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Editor in Chief of TechEchelon and an accomplished journalist and correspondent known for her work focusing on business, finance, and politics. Previously, Sara worked as a correspondent and producer in Washington, D.C., contributing to fast-paced political and news programming, with experience in editing, scriptwriting, and live broadcast production.

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  1. 163
    Artificial Intelligence

    Anthropic and Pentagon Face Off in Federal Appeals Court Over AI Blacklisting

    A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., heard arguments Tuesday in Anthropic's lawsuit against the Pentagon over its designation as a supply chain risk — a label that restricts defense contractors from using the company's Claude AI models.

    78 DAYS AGO

  2. 164
    Artificial Intelligence

    Jury Dismisses All Claims in Musk v. Altman Trial Over OpenAI's Mission and Control

    A jury unanimously dismissed all claims in Elon Musk's lawsuit against OpenAI and CEO Sam Altman on Monday, finding two counts barred by the statute of limitations after roughly two hours of deliberation. US District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers accepted the advisory verdict.

    79 DAYS AGO

  3. 165
    Business & Finance

    Trump Says He Should Have Asked for "More" of Intel After U.S. Takes 9.9% Stake

    President Trump told Fortune he regrets not asking for a larger slice of Intel after the U.S. government took a 9.9% stake in the chipmaker — a deal that has since delivered more than 300% in stock gains.

    79 DAYS AGO

  4. 166
    Artificial Intelligence

    Meta Begins 8,000-Job Reduction This Week as Zuckerberg Prioritizes AI Spending Over Headcount

    Meta is set to begin cutting approximately 8,000 jobs — about 10% of its workforce — starting Wednesday, as the company cancels 6,000 open roles and raises its 2026 AI capital expenditure guidance to as high as $145 billion.

    79 DAYS AGO

  5. 167
    Artificial Intelligence

    Meta Begins 8,000-Person Layoff Wave as Zuckerberg Shifts Tone on Cuts

    Meta is beginning an approximately 8,000-person layoff round on Wednesday — about 10% of its workforce — as CEO Mark Zuckerberg accelerates AI investment and drops the apologetic tone that defined earlier rounds of cuts.

    79 DAYS AGO

  6. 168
    Business & Finance

    Lululemon Calls Founder Chip Wilson "Misguided" in Public Shareholder Letter, Sets June 25 Annual Meeting

    Lululemon has publicly labeled founder Chip Wilson "misguided" in a shareholder letter, setting June 25 as its annual meeting date after settlement talks over the boardroom proxy contest collapsed last week.

    79 DAYS AGO

  7. 169
    Artificial Intelligence

    Eric Schmidt Booed at University of Arizona Commencement as AI Skepticism Grows Among Graduates

    Former Google CEO Eric Schmidt was repeatedly booed by University of Arizona graduates on Friday as his commencement address turned to AI advocacy, reflecting growing anxiety among new degree-holders entering an AI-disrupted job market.

    80 DAYS AGO

  8. 170
    Business & Finance

    Cerebras IPO Debut Lifts AI Market Hopes but Squeezes Out Smaller Companies

    Cerebras Systems' shares surged nearly 70% on their first day of trading Thursday, marking the largest U.S. tech IPO since Uber's 2019 debut — but the spotlight is already shifting toward SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic, leaving much of the rest of the IPO pipeline in the shadows.

    81 DAYS AGO

  9. 171
    Cybersecurity

    Russian Hacker Group Secret Blizzard Rebuilds Kazuar Backdoor as Modular P2P Botnet

    Russia-linked Secret Blizzard has transformed its long-running Kazuar backdoor into a modular, peer-to-peer botnet with 150 configuration options, designed to evade detection through decentralized internal communications and autonomous leader election.

    81 DAYS AGO

  10. 172
    Artificial Intelligence

    arXiv to Issue One-Year Submission Bans for AI-Generated Content Violations

    The preprint server arXiv will ban all authors of a flagged manuscript from submitting for one year and permanently require peer review for their future work if inappropriate AI-generated content is found in their submissions.

    81 DAYS AGO

  11. 173
    Cybersecurity

    Microsoft Reverses Course on Edge Password Memory Exposure and Adds Automatic Driver Rollback to Windows

    Microsoft reversed its position on a password-in-memory vulnerability in the Edge browser and announced Cloud-Initiated Driver Recovery, a new Windows Update feature that lets the company remotely roll back faulty drivers without end-user action.

    82 DAYS AGO

  12. 174
    Artificial Intelligence

    Detroit Three Automakers Have Cut More Than 20,000 U.S. Salaried Jobs as AI Reshapes the Industry

    General Motors, Ford, and Stellantis have collectively shed more than 20,000 U.S. salaried jobs — 19% of their combined white-collar workforces — from recent peaks, with AI-driven workforce restructuring accelerating the trend at all three companies.

    82 DAYS AGO

  13. 175
    Cybersecurity

    TeamPCP Hackers Put Mistral AI Source Code Up for Sale at $25,000

    Hacker group TeamPCP is offering nearly 450 Mistral AI internal code repositories for $25,000 on a hacker forum, threatening to release the data publicly within a week if no buyer is found. The breach traces back to the Shai-Hulud software supply-chain attack.

    83 DAYS AGO

  14. 176
    Cybersecurity

    Amnesty International Researcher Exposes Russian Hackers Targeting 13,500 Signal Users

    Amnesty International security researcher Donncha Ó Cearbhaill turned a phishing attempt on his own Signal account into an investigation, uncovering a Russian government-linked campaign that had identified more than 13,500 targets.

    83 DAYS AGO

  15. 177
    Artificial Intelligence

    U.S. and China Agree to AI Safety Protocol at Trump-Xi Summit in Beijing

    The U.S. and China agreed at the Trump-Xi summit in Beijing to establish a protocol on AI safety best practices, with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent saying the U.S. can engage China on the technology "because we are in the lead."

    83 DAYS AGO

  16. 178
    Business & Finance

    Cerebras Prices IPO at $185 a Share, Raising $5.55 Billion Above Expected Range

    Cerebras Systems priced its IPO at $185 per share on Wednesday, above its revised expected range, raising $5.55 billion and valuing the AI chip maker at $56.4 billion on a fully diluted basis.

    84 DAYS AGO

  17. 179
    Artificial Intelligence

    Microsoft Feared Becoming "IBM" to OpenAI's Microsoft, Nadella Testimony Reveals

    Trial testimony and discovery from Musk v. Altman reveal that Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella feared as early as April 2022 that OpenAI could displace Microsoft the way Microsoft once displaced IBM, shaping a partnership now worth over $100 billion.

    84 DAYS AGO

  18. 180
    Artificial Intelligence

    Amazon Retires Rufus Chatbot and Launches Alexa for Shopping as Its Central AI Commerce Tool

    Amazon is retiring its Rufus chatbot and replacing it with Alexa for Shopping, a new AI commerce tool that merges Rufus and Alexa+ and is embedded directly into Amazon's search results and app.

    84 DAYS AGO

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