AI is creating the Rick Rubins of Silicon Valley
The rise of AI-native tools such as Claude Code is transforming the value and impact of designers and taste-makers in Silicon Valley.
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Tech hiring fell hard after COVID. These jobs survived.
Indeed's new study finds tech job postings down from pandemic peaks, but roles like data scientists and solution architects remain in demand.
AI is turning Big Tech into a superstar economy
AI-driven pay changes at Meta, Google, Amazon, and Nvidia prioritize standout individual contributors over traditional management roles.
Apple is losing its grip on the world's tech supply chain
Apple once set the bar for suppliers including TSMC. Now it's being unseated by Nvidia and AI cloud giants.
'Task' versus 'purpose': Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang explains why AI won't kill jobs.
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Business spending on OpenAI models jumps to a record, new data shows
OpenAI leads enterprise AI adoption among US businesses, outpacing Anthropic and Google. Ramp data shows rising paid usage in December 2025.
The $1 trillion reason Elon Musk ended Tesla FSD purchases
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Google is leaning on its app empire to give Gemini an edge with 'Personal Intelligence'
The Gemini AI chatbot can now reason across Google apps including Gmail, Photos and YouTube, offering something OpenAI and Anthropic don't have.
Tesla's EV market share soars in the US as rivals struggle without government help
With US federal EV incentives gone, Tesla gets back to dominating the US market. It's all about volume and EV manufacturing scale.
Anthropic and OpenAI are crawling the web even more and not giving much back
Cloudflare data shows the top AI labs are strip-mining the web, and it's getting worse not better.
AI has been all about GPUs. That's changing fast.
Nvidia's $20 billion Groq acquisition shows the AI industry moving from training to inference, with speed and efficiency now crucial.
VCs say tiny teams, personal agents, and a shift from vibes to payback are the tech trends to watch in 2026
Investors at 18 VC firms shared where they're investing, what they think is overhyped, and how they expect the tech market to shift in 2026.
Using AI to avoid getting your car towed
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AI model training needs are changing, with subject experts pushing aside generalist data labelers
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Surviving Meta's 'year of intensity'
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How I got AI to help me sell my old couch
Google's Gemini AI chatbot quickly identified an old furniture model, making it easier to sell.
Google researchers find the best AI model is 69% right
Here's what this means for law firms and other businesses that are betting on AI.
Companies are finally paying for AI, and paying big
AI enterprise spending is about to surge as CIOs allocate new budgets for generative AI projects in 2026, surveys finds.
Startups love to boast about 'ARR.' AI could bring this to an abrupt end.
AI disrupts ARR: Startups and SaaS firms face new hybrid valuation models as investors prioritize usage, efficiency, and outcome-based metrics.
The startup taking direct aim at Nvidia's AI iron grip
Chris Lattner helped build the software behind Google TPUs. Now he's coming after Nvidia.