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Sheldon Cooper | Light Rocket | Getty Imagespinterest The company announced Tuesday that it plans to lay off less than 15% of its employees and reduce office space as it introduces artificial intelligence. Pinterest said in a securities filing that it expects the cuts to be completed by the end of the third quarter in late September. Pinterest stock fell about 8%. The social media company said it was “reallocating resources” to AI-focused teams and prioritizing “AI-powered products and features.” The company also said it was restructuring its sales and marketing strategy.The company said it expects to record pretax restructuring…
The TikTok logo is displayed at TikTok’s offices in Culver City, California, on January 23, 2026. Tama Mario | Getty ImagesTikTok’s U.S. app, which is now majority-owned by the United States, blamed a recent spate of glitches and content interruptions on a power outage at one of its data centers, pushing back against claims that the platform censors political speech.Users have been reporting issues with their accounts since the video-sharing app began operating under a newly formed U.S.-led joint venture following months of political pressure over Chinese ownership.The tense political environment in the United States has led to a rise…
A new catchphrase has emerged in Russian statements surrounding the latest round of peace talks in Abu Dhabi: the “Anchorage Formula.” “The territorial issue, which is part of the Anchorage Formula, is of course of particular importance to the Russian side,” Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday, adding that “negotiators will continue to defend our position.” In comments two days earlier, Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov also recalled the bilateral summit in Alaska last August and said Russia was seeking a peace agreement “fully consistent with the basic understanding reached by the presidents of Russia and the United…
Spain, Portugal and Morocco are co-hosting the tournament, but FIFA, which has the final say, has not said who will host the final match.Published January 27, 2026January 27, 2026Click here to share on social mediaShare 2shareThe president of the Royal Spanish Football Federation, Rafael Lousan, said Spain will host the final of the 2030 World Cup, which will be co-hosted with Portugal and Morocco.Morocco want the match to be held at the Grand Stade Hassan II in Casablanca. The Grand Stade Hassan II is a large stadium currently under construction in the north of the city. But Louzan has other…
UnitedHealth Group signage on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) on Wednesday, December 31, 2025 in New York, USA. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Imagesunited health group The company on Tuesday issued a soft earnings outlook despite a modest increase in fourth-quarter profit as the parent company of the nation’s largest private insurance company tries to rebuild amid higher-than-expected medical costs. Below is a comparison of the company’s fourth-quarter report with Wall Street’s expectations, based on a survey of analysts by LSEG.Earnings per share: $2.11 adjusted vs. $2.10 expected Revenue: $113.2 billion vs. $113.82 billion expectedThe…
Flora, the design tool used by designers at Alibaba, Brex, creative agency Pentagram, and entertainment company Lionsgate, has reached a new milestone. The startup announced Tuesday that it has raised $42 million in Series A led by Redpoint Ventures. Generative AI models can be used in the design process via prompts and other multimodal inputs. Software companies like Adobe, Figma, and Canva are also making AI a core feature of their products. Emerging design startups, on the other hand, believe they need new workflows and different interfaces to be AI-enabled and test the functionality of different models. To meet these…
From left, Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms; Lauren Sanchez; Jeff Bezos, founder of Amazon.com; Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet; and Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla, during the 60th presidential inauguration in the rotunda of the Capitol in Washington, Jan. 20, 2025.Julia Demaree Nikhinson | Bloomberg | Getty ImagesIf 2025 was the year Wall Street came to grips with massive artificial intelligence infrastructure spending from tech’s megacaps, 2026 looks to be more of the same. But as the price tag for AI goes up, so do expectations for the returns on investment. Earnings season kicks off this week for tech’s…
Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s mother to appear together at 2026 Sundance Film FestivalIt’s birds, it’s airplanes, it’s Tom Welling on the red carpet. The Smallville alum made a rare red carpet appearance with wife Jessica Rose Lee Welling at the premiere of his new film Chasing Summer at the Sundance Film Festival in Utah. For the January 26 event, Tom wore matching brown pants and a shirt under a black wool coat, with a black and white polka dot scarf tied around his neck. Meanwhile, Jessica wore a long-sleeved black dress with a chunky black ring and her blonde…
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi (C) poses for a photo with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen (Republican) and European Council President Antonio Costa before their meeting at Hyderabad House in New Delhi on January 27, 2026.Sajjad Hussain | AFP | Getty ImagesA landmark trade deal between the European Union and India has been hailed as a major breakthrough for Europe’s biggest carmaker, but analysts have pointed to competition concerns in one of the world’s fastest-growing markets.The EU and India signed a deal on Tuesday that European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi…
Under EU digital market law, Apple is required to allow developers to freely notify customers of alternative offers outside of the App Store.Gabby Jones Bloomberg via Getty Imagesof apple and google The Play app store hosts dozens of “nudification” apps that can take a photo of a person and use artificial intelligence to generate a nude image, according to a Tuesday report from the industry watchdog. An investigation of two app stores conducted by the Tech Transparency Project in January found 55 nudify apps on Google Play and 47 apps on the Apple App Store, according to the organization’s report…