Jun 14, 2026
Bay Area Tech Layoffs Hit 9,284 in 2026, Already Topping H1 2025
Bay Area tech companies have cut 9,284 jobs so far in 2026, already surpassing the roughly 4,700 cuts from the first half of 2025. The latest wave includes 370 positions across ServiceNow, Salesforce, Ubisoft, Quizlet, and Verily Health.
Jun 14, 2026
US Orders Anthropic to Shut Down Fable 5 and Mythos 5 Worldwide
The US government ordered Anthropic to block all foreign nationals from accessing its most powerful AI models, forcing the company to disable Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5 globally. The unprecedented directive, reportedly triggered by concerns raised by Amazon CEO Andy Jassy, marks the most aggressive US export control action ever taken against a commercial AI model.
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Jun 13, 2026
SpaceX Colossus AI Compute Goes to Anthropic After Internal Struggles
SpaceX rented out its massive Colossus 1 data center to Anthropic after its own Grok AI teams couldn't overcome latency issues connecting the Memphis facility to two other sites. The deal gives Anthropic 220,000 Nvidia GPUs and 300+ megawatts of capacity to handle surging demand for Claude.
Jun 12, 2026
OpenAI Buys Cloud Startup Ona So Codex Can Run Tasks While Your Laptop Is Closed
OpenAI is acquiring German cloud startup Ona to give Codex persistent cloud environments where AI agents can run multi-step coding tasks across hours or days — even when your laptop is shut. Codex now has over 5 million weekly active users.