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20,000 job cuts at Meta, Microsoft raise concern that AI-driven labor crisis is here

Meta said it's cutting 10% of its workforce, just as Microsoft announced that it's offering employee buyouts for the first time in its 51-year history.

Intel's blowout quarter showcases the exact reason why we took a stake in Arm

Intel's quarter is a sign for what's to come in CPU demand

Nuclear reactor company X-energy shares surge 27% as AI drives interest in its IPO

Advanced nuclear reactor company X-energy began trading Friday as the AI boom and electrification broadly spark a flurry of interest in the nuclear industry.

‘Look, no hands’: China chases the driverless dream at Beijing car show

As domestic sales slow, manufacturers are investing in AI and seeking growth in technology and in overseas markets

From Michael to Back to Black, authorised music biopics are becoming bland, blatant propaganda. Audiences deserve better

Swerving the child abuse allegations, the new Michael Jackson film is yet another revisionist music movie in a long line. We know what’s in it for their subjects. What about the viewers?

Tech bros: it’s time to challenge Silicon Valley’s saviour complex

They’re in a league of their own

New video, images show pararescuemen searching for missing crew of U.S.-flagged ship overturned by typhoon

Updated on: April 24, 2026 / 10:01 AM EDT / CBS News

What is a passkey, how does it work and why is it better than a password?

Login method for apps and websites stored on users’ devices provides stronger security and is resistant to phishing and breaches

Backlash against ‘blatant’ Asian stereotype in The Devil Wears Prada 2

A social media clip released before the film hits cinemas, which introduces new character Jin Chao, has been greeted with furious reactions online

60-foot octopus prowled seas as apex predator during age of dinosaurs, fossilized jaws show

Updated on: April 24, 2026 / 7:39 AM EDT / CBS/AP

Marvel looks like it’s about to abolish the Multiverse saga. Isn’t that cheating?

If Avengers: Endgame is being recut to segue neatly into Doomsday, the saga wasn’t a spandex spider web of smartly linked super-stories after all. So why did we watch Loki and She-Hulk: Attorney at Law?

The Stanford Freshmen Who Want to Rule the World

Silicon Valley venture capitalists are wining and dining 18-year-olds.