Amazon is planning another major round of layoffs among its corporate staff, expected to begin as early as next week and affect thousands of positions. The move is part of a broader plan to cut nearly 30,000 roles across its global corporate workforce, representing close to 10% of all white-collar employees at the company. If fully implemented, it would mark the largest round of job cuts in Amazon’s history.
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The European Parliament on Thursday adopted a resolution on the European Union’s technological sovereignty, urging the European Commission to take concrete steps to reduce reliance on American technologies—particularly in cloud computing, artificial intelligence, and critical digital infrastructure.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and OpenAI have announced a joint $50 million initiative aimed at using artificial intelligence to support and improve healthcare systems across African countries. The project, called Horizon1000, was unveiled at the World Economic Forum in Davos and is set to deploy AI tools in primary healthcare, starting in Rwanda.
A group of job seekers in the United States has filed a lawsuit seeking to subject artificial-intelligence systems used for résumé screening to the same transparency rules that apply to credit reporting agencies. The case could become one of the first legal tests of whether algorithmic candidate scoring falls under federal consumer-reporting law.
New data from PwC’s 29th Global CEO Survey show that more than half of chief executives have not yet seen meaningful financial benefits from their investments in artificial intelligence, despite rising spending on the technology and widespread enthusiasm about its potential.
Bristol Myers Squibb and Microsoft announced on Tuesday a partnership aimed at accelerating the early detection of lung cancer using artificial intelligence across the U.S. healthcare system. The collaboration will be implemented through Microsoft’s Precision Imaging Network, a platform that analyzes X-ray and CT scans using FDA-cleared AI algorithms.
China is exploring the creation of a national mergers and acquisitions (M&A) fund to support the development of key technologies — from robotics to artificial intelligence — as competition with the United States for technological leadership intensifies. The idea was announced by Wang Changlin, Vice Chairman of the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC), during a press briefing, although no detailed parameters have yet been disclosed.
At the World Economic Forum in Davos, technology leaders agreed that 2026 will mark the transition of artificial intelligence from pilot projects to large-scale deployment. The speed and safety of this shift will depend on three factors: access to energy, cybersecurity, and companies’ ability to integrate AI with critical decision-making systems.
New scientific studies indicate that nanoparticles based on rare-earth metals may have potential in the diagnosis and treatment of brain tumors, particularly glioblastoma, one of the most aggressive cancers, with a median patient survival of around 12–15 months.
An analysis of the memory market indicates that in 2026 data centers — especially those powering artificial intelligence and large-scale computing platforms — could absorb as much as 70% of global production of DRAM and related memory chips. This raises the risk of serious shortages of this critical component across other technology sectors and consumer markets.