This summer, Switch 2 became the fastest-selling console in Nintendo’s history, selling 10.36 million units in the first four months of sales Guillaume Payen | Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images It has been a monumental year for the video game industry, marked by new devices and billion-dollar deals. Further consolidation occurred within the…
QTS’s data center in Cambois, North East of England When the U.K. announced its AI Opportunities Action Plan — a grand blueprint to deploy the tech across society — in January, Prime Minister Keir Starmer declared the strategy would make the country an “AI superpower.” One of the key pillars of this plan was a…
Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang looks on as US President Donald Trump speaks at the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington, DC on Nov. 19, 2025. Brendan Smialowski | AFP | Getty Images It’s been two days since news broke that Nvidia was spending $20…
After a year defined by worries about cloud growth and tariff impact on retail, Amazon stock heads into 2026 poised for gains. The Club name struggled throughout 2025 as Wall Street worried that Microsoft ‘s Azure and Google Cloud were outpacing the growth rate of the No. 1 cloud, Amazon Web Services, and how President…
Oracle CEO Clay Magouyrk speaks at a Q&A session following a tour of the OpenAI data center in Abilene, Texas, on Sept. 23, 2025. Shelby Tauber | Pool | Reuters Three months ago Oracle named Clay Magouyrk and Mike Sicilia as its new CEOs. They’re off to a rough start. Oracle shares have plummeted 30%…
The AI market is tipped to splinter in 2026. The last three months of 2025 were a rollercoaster of tech sell-offs and rallies, as circular deals, debt issuances, and high valuations fueled concerns over an AI bubble. Such volatility may be an early sign of how AI investment is set to evolve as investors pay closer…
Thos Robinson | Getty Images Amazon CEO Andy Jassy could see how dramatically artificial intelligence was altering e-commerce. In June, he told employees that AI agents will start to infiltrate aspects of everyday life, “from shopping to travel to daily chores and tasks.” Four months later, Jassy said on an earnings call that Amazon expects to partner with third-party agents, and has…
H-1B applicants face a challenging year ahead as political pushback to the visas is reinforced with a slew of actions from the U.S. administration. On Monday, the U.S. Embassy in India posted on X that since Dec. 15, it has started conducting online presence reviews of all H-1B and H-4 visa applicants in a bid…
The Xbox booth during the Gamescom video games trade fair at the Trade Fair Center in Cologne, Germany, Aug. 20, 2025. Ina Fassbender | Afp | Getty Images Microsoft’s Xbox has had a tumultuous year. A slew of layoffs, price hikes and studio closures have led many to declare — not for the first time…
Sad female worker carrying her belongings while leaving the office after being fired Isbjorn | Istock | Getty Images Layoffs have been a defining feature of the job market in 2025, with several major companies announcing thousands of job cuts driven by artificial intelligence. In fact, AI was responsible for almost 55,000 layoffs in the…
