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When companies take off like a rocket, how can founders steer the ship? thumbnail
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When companies take off like a rocket, how can founders steer the ship?

Fast growth is exhilarating. It is also unforgiving. Especially in AI, many companies are seeing hyper-growth, changing the leadership job faster than many...

Meet Bad Bunny, Super Bowl headliner: Son of a truck driver and English teacher used to work at a grocery store before becoming a SoundCloud superstar thumbnail
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Meet Bad Bunny, Super Bowl headliner: Son of a truck driver and English teacher used to work at a grocery store before becoming a SoundCloud superstar

It’s official: Bad Bunny will headline the Super Bowl LX halftime show on Feb. 8. The Puerto Rican musician joins the ranks of...

Why Meta is positioning itself as an AI infrastructure giant—and doubling down on a costly new path thumbnail
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Why Meta is positioning itself as an AI infrastructure giant—and doubling down on a costly new path

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg took to his social network Threads two weeks ago to announce Meta Compute, a new “top-level initiative” led by...

AI productivity gains are making the rich richer, and they’ll wipe out jobs—but the IMF chief sees a silver lining for low-wage workers thumbnail
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AI productivity gains are making the rich richer, and they’ll wipe out jobs—but the IMF chief sees a silver lining for low-wage workers

Productivity gains from artificial intelligence are disproportionately boosting high earners, but an argument exists that the dynamic can lift low-wage workers at the...

Labour urged to raise private pension access age to curb early retirement thumbnail
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Labour urged to raise private pension access age to curb early retirement

Labour has been urged to stop workers accessing their private pensions from the age of 55 in an effort to curb early retirement...

Preply raises $150m at $1.2bn valuation to scale human-led, AI-enhanced learning thumbnail
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Preply raises $150m at $1.2bn valuation to scale human-led, AI-enhanced learning

Preply has raised $150 million in a Series D funding round led by WestCap, valuing the global language learning marketplace at $1.2 billion...

Amazon set to cut thousands more jobs as AI overhaul accelerates thumbnail
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Amazon set to cut thousands more jobs as AI overhaul accelerates

Amazon is preparing to cut thousands more jobs as part of a sweeping overhaul driven by artificial intelligence and internal restructuring, according to...

Juspay raises $50m at $1.2bn valuation to accelerate global payments expansion thumbnail
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Juspay raises $50m at $1.2bn valuation to accelerate global payments expansion

Juspay has secured $50 million in fresh funding from WestBridge Capital, valuing the business at $1.2 billion and strengthening its push to expand...

Bank of England accelerates Leeds expansion as part of cost-cutting overhaul thumbnail
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Bank of England accelerates Leeds expansion as part of cost-cutting overhaul

The Bank of England is accelerating the expansion of its Leeds operation as part of a wider drive to cut costs, reduce headcount...

Tesla discontinues Autopilot in bid to boost adoption of its Full Self-Driving software thumbnail
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Tesla discontinues Autopilot in bid to boost adoption of its Full Self-Driving software

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