerators pull back from Canada, the MaRS Investment Accelerator Fund (IAF) announced this week that it has completed its 200th investment. Since launching in 2008, the fund has more...
January 30, 2026 Y Combinator has removed Canada from the list of countries where it will invest. The San Francisco–based accelerator, known for backing companies such as Airbnb, DoorDash and Coinbase, updated its standard terms to exclude Canada more...
January 29, 2026 TikTok has agreed to settle a social media addiction lawsuit just days before the case was set to go before a jury. The settlement was confirmed by attorneys for the plaintiffs, though its terms were more...
January 29, 2026 OpenAI knowingly traded writing quality for technical gains in GPT-5.2 and got that balance wrong, CEO Sam Altman says. According to the CEO, the company is working on improvements for future GPT-5.x models. Speaking during more...
January 29, 2026 Amazon said on Wednesday that it is cutting 16,000 jobs across the company. This would mark its second large round of layoffs in just three months as the tech giant restructures its workforce amid increased more...
January 28, 2026 A complaint filed Friday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California alleges that Meta misled billions of users about the security of WhatsApp’s end-to-end encryption. Plaintiffs from Australia, Brazil, India, Mexico more...
January 23, 2026 D-Wave has completed its acquisition of Quantum Circuits. The company says the move will accelerate its push toward commercially viable, error-corrected quantum computers and reshape how customers access quantum technology. "The acquisition of Quantum Circuits more...
January 23, 2026 Predictions that artificial intelligence will soon usher in shorter workweeks are colliding with economic reality, according to the CEO of one of the world’s largest workplace providers. Mark Dixon, founder and chief executive of International more...
January 22, 2026 Apple’s once-solid relationship with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) is facing challenges, thanks in part to the explosive growth of AI and the increasing dominance of Nvidia in the semiconductor space. According to CEO Jensen more...
