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Tech Industry Layoffs Hit 141,000 Amid Surging Demand for AI Agent Roles

Tech Industry Layoffs Hit 141,000 Amid Surging Demand for AI Agent Roles

TL;DR * Tech Industry Layoffs Reach 141,000, Highlighting AI Upskilling Needs * Mid-Level Analysts and Technical Writers Earn Median Salary Above $91K, According to BLS Data * AI Agent Positions Growing, Companies Seeking Cross-Functional Technical, Design, and Operations Specialists Tech Layoffs and AI Upskilling Accelerating Layoff Momentum * October 2025 saw 33,

Corporate VCs Light Up Startup Funding Across Africa, China, India

Corporate VCs Light Up Startup Funding Across Africa, China, India

Why CVC Matters in Emerging Markets * Africa’s top‑50 firms hold over US$ 500 bn in assets; allocating just 1‑2 % to venture funding could unleash US$ 5‑10 bn for startups. * In China, corporate‑backed rounds are expanding at roughly 20 % YoY, outpacing traditional VC growth and channeling

AI Startups, OpenAI, Tesla, Airbnb: $500M+ Series D, Data Center Expansion, Pay Package, IPOs Drive Investor Sentiment

AI Startups, OpenAI, Tesla, Airbnb: $500M+ Series D, Data Center Expansion, Pay Package, IPOs Drive Investor Sentiment

TL;DR * AI Startups Raise $500M+ in Series D Rounds—Metropolis, Synchron, and Others Secure New Capital * OpenAI Seeks Federal Backstop for Data‑Center Expansion—CFO Sarah Friar Urges Government Guarantees * Tesla Shareholders Approve Elon Musk's $1 Trillion Pay Package, Voter Concerns Rise * Airbnb, Groww, Aeroméxico IPOs Drive

Generative AI fuels self-modifying malware; Sandworm unleashes ZeroLot; Russian darknet markets move $1.9B Bitcoin; Cisco IT flaw; CISA advisories

Generative AI fuels self-modifying malware; Sandworm unleashes ZeroLot; Russian darknet markets move $1.9B Bitcoin; Cisco IT flaw; CISA advisories

TL;DR * Generative AI fuels a new wave of self-modifying malware evading detection * Cyber-espionage group Sandworm deploys destructive ZeroLot malware against Ukrainian infrastructure * Russian darknet marketplaces moved $1.9 billion in Bitcoin in 2025, fueling illicit finance * Critical Cisco ISE flaw (CVE-2025-20399) can crash authentication servers via crafted RADIUS traffic

Democrats Secure 2026 Midterms, As Supreme Court Threatens Trump Tariff Policy

Democrats Secure 2026 Midterms, As Supreme Court Threatens Trump Tariff Policy

TL;DR * Democrats won 2026 midterm elections * Supreme Court will rule against President Donald Trump's tariffs * Trump's tariffs impacting trade negotiations Democratic Prospects for the 2026 Midterms: Data‑Driven Outlook Data Overview * Prediction markets assign a 69 % chance of a Democratic House win (Kalshi) and 59.

Google, Moonshot, TransferEngine, DeepSeek Unveil AI Powerhouses, Redefining Scale and Speed

Google, Moonshot, TransferEngine, DeepSeek Unveil AI Powerhouses, Redefining Scale and Speed

TL;DR * Google Unveils Ironwood TPU: 9,216 Chips, 192 GB HBM3E, 42.5 ExaFLOPS for AI Training & Inference * Moonshot AI Launches Kimi K2 Thinking, a 1‑T Parameter Open‑Source LLM with 256K‑Token Context and 61 Layers * TransferEngine Opens New Era of Cloud‑agnostic Inference: 400 Gbps

FAA Orders Flight Cuts, UPS Crash, Boeing Training Launch, ZeroAvia Hydrogen Grant, Delhi ATC Delays

FAA Orders Flight Cuts, UPS Crash, Boeing Training Launch, ZeroAvia Hydrogen Grant, Delhi ATC Delays

TL;DR * FAA orders 10% flight reductions at 40 major airports amid government shutdown, potentially cancelling 1,800 flights * UPS cargo plane crash at Louisville kills 12; investigation points to left‑engine failure and fuel‑tank crack * Boeing launches virtual airplane training product VAPT, scalable procedures training on Microsoft Flight