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AI Emerges As Leading Cause Of Layoffs In April As Tech Firms Cut Jobs And Shift Spending
New data shows artificial intelligence accounted for more than a quarter of all announced job cuts last month, while companies also cited tariffs, war-related uncertainty and cost pressures.
International Business Times - May 08, 2026 2:27pm EDT
Canvas is back online, but questions — and final exam disruptions — linger
NPR - May 08, 2026 2:18pm EDT
Live Science - May 08, 2026 1:27pm EDT
Virginia Supreme Court blocks congressional map favoring Democrats
The Virginia Supreme Court blocked a new Democratic-drawn congressional map from taking effect weeks after the voters narrowly approved the plan in a statewide vote. NBC News' Jane Timm explains how this delivers a major boost to Republicans as they defend their narrow House majority in the midterm elections.
NBC News - May 08, 2026 1:03pm EDT
SanDisk 4TB Extreme Portable SSD Drops 49% on Amazon, a Rare Break From Rising Storage Prices
Gizmodo - May 08, 2026 12:46pm EDT
Mindtail debuts with $2 million in seed funding
Türkiye's gaming ecosystem is welcoming another new player. Istanbul-based mobile gaming studio Mindtail has closed a $2 million pre-seed funding...
Daily Sabah - May 08, 2026 12:31pm EDT
AWS data center outage hits trading on FanDuel, Coinbase — recovery to take hours
The cloud platform says it is currently working to resolve the outage, caused by overheating at a data center in Northern Virginia.
CNBC - May 08, 2026 12:12pm EDT
Canvas system used by thousands of schools is back online after a cyberattack disrupted studies
A system that schools and universities use to support instruction was back online after it went down during a cyberattack that created chaos as students tried to study for final exams.
One America News Network - May 08, 2026 12:05pm EDT
Guardian UK - May 08, 2026 11:21am EDT
Cloudflare stock sinks 24% after earnings as company cuts 1,100 employees due to AI changes
The cloud provider announced it is laying off 20% of its workforce as agentic artificial intelligence "fundamentally changes" the company's work.
CNBC - May 08, 2026 10:47am EDT
IBM Cloud evaporates as datacenter loses power
Customers say services were down for at least 4 hours, while status page showed no issues
Register UK - May 08, 2026 9:21am EDT
40,000 tech workers to receive AI training to automate coding, build agentic systems by 2029
The Straits Times - May 08, 2026 9:09am EDT
Hackers ate my homework: Educational SaaS Canvas down after cyberattack
ShinyHunters takes the credit and gives developer an F for security
Register UK - May 08, 2026 7:48am EDT
Canvas Hack Impacts Thousands of Schools Ahead of Finals
A major cyberattack is impacting millions of students across the United States just ahead of finals week. Hackers shut down Canvas, an online learning website that’s used by thousands of universities and schools. NBC’s Christine Romans joins TODAY to break down what to know about the hack and how it might have happened.
NBC News - May 08, 2026 7:29am EDT
While hardware sales took a hit in Sony's fourth-quarter, strong revenue from its image sensing and music businesses offset the dip.
CNBC - May 08, 2026 7:13am EDT
Meta fights Ofcom over how many billions count as billions
Social media biz says watchdog's fine formula is 'disproportionate' and should stop counting global revenue
Register UK - May 08, 2026 7:07am EDT
AWS warns of EC2 'impairment' as power loss hits notorious US-EAST-1 region
Extra aircon found to cool overheating datacenter as users complain their resources are... nowhere
Register UK - May 08, 2026 6:57am EDT
Scientists make AI play Battleship to help it do science better
AI models and people played “collaborative” Battleship to test strategies for efficiently solving problems
Scientific American - May 08, 2026 6:51am EDT
Instagram purge wipes millions of followers from major accounts
Doha, Qatar: Instagram carried out a cleanup of bots and inactive accounts that resulted in a noticeable drop in follower counts for several accounts...
Peninsula Qatar - May 08, 2026 6:41am EDT
They’re Low-Paid. Big Companies Exploit Them. They’ve Made All Your Favorite Viral Videos.
Unfortunately, it's why you know who Clavicular is.
Slate - May 08, 2026 6:31am EDT
As Mark Zuckerberg makes an AI version of himself, will your next boss be an avatar?
Who’s accountable for any decision? Because Mark Zuckerberg hasn’t said it – his persona has, writes Chris Stokel-Walker
Evening Standard - May 08, 2026 4:59am EDT
Nintendo to hike Switch 2 price, warns on profits
Tokyo: Japanese gaming giantNintendosaid Friday it will hike the price of its Switch 2 gaming console as component costs soar, warning that net profit...
Peninsula Qatar - May 08, 2026 4:32am EDT