BANGKOK (AP) — Shares in the financial technology company Block soared more than 20% in premarket trading Friday after its CEO announced it was laying off more than 4,000 of its 10,000 plus employees, reconfiguring to capitalize on its use of artificial intelligence. “The core thesis is simple. Intelligence tools have changed what it means…
New Delhi: As India’s digital news ecosystem grapples with the rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence, Mariam Mammen Mathew, CEO of Manorama Online and Chairperson of Digital News Publishers Association, struck a note of urgency and optimism at the Digital News Publishers Association conclave 2026. She framed the moment not as a crisis, but as a…
New York: Amazon is slashing about 16,000 jobs in the second round of mass layoffs for the e-commerce company in three months. The tech giant has said it plans to use generative artificial intelligence to replace corporate workers. It has also been reducing a workforce that swelled during the pandemic. Beth Galetti, a senior vice…
NEW YORK, Jan. 28, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — As 2026 unfolds amidst global challenges, VML’s 12th annualFuture 100 report introduces an emerging cultural ethos: dystoptimism. A concept coined in its report, “dystoptimism” captures a collective mood that acknowledges darkness without surrendering to it and finding possibility in renewal. The Future 100: 2026 report is based on…
