Nintendo is facing new labor complaints alleging violations of the National Labor Relations Act. The charges, filed in December and January, come just a few years after the company settled a previous union-busting case for $26,000.
NSO Group released a new transparency report, but it’s missing the hard numbers on customer terminations that were in past versions. Critics see it as a cynical campaign to get removed from the U.S. Entity List and enter the market.
Apple is stepping up its internal succession planning as Tim Cook, 65, continues his tenure. The leading internal candidate appears to be hardware chief John Ternus, but the company’s priority is ensuring operational continuity above all else.
UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer has threatened action against Elon Musk’s X, demanding the platform “get their act together” over sexualized AI-generated images of children. The images, allegedly produced by X’s AI tool Grok, were found on the dark web and reported as criminal by a UK watchdog.
The manufacturing sector saw a 61% year-over-year surge in cyberattacks in 2025, the highest of any industry. Major brands like Jaguar Land Rover, Bridgestone, and Nucor have been hit, with costs running into the billions. The core vulnerability is often shockingly simple: weak authentication.
GreenPower Motor Company is building a 135,000-square-foot facility in Santa Teresa, New Mexico, to serve as its U.S. headquarters. The move, backed by over $14 million in state incentives, aims to create 340+ jobs and focus on electric school bus production starting in 2026.
The Sifted Podcast team is looking ahead at the European startup scene. Their big question: will 2026 be the year the AI hype finally deflates? They also dive into sovereign tech and political ambitions.
Companies are investing heavily in AI but seeing disappointing results. According to Fortune, the problem isn’t the artificial intelligence—it’s the old-fashioned operating models the tech is dropped into. True leverage comes from aligning culture, decisions, and accountability.
Building a useful, fault-tolerant quantum computer is a huge engineering challenge. Now, a new concern is emerging: they might need staggering amounts of electricity to run, with some designs projected to use ten times more power than the world’s fastest supercomputer.
Tailwind CSS, the popular web developer tool, has laid off 75% of its engineering team. CEO Adam Wathan says AI has crushed traffic to its documentation, leading to an 80% revenue drop and forcing drastic cuts to survive.
