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Microsoft boss says its new AI-infused web browsing experience is like ‘a little angel on your shoulder doing the boring hard work’

Mustafa Suleyman said using AI in Microsoft’s Edge browser is a “magical experience.”

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Before he revolutionized tech with Steve Jobs, Jony Ive wanted to quit Apple. Now he’s forging a new power pair with OpenAI’s Sam Altman

Ive has joined Altman at OpenAI to create new AI-native devices.

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Cathie Wood says the AI race has already shrunk to the ‘Big 4’ key players, and it could soon drop to 2

Wood said the AI space is increasingly consolidating.

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Experts say Trump’s $100,000 fee for a talent visa is a handicap on the tech industry. Here are the Fortune 500 companies most affected

H-1B holders contribute an estimated $86 billion to the U.S. economy every year.

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Mark Zuckerberg says this Superintelligence Labs team has a flat leadership structure and no top-down deadlines: It’s like ‘a group science project’

Zuckerberg has offered multimillion-dollar contracts to attract top AI researchers.

19.09.2025 20

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President Obama accuses the Trump administration of ‘government coercion’ after ABC takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air

The 44th U.S. president said media companies need to stand up instead of cave.

19.09.2025 10

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Frontier Airlines boss fires back at United CEO’s claim that low-cost flying is near extinction: ‘That’s cute’

Barry Biffle said if Scott Kirby were “good at math, he would understand that we have an oversupply issue in the United States.”

18.09.2025 6

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New Opendoor Chairman Keith Rabois says he doesn’t know why the company has 1,400 employees: ‘We don’t need more than 200’

Rabois said he also wants to bring employees back to the office.

16.09.2025 3

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Hyundai CEO says ICE raid on Georgia plant set back its grand opening by two or three months

CEO Jose Muñoz said the delay estimate is based on foreign workers coming back to help.

12.09.2025 4

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Larry Ellison surpasses Elon Musk as world’s richest person after Oracle’s stock gives him a $101 billion net worth boost

Musk held the title of world’s richest person for 300 days.

10.09.2025 6

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Ōura CEO insists they’ll never sell your data as customers publicly ditch rings over privacy fears tied to Defense Department and Palantir

CEO Tom Hale said the company will never sell its customers’ data.

09.09.2025 3

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Vodafone’s new ad proves even influencers can be replaced by AI

An AI-generated spokesperson talked up a company promotion on TikTok.

08.09.2025 2

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Paramount’s new CEO tells employees to return to office full-time or quit ahead of layoffs

Employees who don’t want to comply have until mid-September to take a buyout.

05.09.2025 9

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Tariff instability and a break with China is hitting American companies hard, and homegrown manufacturer John Deere is no exception

Trump’s tariff policies are hitting John Deere’s customers hard.

04.09.2025 3

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A Trump loss in his tariff court case could mean a $150 billion refund for American businesses. Here’s how they could get their money back

Previously imposed tariffs could be refunded, but not without some red tape.

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Researchers used persuasion techniques to manipulate ChatGPT into breaking its own rules—from calling users jerks to giving recipes for lidocaine

AI mirrors human responses and appears to be susceptible to the same psychology, the researchers concluded.

02.09.2025 6

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Accenture CEO weighs in on why so many AI projects have failed with 3 red flags to watch out for

Julie Sweet says CEOs need to throw out the old playbook to survive.

31.08.2025 20

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Two mystery customers alone were responsible for nearly 40% of Nvidia’s quarterly revenue

Nvidia saw a 56% jump in year-over-year revenue in the second quarter.

30.08.2025 10

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Lamborghini CEO warns tariffs have even forced its wealthiest consumers—who have an average of 5 cars in their garage—to waver on buying a new ride

CEO Stephan Winkelmann said customers are waiting to see where tariffs for EU-imported cars end up.

28.08.2025 1

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Duolingo is facing an existential crisis as Google Translate rolls out features to tutor users—and even handle live translation as a bonus

AI models that can also help with language learning are exerting pressure on Duolingo.

27.08.2025 7

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OpenAI’s president and Andreessen Horowitz are helping lead a $100 million Silicon Valley push against tougher AI laws and the lawmakers behind them

The organization will support politicians who are friendly to AI “innovation”.

26.08.2025 4

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Coinbase CEO urged engineers to use AI—then shocked them by firing those who wouldn’t: ‘I went rogue’

CEO Brian Armstrong gave engineers a week to onboard, then booted those who didn’t.

25.08.2025 6

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Trump says Intel agreed to give the government 10% of the chipmaker. ‘We do a lot of deals like that. I’ll do more of them’

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick previously said the U.S. government should receive equity in return for the CHIPS Act cash grants Intel has...

23.08.2025 5

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Kevin O’Leary flaunts his Louis Vuitton Labubu while hailing the resale market for collectibles—some of which are appreciating better than the S&P 500

O’Leary said some sports cards are potentially be worth millions and are an untapped alternative market.

22.08.2025 5

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Trump goes on $100 million bond buying spree: Here’s what it could signal about future interest rates

Trump’s bond buying strategy could be a mix of tax savings and potential profit-taking.

21.08.2025 3

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OpenAI’s chairman says ChatGPT is ‘obviating’ his own job—and says AI is like an ‘Iron Man suit’ for workers

Bret Taylor says computer programmers like himself may face an existential crisis.

20.08.2025 1

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Home Depot says customers are putting off larger home-improvement projects as stubborn interest rates and worries about the economy fester

Consumers are hesitant to take out loans for bigger projects, said Home Depot’s CFO.

20.08.2025 10

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How Chili’s and Cheesecake Factory are defying consumer gloom and beating McDonald’s and Chipotle at their own game

Chili’s reported a 24% jump in same-store sales in its most recent earnings report.

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A vacancy on the Fed is opening early as Trump urges board to ‘assume control’ if Powell doesn’t cut rates

The 12 voting members of the FOMC make interest rate decisions based on a simple majority vote.

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Mark Zuckerberg says anyone not wearing AI glasses in the future will be at a disadvantage

Zuckerberg said immersive smart glasses could bring the idea of the metaverse to fruition.

31.07.2025 3

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Jerome Powell’s Federal Reserve holds rates steady despite immense pressure from Trump to cut, cut, cut

The Fed cited the economy’s resilience as part of its motivation for maintaining rates.

30.07.2025 6

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Ray Dalio warns investors to allocate 15% of their portfolio to gold and crypto because of skyrocketing U.S. government debt

Dalio said the impending “economic heart attack” caused by increasing federal debt hasn’t been priced in.

30.07.2025 10

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Tom Hayes, the UBS trader who spent 5 years in prison unjustly convicted of rigging interest rates, describes what it’s like to be vindicated

Hayes’ conviction was overturned last week after the U.K. Supreme Court ruled he had not received a fair trial.

29.07.2025 20

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YouTube’s cofounder and former tech boss doesn’t want his kids to watch short videos, warning short-form content ‘equates to shorter attention spans’

Steve Chen said companies that distribute short-form video should add safeguards for kids.

29.07.2025 10

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Stanford dropout Sam Altman says college is ‘not working great’ for most people—and predicts major change in the next 18 years

The OpenAI CEO said his own kid probably won’t go to college.

25.07.2025 5

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Elon Musk’s brain implant startup Neuralink called itself a “small disadvantaged business” to the federal government

The Justice Department has previously gone after individuals who falsely sought special designations with the government.

19.07.2025 10

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With all eyes on Apple’s next earnings report, one research firm calls on Tim Cook to step aside

Apple’s stock is down about 16% year to date.

16.07.2025 7

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AI startups believe Google’s Chrome is vulnerable to a new wave of intelligent browsers

Perplexity’s AI-enabled web browser, Comet, can send emails and schedule meetings as well as provide answers to questions.

13.07.2025 10

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Apple’s AI efforts ‘have struck midnight’ and the only way it can stop getting further behind is acquiring Perplexity, analyst Dan Ives says

Ives said gone are the days where Apple could build a superior product in-house.

10.07.2025 4

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Starbucks is pioneering the ‘coffeehouse of the future’ with comfy chairs and couches as its CEO pushes to reimagines stores

The company is redesigning some locations with premium touches starting in New York and Southern California.

06.07.2025 10

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After popularizing ‘sober curious’ culture, Gen Z is boosting its booze intake in line with other generations

Gen Z is more likely than any other generation to agree that they are “actively choosing to drink more.”

05.07.2025 10

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A self-described Democratic Socialist could be NYC’s next mayor, and the ultra rich are in revolt— ‘hot commie summer’

Dozens of billionaires attacked Mamdani for his policies on rent freezes and city-owned grocery stores.

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Sam Altman fires back at ‘silly’ lawsuit from what he claims is a desperate CEO that has been persistent in seeking investment from OpenAI

One trademark attorney says iyO has a strong case.

27.06.2025 10

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U.S. regulators are circling after Tesla’s Robotaxi launch included unexpected behavior and potentially broken traffic laws

The U.S.’ highway safety agency reached out to Tesla after several attendees posted videos of the Tesla vehicles acting erratically.

25.06.2025 10

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A quarter of Americans now say they need to make at least $150,000 to feel secure—and inflation is largely to blame

Inflation has fueled a need for higher wages, but perceptions have also played a part, say experts.

24.06.2025 10

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Pope Leo wades into business regulation, preaching the idea of an ethical AI framework to tech executives

Leo’s namesake Pope Leo XIII advocated for better working conditions during the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

20.06.2025 3

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WhatsApp introduces ads, fulfilling a plan its cofounders hated so much they left over it

Cofounders Brian Acton and Jan Koum once promised “absolutely no ads” in WhatsApp. Meta won.

17.06.2025 5

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Despite the tough job market, LinkedIn cofounder says Gen Z graduates have one big selling point as potential new hires: Being AI natives

Reid Hoffman said learning prompting skills and being adaptable to change are important for new job seekers.

13.06.2025 4

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U.S. data quality has been declining for years. Now Trump’s cutbacks are leading economists to question its figures

More squishy data could lead to errors for businesses, investors, and even the Federal Reserve.

13.06.2025 6

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Dozens of states sue to block the sale of 23andMe’s genetic data after its former CEO pushes the purchase price $50 million higher

The possible sale of 23andMe’s genetic data could set a precedent for future cases where companies look to offload increasingly personal data.

12.06.2025 9

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