Laid-off Oracle workers tried to negotiate better severance. Oracle said no.  |

As was widely reported, Oracle axed an estimated 20,000 to 30,000 people via email on March 31. One of the employees cut that day told…

Google and Character.AI negotiate first major settlements in teen chatbot death cases |

In Brief Posted: 5:32 PM PST · January 7, 2026 In what may mark the tech industry’s first significant legal settlement over AI-related harm, Google…