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More than 90,000 tech workers have been laid off this year. But here’s why companies like Microsoft are offering voluntary buyouts instead thumbnail
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More than 90,000 tech workers have been laid off this year. But here’s why companies like Microsoft are offering voluntary buyouts instead

It’s been a tough year for tech workers. Some 92,000 employees have been laid off from tech companies as they look to cut...

AI is frying our brains — here’s what leaders need to do about It thumbnail
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AI is frying our brains — here’s what leaders need to do about It

The promise of AI was that it would save us all time by automating our clerical tasks, like email, personal admin, and running programs...

Kalshi and Polymarket are racing to ban insider trading. The economist who built the theory behind prediction markets says it’s the whole point thumbnail
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Kalshi and Polymarket are racing to ban insider trading. The economist who built the theory behind prediction markets says it’s the whole point

The walls have started closing in on prediction markets. On Thursday, the Department of Justice announced it was charging a U.S. Army soldier...

Trek spent over $300,000 closing women’s cycling’s prize-money gap. Its CEO says the point is to make the checks obsolete thumbnail
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Trek spent over $300,000 closing women’s cycling’s prize-money gap. Its CEO says the point is to make the checks obsolete

When Trek CEO John Burke talks about women’s cycling, he frames the company’s investment less as a marketing campaign and more of a...

Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes thumbnail
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Palantir is reportedly helping the IRS investigate financial crimes

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Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’ thumbnail
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Cohere acquires, merges with Germany-based startup to create a ‘transatlantic AI powerhouse’

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Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage thumbnail
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Two college kids raise a $5.1 million pre-seed to build an AI social network in iMessage

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Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’ thumbnail
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Steve Ballmer blasts founder he backed who pleaded guilty to fraud: ‘I was duped and feel silly’

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Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say thumbnail
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Lachy Groom to back India startup Pronto at a $200M valuation, sources say

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Living in Style: Where Fashion, Luxury, and Modern Interiors Become One thumbnail
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Living in Style: Where Fashion, Luxury, and Modern Interiors Become One

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