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Survey reveals that 99% of CEOs now expect AI-driven layoffs — companies are racing to replace junior workers with AI, even as many executives remain uncertain about the returns on AI investments

… Conversely, more than 50% say they can’t yet tell whether this AI deployment is actually delivering on the expected productivity gains. A mere 27% of CEOs said the return on AI investment had actually met or exceeded expectations, down from 38% the previous year. …

May 26, 2026 · Etiido Uko
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Ubisoft reportedly testing generative AI in Far Cry 7, insider says it 'looks like sh*t' —  company recently posted a record €1.3 billion loss

… Ubisoft's full-year earnings report stated the company is "accelerating investments behind Teammates, its first playable Generative AI experience, to enrich player experiences," while also building AI-powered QA bots and systems for NPCs that "can adapt to player behavior and react more dynamically… …

May 24, 2026 · Luke James
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Huawei chairman thanks the US for export restrictions on chips, says it supercharged China’s semiconductor industry — Washington’s export controls encouraged Chinese firms to invest in R&D and build their own tech stack competing with American tech

… True enough, Nvidia’s AI chip market share in China has fallen to “zero percent,” compared to the 95% it previously held before the AI chip bans. And even if that’s the case, Chinese firms still continue making frontier AI models and remain competitive against American AI tech companies. …

May 30, 2026 · Jowi Morales
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AI costs begin to bite as agents may increase token demand by 24 times, says Goldman Sachs report — Uber and Microsoft among companies feeling the bite of tokenized billing

… Goldman Sachs' recent AI agent report suggests that the massive efficiency gains coming from next-generation inferencing chips would make AI use so much cheaper that investment can continue unabated, and profit should follow, with AI agents increasing the revenue at AI companies enormously. …

May 27, 2026 · Jon Martindale
tomshardware.com › pc-components › cpus

Nvidia lays out RTX Spark roadmap for laptops and desktop PCs at Computex 2026 — three generations outlined, Rubin with LPDDR6 memory, followed by Rosa Feynman

… Nvidia said that " it's investing a lot to make sure the Windows on Arm experience is great," and "the reason RTX Spark can succeed is because our full effort is behind this platform and bringing it to market." Given Nvidia's position as the most valuable company in the world and its leading positi… …

Jun 1, 2026 · Jeffrey Kampman
tomshardware.com › tech-industry › cryptocurrency

Korean funeral services company lost $33 million of its customers' money over a bad crypto bet — firm was secretly investing client funds into leveraged crypto ETFs

… All that time leaves an opportunity for creative investments, but, unfortunately, Bumo Sarang chose quite possibly the worst one imaginable —one that's actively affected by "volatility decay." Volatility decay is basically a mathematical phenomenon pertaining to leveraged investments like ETFs in t… …

May 21, 2026 · Hassam Nasir
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Micron's Virginia fab begins producing America's most advanced DRAM memory — fab expansion to quadruple output, easing DDR4 shortage for automotive and defense sectors

… Go deeper with TH Premium: Memory AI data centers are swallowing the world's memory and storage supply The future of DRAM: From DDR5 to future ICs High-bandwidth memory roadmap Here's why HBM is coming for your PC's RAM The 1α process node , which Micron first brought to volume production at its Ta… …

May 23, 2026 · Luke James
tomshardware.com › pc-components › motherboards

Motherboard sales 'collapse' by more than 25% as chipmakers strangle enthusiast PC market to build more AI chips — Asus projected to sell 5 million fewer boards than 2025, Gigabyte, MSI, and ASRock also expected to see reduced sales numbers

… Asus, Gigabyte, and ASRock have pivoted some of their production towards AI servers, allowing them to capture some of the investments that hyperscalers are generously pouring into their data centers. …

May 7, 2026 · Jowi Morales