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• Amazon threatens ‘drastic action’ after Saks bankruptcy, says $475M stake is now worthless - Amazon invested $475 million into Saks's acquisition of Neiman Marcus. It wants a federal judge to reject Saks's bankruptcy plan because it harms creditors.
• Behind Anthropic's stunning growth is a sibling team that may hold the key to generative AI - Daniela Amodei has helped build Anthropic into a serious AI player by betting on safety and enterprise adoption.
• AI was behind over 50,000 layoffs in 2025 — here are the top firms to cite it for job cuts - Some of the world's biggest tech companies cited AI as part of their layoff and restructuring strategy in 2025.
• I stayed in a $40 capsule hotel as return to office mandates drive workers back to the city - RTO mandates has workers who don't live in cities scrambling to find inexpensive ways of staying in the city without resorting to hostels.
• Trump admin to hire 1,000 specialists for 'Tech Force' to build AI, finance projects - A slew of tech giants, including Amazon Web Services, Apple, Google Public Sector, Dell Technologies, Microsoft, Nvidia and OpenAI, are listed as partners.
• AI shopping could drive $263 billion in holiday sales. Walmart and Target are racing to get in - Consumers are turning to AI chatbots like ChatGPT for gift discovery, reviews and price matching, potentially driving billions in sales this holiday season.
• OpenAI hires Slack CEO Denise Dresser to lead global revenue strategy - Dresser was named Slack's chief executive in 2023 after spending more than a decade at Salesforce.
• Salesforce shares pop 5%, continuing post-earnings rally and pushing stock to best week since 2023 - Salesforce pops 5% after earnings beat, aiming for best week since 2023
• Salesforce CEO calls AI a 'commodity feature', says the technology bolsters enterprise software - Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff told CNBC's Jim Cramer how his company uses AI.
• Salesforce beats on earnings, issues better-than-expected revenue forecast - Salesforce said its Agentforce artificial intelligence business is generating over $500 million in annualized revenue.