‘Pentagon right now is, in some cases, rudderless’: Army Secretary Dan Driscoll steps down after just 18 months
Rhode Island Senator and former Army officer Jack Reed said Secretary Hegseth is "cultivating a culture where dissent…
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Oil is back above $92 and inflation fears are sending U.S. bond yields to their highest since January 2025
Rising oil prices are adding to inflation worries and fueling expectations that the Fed could raise interest rates…
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Cuba’s schools reopen with no fuel, no uniforms and a 27% teacher shortage, as 1.4 million students head to the classroom
Schools are reopening amid severe fuel, food and uniform shortages, while some families endure power outages lasting…
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Meta’s $18 billion settlement bets on AI to tell which users are kids, raising new privacy questions for kids and adults alike
Certain digital rights groups are concerned with "age-gating," and says the data collected to determine information…
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West Bank food needs more than doubled since 2023 as U.N. halves its reach due to funding shortages
WFP says 76% of West Bank households have suffered significant income declines as its assistance shrinks to reach only…
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Iran says it’s ready to return to its ceasefire with the US—hours after the two sides exchanged fire again
Attacks on tankers in the Strait of Hormuz came days after Iran's president said he'd revive the June ceasefire deal.
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One scanning error could block tens of thousands thousands of mail ballots under Trump’s new postal system, whistleblower warns
USPS rushed to build a complex system in only three months instead of a year following a now-halted Trump executive…
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I invented the text-message restaurant order in 2005. Twenty years later, I know what comes next
My tech is behind over 800 restaurant brands including Shake Shack, Waffle House, Cracker Barrel, Five Guys and Panda…
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Current price of oil as of September 1, 2026
When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says AI will create ‘hundreds of thousands’ of new jobs—including for people who want to ‘make things with their hands’
Unlike Bill Gates, the billionaire Nvidia CEO is bullish that AI will create more jobs than it eliminates—and skilled…
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GE Vernova lands Rivian’s CFO, leaving EV maker to find successor
GE Vernova is betting on the executive who helped take Rivian public.
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Genghis Khan got lucky with the weather. Mark Zuckerberg was lucky too, says the Pulitzer-winning author of ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel’
Author Jared Diamond told Fortune that a leader’s impact depends almost entirely on the industry—and utility bosses may…
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The bond market is in open revolt as Trump declines to accept an Iranian peace deal and oil hits $92 a barrel
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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Half of remote IT job applications now carry North Korean fraud patterns, startup Endorsed finds
Fake job applications are surging just as Mythos fear narrows the investment field.
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David Booth: AI may change the world. It just won’t change how you invest
People used to make their living chipping ice blocks by hand and shipping them to the city. Now we have bluetooth…
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New Apple CEO John Ternus faces an old problem: the innovator’s dilemma
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A leadership gap looms in Nordic and Benelux boardrooms
Long CEO tenures and a preference for insiders have left half of boardrooms in the Nordic and Benelux countries…
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It turns out that Gen Z didn’t quit on careers. The workforce quit on them
MIT’s Paul Osterman found 35% of the workforce has what he calls “disposable jobs” in his new book of the same title.…
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Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’ in Venezuela reeks of ‘colonial cronyism’ and could easily fall apart, experts say
The U.S.-Venezuela agreement would include a third-party oil operator and incorporate 17 mature or undeveloped…
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Meet the CEO whose century-old company never laid off employees through the Great Depression, the recession, or Covid
The company even mapped out employees' zip codes to help choose a location for a larger facility with more digestible…
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Starbucks is discontinuing a blending powder for drinks after particles went ‘airborne’ and baristas say left them coughing and falling ill
The coffee chain said it will no longer use the product as it transitions from its summer to fall menu.
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Sony and Warner Music sue Anthropic over alleged theft of ‘tens of thousands’ of songs, including ‘I Am the Walrus’ and ‘Hallelujah’
The music publishers are seeking up to $150,000 per pirated song—and $25,000 for each removed copyright information.
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Asia’s aging population will redefine retirement, care—and independence
Adults in Asia are increasingly prioritizing autonomy, health, and financial security over maximizing the inheritance…
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Young Kalshi users have traded an estimated $3.9B on sports and parlay-type contracts this year, exposing a loophole that lets them bet before age 21
Critics warn prediction markets let 18-year-olds make sports wagers while bypassing state betting age limits.
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PBR promises thieves who return 40,000 pounds of stolen beer by next Tuesday ‘no questions asked.’ That won’t stop California prosecutors
That’s roughly 34,000 cans of beer worth about $70,000, according to police.
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America’s high school graduating class is projected to shrink 13%. Colleges are already feeling the squeeze
Rising costs and steep tuition discounts are squeezing college budgets just as the pool of prospective students begins…
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‘I bet on myself. Literally’: Ex-Congressman George Santos banned for life from Kalshi after making $17,839 from insider trading
Following the ban, Santos said "thanks for the lifetime ban from your gambling platform," in a post on X.
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Bitcoin is back—and so is Michael Saylor’s Strategy, which made its first buy in two months
The company’s return to buying follows a summer downturn spent raising cash and selling Bitcoin.
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Ray Dalio was so broke early in his career he had to borrow $4,000 from his dad—and learned 2 lessons that set him on the road to billionaire status
“Nobody does everything perfectly, not even Warren Buffett,” Dalio told David Rubenstein in conversation at the 92nd…
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UAE intercepts Iranian drone over its waters in ‘dangerous escalation’ from Iran war—and threatens responding ‘decisively to aggressors’
Trump has stressed last week that he is "not in a hurry" to get Iran back to the negotiating table.
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Gas topped $4 daily in August for the first time. New U.S. strikes on Iran are sending oil prices even higher again
Brent crude jumped more than 3% after U.S. forces struck Iranian rocket launchers near the Strait of Hormuz, a key…
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Nissan and Honda ink deal to boost competitiveness with ‘faster development cycles’ in vehicle software
Under the deal, Nissan, based in the port city of Yokohama, and Tokyo-based Honda will share standardized parts in…
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We’re living in the ‘G-shaped economy’—where boomers control $90 trillion, and everyone else waits
“The concentration of wealth among older generations suggests that consumer spending is increasingly being supported by…
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X’s AI tool Grok now allows users to buy or lend crypto with MoonPay integration
The new tool also lets users move beyond crypto, with services such as restaurant reservations and flight bookings.
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The end of the driver’s license: Uber exec calls car ownership ‘the most inefficient asset’ and says no one will need one in 15 to 20 years
Uber president and COO Andrew Macdonald predicts that in two decades, most people will get around by bike, scooter,…
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China’s AI-fueled IPO boom hits $54 billion this year, with chipmakers and Shein’s $1.7 billion IPO
Hong Kong and Shanghai captured 21% of global new-share proceeds as China’s AI companies abandoned Wall Street for home
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