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Visa Inc. is eliminating about 2,600 positions. That amounts to roughly 7 percent of its global staff. The payments giant disclosed the cuts this week in an internal memo from CEO Ryan McInerney. Technology and product teams absorbed the heaviest losses. Yet the company just posted record revenue and rising profits. The contrast raises pointed

ASML stands alone. The Dutch company builds the only machines on Earth capable of carving the tiniest features into silicon for the most advanced processors. Its extreme ultraviolet lithography systems power production at TSMC, Samsung and Intel. And right now, those tools command prices that make gold look cheap. One low-NA EUV system runs about

Highland Europe closed its sixth fund at €1.1 billion. The growth-stage investor now has fresh ammunition to back European technology companies that have moved past early product validation and need serious money to expand. The announcement landed July 30, 2026, just as the firm tallied more than €1 billion in returns delivered to its own

Companies have poured billions into firewalls, encryption and data-loss prevention. They scrub records, anonymize what they can and delete what they must. Yet the next major privacy fiasco may leave no trace of stolen files or breached servers. It will come from what their AI systems conclude about people. By 2029 most privacy incidents will

Josh D’Amaro stepped into the chief executive role at Disney in March with a clear mandate. Fix streaming. Make it profitable. And above all, catch Netflix. Barely four months later, the former theme-park chief has signaled his plan. Turn Disney+ into something far larger than a video service. Fold in theme-park tickets, cruise bookings, games,

Intel shares have traced a remarkable path in 2026. The stock soared more than 270 percent in the first half of the year. Then it gave back chunks of those gains in early July. One investment fund felt the absence keenly. Columbia Threadneedle Investments missed out on the rally in its Columbia Seligman Global Technology

Winamp once ruled the desktops of millions. Its iconic interface, complete with that dancing baby animation and skinable design, defined an era of MP3s and dial-up internet. Now, nearly three decades later, the company behind it aims to rewrite its story. Not as a simple player. But as a full-fledged streaming service. The announcement landed

Europe’s highest court just handed privacy advocates a clear win. The Court of Justice of the European Union ruled that VPN providers bear no liability when users bypass geo-blocks to access copyrighted material. Publishers must handle their own territorial restrictions. The decision, tied to a dispute over Anne Frank’s manuscripts, sets a firm boundary. Legal

Microsoft signaled a major consolidation in its AI strategy Wednesday. During the company’s fiscal fourth-quarter earnings call, CEO Satya Nadella confirmed plans for a unified Copilot application. The new platform will merge chat, coding, collaboration and autonomous agent features into a single destination. And it aims to serve both everyday consumers and enterprise customers alike.

The Federal Trade Commission has taken direct aim at one of telehealth’s biggest names. On July 29, 2026, the agency, joined by California and Utah, filed suit against Hims & Hers Health in federal court in San Francisco. The complaint paints a troubling picture. A company that built its brand on convenient, private access to