Oracle's 10-K Confirms It: 21,000 Jobs Gone, and AI Is the Stated Reason
NewsJun 23, 2026

Oracle's 10-K Confirms It: 21,000 Jobs Gone, and AI Is the Stated Reason

The company's annual SEC filing puts a number on a year of cuts, and says plainly that AI adoption is why the workforce shrank.

Brian Weerasinghe·6 min read
Xbox Layoffs Are Coming in July as New CEO Declares a Division-Wide Reset
NewsJun 14, 2026

Xbox Layoffs Are Coming in July as New CEO Declares a Division-Wide Reset

Asha Sharma's blunt internal memo reveals a 3% profit margin, $500 million in lost revenue, and a studio system that overextended itself chasing too many strategies at once.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
SpaceX's IPO Is Making 4,400 Employees Millionaires. AI Startup Workers Are Paying Attention.
NewsJun 13, 2026

SpaceX's IPO Is Making 4,400 Employees Millionaires. AI Startup Workers Are Paying Attention.

The largest IPO in history closed at a $1.77 trillion valuation. The real story isn't Elon Musk becoming a trillionaire. It's what happens when a company builds its entire workforce on the promise that equity is the paycheck.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
Shopee Cuts 8% of Its Developers as AI Job Losses Hit Southeast Asia's Biggest E-Commerce Platform
NewsJun 13, 2026

Shopee Cuts 8% of Its Developers as AI Job Losses Hit Southeast Asia's Biggest E-Commerce Platform

Sea Limited is profitable, growing, and still cutting engineers. That combination is the story worth watching.

Brian Weerasinghe·5 min read
SpaceX IPO Crowns Elon Musk as the World's First Trillionaire
NewsJun 12, 2026

SpaceX IPO Crowns Elon Musk as the World's First Trillionaire

SPCX debuted on Nasdaq at $150 per share on June 12, 2026, pushing Musk's net worth past $1.1 trillion in the largest public offering in history.

Brian Weerasinghe·4 min read
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
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