Artificial intelligence (AI) became the leading cause of job cuts in the United States last month, according to a monthly analysis by Challenger, Gray & Christmas, an outplacement and executive coaching firm.

Marc Benioff, CEO of US-based cloud software company Salesforce, has said that many companies are wrongly blaming artificial intelligence for layoffs, arguing that the current wave of job cuts is being misunderstood.

Microsoft has announced a $10 billion investment in Japan from 2026 through 2029, focusing on artificial intelligence infrastructure, cybersecurity partnerships, and workforce development, according to an official blog post by the tech giant.

Amazon has introduced a new fuel surcharge for sellers using its logistics network, as rising oil prices linked to the war in Iran continue to disrupt global energy markets.

The European Union’s cybersecurity agency, CERT-EU, said on April 2 that a recent cyberattack targeting the bloc’s executive arm was carried out by a hacking group known as TeamPCP. 

Robotaxis operated by Baidu’s Apollo Go service experienced a widespread outage across Wuhan, China, leaving passengers stranded for up to two hours, according to a recent report by Reuters.

NASA recently launched its Artemis II mission, marking the first crewed voyage beyond low Earth orbit since Apollo 17 in 1972. The agency has described Artemis II as “the first crewed lunar flyby in more than 50 years”.

Fifty years ago today, a young engineer named Steve Wozniak had just finished designing a computer circuit board.

Meta has introduced two new smart glasses designed for users who require prescription lenses on March 31. 

Starcloud, a US based startup, aiming to build data centres in orbit has recently raised $170 million in a Series A funding round which values the company at $1.1 billion, marking a rapid rise to unicorn status shortly after emerging from the Y Combinator programme.

Neal Mohan, the CEO of YouTube, has said the platform remains the primary destination for its most successful creators, despite increasing competition from streaming services.

Lettre, a handwriting-based social app developed by a team of Bangladeshis, has been featured by Apple on its curated App Store list.

Apple, the tech giant behind the widely popular iPhone, celebrates its 50th anniversary on April 1. Since its founding in 1976, the California company has left a lasting mark on pop culture and the technology industry. Here are five anecdotes from its history.

Alibaba International has introduced Accio Work, a no-code enterprise AI agent platform designed to help small and medium-sized businesses automate complex operational tasks without requiring technical setup.

AI systems tend to flatter users and validate their actions even when those actions are harmful or unethical, according to a study recently published in the journal Science by researchers at Stanford University.

Japanese conglomerate SoftBank Group has obtained a $40 billion bridge loan to support its investments in OpenAI, and for general corporate purposes, the Japanese investment conglomerate said last week.

Apple has hired Lilian Rincon, an ex-Google executive, as its vice president of product marketing for artificial intelligence, the tech giant recently announced.

A jury in Los Angeles has found Meta and Google liable in a case alleging that their platforms contributed to social media addiction and harm to a young user.

Google has recently introduced new tools designed to make it easier for users to transfer conversations and personal data from rival artificial intelligence (AI) platforms into its chatbot, Gemini.

Sony has raised the price of its PlayStation 5 consoles worldwide, with the standard model increasing by $100 in the United States to $649.99, effective April 2.