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November 5, 2025, 3:24 AM EST. IBM said it will lay off a small percentage of its global workforce in the fourth quarter, a low single-digit cut that could affect some U.S.-based roles. A 1% decrease would amount to about 2,700 jobs. IBM stressed that U.S. headcount should remain flat year over year. The move comes as tech firms seek productivity gains through automation and AI tools. IBM employed about 270,000 people at the end of 2024. The update follows recent cuts at peers and reflects CEO Arvind Krishna's ongoing transformation toward software, services, and AI-driven growth. Earlier in 2024 the company trimmed marketing and communications roles, and AI-enabled processes reduced some HR tasks.

November 5, 2025, 3:18 AM EST. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports Apple is developing a budget MacBook for casual users, students, and small businesses. The model is said to run on a less powerful iPhone processor and use a smaller LCD, with a price described as well under $1,000 and a launch planned for the first half of 2026. Apple would aim to take share from Chromebooks and low-cost Windows PCs by focusing on web browsing, documents and light media editing. The device is often compared to the M4 MacBook Air at $999, and rumors have tied it to an A18 Pro chip in some reports. If accurate, it signals a broader push to reach budget buyers while expanding Apple's lineup into the value segment.

November 5, 2025, 3:16 AM EST. Apple's iOS 26.2 developer beta 1 introduces a new Enhanced Safety Alerts section under Settings > Notifications. In supported regions, users can toggle earthquake alerts and imminent threat alerts, plus a privacy option that shares your approximate location with Apple to improve timeliness and reliability. The Enhanced Safety Alerts adds to the existing Government Alerts, which already covers AMBER Alerts, Public Safety Alerts, Test Alerts, and the Emergency Alerts section with granular controls for location precision and sound. The beta also includes a new alert tone to distinguish these messages. This marks a move toward more granular, customizable safety notifications for iPhone users, though availability is limited to beta testers and regions that support the feature.

November 5, 2025, 3:14 AM EST. New research from Penn State's Center for Socially Responsible AI shows that bias in AI can be triggered by everyday users, not just technical experts. Led by Amulya Yadav, the team analyzed 75 prompts from participants in the Bias-a-Thon, comparing intuitive prompts to traditional technical queries and finding that casual prompts often provoke biased outputs in models such as ChatGPT and Gemini. The study argues that fairness depends on who uses AI and how prompts shape responses, highlighting biases rooted in training data, language use, and societal stereotypes. Researchers conducted Zoom interviews to refine a working definition of bias and discuss implications for safety and representation.

November 5, 2025, 3:12 AM EST. Amazon has filed a cease-and-desist against Perplexity, accusing its Comet browser and AI shopping agents of using shady tactics to bypass protections. Perplexity says Amazon is a bully bent on blocking shoppers from using its tech. The dispute highlights friction between e-commerce giants and AI tools that navigate product search and recommendations, raising questions about access, browser features, and how AI agents should interact with retailer ecosystems.