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Who really controls Venezuela’s oil after Maduro’s capture? US firms move in amid decades of decline The Venezuelan oil industry, long crippled by neglect, underinvestment, and corruption, could be on the brink of a dramatic overhaul under US control. After attacking Caracas and detaining the country’s leader, Donald Trump vowed
Chip and electricity shortages. The artificial intelligence boom could accelerate inflation in 2026 At the beginning of 2026, global financial markets are underestimating one of the risks — a new surge in inflation linked to large-scale investments in artificial intelligence, Reuters reports. In 2025, stock markets in the US, Europe,
Multiverse cut dozens of jobs as losses widened Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/multiverse-job-cuts-euan-blair
8 workplace predictions for 2026: AI agents become mainstream, new roles emerge and the GTM engineer job dies quietly Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/workplace-predictions
The tech events Sifted will be attending in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/european-tech-events-2026
A spacetech IPO, a robot decacorn and a (European) entrepreneur running for president: Sifted’s predictions for European tech in 2026 Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/sifted-journalist-predictions-2026
What’s in store for European deeptech in 2026, according to investors Powered by WPeMatico https://sifted.eu/articles/deeptech-predictions-2026
Insight Partners sued by former vice president Kate Lowry Insight Partners sued by former vice president Kate Lowry. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/insight-partners-sued-by-former-vice-president-kate-lowry/
Microsoft’s Nadella wants us to stop thinking of AI as ‘slop’ Nadella wants us to think of AI as a human helper instead of a slop-generating job killer. New data for 2026 indicates he could be right. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/microsofts-nadella-wants-us-to-stop-thinking-of-ai-as-slop/
This is Uber’s new robotaxi from Lucid and Nuro The production-intent version, unveiled at CES 2026 on Monday, will be an exceptionally roomy entry into the growing robotaxi market later this year. Powered by WPeMatico https://techcrunch.com/2026/01/05/this-is-ubers-new-robotaxi-from-lucid-and-nuro/