During a podcast, Cardone Ventures's millionaire Co-Founder Natalie Dawson revealed she faced online criticism after she shared that she fired two employees for cheating on their partners immediately after she found out. "I can't have cheaters. If they're going to cheat on the person...they're supposed to spend...their life with, do you think that they're cheating on their work?" she explained.

US' largest telecom company Verizon is planning to cut about 15,000 jobs in its largest-ever layoffs, reported Reuters. The layoffs, affecting about 15% of Verizon's workforce, are set to take place as soon as next week, the report added. Verizon needs aggressive change including "cost transformation, fundamentally restructuring our expense base", newly-appointed CEO Dan Schulman said last month.

Card cloning occurs when cybercriminals copy the details of debit or credit card to make duplicates and use them for unauthorised transactions. Information is stolen through skimming devices, online scams, or malware. Hidden devices at ATMs steal card details and PINs, and sometimes the card is secretly swiped twice at a restaurant, once for payment and once on a skimmer.

Tata Motors' commercial vehicles arm reported a consolidated net loss of ₹867 crore in the second quarter of FY26. Last fiscal year, the Tata Group company posted a consolidated profit of ₹498 crore in the second quarter. The firm's revenue from operations, however, rose 6% YoY to ₹18,585 crore in Q2 FY26, from ₹17,535 crore reported in Q2 FY25.

London-based Inference's CEO Sam Hogan faced trolling after naming a new AI project 'AELLA'. Shortly after he revealed the name, several users pointed out its similarity to an OnlyFans creator who now researches sex and relationships through data mining. Blaming an "unforeseen naming conflict", Hogan changed the name to 'OSSAS' within nine hours after revealing the name.

Media reports on Thursday cited sources to claim that Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, raised $15 billion in funding, boosting its valuation to around $200 billion. Musk, however, denied the claim and called the report "false". Founded by Musk in 2023, xAI is seen as a challenger to OpenAI and Anthropic in the advanced AI systems domain.

SBI Funds Management is planning to raise $1.2 billion through an IPO, said a Bloomberg report. The report adds that the SBI subsidiary could launch its IPO in the first half of 2026. SBI Funds Management is India's largest asset management company (AMC) and reported Quarterly Average Assets Under Management of ₹11.99 lakh crore for Q2 FY26.

A Reddit user claimed that they were forced to resign from their junior QA job. They revealed that clashes with their manager led to their sudden exit, with no prior warning. They claimed that the unexpected break allowed them to prepare for interviews, resulting in multiple job offers with one offering 70% salary hike.

Ranjan Pai's Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG) filed an Expression of Interest (EOI) to take part in the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) of BYJU'S bankrupt parent company Think and Learn. MEMG, majority owner of Aakash Educational Services, is interested in Think and Learn's 25% stake in Aakash. A successful resolution could help consolidate Aakash's ownership.

Ronald Netawat, Antim Labs' Founding Research Engineer, claimed his Uber driver in US was an Indian in his late 40s with 25 years of product management experience. Netawat claimed the driver had worked at Apple and Verizon and was an IT company's CTO. He came to US in 2007 on H-1B visa before being fired by Cognizant, Netawat added.