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Staff writer at TechEchelon covering technology, markets, and policy. Jay reports on the deals, regulations, and breaking news that move the publication's core desks.

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  1. 163
    Politics

    Trump Cancels AI Safety Testing Executive Order After Key Tech CEOs Declined to Attend Signing

    President Trump canceled a planned executive order that would have authorized government testing of frontier AI models before public release, after top AI company executives declined to attend the signing event and industry figures pushed back against the proposal.

    120 DAYS AGO

  2. 164
    Artificial Intelligence

    GitHub Outages Undercut Microsoft's Lead in AI Coding as Rivals Gain Ground

    Repeated outages at Microsoft's GitHub unit, fueled by a delayed migration to Azure and surging AI-driven usage, have opened the door for rivals like Cursor and Anthropic's Claude Code to chip away at the platform's dominance among developers.

    121 DAYS AGO

  3. 165
    Artificial Intelligence

    Microsoft Lets Office Users Remove Floating Copilot Button After User Backlash

    Microsoft will update Word, Excel, and PowerPoint next week to let users move a widely criticized floating Copilot button to the ribbon, responding to complaints that the element obstructed cells and couldn't be fully disabled.

    121 DAYS AGO

  4. 166
    Cybersecurity

    Unpatched Chromium Flaw Exposed, Cisco Patches Maximum-Severity Bug, and Chinese Hackers Target Telcos

    Google accidentally exposed details of an unpatched Chromium remote code execution flaw, Cisco patched a maximum-severity Secure Workload vulnerability, and researchers detailed a Chinese espionage campaign hitting telecom providers with new Linux and Windows malware.

    122 DAYS AGO

  5. 167
    Business & Finance

    U.S. Commerce Department to Award $2 Billion to Nine Quantum Computing Firms, Including $1 Billion for IBM

    The U.S. Commerce Department plans to award $2 billion in grants to nine quantum computing firms, with IBM set to receive $1 billion to build America's first purpose-built quantum foundry, sending sector stocks sharply higher on Thursday.

    122 DAYS AGO

  6. 168
    Artificial Intelligence

    Bloom Energy Secures $2.6 Billion Deal With Nebius to Power European AI Data Centers

    Bloom Energy shares rose after it announced a partnership with European AI cloud provider Nebius, which will pay Bloom up to $2.6 billion in service fees to deploy fuel-cell power systems at its European data centers.

    122 DAYS AGO

  7. 169
    Artificial Intelligence

    Nvidia CEO Says Company Has "Largely Conceded" China AI Chip Market to Huawei as Revenue Surges 85%

    Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang said the company has "largely conceded" China's AI chip market to Huawei as U.S. export restrictions remain firmly in place, even as Nvidia posted quarterly revenue of $81.62 billion, an 85% year-over-year increase.

    123 DAYS AGO

  8. 170
    Artificial Intelligence

    Meta Lays Off 8,000 Employees as Zuckerberg Warns "Success Isn't a Given" in AI Era

    Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg told employees Wednesday that the company is laying off 8,000 workers — about 10% of its workforce — while moving roughly 7,000 others into new AI-focused roles, warning that "success isn't a given" in the race to dominate artificial intelligence.

    123 DAYS AGO

  9. 171
    Business & Finance

    OpenAI Plans Confidential IPO Filing as Soon as Friday

    OpenAI is preparing to confidentially file a draft IPO prospectus as soon as Friday, setting the stage for what analysts say could be one of the largest public market debuts in history.

    123 DAYS AGO

  10. 172
    Politics

    Trump Tax Returns Shielded from IRS Enforcement Under $1.8 Billion DOJ Settlement

    An addendum to a $1.8 billion DOJ settlement shields President Trump's past tax returns and those of his family and business entities from IRS enforcement, drawing sharp criticism from Senate Democrats who say the provision violates federal law.

    123 DAYS AGO

  11. 173
    Business & Finance

    Nomura Projects Samsung and SK Hynix Could Rally Over 110% on AI Memory Boom

    Nomura projects Samsung Electronics could rally over 110% and SK Hynix roughly 117% over the next 12 months, citing a structural surge in AI-driven high-bandwidth memory demand that the brokerage says has outpaced the industry's supply capacity.

    125 DAYS AGO

  12. 174
    Cybersecurity

    Microsoft Disputes Azure Backup Vulnerability Report, Researcher Says Silent Patch Contradicts the Denial

    Security researcher Justin O'Leary says Microsoft silently patched a privilege escalation flaw in Azure Backup for AKS after rejecting his disclosure report and blocking CVE issuance — a sequence Microsoft denies constitutes a security fix.

    126 DAYS AGO

  13. 175
    Artificial Intelligence

    General Motors Cuts 600 IT Jobs in Deliberate Shift Toward AI-Focused Workforce

    General Motors has laid off roughly 600 salaried IT employees — more than 10% of its IT department — in a deliberate push to replace traditional technology roles with AI-focused positions, reflecting a broader workforce realignment across the automotive industry.

    126 DAYS AGO

  14. 176
    Artificial Intelligence

    Nectar Social Raises $30 Million Series A Led by Menlo Ventures to Expand AI Marketing Platform

    Nectar Social, an agentic marketing platform co-founded by two former Meta employees, closed a $30 million Series A led by Menlo Ventures and its Anthropic-affiliated Anthology Fund, with plans to expand its AI-driven platform for brand management across social channels.

    127 DAYS AGO

  15. 177
    Politics

    Trump Says He Discussed AI Guardrails With Xi as Chip Export Questions Linger

    President Trump said he discussed potential AI safety cooperation with China's Xi Jinping during their Beijing summit, even as chip export controls went unaddressed and rare earth mineral access remained a key unresolved issue.

    127 DAYS AGO

  16. 178
    Artificial Intelligence

    Trump Says He Discussed AI Guardrails With Xi Jinping During China Talks

    President Trump said Friday he discussed "possibly working together" on AI guardrails with Chinese President Xi Jinping during summit talks in China, offering one of the administration's most direct public signals that AI governance could be a subject of U.S.-China diplomacy.

    127 DAYS AGO

  17. 179
    Business & Finance

    Cerebras IPO Sparks Speculation Fears as SpaceX Debut Looms Over AI-Charged Market

    Cerebras Systems closed its Nasdaq debut with a market cap just below $100 billion before falling 10% on Friday, prompting warnings from Jim Cramer that a looming SpaceX IPO — potentially valued between $1.75 trillion and $2 trillion — could fuel dangerous speculative excess across the broader market.

    128 DAYS AGO

  18. 180
    Politics

    Trump Bought Palantir Stock Before Praising It on Truth Social, Ethics Records Show

    President Trump purchased as much as $530,000 in Palantir shares during March 2026 before publicly endorsing the AI defense company on Truth Social the following month, U.S. Office of Government Ethics records show.

    128 DAYS AGO

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