How often should you be working at the office? Here’s what the research suggests
But plenty of employees have now developed a taste for working from home. And in response, some of their employers have started to tighten the rules on hybrid work . Barclays Bank is one of latest big companies to do so…
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Bluesky hit peak usage for the year on election night
“We’re seeing a wave of new people joining and old friends coming back,” Bluesky CEO Toni Schneider posted. According to Schneider, posts and likes doubled during the U.S. midterm elections on Tuesday. COO Rose Wang told…
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How Europe can compete with the US and China on AI
There is another race, where what matters is not how much companies spend or how powerful their models are, but what they get back from using them. In this race, developing the most powerful model doesn’t make you a…
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Zipline hits $21.5B valuation as Walmart expands bet on drone delivery
Zipline and Walmart reached a new multi-year agreement to add 300 drone delivery sites across the United States. The two companies have had a drone delivery agreement since 2021, but this deal is a significant jump from…
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Area Man Feels Joy Online for First Time in Years
“You guys remember ... how fucking hopeless we felt?” Onion CEO Ben Collins asked an audience at the WIRED World Fair in Miami Wednesday. At the time, he asked his partner, researcher and journalist Kat Abughazaleh , if…
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BT faces £200m hit as households ditch landlines ahead of January switch off
The telecoms giant expects revenues to fall short by £150 million to £200 million due to the migration away from legacy copper wires to internet-delivered connections. However, BT executives maintain that the financial…
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TikTok quietly launches a stand-alone TikTok Shop app
The app will offer personalized product recommendations, the ability to shop through livestreams and short-form videos, app-exclusive deals, in-app checkout, order tracking, and customer support. The app, which was first…
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7 ways the US Midterm Elections could impact technology sector
For everyday consumers, local residents living near major technology hubs and investors, this dual-chamber victory introduces a completely new set of financial and local challenges. Here is what the shift could means for…
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Dropbox acquires Tigris Data for $350M to bolster its AI infrastructure
Dropbox told TechCrunch via email that the transaction is expected to close in the fourth quarter of 2026. The company also said it currently has no plans to reduce headcount as part of the acquisition. The company…
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Apple set to cap employee AI use amid rising costs
The reports come as multiple tech companies and major consultancies have instituted their own AI token caps for staff. reported via unnamed sources that the tech giant was considering rolling back employee budgets for AI…
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