Tech

Amazon Cuts 16,000 Jobs As Tech Layoffs Accelerate In 2026

Layoff trackers also show thousands of tech workers have already been affected by job reductions across dozens of firms so far this year.

SpaceX mulls $1.5tn IPO timed to ‘align with Musk’s birthday and the planets’

World’s richest person targeting symbolic date in June for flotation of rocket company

Google To Pay $68M Over Voice Assistant Privacy Lawsuit

A $68 million deal marks Google’s effort to quiet years of unease over smart devices that listened when they shouldn’t have.

Details emerge about victims killed in private jet crash in Maine

Updated on: January 28, 2026 / 9:07 AM EST / CBS/AP

‘It’s not too late to fix it’: web inventor Tim Berners-Lee says he is in a ‘battle for the soul’ of the internet

Founder of the world wide web says commercialisation means the net has been ‘optimised for nastiness’, but collaboration and compassion can prevail

A poor surprise reveal for Highguard leaves it fighting an uphill battle for good reviews

​In the fiercely competitive market ​of the online multiplayer game, Highguard​’s rocky start means it now has a lot to prove

Social media companies face first trial over addiction to their platforms

Multiple social media platforms face a first-of-its-kind trial in a Los Angeles court this week, facing accusations that their platforms are designed to be harmfully addictive.

Chip stocks rally after bumper earnings and a report of a game-changing China approval for Nvidia

Reuters reported that China has approved sales of Nvidia's H200, sending the AI chip giant's shares higher in premarket trade.

Amazon laying off about 16,000 corporate workers in latest anti-bureaucracy push

The layoffs mark the second round of mass cuts at Amazon since last October, when the company laid off roughly 14,000 employees across its corporate workforce.

Shrinking season three review

This warm, inoffensive but undeniably mawkish comedy about a therapist is cosy but preposterous. Sometimes it’s like the excellent Ford is in a totally different programme

Wonder Man review

This gem of a series, about an actor with superpowers, is a clever, tender take on male friendship and the film industry. It’s a triumph of storytelling – and a masterclass in acting

The Only Living Pickpocket in New York review

Sundance film festival: the actor plays a pickpocket who steals from the wrong person in a leisurely, straightforward crime thriller with a sting in its tail