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Monday.com Joins Tech Layoff Trend Citing AI as Factor

Monday.com announced it will lay off about 20% of its workforce, or over 600 employees, citing a restructuring tied to its AI-driven growth strategy. The Tel Aviv-based work management software company joins a growing list of major tech firms, including Amazon, Meta, and Microsoft, that have cited artificial intelligence as a factor in job cuts this year. A new Financial Times analysis shows U.S. tech companies have slashed nearly 140,000 jobs since January, with AI often cited as a reason.

Jul 2612 minNeura News
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Power line failure reveals AI data center grid risks and solutions

A fallen power line near Washington, DC caused over 3 gigawatts of data center load to vanish from the PJM grid in seconds, spiking voltage across the region. The event, which made lights flicker from Northern Virginia to Chicago, highlights a growing problem as AI data centers become larger and more concentrated. Experts warn that without better coordination or technology like ON.Energy's battery-backed uninterruptible power supply, such disruptions will become more frequent and severe.

Jul 255 minNeura News
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Airbus Scores Cloud Providers on Extraterritorial Law Protection

Airbus has chosen French cloud provider Scaleway as its sovereign cloud partner, making protection against non-European extraterritorial laws a formal, scored criterion in its tender. The aerospace giant assessed providers on technical capabilities, operational excellence, and legal safeguards, including European jurisdiction and data protection. This move signals a shift in how major European industrial buyers evaluate cloud vendors, prioritizing legal jurisdiction alongside technical performance.

Jul 246 minNeura News
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NVIDIA Open Sources GPU Medical Physics Simulation Framework

NVIDIA has open sourced its Medical Physics Simulation framework, a GPU-accelerated tool within Isaac for Healthcare that helps medical robotics developers model anatomy-device interactions, generate rare scenarios, and train robot policies in virtual environments. The framework combines classical physics simulation with generative AI from NVIDIA Cosmos-H Dreams, enabling parallel training of thousands of robot environments. Medical device leaders including CMR Surgical, Johnson & Johnson MedTech, and XCath are already using it to advance surgical robotics and regulatory evidence.

Jul 224 minNeura News