A professor at a Texas university was told to remove Plato’s “Symposium” from his course syllabus or be reassigned. Administrators argued the ancient text on love violated state laws against teaching “gender and race ideology.” This is censorship with a very modern twist.
The latest earnings season reveals a new reality for Big Tech. Investors are no longer blindly funding the AI arms race. They’re demanding clear growth, and punishing companies where the payoff seems uncertain.
Meta’s quarterly results blew past Wall Street expectations, sending its stock soaring. The company also revealed massive user growth and a bold prediction from Mark Zuckerberg about the future of AI and wearables.
A new report warns that AI-powered fraud is scaling faster than banks can handle, with U.S. losses projected to hit $40 billion by 2027. The solution requires a complete overhaul of how financial crime is fought, merging siloed teams and moving beyond static identity checks.
Microsoft’s latest earnings show AI is now central to its growth, with Intelligent Cloud revenue soaring 29% to $32.9B. However, the massive capital expenditure required to build that AI future—up 66% last quarter—is causing some investor anxiety despite the strong results.
Customer satisfaction scores have hit a new low for the fourth year in a row, according to Forrester. The Fast Company Impact Council argues the problem is a fundamental misalignment in how companies measure customer experience success.
Microsoft’s latest earnings show strong revenue but spooked investors. The problem? Slowing Azure growth and a staggering reliance on a single customer, OpenAI, for future revenue. The AI arms race is getting expensive.
A new threat campaign dubbed “Operation Bizarre Bazaar” is targeting misconfigured, self-hosted AI infrastructure. Attackers are hijacking these servers to resell their compute power or use them as a pivot point into corporate networks.
Nvidia is deepening its bet on AI infrastructure with a massive $2 billion investment in cloud provider CoreWeave. This move comes as the scramble for data center power reaches a fever pitch. It’s a strategic play that goes far beyond just selling chips.
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is pushing back hard on critics. He says the idea that its $2 billion investment in cloud provider CoreWeave is a circular deal is “ridiculous.”
