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The S&P 500 is up 9.8% year-to-date, but many other asset classes are outperforming it, including small caps (+21.7%), value stocks (+15.1%), and emerging markets (+30.8%). This broad market strength …

Several Magnificent Seven stocks have declined recently due to uncertainty over AI growth sustainability and increased competition. Fund manager Inge Heydorn of Chelverton Asset Management sees a buyi…

Microsoft announced at Build 2026 a suite of upgrades to Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) to optimize it for AI workloads, including AKS on Bare Metal in public preview for direct hardware access, gener…

Google and Microsoft co-developed WebMCP, an open web standard that lets websites expose structured, callable tools directly to browser-based agents, replacing unreliable vision-based or DOM-scraping …

Fewer Dutch businesses were hit by cyberattacks last year, with 60% of SMEs affected versus 72% a year earlier, but researchers warn firms are poorly prepared for AI-driven threats and overly reliant …

Organizations are losing institutional knowledge due to AI-driven layoffs, a phenomenon called organizational amnesia. Without proper transition plans, AI systems lack context and can disrupt operatio…

Microsoft announced a broad set of enhancements to Azure Kubernetes Service at Build 2026, including bare metal support, fleet management, and AI infrastructure features, aiming to make Kubernetes a f…

Oracle laid off 21,000 employees over the past year, reducing its workforce to 141,000, and cited AI adoption as a reason for the cuts. The company spent $1.8 billion on restructuring and may continue…

Nvidia and Microsoft announced 'agentic AI PCs' at Computex, but analysts say the devices are mostly repackaged existing AI PCs that don't justify enterprise upgrades. The new RTX Spark PCs, powered b…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella criticized rival tech executives for being too honest about AI's potential to eliminate white-collar jobs, urging a focus on reorganizing jobs rather than announcing layoff…

Microsoft is strengthening its enterprise AI channel through a partnership with KPMG, aiming to expand the reach of its AI tools and services to more businesses. The collaboration leverages KPMG's ext…

Tech industry experts are warning IT decision-makers to avoid free AI token offers from vendors, as they risk vendor lock-in. Analysts recommend adopting a multi-vendor and multi-model strategy to cut…

AI companies are building expensive server farms for cloud-based generative AI, but on-device AI models are emerging that could shift tasks away from the cloud. The resulting memory shortage is drivin…

Microsoft announced a multibillion-dollar datacenter campus in Pecos, Texas, adding approximately 2 GW of capacity to meet surging AI and cloud demand. The project will support over 6,000 construction…

Nvidia claims its next-generation liquid cooling systems achieve 300x water efficiency, addressing AI data center water consumption. The GB200 NVL72 and Vera Rubin platforms use warm-water direct-to-c…

Mistral AI, a Paris-based AI company, is positioning itself as an enterprise-focused infrastructure provider rather than a consumer chatbot competitor, emphasizing open weights, customization, and sov…

SpaceX announced the acquisition of Anysphere, the company behind the AI coding tool Cursor, for $60 billion in stock, just days after its $75 billion IPO. The deal, expected to close in Q3 2026, give…

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella warned against allowing a few AI giants to dominate the economy, emphasizing the need for broad distribution of AI benefits. He called for policies to prevent concentration…

London-based Isometric raised $40 million in Series A funding led by AVP to expand its AI-powered certification platform for the industrial economy. The company uses AI agents to verify claims across …

Microsoft offers five free resources for student developers in 2026, including Azure for Students with $100 cloud credits, Microsoft Learn AI paths, Copilot, Reactor events, and Tech Community blogs. …