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Employees of Volkswagen Sachsen GmbH stand with Dirk Panter (SPD, M), Saxony’s Minister of Economic Affairs, in front of the Volkswagen plant gate.Picture Alliance | Picture Alliance | Getty ImagesVolkswagen is bracing for a high-stakes boardroom showdown following reports that the embattled auto giant is weighing up shutting four German factories and implementing as many as 100,000 job cuts.The mass layoff plan, which would represent the most radical overhaul in the firm’s nearly 90-year history, is staunchly opposed by German lawmakers and powerful labor unions.The standoff has laid the groundwork for what is shaping up to be this year’s most…

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Tankmaker KNDS has postponed its highly anticipated public listing until market conditions improve, following a slump in defense stocks in recent months. Shareholders of the Amsterdam-based company have decided that the IPO process will resume “upon the return of more favorable market conditions,” KNDS said in a statement late Wednesday. This comes “In light of current market volatility for the European Defense sector,” it said.It comes after the Financial Times reported the defense equipment maker was struggling to convince investors to back a valuation of more than 12 billion euros ($13.7 billion).KNDS confirmed last week its intention to dual list…

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Amazon is focusing on building chips for its “critical” consumer devices, the company’s top hardware executive told CNBC.In a wide-ranging interview on CNBC’s “The Tech Download” podcast, Panos Panay, the head of devices and services at Amazon, discussed, for the first time, the company’s approach to semiconductors in its own hardware and how it’s experimenting with different types of AI-enabled gadgets.”We do make our own end-to-end silicon for the devices that we ship,” Panay said.He said Amazon’s custom silicon is in devices such as the Echo Show 8, Echo Show 11 and Fire TV.In October, Amazon unveiled the AZ3 and AZ3 Pro…

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Smoke rises over the city following a Russian air attack on Kyiv, on July 2, 2026, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Russian missile and drone strikes rocked Kyiv early on July 2, killing two people and wounding more than a dozen, after President Volodymyr Zelensky warned that Moscow was preparing a “massive attack”. (Photo by Roman PILIPEY / AFP via Getty Images)Roman Pilipey | Afp | Getty ImagesRussia launched a large-scale missile and drone attack on Ukraine Thursday, targeting Kyiv and other regions across the country.Russia’s Defense Ministry said that it carried out a “massive strike using long-range precision air,…

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CEO of OpenAI Sam Altman (L) and U.S. President Donald Trump attend a working lunch with G7 leaders, G7 outreach partners, and global tech CEOs on innovation and AI, during the G7 Summit on June 17, 2026 in Evian-les-Bains, France. Anna Moneymaker | Getty ImagesOpenAI has proposed handing the U.S. government a 5% stake in the company, the Financial Times reported Thursday, as the artificial intelligence startup seeks to defuse mounting political pressure in Washington. A 5% holding would be worth roughly $42.6 billion, after the AI fab closed a record-breaking funding round in March at a post-money valuation of…

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Did you know the average new vehicle in the US grew an inch (25 mm) wider and 22 inches (558 mm) longer between 2013 and 2023? That’s probably obvious to anyone who steps foot outside these days, and it’s a trend that we ought to reverse. Bigger cars might make their occupants feel more secure, but they invariably need more energy to get where they’re going. And with f=ma being what it is, bigger vehicles tend to leave a lasting and deleterious effect on anything unlucky enough to be the other party in a collision. That makes today’s tale a…

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Amazon’s SVP of devices, Alexa and Leo, Panos Panay joins Arjun Kharpal to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the company’s hardware strategy, from Alexa and Echo devices to wearables, smart glasses, robotaxis and satellites.Amazon’s SVP of devices, Alexa and Leo, Panos Panay joins Arjun Kharpal to discuss how artificial intelligence is reshaping the company’s hardware strategy, from Alexa and Echo devices to wearables, smart glasses, robotaxis and satellites. Panay explains why Amazon sees AI devices less as a single new gadget and more as an ambient system that follows users across the home, on the go and eventually into the car. He says Alexa Plus marks a…

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