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Exclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Exclusive: Venture giant a16z crypto targeting around $2 billion for its fifth fund amid blockchain market downturn, sources say

The largest player in the crypto venture world is back on the fundraising circuit. The blockchain arm of Andreessen Horowitz, also known as...

Top AI economist who found ‘significant and disproportionate impact’ on entry-level jobs finds link between robots and minimum wage hikes thumbnail
Canada Inquirer

Top AI economist who found ‘significant and disproportionate impact’ on entry-level jobs finds link between robots and minimum wage hikes

Erik Brynjolfsson has spent the last several years building one of the most detailed empirical pictures of how technology is reshaping the American...

Target is over being ‘an everything store,’ CEO says. It’s doubling down on baby items and groceries—and investing $1 billion in its supply chain thumbnail
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Target is over being ‘an everything store,’ CEO says. It’s doubling down on baby items and groceries—and investing $1 billion in its supply chain

The big-box retailer that sells you milk and underwear is in search of a bullseye. Target plans to refocus on the needs of...

World Cup safety is in jeopardy due to funding chaos and a lack of security coordination, U.S. host city officials warn thumbnail
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World Cup safety is in jeopardy due to funding chaos and a lack of security coordination, U.S. host city officials warn

As yesterday marked 100 days until the World Cup kickoff, some fans wagered on tournament favorites Spain and England clinching the trophy, while...

Yes, judge tells Trump: you have to refund all the companies that you charged with illegal tariffs thumbnail
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Yes, judge tells Trump: you have to refund all the companies that you charged with illegal tariffs

In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last...

Trump orders U.S. government to stop using Anthropic but gives Pentagon six months to phase it out while Hegseth adds supply-chain risk designation thumbnail
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Trump orders U.S. government to stop using Anthropic but gives Pentagon six months to phase it out while Hegseth adds supply-chain risk designation

President Donald Trump said Friday he will shut out Anthropic from the federal government after the AI company refused to compromise on how...

Emil Michael, the Silicon Valley exec turned Trump official leading the war against Anthropic, has deep ties to the tech world thumbnail
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Emil Michael, the Silicon Valley exec turned Trump official leading the war against Anthropic, has deep ties to the tech world

For more than two decades, Emil Michael has operated at the fault line between Silicon Valley ambition and American geopolitical power, helping scale...

Trump’s FTC backs off social media regulation despite finding that nearly 20% of America’s children are online for 4 hours or more thumbnail
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Trump’s FTC backs off social media regulation despite finding that nearly 20% of America’s children are online for 4 hours or more

In an internet where you’re more likely to interact with bots than actual humans online, while children become more technologically savvy everyday and...

Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman thumbnail
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Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman

While executives increasingly turn to AI to reduce headcount, the same CEOs perpetuating the AI jobs apocalypse argue “taste” could be a skill...

Sam Altman tells staff at an all-hands that OpenAI is negotiating a deal with the Pentagon, after Trump orders the end of Anthropic contracts thumbnail
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Sam Altman tells staff at an all-hands that OpenAI is negotiating a deal with the Pentagon, after Trump orders the end of Anthropic contracts

Sam Altman told OpenAI employees at an all-hands meeting on Friday afternoon that a potential agreement is emerging with the U.S. Department of...