Dana Walden Addresses Disney Layoffs
Disney has experienced several layoffs this year and just recently came out of a voluntary retirement program. “It’s extremely painful,” Dana Walden, president and chief creative officer of The Walt Disney Company, admitted during an appearance Thursday…
Google launches Project Suncatcher, a step toward AI data centers in space: NPR
A prototype of the Project Suncatcher satellite at the Planet Labs facility in San Francisco, California. Planet Labs PBC hide caption toggle caption I Planet Labs PBC Google has just placed a refrigerator-sized satellite in space, part of a research…
United Airlines goes after top frequent flyers at Delta, American
Planes are parked at their gates at President Donald J. Trump International Airport July 9, 2026, in Palm Beach, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images United Airlines wants you to leave your airline. The carrier is in the midst of an unusually pointed…
Puerto Rico faces record electric rate as demand and costs rise
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A record electricity rate went into effect Thursday in Puerto Rico as outages persist and the U.S. territory’s power grid continues to collapse. A residential customer who uses 800 kilowatt hours per month will see…
Google launches its first test of an orbital AI data center
As rural communities across the United States wage increasingly intense battles to keep AI computing data centers out of their backyards, some tech giants are mulling methods that could circumvent such local resentment — by sending the facilities into…
OpenAI’s new agent is an opportunity for Meta, but can it compete with the free one?
At OpenAI’s annual DevDay conference, the company pulled out all the stops to compete with rivals, primarily Meta, whose Muse AI agent platform has been wildly successful. CEO Sam Altman took the stage to cheers and announced Dots, a “real…
Broadcom to lend Anthropic up to $42 billion to lease chips, in latest circular investment deal
Anthropic (ANTH.PVT) has signed a series of deals with tech heavyweights, ranging from Amazon to Microsoft, to fund and provide computing capabilities for the company’s AI models. All three expressed concerns about circular financing, as each…
Treasury: Trump accounts automatically enroll more than 60 million children
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent speaks during a press conference at the Treasury Department’s Cash Room in Washington, as he announces a new round of sanctions against Iran, August 24, 2026. Mehmet Eser | Anadolu | Getty Images More than 60…
Former Disney CEO Bob Chapek on his conversation with Bob Iger: ‘I didn’t plan this’
Listen and subscribe to Power Players with Brian Sozzi on Apple Podcasts, Amazon Music, Spotify, YouTubeor wherever you find your favorite podcasts. Life is too short for hate, guys. Former Disney (DIS) C-suite brothers Bob Chapek and Bob Iger traveled…
Micron Stock Falls After Earnings Despite Key Analyst Question Answered
Looking at Micron’s (MU) fourth-quarter results on Wednesday, analysts weren’t too concerned about the company’s memory and storage demand. After all, data center builders are buying chips so quickly that Micron and rivals SK Hynix…