The market is delivering a harsh verdict on AI investments. Meta’s stock surged as its spending plans were backed by strong ad revenue, while Microsoft shares fell amid cloud growth concerns and investor skepticism over its capital expenditures.
Microsoft reported $81.3 billion in revenue for Q2 FY26, with capital expenditures hitting $37.5 billion, two-thirds of it on GPUs and AI gear. CEO Satya Nadella framed the spending as a long-term play to acquire customers for M365, GitHub, and Copilot, not just Azure. The company also revealed a $7
A startup called Adapt is pitching itself as an AI hub that can connect to all your business software, pull data, and even write custom code. It aims to solve the problem of fragmented tools by acting as a central “computer for business.” The ambition is huge, but so are the potential pitfalls.
The last week of January 2026 saw a flurry of activity from Apple. The company launched new hardware and software, though anticipated MacBook Pro updates failed to materialize.
Anthropic is expanding Claude’s capabilities with deep integrations into third-party apps. The chatbot can now perform tasks within platforms like Asana, Box, and Figma on a user’s behalf.
Europe’s first exascale supercomputer, JUPITER, is now operational at the Jülich Supercomputing Centre. It’s part of a broader strategy to fuse high-performance computing, AI, and quantum technologies into a single, powerful platform for science and industry.
Christoph Hartmann, the head of Amazon Game Studios, has departed. The news follows Amazon’s confirmation of a new round of mass layoffs impacting over 16,000 employees. This marks another pivot away from traditional game development for the tech giant.
Samsung is dramatically upgrading its Care Plus warranty service for European customers. The changes include unlimited accidental damage repairs and introducing a Theft and Loss plan for the first time in the region.
The White House is summoning crypto and banking industry reps to try and salvage a stalled digital asset bill. The key fight? Whether crypto exchanges can offer rewards on customer token holdings, which banks say siphons deposits.
Amazon Game Studios is losing its boss, Christoph Hartmann, as part of a massive new round of 16,000 company-wide layoffs. This follows a previous cut of 14,000 jobs last October and signals a major retreat from Amazon’s original gaming ambitions.
