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U.S. employers announced 35,553 job cuts in December, the lowest monthly total in 17 months and a 50% decline from November’s 71,321 cuts, according to outplacement advisory firm Challenger, Gray & Christmas.
The more positive December figure marks a shift after a turbulent 2025 which saw 1.2 million job cuts, with big names like Amazon, Verizon and other key employers enacting layoffs. READ MORE
Whether it’s Nike’s Phil Knight, LinkedIn’s Reid Hoffman, or Google’s Sergey Brin, many of the world’s most influential business founders can trace part of their success back to Stanford University. Nestled in the foothills of Silicon Valley, the school has long functioned as a launchpad for tech’s elite.
But the rise of artificial intelligence is challenging long-held assumptions about the value of higher education. As tech reshapes entry-level work and companies rethink traditional hiring pipelines, the payoff of a four-year degree—especially from elite institutions—is increasingly up for debate. READ MORE
We’re operating in a world where change is no longer a curveball. Over the last five years, we’ve all lived through a global pandemic, supply chain meltdowns, trade wars and tariffs, and now the profound wave of AI reshaping how we work. In this kind of environment, leadership can’t be static. Roles can’t stay rigid. They have to flex, evolve and shape shift to meet what the market demands—not just today, but tomorrow and beyond.
The traditional ladder to the C-suite—one steady rung after another—doesn’t fit this era of constant disruption. What companies need now are what I call Shape-Shifter Executives: leaders who can pivot seamlessly between roles, adjust strategy in real time and guide distributed teams through transformation again and again. And then do it again the following week. READ MORE
Eric Vaughan, CEO of enterprise-software powerhouse IgniteTech, was unwavering as he reflected on the most radical decision of his decades-long career. In early 2023, convinced generative AI was an “existential” transformation, Vaughan looked at his team and saw a workforce not fully on board. His ultimate response: He ripped the company down to the studs, replacing nearly 80% of staff within a year, according to headcount figures reviewed by Fortune. READ MORE
As President Donald Trump piled on new tariffs last year, many economists quickly warned that prices and unemployment would spike. With most of the 2025 economic results in, it’s looking like those forecasters get partial credit.
While prices for certain imports like beef, coffee and tomatoes increased significantly last year, price hikes overall were little changed. The same can’t be said of the job market. READ MORE
Some of China’s most prominent figures in generative artificial intelligence warned that the Asian nation is unlikely to eclipse the US in the global AI race anytime soon.
Justin Lin, head of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s Qwen series of open-source models, put at less than 20% the chances of any Chinese company leapfrogging the likes of OpenAI and Anthropic with fundamental breakthroughs over the next three to five years. His caution was shared by peers at Tencent Holdings Ltd., and at Zhipu AI, which this week helped lead Chinese large-language model makers in tapping the public market. READ MORE
Social media platform X will open its new algorithm to the public in seven days, Elon Musk said on Saturday, including the code used to decide what posts and advertisements are recommended to users.
“This will be repeated every 4 weeks, with comprehensive developer notes, to help you understand what changed,” Musk, who owns X, said in a post on the platform. READ MORE
For American CEOs, reaping the rewards of a Donald Trump presidency is a little more complicated the second time around, in an administration that increasingly pairs conventional conservative deregulation with populist state intervention in big business.
In the last week, the president has fired off a series of demands and edicts aimed at C-suites, all in service of shoring up his political fortunes as midterm elections approach. READ MORE
It looks like a golden chandelier and contains the coldest place in the known universe.
What I am looking at is not just the most powerful computer in the world, but technology pivotal to financial security, Bitcoin, government secrets, the world economy and more.
Quantum computing holds the key to which companies and countries win - and lose - the rest of the 21st Century. READ MORE
People entering a house party might expect to see a rack overflowing with shoes by the door. Lately, people entering some start-up offices might, too.
The “no shoes” trend is spreading in tech offices, with buzzy start-ups telling employees to leave their Vans and Uggs at the door. Some cover their offices with soft rugs, or offer free slippers. The website noshoes.fun, created by Ben Lang, an employee at the shoes-off start-up Cursor, lists a dozen-plus start-ups with such an approach, including several artificial intelligence firms like Replo and Composite. READ MORE
Love it or hate it, AI is increasingly becoming integral to the way we work.
So, like a lot of employees, you’ve started using it for your assignments.
That’s great – unless you’re not clear on what defines acceptable versus unacceptable uses of AI for your job and which specific tools your employer has approved or prohibited. READ MORE
Meet the tech industry’s latest perk: nicotine-pouch fridges and vending machines.
Nicotine pouches, which have grown in popularity in recent years, including among Wall Street bankers, have become a go-to stimulant for a subset of tech workers who claim the products help them focus and get through the workday, despite health hazards. READ MORE
For Americans of a certain age, there may be no bigger question than this.
At what age should I take Social Security? At age 62? Sixty-five? Seventy?
The question matters, because your monthly Social Security checks get larger with every year you wait to claim them, from age 62 through 70. READ MORE
Two parallel workforce crises are unfolding: Experienced workers are being laid off for AI capabilities that don’t exist yet, while new graduates find that the entry-level roles they need to launch their careers have vanished.
Together, these trends suggest a breakdown in how organizations are managing the AI transition. And some experts say that HR leaders are uniquely positioned to stop it. READ MORE
Oracle cofounder Larry Ellison is raising the stakes in the battle for Hollywood’s future, personally intervening to salvage his son David Ellison’s hostile takeover bid for Warner Bros. Discovery. On Monday, David’s company, Paramount Skydance, announced the elder Ellison had provided an “irrevocable personal guarantee” of $40.4 billion to finance the deal, directly countering claims that the company’s funding was unreliable.
It’s the latest turn in the high-profile tug-of-war for Warner Bros. Discovery, one of the entertainment industry’s crown jewels. David Ellison, who became CEO of the newly merged Paramount Skydance in August, has been aggressively pursuing Warner Bros. with a $108 billion all-cash offer, which comes out to about $30 per share. However, WBD’s board rejected that proposal in favor of a rival agreement to sell its studio and streaming assets to Netflix for roughly $83 billion. READ MORE
Two parallel workforce crises are unfolding: Experienced workers are being laid off for AI capabilities that don’t exist yet, while new graduates find that the entry-level roles they need to launch their careers have vanished.
Together, these trends suggest a breakdown in how organizations are managing the AI transition. And some experts say that HR leaders are uniquely positioned to stop it. READ MORE
Nearly half of employees are concealing their AI use at work, but the reasons why reveal a disconnect between how employers understand AI adoption and what’s actually happening on the ground, particularly among the youngest workers.
According to analytics platform Slingshot’s 2025 Digital Work Trends Report, which surveyed 500 full-time U.S. employees and managers, 45% of workers keep their AI use private to some extent. Yet 60% of employers believe their teams are being fully transparent about AI usage. This perception gap illuminates a misunderstanding of workplace AI dynamics, one that’s especially pronounced across generational lines. READ MORE
Digital nomads are remote workers, including self-employed individuals, freelancers, and employees.
They may travel domestically or overseas, and the internet keeps them connected to jobs, co-workers, and clients. Indeed, the nomadic lifestyle is a unique opportunity millions of Americans choose. READ MORE