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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.

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.

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.

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.

Anthropic's Implied Valuation Hits $1.4 Trillion - and the Company Is Already Fighting Back
On-chain pre-IPO markets pushed Anthropic's implied valuation up 40% in 24 days. Then the company declared all unauthorized share transfers void.

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.

Anthropic Launches Claude for Legal, Reshaping the $1 Trillion Legal Tech Market
With 12 practice-area plugins, 20+ integrations, and partnerships from Freshfields to Harvey, Anthropic is positioning Claude as the AI fabric of the legal industry.

Starbucks Is Cutting Dozens of Tech Jobs in Seattle While Betting Big on AI
The coffee giant is reshaping its technology team under a new CTO, laying off cybersecurity and engineering staff while simultaneously building AI tools it says will define its future.

OpenAI Launches the Deployment Company, Backed by $4 Billion and 19 Partners
With forward-deployed engineers, a Tomoro acquisition, and McKinsey as a backer, OpenAI is going after the enterprise AI implementation gap - and Anthropic moved the same day.

Tech Layoffs Since ChatGPT: 2022–2026 Data Tracker
A source-led view of technology layoffs since November 30, 2022, with current totals, row-level sources, and methodology maintained in AETW's downloadable tracker.

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.

The Fintech Card That Might Not Charge You - Or Might
The viral debit card that might not charge you is drawing backlash for applying variable-reward psychology to everyday spending.
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