Tech's Year of Contradictions: Record AI Spending Met Record Layoffs in 2025
Big Tech cut over 50,000 jobs while pouring hundreds of billions into AI infrastructure. The disconnect reveals where the industry is actually heading.
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Meta Buys Manus AI for $2 Billion in Its Boldest AI Bet Yet
Mark Zuckerberg acquires the Singapore-based AI startup that reached $100M revenue in eight months, signaling a major pivot in Meta's AI strategy.
2025 Was the Year Quantum Computing Got Real
From Google's Willow chip to Microsoft's Majorana breakthrough, quantum computing moved from theoretical promise to practical milestone in 2025.
First Wheelchair User Reaches Space: Michaela Benthaus Makes History
German engineer Michaela Benthaus became the first person with paraplegia to travel past the Kármán Line on a Blue Origin flight, opening doors for disabled astronauts.
China Built a Secret EUV Chip Machine by Reverse-Engineering the West's Most Guarded Technology
A covert six-year program involving former ASML engineers has produced a working prototype. Here's what that means for the global chip war.
OpenAI and Amazon Are in Talks for a $10 Billion Deal That Rewrites the AI Playbook
The ChatGPT maker is eyeing Amazon's cash and chips in a deal that could value it at over $500 billion while reshaping big tech alliances.
The AI War Just Got Real: OpenAI's GPT-5.2 vs Google's Gemini Deep Research
After an internal 'code red' memo, OpenAI fired back with GPT-5.2. Here's what the escalating AI arms race means for the industry.
TIME Names 'Architects of AI' Its 2025 Person of the Year
Eight tech leaders with $870 billion in combined wealth earned the honor for 'delivering the age of thinking machines.' The timing couldn't be more complicated.
Big Tech Is Pouring $67 Billion Into India's AI Future
Amazon, Microsoft, and Google are betting billions on India's AI infrastructure in a week-long spending spree that reshapes the global AI landscape.
IBM Just Made Its Biggest Bet Since Red Hat With $11B Confluent Deal
IBM's acquisition of Confluent signals that the race to own AI's data layer is heating up fast.
Nvidia Invests $2 Billion in Synopsys to Build AI-Powered Chip Design Tools
The GPU giant is betting that AI can design the next generation of chips faster and better than human engineers alone. Synopsys will help make it happen.
AWS Launches Trainium3: Amazon's Answer to Nvidia's AI Chip Dominance
Amazon's new 3-nanometer AI chip promises 4x faster performance and 4x more memory. The cloud giant is betting big on breaking Nvidia's stranglehold.