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Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to more than 60,000 employees, a sign of how AI is changing where tech companies spend their money.
Read more: Microsoft offers buyouts to 60,000 workers as AI costs climbOpenAI added iCloud Mail and Calendar connections to ChatGPT on October 27, 2026, but only some Apple addresses work and privacy questions remain.
Read more: ChatGPT can now read your iCloud email and calendarCopilot is reported to offer 11 Claude models from Anthropic while also competing with Anthropic's own coding tool, Claude Code. Here is what that could mean for buyers.
Read more: Copilot Offers 11 Claude AI Models and Rivals Claude CodeAnthropic says problems with Claude's Gmail and Calendar connections are fixed. If you let Claude read your email or calendar, the status notes may matter.
Read more: Claude's Gmail and Calendar connections had problems, now fixedThe EU wants a new undersea internet cable from Europe to Greenland, with a possible later link to Asia, as Red Sea routes and cable security worry planners.
Read more: Europe plans its own internet cable to Greenland, skipping the USFuriosaAI, a South Korean AI chip startup, quadrupled its value to $2.9 billion, adding a new challenger to Nvidia's grip on AI chips.
Read more: Korean AI chip startup FuriosaAI is now worth $2.9 billionInstagram's head says anger at AI will keep growing, and the app is now requiring AI accounts to label themselves. Fakes can still slip through.
Read more: Instagram's boss expects public anger at AI to keep growingA How-To Geek writer got Google's Pixel 11 voice typing feature, Rambler, running on a Pixel 8a with a modified keyboard. It works, but the risks are real.
Read more: A writer put Google's new Pixel 11 voice typing on an older phoneWhatsApp is making it easier to find photos and videos you have sent or received, which could save time if you share family pictures or work files.
Read more: WhatsApp makes it easier to find photos and videosShopify has added AI shopping payment tools from Visa, Mastercard and American Express to Shop Pay, so assistants may soon buy from online stores.
Read more: Shopify adds card-network tools so AI assistants can buy for youMicrosoft shared Azure's revenue in dollars for the first time: $33.2 billion in one quarter. It shows how tight the race among cloud providers has become.
Read more: Microsoft reveals its cloud business earns $33.2 billion a quartersymplr is merging its scheduling and timekeeping tools, and its AI will suggest schedule changes that a manager must review first.
Read more: symplr merges scheduling and timekeeping, managers review AI changesA Microsoft filing shows OpenAI brought in $10 billion for the company in one quarter, about 11% of its revenue. Here is why that tie matters to anyone using their tools.
Read more: Microsoft got $10 billion from OpenAI in just three monthseBay's third-quarter sales rose 14% and beat analyst forecasts, a sign of steady demand for buyers and sellers on the online marketplace.
Read more: eBay sales jump 14% and beat Wall Street forecastsA research firm expects Apple to take 29.8% of foldable phone sales in 2027, which could mean more choice for anyone thinking about a phone that folds.
Read more: Apple's foldable iPhone Duo may take nearly 30% of its market by 2027AT&T has begun paying out a $177 million settlement over a data breach, and some customers may soon get a check in the mail.
Read more: AT&T starts paying out its $177 million data breach settlementShepherd Outsourcing is a real debt collector, but scammers can borrow the name. A call, text or letter using it is not proven real or fake.
Read more: Got a call from Shepherd Outsourcing? Check before you paySweden has barred staff at three government bodies from using ChatGPT and Claude at work, over fears that private data could leak. Here is why it matters for your business.
Read more: Sweden bars government staff from using ChatGPT and Claude at workA Salesforce survey of 250 U.S. executives finds most AI use stays private, so teams repeat work and lose hours. Here is what it found and what to do.
Read more: Most Workers Use AI Alone, and Their Teams Miss Out on What It FindsBanks are using AI to find money mule accounts, which scammers use to pass along stolen cash. Some mules are tricked, so the risk reaches ordinary people.
Read more: Banks are using AI to spot accounts that move scammers' stolen moneyMeta admitted it wrongly suspended the No Kings Instagram account during a nationwide event day. Here is why any group that relies on Instagram should take note.
Read more: Meta locked the No Kings Instagram account during a vote driveIn an Anthropic test, experts followed an AI's advice 86% of the time, though the advice was set by coin flip and most did not say it swayed them.
Read more: Experts followed a secretly biased AI's advice 86% of the timeGoogle says YouTube Premium and YouTube Music now have over 150 million paying users, even after price increases. Here is what that means for your bill.
Read more: YouTube Premium and Music now have over 150 million paying usersGoogle will let approved outside app stores install apps in one tap from Dec. 1, but only on the newest Android 17 phones and not in the US or Europe.
Read more: Google opens a faster lane for outside Android app stores on Dec. 1
