The legal battle between HR software unicorns Deel and Rippling escalated on Friday, with Deel suing Rippling for alleged defamation, libel, and deceptive trade practices.
The big picture: This conflict gets more personal with each court filing.
Microsoft's Recall feature is finally ready for broad use across its AI-enabled PC line after months of delays and significant security changes, the company announced Friday.
Why it matters: First shown last May, Recall — which promises to help users find anything they ever saw anywhere on their computer by taking frequent snapshots of the screen — was intended to be the signature feature of the first generation of Copilot+ PCs that hit stores last year.
Intel has reversed its decision to spin out Intel Capital, one of Silicon Valley's oldest and most active corporate venture funds.
Why it matters: This feels like the beginning of the end for Intel Capital, which was founded in 1991 and has invested more than $20 billion in over 1,800 startups.
The Trump administration wants to empower local schools by dismantling the U.S. Department of Education. The catch: Local school districts nationwide already are struggling with teacher shortages, falling test scores and rising turnover in leadership.
Why it matters: Those measures of instability — along with ongoing debates over what should be taught, and how — are just a few of the problems local systems are facing as the White House signals that less help could be coming.
Workers and students are turning to AI for answers — and to avoid judgement from teachers, managers and mentors.
Why it matters: Students and less experienced workers who need practice in the art of asking the right questions at the right time may not get what they need from compliant bots.
It's been over a decade since celebrities, brands and everday people were posting videos of themselves on the internet being doused with buckets of ice to raise awareness about ALS.
Driving the news: Students from the University of South Carolina revived the trend last month in support of mental health.
Nintendo Switch 2 preorders quickly sold out on Target, Walmart and Best Buy early Thursday, and now GameStop may be the last hope to order the hotly anticipated consoles.
GameStop starts its online orders at 11am ET. (See more below.)
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard said she made two criminal referrals over alleged classified information leaks and a third one is "on its way."
The big picture: The Trump administration has moved to crack down on leaks to journalists in recent weeks following a series of explosive reports, with the Pentagon firing three top officials after an internal investigation into "unauthorized disclosures" of national security information.
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