Claude Fable 5 Is Here: Anthropic's Most Powerful Model Now Available to Everyone
NewsJun 10, 2026

Claude Fable 5 Is Here: Anthropic's Most Powerful Model Now Available to Everyone

After two months of restricted access through Project Glasswing, Anthropic is handing its frontier Mythos-class intelligence to any developer with an API key.

Brian Weerasinghe·7 min read
Google Cuts Cloud and Cybersecurity Teams to Fund AI Push
NewsJun 7, 2026

Google Cuts Cloud and Cybersecurity Teams to Fund AI Push

Employees at Google's Threat Intelligence Group and Mandiant were among those laid off as the company redirects resources toward AI infrastructure.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
GitLab Cuts 14% of Staff as It Rebuilds for the Agentic Era
NewsJun 5, 2026

GitLab Cuts 14% of Staff as It Rebuilds for the Agentic Era

The DevOps platform is exiting 22 countries and rebuilding git from scratch - even as revenue climbs 23% year-over-year.

Brian Weerasinghe·3 min read
Uber Cuts 23% of People Division in New President's First Major Move
NewsJun 4, 2026

Uber Cuts 23% of People Division in New President's First Major Move

Jill Hazelbaker, three weeks into her expanded role as Uber's president, is eliminating nearly a quarter of the HR and recruiting function she now oversees.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Claude Opus 4.8 Arrives With Stronger Agentic Coding, Dynamic Workflows, and a Cheaper Fast Mode
NewsMay 29, 2026

Claude Opus 4.8 Arrives With Stronger Agentic Coding, Dynamic Workflows, and a Cheaper Fast Mode

Anthropic ships Opus 4.8 at the same price as Opus 4.7, with benchmark gains over GPT-5.5, a new multi-agent feature for Claude Code, and a 3x cheaper fast mode.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Meta Launches Paid Subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp
NewsMay 28, 2026

Meta Launches Paid Subscriptions for Instagram, Facebook, and WhatsApp

The social network rolls out Plus tiers globally, then begins testing creator, business, and AI plans under a new Meta One umbrella brand

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Sam Altman Just Offered Every YC Startup $2M in OpenAI Tokens. Here's What That Trade Actually Costs.
NewsMay 28, 2026

Sam Altman Just Offered Every YC Startup $2M in OpenAI Tokens. Here's What That Trade Actually Costs.

OpenAI is writing equity checks to 169 startups simultaneously, but not in cash. The structure is clever, the math favors OpenAI, and the risks for founders are real.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
Wix Stock Price Tanks 50% as Company Announces 1,000-Employee Layoff
NewsMay 26, 2026

Wix Stock Price Tanks 50% as Company Announces 1,000-Employee Layoff

The website builder's AI bet turned expensive fast. Investors aren't waiting to see how it plays out.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees as Zuckerberg Bets the Company on AI
NewsMay 25, 2026

Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees as Zuckerberg Bets the Company on AI

The company's biggest companywide cuts since 2022 hit integrity, cybersecurity, and design teams - while 7,000 workers get redirected into AI roles.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
Wix Plans Its Largest Layoffs Ever as AI Costs and Losses Mount
NewsMay 25, 2026

Wix Plans Its Largest Layoffs Ever as AI Costs and Losses Mount

The website-builder giant is cutting up to 1,000 jobs - about 20% of its workforce - after a quarter that delivered losses alongside revenue growth and operating expenses that surged 50% year-over-year.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
ClickUp Cuts 22% of Staff and Offers $1M Salaries to Those Who Stay
NewsMay 22, 2026

ClickUp Cuts 22% of Staff and Offers $1M Salaries to Those Who Stay

CEO Zeb Evans is calling it the '100x org.' Fire nearly a quarter of the company, pay the survivors up to $1 million in cash, and let 3,000 AI agents pick up the rest.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Intuit Layoffs 2026: 3,000 Jobs Cut as TurboTax Maker Bets Big on AI
NewsMay 20, 2026

Intuit Layoffs 2026: 3,000 Jobs Cut as TurboTax Maker Bets Big on AI

CEO Sasan Goodarzi's internal memo points to AI as the reason. The real picture is more complicated.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Cisco Cuts 4,000 Jobs on the Same Day It Posts $15.8B Record Revenue
NewsMay 15, 2026

Cisco Cuts 4,000 Jobs on the Same Day It Posts $15.8B Record Revenue

The networking giant is eliminating under 5% of its workforce while reporting its best quarterly numbers ever, calling the layoffs a strategic bet on AI, silicon, and optics - not a cost-cutting play.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Claude Helped Recover $400K in Bitcoin Locked in a Forgotten Wallet for 11 Years
NewsMay 14, 2026

Claude Helped Recover $400K in Bitcoin Locked in a Forgotten Wallet for 11 Years

A pseudonymous X user credited Anthropic's AI with solving a technical wallet recovery problem that defeated brute-force tools and professional services for over a decade.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
LinkedIn Cuts Nearly 900 Jobs Despite 12% Revenue Growth
NewsMay 13, 2026

LinkedIn Cuts Nearly 900 Jobs Despite 12% Revenue Growth

The Microsoft-owned platform is restructuring teams around profitability and growth priorities - even as its business accelerates.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
GM Cuts More Than 600 IT Jobs in a Deliberate AI Skills Swap
NewsMay 13, 2026

GM Cuts More Than 600 IT Jobs in a Deliberate AI Skills Swap

The Detroit automaker eliminated over 10% of its global IT workforce on May 11, replacing conventional tech roles with positions focused on AI-native development, agent engineering, and cloud infrastructure.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
OpenAI Launches Daybreak, Its Bet on AI-Native Cyber Defense
NewsMay 12, 2026

OpenAI Launches Daybreak, Its Bet on AI-Native Cyber Defense

The initiative combines GPT-5.5, Codex Security, and a network of over 20 security partners to embed vulnerability detection directly into software development.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
GitLab Announces Layoffs and Restructuring for the Agentic Era
NewsMay 12, 2026

GitLab Announces Layoffs and Restructuring for the Agentic Era

The DevSecOps platform is flattening management, shrinking its country footprint by 30%, and reorganising R&D into 60 autonomous teams. The exact number of jobs being cut won't be known until June.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
OpenAI Let 600 Employees Cash Out $6.6 Billion in a Single Day
NewsMay 11, 2026

OpenAI Let 600 Employees Cash Out $6.6 Billion in a Single Day

A WSJ report reveals the October 2025 secondary share sale averaged $11 million per person - one of the largest employee tender offers in tech history.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
NVIDIA Puts AI in Orbit With the Vera Rubin Space-1 Module
NewsMay 10, 2026

NVIDIA Puts AI in Orbit With the Vera Rubin Space-1 Module

The chipmaker unveiled a radiation-hardened computing platform for space at GTC 2026, with six industry partners already committed.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Meta Is Cutting 8,000 Jobs to Fund a $145 Billion AI Bet
NewsMay 9, 2026

Meta Is Cutting 8,000 Jobs to Fund a $145 Billion AI Bet

Zuckerberg told employees directly: the layoffs are a line item in the company's AI infrastructure budget, not a response to financial trouble.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Oracle Laid Off 30,000 People to Fund AI. Then It Refused to Negotiate Severance.
NewsMay 9, 2026

Oracle Laid Off 30,000 People to Fund AI. Then It Refused to Negotiate Severance.

Workers lost millions in unvested stock and tried to organize. Oracle's response: take it or leave it.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Upwork Cuts 25% of Its Workforce and Points to AI
NewsMay 9, 2026

Upwork Cuts 25% of Its Workforce and Points to AI

The freelance platform that built its name on human labor is trimming its own headcount, citing AI-driven efficiency as the reason.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
OpenAI Releases Three Realtime Voice Models, Including GPT-Realtime-2 With GPT-5-Class Reasoning
NewsMay 8, 2026

OpenAI Releases Three Realtime Voice Models, Including GPT-Realtime-2 With GPT-5-Class Reasoning

GPT-Realtime-2, GPT-Realtime-Translate, and GPT-Realtime-Whisper are now available through the Realtime API, which exits beta and goes generally available.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Verizon Cuts Hundreds More Jobs Six Months After Its Largest-Ever Layoff
NewsMay 8, 2026

Verizon Cuts Hundreds More Jobs Six Months After Its Largest-Ever Layoff

The telecom giant confirmed a second wave of reductions, with Basking Ridge bearing the heaviest impact, even as Q1 results showed the first signs of a real turnaround.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Cloudflare Cuts 1,100 Jobs and Calls It an AI Upgrade
NewsMay 8, 2026

Cloudflare Cuts 1,100 Jobs and Calls It an AI Upgrade

The connectivity cloud company is eliminating 20% of its workforce and blaming a 600% surge in internal AI usage. Investors are not convinced.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Anthropic Partners With SpaceX's Colossus 1 and Raises Claude Usage Limits
NewsMay 7, 2026

Anthropic Partners With SpaceX's Colossus 1 and Raises Claude Usage Limits

Anthropic secures 300+ megawatts from xAI's Memphis supercomputer and immediately doubles Claude Code limits for paid users.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Coinbase Cuts 14% of Staff and Bets Its Future on AI-Native Teams
NewsMay 5, 2026

Coinbase Cuts 14% of Staff and Bets Its Future on AI-Native Teams

Brian Armstrong frames the layoffs not as a crisis response but as a deliberate rebuild around artificial intelligence.

Brian Weerasinghe·3 min read
Unity AI Is Now in Open Beta - and It Ships with an Agent, a Gateway, and an MCP Server
NewsMay 5, 2026

Unity AI Is Now in Open Beta - and It Ships with an Agent, a Gateway, and an MCP Server

Unity's built-in AI suite is now available to all Unity 6 developers, bringing a project-aware agentic assistant and open connectivity for third-party models directly into the editor.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Claude Can Now Operate Inside Blender, Adobe, and Eight Other Creative Tools
NewsMay 3, 2026

Claude Can Now Operate Inside Blender, Adobe, and Eight Other Creative Tools

Anthropic's new MCP connectors put Claude directly inside the creative software professionals already use — from Blender's Python API to Adobe's full Creative Cloud stack.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
Anthropic's $900B Round Is Two Weeks Away — and Investor Demand May Push It Higher
NewsMay 2, 2026

Anthropic's $900B Round Is Two Weeks Away — and Investor Demand May Push It Higher

The Claude maker is collecting investor allocations now, with the round expected to close within a fortnight and a final valuation that may eclipse the $900B target.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
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