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Want a job in AI-era tech? Forget prestigious degrees—tech leaders want to see your GitHub projects and internships

As entry-level tech hiring slows, one CEO warns avoiding AI skills would be like “taking crazy pills”—and says Gen Z must show real proof of...

yesterday 10

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Preston Fore

Devin Nunes and Trump Media get in bed with Google-backed nuclear fusion company in surprise $6 billion merger

The combined company says it plans to find a site and begin construction next year on the “world’s first utility-scale fusion power plant."

yesterday 2

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The Associated Press

Elon Musk says there will be ‘no poverty’ in the future, implying Ray Dalio’s multi-million Trump Account pledge will be essentially redundant

"It is certainly a nice gesture," Musk said. "But there will be no poverty in the future and so no need to save money."

yesterday 3

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Eleanor Pringle

A failed exam forced Claire Isnard back to school. It led to a chance encounter that propelled her into a corner office at Chanel

Had she passed the test, she’d likely be a teacher. Instead, she's enjoyed a 40-year career, including 17 years at Chanel.

yesterday 2

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Orianna Rosa Royle

As graduates face a ‘jobpocalypse,’ Goldman Sachs exec tells Gen Z they need to know their commercial impact 

With graduate unemployment at decade highs, Wall Street execs say Gen Z need to know what they bring to the table—literally.

yesterday 2

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Preston Fore

Top AI defense CEO warns China could ‘bleed American stockpiles dry’ in the event of a conflict, claiming U.S. munitions could run out in a week

U.S. weapons systems are also likely difficult to mobilize in case of a conflict.

yesterday 2

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Rivian CEO says midprice EV sales are still 50% Tesla: ‘That’s not a reflection of a healthy market’

Lackluster demand for electric cars in the U.S. isn’t because Americans don’t want them, RJ Scaringe said. There’s just few good options.

yesterday 2

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Sasha Rogelberg

Exclusive: Swedish startup automating mechanical, electrical, and plumbing design for commercial buildings raises $20 million in seed round

Endra says it can reduce the time needed to design electrical systems from months to hours.

yesterday 7

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Jeremy Kahn

After Trump used prime-time speech to deny economic reality, his aides reassured him he did great

Trump spoke at a rapid-fire clip with a tone that bordered at times on anger, as if Americans aren't appreciating what he's done, or tried to do.

yesterday 3

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Josh Boak

The American voter is angry about one thing above all and Trump’s tariffs are in the crossfire, Goldman’s chief political economist says

Cost of living is the issue driving the midterms. Trump calls affordability a "hoax" when Democrats say it, but his tariff regime is showing cracks.

yesterday 2

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Nick Lichtenberg

‘Big Short’ investor Michael Burry piles misery onto tech stocks after Oracle fails to close AI debt deal

Of course, Burry has a conflict of interest in the form of a $1.1 billion short bet against AI stocks. So take his doom-mongering with a pinch of...

yesterday 3

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Jim Edwards

State Department announces massive $10 billion arms sale to Taiwan, infuriating China

China said it would violate diplomatic agreements, gravely harm China's sovereignty, security and territorial integrity, and undermine regional...

yesterday 2

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Matthew Lee

‘They took all of our oil not that long ago. And we want it back’: Trump demands Venezuela return seized assets

U.S. oil companies dominated Venezuela's petroleum industry until the the 1970s and then under Nicolás Maduro and his predecessor, Hugo Chávez.

yesterday 2

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David Klepper

We ‘don’t have enough manpower’ for the delivery boom, says Singapore-based robotics founder

Delivery is "still stuck at the last mile," says Quikbot founder Alan Ng, who is developing robots that can navigate Singapore's buildings.

yesterday 3

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Angelica Ang

North Korea stole a record amount of crypto—again: report estimates  its hackers’ 2025 haul at $2 billion

The country has now pilfered about $7 billion in crypto all-time.

yesterday 3

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Carlos Garcia

AI governance becomes a board mandate as operational reality lags

Fortune 500 companies are racing to formalize AI oversight.

yesterday 3

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Sheryl Estrada

PayPal CEO Alex Chriss says stablecoins will be key as his company navigates the ‘classic innovator’s dilemma’

The nearly-three-decade-old firm is incorporating dollar-backed tokens across its business verticals, say PayPal executives.

yesterday 2

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Ben Weiss

Inflation hits 2.7% in November, still above Fed’s 2% target but less than economists expected

Consumer prices had risen 3% in September from a year earlier, and forecasters had expected the November CPI to match that year-over-year increase.

yesterday 2

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Paul Wiseman

U.K. startup CellVoyant debuts AI platform that could radically reduce the cost of cell-based therapies such as CAR-T immunotherapy for cancer

CellVoyant says its FateView platform can reduce the cost of producing viable cells for therapy by up to 80%

yesterday 2

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Jeremy Kahn

25 years after a Harvard professor told America it was ‘bowling alone,’ the loneliness epidemic is starker than ever

In 2023, then Surgeon General Vivek Murthy reported on an “epidemic of loneliness and isolation,” similar to previous advisories on smoking and...

yesterday 2

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Peter Smith

How Bentley’s brand is creating business advantage in disruptive times 

The Supersports model is a loud and proud reminder of Bentley’s legacy, executed at a pivotal moment in automotive history.

yesterday 2

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Tim Parker

Trump says $1,776 ‘warrior dividends’ were made possible partly by tariff revenue, which still lags $100 billion behind what the White House expected

The one-time check to military personnel will cost the administration $2.6 billion.

yesterday 0

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Sasha Rogelberg

Kate Winslet blasts nepo baby label—she says her children aren’t able to ‘get jobs or gain respect’ just because of her fame and $65 million fortune

Her two Gen Z children have starred in her films, but Oscar award-winning actress Kate Winslet says nepo baby allegations are "silly."

yesterday 0

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Emma Burleigh

How Salient, an AI loan processing startup valued at $500 million, grew ARR to $25 million in two years

Salient cofounder Ari Malik built AI to automate loan servicing, turning collections calls into a high-growth business now valued around $500 million.

yesterday 0

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Lily Mae Lazarus

OpenAI is a house still under construction — but no one agrees what it’s made of

Trillions of tokens, billions in compute, and a company racing in multiple directions—critics and boosters alike debate whether OpenAI’s breakneck...

yesterday 0

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Sharon Goldman

‘We might need more than a few grains of salt’: Top economists pan inflation report that effectively assumed housing inflation was zero

The culprit, several economists say, is the extended government shutdown.

yesterday 0

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Eva Roytburg

Why more boards are taking a chance on outsider CEOs

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yesterday 0

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Geoff Colvin

A 24-year-old CEO convinced his parents to open a custodial account in second grade. He fears meme stocks inflate Gen Z’s dreams of getting rich quick

A recent survey led by his company shows the majority of Gen Zs believes investing is a better way to reach their financial goals than a...

yesterday 0

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Nino Paoli

The AI efficiency illusion: why cutting 1.1 million jobs will stifle, not scale, your strategy

The canary in the coal mine for the broader economy is the crisis facing Black women.

yesterday 0

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Katica Roy

IT service is reaching its breaking point. At Salesforce, we see 3 tipping points

The model is cracking and needs to be reimagined.

yesterday 0

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Muddu Sudhakar

Trump was wrong about tariffs funding the ‘Warrior Dividend’ of $1,776—troops were already set to get the money

The “Warrior Dividend” that President Donald Trump announced during his televised address to the nation Wednesday is not a Christmas bonus made...

yesterday 0

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Josh Boak

House Democrats release more Epstein photos, including Bill Gates and a dinner full of wealthy philanthropists

Rep. Robert Garcia, the top Democrat on the oversight panel, said the "new images raise more questions” about what the DOJ has.

yesterday 0

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Stephen Groves

‘It seemed preposterous on its face’: Altoona cop’s supervisor said he’d buy his favorite hoagie moments before Luigi Mangione arrest

The sandwich in question was a large turkey from local sandwich shop Luigetta’s.

yesterday 0

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Michael R. Sisak

Republican leaders powerless to stop a January vote on healthcare after moderates defect on ACA subsidies

“Nothing has changed with House Republican leadership, but something has changed within their own ranks,” said Democratic Rep. Pete Aguilar.

yesterday 0

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Joey Cappelletti

The Kennedy Center is now the Trump Kennedy Center, White House says

Trump, a Republican who's chairman of the board, said at the White House that he was “surprised" and “honored” by the vote.

yesterday 0

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Nick Lichtenberg

Jelly Roll, country-rap superstar who found music while serving prison time, pardoned by Tennessee governor in front of Christmas Tree

Gov. Bill Lee said he never met Jelly Roll until Thursday, when the musician visited the governor's mansion over the pardon news.

yesterday 0

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Jonathan Mattise

Lovable hits $6.6 billion valuation as its CEO says it wants to be ‘the last piece of software’ companies ever buy

The Swedish startup raised $330 million as enterprises race to adopt AI-built software.

yesterday 0

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Beatrice Nolan

CEO of nuclear fusion firm Trump Media is merging with: High-velocity capital is critical to build quickly and efficiently. The concerns are secondary

The so-called merger of equals would make TAE Technologies the first publicly traded fusion energy developer.

yesterday 3

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Jordan Blum

Walmart’s women truckers surge thanks to $115,000 starting pay and other perks bringing in nontraditional candidates

Women make up an estimated 18% of Walmart’s truck drivers, compared to 9.5% in the industry generally.

yesterday 0

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Exclusive: Palantir alums using AI to streamline patent filing secure $20 million in Series A venture funding

Ankar's customers, including IP teams at L'Oreal, have reported a 40% productivity boost from using the tool

previous day 5

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Jeremy Kahn

Ray Dalio donates $75 million to ‘Trump Accounts’ as Scott Bessent leads ‘50 State Challenge’ to invest in America’s kids

"At an early age I was exposed to the stock market, and it changed my life,” the billionaire said in a statement.

previous day 40

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Thalia Beaty

Coinbase announces stock trading and new Kalshi-based prediction markets

The announcements come as the longtime crypto company is seeking to brand itself as the "Everything Exchange."

previous day 20

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Jeff John Roberts

Britain’s defense chief calls on Gen Z grads leaving university to skip corporate jobs and join the military as war with Russia becomes a growing risk

The U.K. Chief of the Defense Staff Sir Richard Knighton urged college-degree holders to enter the arms industry. The government’s $66.7 million...

previous day 20

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Emma Burleigh

Microsoft, Apple, Meta and Amazon’s stocks are lagging the S&P 500 this year—but Google is up 62% and AI investors think it has room to run

Google is emerging as the early winner in the Big Tech AI race—and its stock price is blowing away competitors

previous day 10

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Jeff John Roberts

Prices at the gas pump are the lowest since the pandemic and still falling—just in time for record-high holiday travel

Fuel and crude prices near five-year lows as global oil output led by OPEC and the U.S. continues to rise.

previous day 3

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Jordan Blum

‘Robots are going to be amongst us’: Qualcomm exec says buckle up for the next 5 years. Your car is going to be the first shoe to drop

Driver-assisted technology demand is growing for AI features like hands-free highway assist.

previous day 6

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Nino Paoli

$1 billion fraud revealed with guilty pleas from subprime auto lender Tricolor

Daniel Chu, 62, of Miami, was arrested in Florida, while David Goodgame, 49, of Waxahachie, Texas, was arrested in Texas.

previous day 5

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Larry Neumeister

The Trump administration says it could go after Spotify if Europe doesn’t back off American tech companies

The Trump administration is threatening the EU over rules targeting tech companies, warning it would use “every tool at its disposal” to counter...

previous day 3

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Dave Smith

Amazon CEO Andy Jassy announces departure of AI exec Rohit Prasad in leadership shakeup

Prasad's exit comes after Amazon struggled to show its internal AI efforts could match those of rivals—and just as reports surface that Amazon is...

previous day 3

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Sharon Goldman

Legally assisted suicide to become law in New York State

“I was taught that God is merciful and compassionate, and so must we be,” Gov. Kathy Hochul wrote in an op-ed.

previous day 3

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Anthony Izaguirre