Technology
No Helium, No Chips, No MRI Scans
Qatar produces a third of the world's helium. The Ras Laffan complex is offline, possibly for years. Without helium, chipmakers can't fabricate AI processors — and hospitals can't keep MRI machines cold.
AI
Technology
Oracle Cuts 30,000 Jobs with a 6 a.m. Email
Oracle eliminated up to 30,000 employees — 18% of its workforce — with a pre-dawn email signed 'Oracle Leadership.' The savings fund a $156 billion AI infrastructure bet that has already pushed the company's debt past $108 billion.
AI
Young Infrastructure
Eleven incidents in four days. AI APIs aren't as reliable as the cloud services we're used to — and some of us rely on them anyway.
AI
Living Dangerously?
When you spend hours a day with AI, patience for permission prompts wears thin. Here's the Claude Code flag I reach for — and where I draw the line.
AI
The CEO Selling AI Agents Warns They'll Replace You
ServiceNow's CEO told CNBC that AI agents could push college graduate unemployment past 30%. His company sells the tools that make it happen.
AI
Anthropic's Claude Certified Architect Exam
Anthropic launched its first technical certification on March 12. Here's what it covers, what it costs, and whether you're eligible at this time.
Technology
Meta Eyes 20% Workforce Cut to Fund Its AI Bet
Meta is planning layoffs that could affect up to 20% of its 78,865 employees — roughly 15,800 people — as AI infrastructure costs consume an ever-larger share of revenue.
Healthcare IT
Meta's AI Glasses Have a Healthcare Problem
Meta's AI glasses are impressive consumer devices. They're also architecturally incompatible with any environment where patient data is accessible.
AI
One Million Tokens
Anthropic's Claude Opus 4.6 just went GA with a 1 million token context window. I watched it happen in my own terminal.
Technology
Amazon Plans $42 Billion Bond Sale to Fund AI Buildout
Amazon is marketing up to $42 billion in bonds across dollar and euro markets — the largest corporate bond offering in recent memory — to fund its AI infrastructure expansion.