Celebrity deaths 2026: Remembering the famous people we lost this year

Celebrity Deaths 2026: The Icons, Legends, and Trailblazers We Lost This Year As the year winds down, the entertainment world, media landscape, and public consciousness have been shaken by the passing of an extraordinary roster of talent. From chart-topping musicians to beloved television icons, from groundbreaking civil rights leaders to controversial cultural figures, 2026 has … Read more

14 companies that have said they’re doing AI-related layoffs

AI-Led Restructuring: 14 Companies That Cited Artificial Intelligence in Recent Layoffs By: B2B Pulse Editorial Team Let’s cut through the noise: AI is no longer a future speculation—it’s a present-day force reshaping revenue teams, engineering departments, and entire GTM strategies. But as the data from Challenger, Gray, and Christmas shows, 8% of all job-cut plans … Read more

Palo Alto Networks CEO says AI won’t mean fewer engineers: ‘I need more’

Why Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora Is Hiring More Engineers, Not Fewer, in the Age of AI In an era when tech executives are making headlines for slashing headcounts and attributing layoffs to artificial intelligence, Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora is taking a strikingly different approach. The leader of the nearly $200 billion … Read more

Google’s latest AI numbers are huge. Here are the stats CEO Sundar Pichai just dropped.

Google’s AI Explosion: 3.2 Quadrillion Tokens Monthly and the Metrics That Matter for B2B Leaders When Sundar Pichai stepped onto the stage at Google I/O this week, he didn’t just announce product updates. He dropped a series of numbers that should make every SaaS and tech revenue leader sit up and take notice. These metrics … Read more

Google’s new AI agent can plan parties while you sleep — and you can keep your laptop shut

Google’s Always-On AI Agent Spark: Plan Parties, Draft Emails, and Never Open Your Laptop Again The next frontier in B2B productivity isn’t faster chatbots—it’s persistent agents that work while you sleep. Google just fired a major shot across the bow with the launch of Spark, a 24/7 AI assistant that lives inside Gemini and runs … Read more

Google’s latest AI flex came with Silicon Valley’s new favorite word

Google’s AI Usage Explodes 7x: What “Tokenmaxxing” Means for B2B Revenue Teams At Google’s annual I/O developer conference today, CEO Sundar Pichai dropped a stat that made the packed Shoreline Amphitheater gasp—and then laugh. Monthly usage of Google’s AI products has surged sevenfold since last year, reaching a staggering 3.2 quadrillion tokens. The number is … Read more

Trump’s student-loan repayment overhaul limits borrowing for nurses. There’s a new bipartisan push to change that.

The $200,000 Borrowing Cap That Could Break the Nursing Pipeline—And the Bipartisan Bill Trying to Fix It Is the Department of Education about to make the nursing shortage worse? A new bipartisan push says yes—and they’re fighting back. When you think about the most expensive degrees in America, nursing usually doesn’t come to mind. But … Read more

These $70 satin Adidas pants are the latest status symbol in mom groups. They’re totally worth it.

The Mom Group Obsession: Why These $70 Adidas Satin Pants Are a Legitimate Status Symbol (And Totally Worth It) If you’re active in any mom-focused Facebook group or fashion forum, you’ve likely seen them: the Adidas Originals Wide Leg Satin Pants. At $70 (now marked down to $42—if you can find them), these are becoming … Read more