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Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’ thumbnail
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Billionaire founder of Minecraft slams anyone advocating using AI to write code as ‘incompetent or evil’

Few tools have reshaped day-to-day work in tech as quickly as generative AI; coding tasks that once took developers days—or weeks—can now be...

Matt Shumer’s viral blog about AI’s looming impact on knowledge workers is based on flawed assumptions thumbnail
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Matt Shumer’s viral blog about AI’s looming impact on knowledge workers is based on flawed assumptions

AI Influencer Matt Shumer penned a viral blog on X about AI’s potential to disrupt, and ultimately automate, almost all knowledge work that...

One of Wall Street’s most feared hedge fund managers on the decline of the dollar: Gold is ‘becoming the reserve asset’ thumbnail
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One of Wall Street’s most feared hedge fund managers on the decline of the dollar: Gold is ‘becoming the reserve asset’

Gold blasted past $5,300 per ounce last month as President Donald Trump’s hawkish foreign policy and tariff threats sent investors to safer assets....

Instagram boss reveals he’s paid $900K per year plus stock worth ‘tens of millions of dollars’ as he denies ‘addiction’ claims thumbnail
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Instagram boss reveals he’s paid $900K per year plus stock worth ‘tens of millions of dollars’ as he denies ‘addiction’ claims

Head of Instagram Adam Mosseri’s compensation came under fire during the landmark social media addiction trial against its parent company, Meta, and YouTube...

Crypto lender BlockFills suspends withdrawals for clients in latest blow to the blockchain sector thumbnail
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Crypto lender BlockFills suspends withdrawals for clients in latest blow to the blockchain sector

BlockFills, a crypto trading platform, will temporarily prohibit customers from depositing and withdrawing funds. It is the latest sign of trouble for the...

Dorsey’s Block cutting up to 10% of staff in efficiency push thumbnail
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Dorsey’s Block cutting up to 10% of staff in efficiency push

Jack Dorsey’s Block Inc. has been notifying hundreds of employees that their jobs may be eliminated during annual performance reviews as the payments...

The Super Bowl made scarcity its superpower thumbnail
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The Super Bowl made scarcity its superpower

What if you threw a party and only 125 million came? This year’s Super Bowl pits two low-wattage teams in a rematch from...

ICE protests, Bad Bunny flip script on Trump’s midterms playbook thumbnail
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ICE protests, Bad Bunny flip script on Trump’s midterms playbook

Republicans are increasingly nervous that President Donald Trump’s slipping support on immigration and the economy — two key issues that helped him win...

Malaysia’s economy minister sees 2026 as a year of ‘execution’ as Anwar administration tries to lock in policy gains thumbnail
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Malaysia’s economy minister sees 2026 as a year of ‘execution’ as Anwar administration tries to lock in policy gains

Malaysia sees 2026 as a year of “execution” and “discipline,” the country’s economy minister said, as the Anwar Ibrahim administration tries to rack...

We may be looking at the housing affordability crisis all wrong. Higher earners are driving home prices, not lack of supply, researchers say thumbnail
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We may be looking at the housing affordability crisis all wrong. Higher earners are driving home prices, not lack of supply, researchers say

Economists, lawmakers, and Wall Street have long preached the need to increase housing supply to improve affordability, but it may not be that...