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Google employees petition for ‘job security’ ahead of expected cuts 

Google employees have begun a petition for “job security” after CFO Anat Ashkenazi in October said the company could “push a little further” with cost cuts.

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OpenAI launches ChatGPT Gov for U.S. government agencies

OpenAI on Tuesday announced the launch of ChatGPT for government agencies in the U.S.

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Microsoft’s underperformance has investors looking to cloud for growth

Microsoft’s stock has badly lagged its tech peers in the past year as cloud growth has been basically stagnant in recent quarters.

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UK raises cloud competition concerns, names Microsoft and Amazon as dominant players

Britain’s antitrust watchdog on Tuesday raised concerns over competition in the multi-billion-pound cloud computing market.

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SoftBank-backed TravelPerk doubles valuation to $2.7 billion, plans fintech push

Corporate travel platform TravelPerk raised $200 million from investors including Atomico and EQT in a funding round valuing the startup at $2.7 billion.

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Whole Foods workers in Philadelphia vote to form Amazon-owned grocery store’s first union

The vote marks the first successful organizing effort at Whole Foods since Amazon acquired the grocer for $13.7 billion in 2017.

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Japan chip stocks extend losses as DeepSeek worries fuel Wall Street tech rout

Japan’s chip-related shares extended declines for a second day after DeepSeek triggered concerns over competitiveness in the artificial intelligence sector.

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Google says it will change Gulf of Mexico to ‘Gulf of America’ in Maps after government updates

In posts on X on Monday, Google said it will follow the government’s lead in changing the names on its Maps app.

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Amazon taps Whole Foods CEO to oversee grocery business

Amazon named Jason Buechel, who currently serves as CEO of Whole Foods, to oversee its larger worldwide grocery business.

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Nvidia calls China’s DeepSeek R1 model ‘an excellent AI advancement’

Nvidia called DeepSeek’s R1 model “an excellent AI advancement,” despite the Chinese startup’s emergence causing the chip maker’s stock price to plunge 17%.

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