ChatGPT Wrapped: Productivity Tools Go Viral for Likes
OpenAI's "Your Year with ChatGPT" copies Spotify Wrapped. Why do productivity tools need engagement theater? Privacy concerns and the viral app playbook.
TikTok Oracle Deal: Security Fix or Expensive Theater?
Oracle takes control of TikTok U.S., but ByteDance keeps the algorithm. Is this national security ...
SoftBank Sells Nvidia, T-Mobile to Fund $22.5B OpenAI Bet
SoftBank liquidates $10.6B in Nvidia and T-Mobile stakes, expands Arm margin loans to $11.5B, and ...
Hardware Bankruptcy Crisis: iRobot, Luminar, Rad Power Fail
Three hardware giants—iRobot, Luminar, Rad Power—filed bankruptcy Dec 14-17, 2025. Tariffs, Chinese supply chains, failed ...
Google Kills Dark Web Report: Admits ‘Not Helpful’
Google announced on December 15, 2025 that it’s shutting down the Dark Web Report after ...
AI Layoffs Hit 50K+: 55% of Employers Regret Cuts in 2025
AI-driven layoffs hit 54,694 workers across U.S. tech companies in 2025, according to Challenger, Gray & Christmas data reported by CNBC on December ...
Google-Palo Alto $10B Deal: Circular Cloud Financing Returns
On December 19, 2025, Google Cloud and Palo Alto Networks announced a “landmark” $10 billion ...
Amazon-OpenAI $10B Deal: Investment Goes in a Circle
Amazon is in talks to invest up to $10 billion in OpenAI—one of the largest ...
Yann LeCun Launches AMI Labs at $3.5B: World Models vs LLMs
Yann LeCun, Meta’s Chief AI Scientist and Turing Award winner, just launched Advanced Machine Intelligence ...
Cloud Waste Crisis: $44.5B Wasted on Unused Infrastructure in 2025
Enterprises will burn $44.5 billion on cloud infrastructure they don’t use in 2025—21% of all ...