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Nvidia’s $13 billion Hugging Face bet reveals Jensen Huang’s vision for the next AI battleground
The chipmaker's latest deal shows it is spending big on strategic positioning.
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AI’s productivity boom will likely create a ‘winner-takes-all’ economy, top EY economist warns
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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‘Sovereign AI’ is really about having a choice: ‘You don’t want to be tethered to anybody else’
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John Ternus takes the helm at Apple, as AI pressure hits
After 15 years as CEO, Tim Cook this week stepped aside, replaced with longtime executive John Ternus.
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‘I don’t think there’s a floor’: Workers’ share of America’s income is at a record low before the AI boom even begins
EY-Parthenon chief economist Gregory Daco says that the economy’s surprising productivity gains so far predate AI.
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As wildfires and floods batter national parks, a developer says it’s negotiating for a piece of Yosemite
The national park will trade roughly 700 feet of its land for less than two acres, according to the developer involved.
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He failed the military pilot eye test—so he built a $1 million-a-day traffic company and bought flying lessons. Now he’s Top Gun’s stunt pilot
Top Gun’s stunt pilot built a traffic company as a teen. Now he’s making millions—enough to fund flying lessons and a…
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GAO finds Secret Service left drone threats unaddressed before Trump assassination attempt
The Government Accountability Office found delays in how the Secret Service updates its policies regarding threats.
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Russia to shut German cultural centers as Moscow-Berlin tensions escalate over Ukraine
Earlier Thursday in Munich, several incendiary devices were thrown at a construction site near a building where several…
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Treasury proposes stripping tax-exempt status from private colleges with DEI policies
Mike Gavin, the president and CEO of Alliance for Higher Education, said the administration is "trying to gaslight the…
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Crypto exchange Gate enters prediction market space with white-label builder for businesses
After partnering with Polymarket, Gate is building its own tools for businesses seeking to offer event contracts.
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Hugging Face goes from a ‘scrappy’ startup named after an emoji to $13 billion Nvidia acquisition
The deal stands to encourage more mainstream adoption of open-weight models, but AI insiders worry Nvidia will subtly…
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Google shipped four Gemini Flash models in 106 days. But its flagship frontier model is still nowhere to be seen.
On DeepSWE, Gemini 3.8 tied Anthropic’s Claude Opus 5 at a 74% pass rate while costing about one-fifth as much, as…
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AI visionary Ray Kurzweil is joining a Silicon Valley startup developing a brain computer system that involves snorting nanoparticles
Subsense’s brain computing interface could compete with Elon Musk’s Neuralink, but would not require surgery.
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OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, its most powerful model yet, and touts its ability to use your computer
OpenAI president Greg Brockman calls Astra “the start of the AGI era” even as outside experts worry about whether the…
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Safety experts warn novel design of OpenAI’s Astra model could make future AI agents harder to monitor
OpenAI’s chief scientist says the company is committed to ensuring its models’ reasoning remains interpretable.
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AI wants electricity now. The electric grid needs years to catch up
Data center demand is surging, but utilities, electric transmission and grid connections can take years to meet the need
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Canva’s productivity push is starting to gain traction—and in Southeast Asia, it’s happening on phones
Canva’s users have made 4.5 billion presentations and 1.4 billion documents, the first hard numbers on its push into…
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USS Lincoln sailors finally hit dry land in Thailand after a record 264 straight days at sea
The carrier’s lengthy Middle East deployment raised concerns about crew mental health and food shortages.
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Clippers fined $30 million as owner Steve Ballmer is suspended for a year following NBA investigation on behind-the-curtain deal
A near-year-long investigation has amounted to a heavy blow to the LA franchise and its owner for an alleged…
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Finns who survived Soviet bombings are training the next generation for a possible war with Russia
The goal is for local authorities and civilians to rehearse what they would do if they were under attack from Russian…
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Japan requires married couples to share a surname, so matchmakers are pairing singles who already have the same one to avoid changing it
A Japanese advocacy group helped organize the events to highlight a 128-year-old law that requires married couples to…
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Texas evacuates an assisted living facility as flooding from Tropical Storm Edouard strands drivers and cuts power
Hardin County was hard-hit—with flooding, downed trees and powerlines, debris and power outages.
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Meloni breaks Berlusconi’s record for longest-serving uninterrupted government, longest since WWII
“For this she is now reaping exactly what she deserves in terms of international credibility,” Defense Minister Guido…
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One of the fastest-growing jobs in Silicon Valley sends engineers straight to customers’ offices to get AI up and running—and pays more than $188,000
Silicon Valley tech giants are copying Palantir’s playbook by hiring engineers to work directly with customers—and…
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Billionaire wives are about to inherit a huge slice of the $6.6 trillion great wealth transfer—and 1,235 women stand to cash in by 2035
3,795 billionaires are going to pass on their fortunes to spouses, kids, and siblings—and wives are set to win big.
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Gloria Steinem, who fought for decades for women’s equality, dies at 92
The Ms. Magazine co-founder became one of the women’s movement’s most influential voices over six decades
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The bond market is crashing Trump’s midterm campaign
George Washington University’s Stephen Kaplan says the bond market is giving Washington a “check.”
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Billionaire Leon Black is suing Congress for ‘fishing’ into his alleged ties to Epstein
Black is mentioned repeatedly in the Justice Department's Epstein files and is one of many influential figures to…
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Uber is cutting 3,300 jobs despite double-digit growth as it makes room for its robotaxi future
CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said the cuts will make Uber “faster and smarter” as it invests billions into autonomous vehicles.
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Europe doesn’t need any lessons on growth. On September 16, we’ll be revealing 500 reasons why
On September 16 we will reveal our annual Fortune 500 Europe list, and C-suite leaders from across Europe and the…
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Charter CFO’s move to Blackstone-Google AI venture signals where finance talent is flowing
Fischer's exit after nearly a decade at Charter marks a bet on AI infrastructure over legacy cable.
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Nextdoor CEO: After helping to pioneer online reviews, I’m trying to fix them
The cheaper it becomes to fake a recommendation, the more valuable real-world reputation becomes.
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Current price of oil as of September 3, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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Exclusive: German AI startup Atira raises $17.5 million to unclog the paperwork bottleneck in industrial dealmaking
Founded by Palantir and Google alums, Atira says its AI agents have cut the time customers take to get from a request…
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