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President of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 

AI is reshaping work and productivity, but you don’t have to work crazy overtime to succeed, Shopify’s Harley Finkelstein says.

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Preston Fore

Australia will start banning kids from social media this week—and Malaysia is getting ready to do the same

Other countries are considering less drastic ways to control teenagers' social media use. On Nov. 30, Singapore said it would ban the use of...

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Angelica Ang

Amazon’s new Alexa aims to detangle household chaos, like who fed the dog and the name of that restaurant everyone wanted to try

This is a “classic fight in my house,” said Panos Panay, SVP of devices and services at Amazon.

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Amanda Gerut

Borrowing by AI companies represents a ‘mounting potential threat to the financial system,’ top economist says 

“Borrowing by AI companies should be on the radar screen as a mounting potential threat to the financial system and broader economy."

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Nino Paoli

2026 will be the year CEOs must prove AI is powering growth—not just cost cutting and layoffs

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

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Diane Brady

When David Ellison was 13, his billionaire father Larry bought him a plane. He competed in airshows before leaving it to become a Hollywood executive

Ellison, 42, revived "Top Gun"—and now he’s taking the fight to Netflix.

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Dave Smith

A divided Fed meets today and Wall Street is listening for 4 key words from Powell: ‘In a good place’

If he does not use that phrase, he may be open to further interest rate cuts.

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Jim Edwards

In race to end China’s chokehold on critical minerals the U.S. needs all the friends it can get

From Australia to Kazakhstan and Greenland, the U.S. requires critical minerals mining and processing partnerships around the world to achieve its...

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Jordan Blum

Key questions to stay grounded in the AI frenzy

With startup valuations soaring, VCs at Fortune's Brainstorm AI shared their thoughts on how to navigate these bubbly times.

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Alexei Oreskovic

Berkshire appoints new CFO as analysts warn of more executive departures

Warren Buffett's CEO tenure is soon ending, and Marc Hamburg’s retirement as CFO after 40 years is among several leadership changes.

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Sheryl Estrada

HBR: only 6% of companies fully trust AI agents to handle core business processes

AI agents are at the "edge," not the core of business, and without good change management, corporates risk a "garbage in, garbage out" scenario.

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Nick Lichtenberg

AI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills

The typical company expects to hire eight workers in the first quarter of 2026, ManpowerGroup's new survey finds.

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Nick Lichtenberg

Paramount’s streaming size would ease U.S. antitrust review

At the Kennedy Center Honors Sunday night, Paramount CEO David Ellison chatted with President Donald Trump, people familiar with the events said.

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Christopher Palmeri

Malaysia’s Johor launches 7,300-acre innovation sandbox, part of new special economic zone with neighboring Singapore

IBTEC, formally launched on Dec. 2, will make “production smarter, supply chains more resilient and operations more efficient,” said developer...

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Angelica Ang

AI doctors will be good at science but bad at business, and big talk with little action means even higher drugs prices: 10 healthcare predictions for 2026 from top investors

We hope 2026 is calmer after tariffs, public health chaos, and the cancellation of billions of research funding and health coverage support for...

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Bob Kocher

The cult of productivity is killing us

This is a call for quiet thriving.

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Jon Rosemberg

I’m a leader in private equity and see a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business

My dad spent 40 years operating heavy machinery. He was proud of his work but he didn’t feel respected. Today, I see those same tensions are still...

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Pete Stavros

Kushner, Ellison and Apollo back hostile Warner Bros. bid

The hostile takeover bid brought together an array of banks, billionaires and sovereign-wealth funds, all with the aim of torpedoing Netflix's deal.

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Aaron Weinman

‘But is that real work? It’s not’ Business leaders still don’t trust AI agents, Harvard survey shows

More than two in five (43%) of respondents said they only trust agents with routine operational tasks.

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Patrick Kulp

You’re probably $30,000 short of what you need to buy a house—and you’re not alone

More than 75% of U.S. homes on the market are unaffordable for the typical household, according to a Bankrate analysis. 

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Sydney Lake

Even the man behind ChatGPT, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is worried about the ‘rate of change that’s happening in the world right now’ thanks to AI

Sam Altman admits the rise of ChatGPT may be moving too quickly for comfort as AI shakes up jobs, education, and the global economy.

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Preston Fore

Trump’s $12 billion farmer bailout is a ‘Band-Aid on a bigger wound’ the American agriculture industry is still reeling from

"At the end of the day, the farmers, they just want to conduct business, not necessarily have to get these packages," one agricultural economist said.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Parents are sacrificing retirement, taking second jobs, and liquidating investments just to afford college for their kids

More than 60% of parents say they’re delaying retirement to pay for college.

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Sydney Lake

Baby boomers have now ‘gobbled up’ nearly one-third of America’s wealth share, and they’re leaving Gen Z and millennials behind

American septuagenarians hold more than $85 trillion in assets—by far the most of any generation.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Craigslist founder signs the Giving Pledge, and his fortune will go to military families, fighting cyberattacks—and a pigeon rescue

“A nerd’s gotta do what a nerd’s gotta do, and a nerd should practice what he preaches,” Craig Newmark said.

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Sydney Lake

Google Cloud CEO lays out 3-part strategy to meet AI’s energy demands after identifying it as the ‘most problematic thing’

Speaking at the Fortune Brainstorm AI conference, Google Cloud boss Thomas Kurian discussed how the company thinks about energy and data centers.

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Jason Ma

Jared Kushner suddenly emerges in the Warner brawl between Paramount and Netflix, backed by Saudi billions and fresh off brokering another megadeal

Trump’s son-in-law is emerging as a central conduit for Gulf money moving into American media, and they’re backing the Ellisons and Paramount.

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Eva Roytburg

Exclusive: Glean hits $200 million ARR, up from $100 million nine months back

Glean, an enterprise AI unicorn, has hit $200 million in annual recurring revenue, CEO Arvind Jain said at Fortune's Brainstorm AI conference.

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Allie Garfinkle

‘Accounting is absolutely a profession, full stop’: AICPA president pushes back after Education Department reclassifies accounting degrees

The education department’s decision isn’t merely semantic: If it’s finalized, it will affect how much federal aid students are able to receive.

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Courtney Vien

Amazon robotaxi service Zoox to start charging for rides in 2026, with ‘laser focus’ on transporting people, not deliveries, says cofounder

Jesse Levinson, Zoox cofounder and CTO, said the robotaxi service needs several more years before it can operate at a scale where the business is “...

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Amanda Gerut

Cursor developed an internal AI Help Desk that handles 80% of its employees’ support tickets says the $29 billion startup’s CEO

The AI coding-assistant start-up isn't just using artificial intelligence to help developers write code, it's deploying AI across its own internal...

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Beatrice Nolan

Paramount rips Warner’s sale ‘process’ as it reveals 2-year-long pursuit, escalating bids before going hostile

Warner "did not provide a single markup of a single transaction document" or engage in any back-and-forth negotiation for months, its jilted suitor...

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Nick Lichtenberg

Netflix CEO brushes aside Paramount’s ‘entirely expected’ hostile bid, ‘super confident’ of closing deal with Warner Bros. Discovery

The Netflix Co-CEO also said he's talked with the president "many times" since the election and he'll be good to movie theaters once he’s running a...

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Nick Lichtenberg

Robinhood launches staking for Ethereum and Solana in ongoing crypto expansion 

The trading platform dives further into digital assets both domestically and globally.

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Carlos Garcia

Trump says he’ll allow Nvidia to sell advanced chips to ‘approved customers’ in China

Trump said on social media that he had informed China's leader Xi Jinping about his decision and “President Xi responded positively!”

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Josh Boak

Pepsi to cut product offering nearly 20% in deal with $4 billion activist Elliott

In a joint statement, Elliott Partner Marc Steinberg said it is confident that PepsiCo can create value for shareholders as it executes on its new...

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Dee-Ann Durbin

‘This isn’t what Walt and Roy would have wanted’: Disney fans with disabilities sue over new ride restrictions

Disney narrowed the scope to guests who “due to a developmental disability such as autism or similar” have difficulties waiting in a long line.

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Mike Schneider

Jimmy Kimmel signs ABC extension through 2027

ABC has aired Kimmel's late-night show since 2003, during a time of upheaval in the industry and, recently, much criticism from President Trump.

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David Bauder

Paramount, Netflix spur Wall Street race to win jumbo loan deals

Loans of this size have been few and far between over the past couple of years amid subdued acquisition activity. But that’s all changed.

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Natalie Harrison

Procurement execs often don’t understand the value of good design, experts say

In reality, firms want to build more with less—and even though visions are created by designers, they don’t always get to see them to fruition.

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Angelica Ang

Cinnabon franchise immediately fires Wisconsin worker who went viral for racist rant

The video was posted on TikTok and showed a white, female employee cursing at and taunting the customers from behind the counter/.

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The Associated Press

‘Godfather of AI’ says Bill Gates and Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way

While tech leaders paint a positive future where work is optional thanks to AI, the ‘Godfather of AI’ Geoffrey Hinton warns they’re “betting on AI...

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Preston Fore

Next shoe in Netflix-WBD saga drops as Paramount launches hostile bid worth $30 per share, all-cash

Over the weekend, President Trump voiced concern over the combined market share of Netflix and Warner Bros.

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Nick Lichtenberg

The science of failing up: Why some leaders rise despite repeated screwups

Inside corporate America’s hidden mechanics that allow executives to fail upward.

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Ruth Umoh

‘La Gringa’ Eileen Higgins hopes to become the first Democrat ( and non-Hispanic) mayor for Miami in nearly 30 years

Higgins' pitch to voters includes finding city-owned land that could be turned into affordable housing and cutting unnecessary spending.

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Adriana Gomez Licon

Citadel’s shot at Andreessen Horowitz points to coming battle over DeFi and U.S. stock trading

Tokenized stocks are gaining popularity, but a trading giant owned by billionaire Ken Griffin wants to hit the breaks.

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Jeff John Roberts

Netflix needs Warner Bros.’s IP and franchises to remain the default streaming service

Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.

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Diane Brady

Atrocious reviews can’t stop ‘Five Nights at Freddy’s Sequel’ from biggest post-Thanksgiving weekend haul of all time

The sequel opened in 3,412 theaters in the U.S. and Canada and far surpassed expectations with $63 million in ticket sales, according to studio...

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Lindsey Bahr

Trump hails Netflix’s Sarandos as ‘fantastic man’ but casts mega-merger in doubt ‘There’s no question about it. It could be a problem’

Trump confirmed that he met with Netflix co-CEO Ted Sarandos in the Oval Office before the WBD deal was announced. "I have a lot of respect for him."

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Darlene Superville

The workforce is becoming AI-native. Leadership has to evolve

The new generation began university when ChatGPT launched in 2022 and they now account for roughly half of all ChatGPT usage.

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Justin Hotard