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Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees

Amazon says it is laying off 16,000 employees: This is Amazon's second layoff after the company cut 14,000 corporate jobs in October. Read More

The AI infrastructure boom shows no sign of slowing down: ASML’s record orders show chipmakers are still betting big on AI data centers. Read More

Anthropic, Apple, OpenAI CEOs condemn ICE violence, praise Trump: Anthropic's Dario Amodei and OpenAI's Sam Altman spoke out against ICE enforcement tactics following Minneapolis violence, with one addressing concerns publicly and the other in an internal message. Read More

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