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This CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again

“It was extremely difficult,” IgniteTech CEO Eric Vaughan tells Fortune. “But changing minds was harder than adding skills.”

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 11, 2026
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Elon Musk asked people to upload their medical data to X so his AI company could learn to interpret MRIs and CT scans
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 11, 2026
Walmart teams with Alphabet for AI-assisted shopping on Gemini
By Jaewon Kang and BloombergJanuary 11, 2026
Top University of Minnesota grads are ‘at least as good, maybe better’ than the best and brightest from Harvard, former Goldman Sachs CEO says
By Jason MaJanuary 10, 2026
Investor Michael Burry reveals options bet against Oracle
By Carmen Reinicke, Jeran Wittenstein and BloombergJanuary 10, 2026
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Netflix’s $82.7 billion rags-to-riches story: How the DVD-by-mail company swallowed Hollywood

The streaming giant has offered a master class in audacious strategy.

By Natalie JarveyJanuary 10, 2026
Netflix’s competition isn’t sleep anymore. Its battle against YouTube is like fighting an ‘infinite number of monkeys,’ top strategist says

Media disruption expert Doug Shapiro is writing a book about “infinite content” through his Substack, The Mediator. He talked to Fortune about what’s next.

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 9, 2026
Amazon demands proof of productivity from employees, asking for list of accomplishments

The tech giant is asking its corporate employees to describe three to five accomplishments that reflect their work.

By Jake AngeloJanuary 8, 2026
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Andreessen Horowitz’s shiny, new $15 billion reveals where the firm sees the biggest opportunities

Andreessen Horowitz has raised over $15 billion across various funds, as venture firms raise more and more.

By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 9, 2026
Singapore-based startup founder Anand Roy thinks generative AI can help fix a broken music sector

Roy started Wubble in 2024; now his generated tunes are used by global giants and even the Taipei Metro, to soothe harried commuters. 

By Angelica AngJanuary 8, 2026
Google takes first steps toward an AI product that can actually tackle your email inbox

Gemini 3 is coming to Gmail, with product head Blake Barnes saying that they’ve found users “don’t want a generic assistant.”

By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 8, 2026
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AI adoption isn’t an easy way to cut jobs—or easy at all, Wharton professor says: ‘The key thing … is just how much work is involved in doing it’

Peter Cappelli says headcount will (eventually) go down, with a human in the loop, and productivity will go up. But “it’s hugely expensive to do this.”

By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 10, 2026
Bill Gates says AI could be used as a bioterrorism weapon akin to the COVID pandemic if it falls into the wrong hands

“We’ll need to be deliberate about how this technology is developed, governed, and deployed,” Gates wrote.

By Eleanor PringleJanuary 9, 2026
Read Bill Gates’s 2026 annual letter in full

“As we start 2026, I am thinking about how the year ahead will set us up for the decades to come.”

By Eleanor PringleJanuary 9, 2026
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Founder of $30 billion defense tech company Anduril embraces Trump’s threat to crack down: It’s ‘good to scare people sometimes’

When dealing with public money “the public should be able to impose whatever restrictions they want on you,” Luckey said.

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 8, 2026
The Nobel Prize winners have a lesson for us all

I’m the former director of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. The Nobel winners show strong patent systems directly fuel economic growth.

By David J. KapposJanuary 8, 2026
As Utah gives AI the power to prescribe some drugs, physicians warn of patient risks

State officials see the pilot as a way to expand healthcare access, but the American Medical Association warns that removing physicians from clinical decisions puts patients at risk.

By Beatrice NolanJanuary 8, 2026
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Lawmakers and victims criticize the choice to limit Grok’s AI image generation to paid users as ‘insulting’ and ‘not effective’

The restriction comes as regulators worldwide threaten enforcement action over Grok’s generation of thousands of non-consensual deepfakes per hour.

By Beatrice NolanJanuary 9, 2026
Mass shootings on campus give rise to a new kind of life-saving service journalism: an anonymous message board called Sidechat

Described by Harvard Magazine as “the College’s stream of collective consciousness,” Sidechat allows anyone with a verified university email to post.

By Leah Willingham and The Associated PressJanuary 8, 2026
Exclusive: Invictus-backed cybersecurity company ThreatModeler acquires competitor IriusRisk for over $100 million

As AI coding increases, so does the need for robust cybersecurity practices, CEO Matt Jones told Fortune.

By Leo SchwartzJanuary 8, 2026
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EconomyA Supreme Court ruling that strikes down Trump’s tariffs would be the fastest way to revive the stalling job market, top economist says
By Jason MaJanuary 11, 2026
Middle EastIran’s $7 monthly payments fail to ease spiraling economic unrest as Trump weighs military options against Tehran a week after Venezuela raid
By Jason MaJanuary 11, 2026
PoliticsTrump vows to protect Venezuela and warns Maduro ally Cuba ‘I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’
By Seung Min Kim and The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2026
PoliticsIran threatens U.S. and Israel as protests enter third week
By Arsalan Shahla and BloombergJanuary 11, 2026
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SuccessFrom Merrill Lynch to wok station: the daughter of San Francisco’s Chinese food dynasty who defied her parents—by working alongside them
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 11, 2026
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CommentaryI run one of America’s most successful remote work programs and the critics are right. Their solutions are all wrong, though
By Justin HarlanJanuary 11, 2026
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PoliticsGreenland’s 1.5 million tons of rare earths might never get mined because there just aren’t any roads to them
By Josh Funk, Suman Naishadham and The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2026
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Politics‘We don’t want to be Americans, we don’t want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders’: Local politicians reject Trump
By The Associated PressJanuary 11, 2026
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Chinese and U.S. flags wave outside a technology company in Beijing, on April 17, 2025. (Photo: Pedro Pardo/AFP/Getty Images)
Newsletters‘Salt Typhoon’ hackers accessed email of U.S. congressional committee staff
By Andrew NuscaJanuary 9, 2026
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AIAI is boosting productivity. Here’s why some workers feel a sense of loss
By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 8, 2026
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CommentaryWarner Bros. Discovery’s board isn’t choosing a deal — it’s avoiding one
By Mark DesJardineJanuary 8, 2026
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CommentaryAI isn’t failing your company. Your operating model is
By Katerin Le FolcalvezJanuary 8, 2026
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AIGoogle and Character.AI agree to settle lawsuits over teen suicides linked to AI chatbots
By Beatrice NolanJanuary 8, 2026
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CommentaryTesla’s vote wasn’t about pay. It was about who really runs the company
By Shane GoodwinJanuary 8, 2026
NewslettersCrystal Ball: What 2026 holds for cybersecurity, healthcare, robotics, and more
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 8, 2026
CybersecurityExclusive: Cyera CEO Yotam Segev on raising $400 million and why the stakes in cybersecurity are getting higher
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 8, 2026
Nvidia co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang in Las Vegas, Nevada, on January 5, 2026. (Photo: Patrick T. Fallon/AFP/Getty Images)
NewslettersChina reportedly tells tech firms to pause Nvidia H200 orders
By Andrew NuscaJanuary 8, 2026
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Future of WorkAI layoffs are looking more and more like corporate fiction that’s masking a darker reality, Oxford Economics suggests
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
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InvestingJensen Huang might be fine with a billionaires tax, but Google cofounder Larry Page is already dumping California
By Sasha RogelbergJanuary 7, 2026
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AIOpenAI launches ChatGPT Health in a push to become a hub for personal health data
By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 7, 2026
Future of WorkThe typical American plan to study for 22 years and work for 40 ‘is broken,’ VC CEO says. Thanks to AI, employees can’t coast after graduation anymore
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJanuary 7, 2026
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Future of Work‘It feels challenging to break through’: Most recruiters say they can’t find talent while 80% of job seekers feel unprepared to find a job
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 7, 2026
NewslettersNestlé’s CIO says the value of the food giant’s AI investments goes well beyond efficiency
By John KellJanuary 7, 2026
HealthOpenAI suggests ChatGPT play doctor as millions of Americans face spiking insurance costs: ‘In the U.S., ChatGPT has become an important ally’
By Tristan BoveJanuary 7, 2026
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C-SuiteJensen Huang is ‘perfectly fine’ with a billionaire tax, shrugging off concerns that it might scatter Silicon Valley’s talent pool
By Eleanor PringleJanuary 7, 2026
CryptoExclusive: Fireblocks acquires crypto accounting platform TRES Finance for $130 million
By Ben WeissJanuary 7, 2026
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Big Tech‘Largest LBO in history’: Warner rejects Paramount again, scoffing at $87 billion worth of debt in its $108 billion bid
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
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CryptoStanford professor raises $15 million for Babylon, a decentralized protocol to turn Bitcoin into collateral 
By Carlos GarciaJanuary 7, 2026
Fridtjof Berge is the Co-Founder & Chief Business Officer of Antler
Startups & Venture25 is the new 30 when it comes to AI founders as Gen Z entrepreneurs lead the way on billion-dollar unicorn startups, top VC partner says
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 7, 2026
NewslettersCrystal Ball: Where venture capital and private equity are headed in 2026
By Allie GarfinkleJanuary 7, 2026
A visual illustration of the digital twin of Commonwealth Fusion Systems’ fusion demonstration machine SPARC. In collaboration with Siemens and Nvidia, the digital twin of SPARC was unveiled at CES 2026 in Las Vegas.
InnovationFusion power nearly ready for prime time as Commonwealth builds first pilot for limitless, clean energy with AI help from Siemens, Nvidia
By Jordan BlumJanuary 7, 2026
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InvestingAI may generate only half the profit needed to justify the investment, Goldman analyst warns
By Jim EdwardsJanuary 7, 2026
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg in Menlo Park, California on Sept. 17, 2025. (Photo: David Paul Morris/Bloomberg/Getty Images)
NewslettersMeta delays Ray-Ban Display global rollout
By Andrew NuscaJanuary 7, 2026
AITo ease recruiters’ fears of being replaced by AI, Zillow experimented with ‘prompt-a-thons.’ Now the real estate giant has 6 new recruitment tools
By Paige McGlauflin and HR BrewJanuary 6, 2026
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AIRobots are really advancing because they’re learning to think for themselves—and they’re close to figuring out door handles, execs say
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 6, 2026
LawAmazon is cutting checks to millions of customers as part of a $2.5 billion FTC settlement. Here’s who qualifies and how to get paid
By Sydney LakeJanuary 6, 2026
InvestingRay Dalio says AI is in ‘the early stages of a bubble,’ so watch out for 2026
By Tristan BoveJanuary 6, 2026
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AIElon Musk’s Grok chatbot draws global backlash for generating sexualized images of women and children without consent
By Kelvin Chan and The Associated PressJanuary 6, 2026
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