The Taiwan Strait is not on the verge of war: The ‘2027 invasion’ countdown is a mirage
The “2027” narrative distorts global priorities and triggers unnecessary panic. Many observers overstate the likelihood…
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Trump wanted a ‘Trump Ocean’ on Google Maps. He says CEO Sundar Pichai shut it down
After relabeling the Gulf of Mexico and Lake Ontario for U.S. users, Google has reportedly balked at an ocean. A shared…
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Judge: Federal government lawyers ‘barely defend’ giving Elon Musk’s DOGE illegal access to government data
The Office of Personnel Management infringed on the Privacy Act by allowing access to millions of people’s information,…
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Palmer Luckey teams with dire wolf billionaire Ben Lamm to launch $200 million Warhound, unleashing genetically engineered clone dogs of war
“A dog is the oldest autonomous system there is,” Ben Lamm, the executive who figured out how to clone dire wolves,…
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Claire Smilow helped BoxGroup earn a roughly $1 billion return on Cursor. Now she’s scouting college campuses for the next generation of founders
BoxGroup partner Claire Smilow delivered a massive return for her firm after betting early on Gen Z–led company Cursor.…
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The PHP bug marks a dangerous new era for the internet. OpenAI’s poised to cash in
OpenAI helped lead the disclosure of a critical issue that could take down 70% of the web. It's also selling tools it…
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Mark Zuckerberg says over 10 million people used Meta’s Muse—and demand was so high, he had to get Stripe to raise credit limits
With Muse helping people shop, Meta also envisions a new revenue source beyond its ad business: Taking a cut of…
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‘I’m a millionaire and I proudly rent’: Mrs. Dow Jones says the American Dream needs a rethink
Haley Sacks says homeownership shouldn’t define financial success as younger Americans rethink the milestones they…
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AI could displace one in 11 workers, Goldman says, but the layoffs are likely waiting for a recession
Goldman’s Joseph Briggs finds companies have historically saved automation layoffs for downturns, and he’s updating his…
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Venture giant Andreessen Horowitz drops ‘crypto’ from name of blockchain fund, rebrands as ‘a16z Frontier’
The rebrand follows similar moves by Paradigm and Haun Ventures as crypto investors look beyond digital assets.
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Chick-fil-A hit $23.9 billion in sales while closed every Sunday. Its CEO explains why that won’t change, even if it costs the chain billions
Andrew Cathy told NBC’s Today the 80-year-old policy is “just too important” to reconsider, even as the family-owned…
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‘A vicious cycle’: Schools ban pouches that have as much caffeine as two cups of coffee—causing stunted ‘development and mental health’ for students
Caffeine pouches, small packets placed in the mouth between the lip and gum, are marketed as a portable and discreet…
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GTA VI probably won’t cost the U.S. economy $1 billion—and economists say it wouldn’t matter if it did
Workers may take time off for Grand Theft Auto VI’s launch, and a viral headline says it'll cost the economy $1…
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We just raised another $550 million to bring AI to the legal industry. I still believe there will be more work than lawyers
We now have more lawyers than software engineers. And daily active users now spend more than two hours a day on Legora.
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‘Disconcerting’: Researchers found a ‘pain’ signal inside AI models. Turning it up made them delete a user’s family photos
The study doesn’t show AI can suffer. But the signal overrode the models’ safeguards, and someone has already used the…
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Ex–Google CEO Eric Schmidt worked 60-hour weeks: ‘I used to tell people my job is to sit in meetings 12 hours a day.’ He says AI will kill that burden
Billionaire Eric Schmidt spent 12-hour days coordinating teams as Google CEO. Now, he says, AI could eliminate…
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Over 1,000 analysts competed to pitch Goldman Sachs CEO David Solomon and execs their ideas for community impact—and top teams win $650K for charity
Goldman Sachs has put $6 million of philanthropic grants “in the hands of our analysts,” one exec says.
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‘Built on respect’: EU gives International Criminal Court its top human rights prize as U.S. sanctions threaten to cut it off
ICC President Tomoko Akane welcomed the award, saying that it “comes at a time when the court and its officials face…
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‘This effectively sets Russia far behind in the AI race’: Ukraine is wiping out data centers across the border
Data centers are the latest targets of Ukraine and Russia's aerial campaigns against each other’s vital infrastructure
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Google wouldn’t call it a data-center ‘backlash,’ but ‘there are often community questions to be addressed’
Sam Burleigh, who helped start Concerned Citizens of Montour County in rural northern Pennsylvania, said big tech…
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‘It’s like journalism, but for dead people’: Meet the Vermont woman who turned a pandemic gravestone-cleaning hobby into a social media feed
The trend was popular during the pandemic as people searched for safe hobbies, but some worry strangers are…
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Say cheese? Not in Italy, where a truckers’ strike has brought mozzarella production to a halt
Soaring diesel prices linked to the Iran war have sparked a truckers’ strike, stranding 1 million liters of buffalo…
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Meta’s CFO Susan Li has a new AI customer in mind: corporate America
Meta is betting its AI models, agents and business tools can help it break into the enterprise market.
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Fintech startup Coast raises $35 million to better track what workers do with company credit cards
The New York-based startup wants to help contractors control employee purchases, pay vendors, and track expenses in one…
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Current price of oil as of October 22, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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No city employs more tech workers than New York. Now it’s spending $10 million to train 40,000 people for AI jobs
OpenAI, Anthropic and Google are supplying credits and certificates to a Queens nonprofit that has trained about 500…
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SoFi becomes first consumer bank to launch tokenized deposits, offers 4.4% interest
The offering comes amid a growing debate over the merits of stablecoins vs tokenized deposits.
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Merck Animal Health SVP: to promote human health, invest in protecting animals
While humans invest billions each year to protect ourselves from disease, less than 1% of global health spending goes…
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Central banks around the world are quietly stockpiling four times more gold than usual and are moving it out of the U.S.
Central bank holdings at the New York Fed declined 40 tonnes in August, Goldman added, while holdings at the Bank of…
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The biggest hurdle to a SpaceX merger with Tesla isn’t Elon Musk. It’s Tesla’s shareholders
Experts weigh in on what could make or break a megamerger.
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Elon Musk’s SpaceX-Tesla merger math doesn’t add up
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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Markets sell off worldwide as further conflict looms in the Middle East and Elon Musk cuts capex guidance
High oil prices are bad for Asia, which imports most of its fuel.
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Taiwan blocks Grab’s $600 million Foodpanda deal, citing Uber’s 13.1% stake in the Southeast Asian super app
The decision, for now, ends Grab's first attempt to expand outside Southeast Asia.
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Bono on U2 ticket prices: Floor spots start around $160 on the new tour, and the band has ‘no problem’ letting rich fans pay $1,500
The U2 frontman says the band has “very little” control over what tickets cost. His comments come as presales open for…
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Jeff Bezos reportedly added a $69.5 million beach house to his $237 million Miami compound. A broker says that’s how billionaires live now
A record-setting Golden Beach sale is reportedly tied to the Amazon founder, who already owns three waterfront…
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