Microsoft offers buyout for up to 7% of U.S. employees

If a worker’s years of service at Microsoft plus their age equals 70 or more, they will be eligible for a voluntary retirement buyout.

Labor unrest at Samsung may worsen memory chip supply issues

Tens of thousands of Samsung Electronics workers held a rally at the company’s Pyeongtaek campus in South Korea on Thursday to signal they are prepared to walk off the job for an 18-day strike next month.

Beehiiv rolls out new creator tools, including webinars and customizable paywalls

Beehiiv is clearly done being just a newsletter platform based on today’s launch of a new webinar feature, customizable paywalls, and more.

Google Cloud launches two new AI chips to compete with Nvidia

Google’s newest TPUs are faster and cheaper than the previous versions. But the company is still embracing Nvidia in its cloud — for now.

Google turns Chrome into an AI coworker for the workplace

Google brings Gemini-powered ‘auto browse’ capabilities to Chrome for enterprise users, letting workers automate tasks like research, data entry, and more.

Google makes an interesting choice with its new agent building tool for enterprises

Gemini Enterprise Agent Platform takes an interesting approach: it is geared for IT and technical users.

AI Overviews are coming to your Gmail at work

The AI Overviews will offer instant summaries pulled from across multiple emails.

OpenAI teams up with Infosys to bring AI tools to more businesses

Infosys said the integration will be used to help its clients modernize software development, automate workflows, and deploy AI systems, initially focusing software engineering, legacy modernization, and DevOps.

Exclusive: Google deepens Thinking Machines Lab ties with new multi-billion-dollar deal

Mira Murati’s Thinking Machines Lab has signed a multi-billion-dollar deal with Google Cloud for AI infrastructure powered by Nvidia’s latest GB300 chips, TechCrunch has exclusively learned.

Anthropic launches Claude Design, a new product for creating quick visuals

The company says Claude Design is intended to help people like founders and product managers without a design background share their ideas more easily.