AI is igniting a love affair between Silicon Valley and the consulting industry

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
A robot hand hands a rose to a human hand
Consulting firms and Silicon Valley are growing closer than ever.

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Meta employees react to pending job cuts: '28 days of hell'

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg

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  • Meta told staff on Thursday that it planned to eliminate 10% of its workforce.
  • Inside the company, employees are bracing for weeks of limbo as they wait to find out who will be cut.
  • Meta employees responded internally with a mixture of questions, concerns, and jokes.

Welcome to "28 days of hell."

Big Tech's AI data centers are pushing the power grid to its limits — and one state is feeling it the most

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
Google data center Texas
Power demand in Texas could quadruple by 2032, driven by data centers seeking to connect to the grid.

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Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to thousands of longtime US employees

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Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella.

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A new fault line has emerged inside Google: The Claude haves and have-nots

Tech Insider : Business
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis speaks at the World Economic Forum
Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis.

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California Treasurer Fiona Ma tied to Chinese school cited in scathing audit

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics, Business
Fiona Ma
California Treasurer Fiona Ma is running for lieutenant governor.

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A talent CEO says data centers are a 'massive opportunity' for office workers to pivot mid-career

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Carrie Charles Broadstaff
Carrie Charles is the CEO of Broadstaff, a recruiting and staffing agency.

Carrie Charles

OpenAI loses 3 top executives as it cuts back on 'side quests'

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman.

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  • OpenAI lost three executives on Friday.
  • Under applications CEO Fidji Simo, OpenAI has shifted focus by cutting side projects.
  • Anthropic has been gaining traction and challenging OpenAI's market position.

OpenAI lost three top executives on Friday.

Deloitte is cutting back on benefits for some US workers

Tech Insider : Business, Style

Deloitte US will cut benefits for some workers, according to internal documents seen by Business Insider.

Elon Musk's xAI plans to supply AI computing power to coding startup Cursor

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Elon Musk and Michael Truell
xAI CEO Elon Musk and Cursor CEO Michael Truell.

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