Alphabet's Waymo announced plans to expand its driverless robotaxi service to Denver, San Diego, Las Vegas, and Tampa this year, initially serving only Alphabet employees before opening to the public.…
Amazon sold $25 billion in bonds on July 7, offering extra yield to attract buyers, but demand was the weakest for any hyperscaler since Meta's 2025 bond sale. The deal signals investor pushback again…
Morgan Stanley bond manager Vishal Khanduja warns that Big Tech's debt binge to fund AI projects is showing troubling signs, including cooling investor demand and rising credit risk. Amazon's surprise…
Big Tech companies including Nvidia, Amazon, and Alphabet have sold bonds worth $25 billion or more to fund AI infrastructure expansion, marking a record level of debt for AI capabilities and data cen…
More IT workers are seeking union representation amid mass layoffs, disillusionment with Big Tech, and fears that AI will displace jobs, but overall union membership in tech remains low at about 3.5%.…
UK government bonds have outperformed the Magnificent 7 tech stocks in the first half of 2026, with the average stock price of the group rising just 1.7% compared to gilts' gains. The slowdown marks a…
UK Science and Technology Secretary Liz Kendall backed British driverless car companies, warning that failure to support them would leave the UK reliant on US firms. Her stance contrasts with Andy Bur…
India's foreign direct investment surged 73% to $47 billion in 2025, driven by massive data center and AI infrastructure investments from tech giants. Alphabet announced a $15 billion commitment to bu…
Alphabet's $15 billion data center and AI hub investment in Andhra Pradesh drove a 44% surge in India's foreign direct investment to $39 billion in 2025, according to a UN report. The single deal acco…
Google scrapped the base architecture for Gemini 3.5 Pro and rebuilt it from scratch, delaying the launch to a July 17 internal target after identifying performance gaps in mathematical reasoning, SVG…
Google's Pixel 11 lineup will cost $100 more across all models, starting at $899, with the 128GB entry-level tier eliminated, according to leaks. The company blames AI-driven component shortages for t…
Mainland China's stock markets are mirroring the US trend of tech stock dominance, with the technology sector becoming the largest component of the CSI 300 Index. AI-related companies like Zhongji Inn…
BlackRock's research head Jean Boivin said private credit will play a larger role in financing AI infrastructure, as companies seek capital for massive expenditures. He dismissed comparisons to past b…
Big Tech companies are on track to spend between $600 billion and $725 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, a 77% jump from 2025, with Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Oracle leading the charge…
Meta Platforms announced plans to spend between $115 billion and $145 billion on AI infrastructure in 2026, nearly double its 2025 spending, triggering over $1 trillion in market cap losses across AI …
Nigeria's FCCPC announced on July 6, 2026, that President Bola Tinubu ordered an investigation into Meta, Alphabet, X, and generative AI platforms over alleged anti-competitive use of Nigerian media c…
Companies heavily investing in AI are growing headcount by 10% over two years, with entry-level hiring up 12%, according to a Ramp and Revelio Labs study of 21,559 U.S. firms. Meanwhile, the five larg…
The four largest hyperscalers—Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft—are on track to spend $725 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, a 77% increase from 2025, as AI infrastructure spending surges. …
Microsoft eliminated 4,800 roles, citing AI automation, joining a wave of tech layoffs that have cut 120,000 jobs in 2026. Oracle cut 21,000 employees, GitLab laid off 350 workers, and Google reduced …
The four largest hyperscalers—Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft—are on track to spend a combined ~$725 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, up 77% from 2025, as part of the largest infrastruct…