CBRE: NYC becomes the top tech talent market for the first time with 394,300 jobs, beating the Bay Area's 375,730, amid SF job cuts and NYC finance sector hires  —  It should come as no surprise that the number of artificial intelligence-specific tech workers is growing rapidly …

Walmart, which has long resisted contactless Tap to Pay payments, says its stores will get the tech, which supports Apple Pay and Google Pay, by the end of 2026  —  Apparently, hell has frozen over.  Walmart on Friday said it will finally accept payments via both Apple Pay and Google Pay at its stores …

DeepSeek unveils an experimental multimodal version of its V4 Flash model, saying it nears the performance of Anthropic's Opus 4.8 on multimodal agentic tests  —  DeepSeek unveiled an experimental AI model that can understand visual prompts, saying the tool nears the performance of an advanced model by US rival Anthropic PBC.

A look at London cab drivers' concerns and pushback against robotaxis, as Waymo and Wayve race to make London their European launch pad for driverless services  —  Some drivers are considering skulduggery in an attempt to show the limits of autonomous vehicles.

How the memory boom is reshaping Micron's hometown of Boise, Idaho: new millionaires, job growth, traffic, soaring housing costs, and uneven wealth distribution  —  Dave Petso has been a wealth manager in Boise, Idaho since the 1980s.  His business has survived multiple recessions …

Samsung unveils a $65.1B-$79.5B shareholder return package for 2026, combining dividends and share buybacks, calling it “the largest ever by a Korean company”  —  Samsung Electronics has announced a shareholder return package, marking a blockbuster week for shareholder returns …

Uber is set to be fined €825M by the Dutch data watchdog over its use of automated systems to deactivate driver accounts, in the second largest fine under GDPR  —  Regulator says ride-hailing group deactivated driver accounts through automated systems without adequately informing them

Space data center startup Starcloud raised a $250M extension, at a $2.3B valuation, to its March $170M Series A; source: Nvidia invested $25M  —  Starcloud, a startup developing satellites that can perform AI inference in orbit, told TechCrunch that it has added a $250 million extension to its March $170 million Series A funding round.

Sources: the US Department of Energy is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a security risk if they become widely used on vehicles in the US  —  A Department of Energy lab is investigating whether Chinese lidar sensors might pose a security risk if they become widely used …

Sources: Nvidia is in early talks with South Korean AI chip startup Rebellions for a potential deal, including a partnership, an investment, or an acquisition  —  Nvidia Corp. is in early discussions with the Korean AI chip designer Rebellions about possible collaborations …

Patreon announces new and overhauled features, including recommendation algorithm changes aimed at making it easier for smaller creators to get discovered  —  The platform has an extensive roadmap of updates to build ‘a better internet.’  —  Patreon has announced a number …

Filings: Apple paid Ireland $17B in taxes in 2025, 40% of its $43B in global corporate income tax total, after an EU court ordered it to pay €13B in back taxes  —  New filings highlight iPhone maker's global tax liabilities  —  Apple paid Ireland $17bn in taxes last year …