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yesterday 9

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Faustine Ngila

Elon Musk’s Twitter isn’t flat or hierarchical—it’s unilateral

When Elon Musk took over Twitter in October 2022, an estimated 7,500 worked there. Within six months, Musk—mired in debt from an acquisition now...

yesterday 6

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Scott Nover

Fitch might cut the US's credit rating even with the debt ceiling deal

The US has a deal to suspend the debt limit, but it still may get its credit rating cut. Fitch Ratings says the country’s AAA rating remains in...

previous day 10

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Nate Dicamillo

Almost 5,000 scientists are unionizing at the NIH

The National Institute of Health, the main US government agency working on health research, is the largest biomedical founder. It employs nearly...

previous day 6

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Annalisa Merelli

Boeing's Starliner spacecraft is threatened by new design flaws

If you want to imagine an engineer’s nightmare, here it goes: You’ve spent nearly a decade building a spacecraft, testing and re-testing the...

previous day 1

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Tim Fernholz

Insurance giant Allstate followed StateFarm in halting home insurance policies for Californians

California’s homeowners are already bearing the brunt of devastating wildfires every summer. Now, it will be harder for them to find insurance...

previous day 1

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Mimansa Verma

Arizona doesn't have enough water for all of its new housing demand

The groundwater under Arizona’s city of Phoenix has run to alarmingly low levels—not enough to keep up with its booming residential demand, the...

previous day 1

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Mimansa Verma

Japan's already-struggling birth rate fell to a record low in 2022

After seven consecutive years of annual decline, Japan posted its lowest-ever birth rate in 2022, according to the health ministry. Read more...

previous day 1

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Diego Lasarte

Why is China drilling down to 10,000 meters—one of the deepest holes in the world?

China is embarking on a journey into the earthy unknown.Read more...

previous day 1

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Julia Malleck

The US debt ceiling deal passed the Senate vote unscathed

America is one signature away from staving off a disastrous default.Read more...

previous day 2

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Ananya Bhattacharya

Meta is making a U-turn on its pro-remote work culture

Meta wants employees back in the office.Read more...

previous day 1

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Ananya Bhattacharya

Apple WWDC 2023 is where the new virtual reality headset rumors face a reality test

Apple fans are looking forward to the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference Monday (June 5) to find out just how much of the rumored...

previous day 1

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Ananya Bhattacharya

You can now become a semiconductor technician in just 10 days

Arizona has long been a magnet for semiconductor companies, and now it’s a magnet for their expansions. Intel announced in 2021 it was building...

previous day 30

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Michelle Cheng

American women are leading the post-pandemic US jobs recovery

The percentage of American women in their prime working years employed or looking for work reached an all-time-high in May, while prime-age men are...

previous day 10

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Nate Dicamillo

Burdened Indian flyers want airfares capped again

Skyrocketing airfares have burnt a hole in Indians’ pockets during vacation season. Read more...

previous day 2

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Niharika Sharma

The exit of a top Twitter executive highlighted the platform's content moderation challenge

Twitter has lost its second head of trust and safety in six months, highlighting ongoing issues with the platform’s content moderation...

previous day 6

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Mimansa Verma

The May US jobs report crushed expectations

The job market in the US expanded by 339,000 jobs in May, exceeding economists’ projections for 195,000 new jobs. At the same time, there was an...

previous day 6

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Nate Dicamillo

Global investments in clean energy have accelerated way past fossil fuels

Investments in clean energy will be record-breaking in 2023, with $1.74 trillion of global investment so far, according to the International Energy...

previous day 1

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Clarisa Diaz

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previous day 6

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Sofia Lotto Persio

Netflix shareholders rejected a proposed executive pay package

Netflix shareholders rejected a proposed increase in the pay packages of the company executives, in a non-binding vote that took place during the...

previous day 6

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Sofia Lotto Persio

Indian numerals: A drained dam, startups slump, and a woolly parliament

An Indian official last week got a reservoir drained so that he could retrieve his cell phone, which had fallen in. Rajesh Vishwas, a food...

previous day 1

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Team Quartz India

Is the Japanese concept of Kaizen the solution to quiet quitting?

We were squarely into the pandemic, and I was running into problems with remote work. People just weren’t engaged. I couldn’t blame them; we were...

previous day 7

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Louis Blatt

Pride month collections represent a moment of truth for companies courting the pink dollar

The LGBTQ community exists all year round but, for years, America Inc. only seemed to think about them in June, the month designated to honor LGBTQ...

thursday 2

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Ananya Bhattacharya

The debt ceiling deal moves on to its next test: the US Senate

The US got a step closer to enacting a deal that would suspend the federal government’s borrowing limit.Read more...

thursday 1

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Ananya Bhattacharya

India has removed the periodic table and evolution from school textbooks

Class 10 students following the Indian government’s syllabus will no longer learn the periodic table of elements. Environmental sustainability...

thursday 20

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Niharika Sharma

Can African countries collaborate on an e-car?

Africa’s key auto hubs, South Africa and Morocco, have hinted at mega and giga factories in their electric cars bid to remain relevant and tap a...

thursday 2

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By Conrad Onyango, Bird Story Agency

Adidas is entering the final chapter of its Yeezy collaboration

Adidas has started selling its leftover Yeezys to its most loyal customers.Read more...

thursday 1

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Ananya Bhattacharya

Elizabeth Holmes deserves neither your pity nor your attention

Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of the fraudulent blood-testing startup Theranos, just started her 11-year prison sentence on May 30, a month...

thursday 1

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Annalisa Merelli

Before lawmakers regulate AI, they must define it—and that isn’t easy

Regulators around the world are hammering out how to regulate artificial intelligence. The fast-moving, nebulous technology is hard to define,...

thursday 1

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Michelle Cheng

Alibaba announced its answer to ChatGPT as Xi calls for greater state control of AI

Alibaba, the Chinese e-commerce giant, officially launched its new artificial intelligence (AI) chatbot, integrating the technology into its suite...

thursday 1

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Diego Lasarte

The risks and rewards of leveraging AI at work

Nearly 700 years ago, Europe’s first mechanized printing press was created, helping to democratize access to knowledge and, in the process,...

thursday 10

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Andy Baldwin

Space Business: NASA vs. UAP

NASA is searching for extra-terrestrial life every day, but UAPs are giving some of its experts agita. Read more...

thursday 1

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Tim Fernholz

Amazon was fined $30 million for enabling Ring workers to spy on people and keeping kids’ Alexa records

The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is hauling Amazon over the coals for its lax enforcement of data privacy, forcing it to pay $30 million in fines...

thursday 1

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Mimansa Verma

Dollar General shareholders approved a workplace safety audit against the board's wishes

Dollar General shareholders voted to independently audit the chain store’s workplace safety following employee, regulator, and activist demands...

thursday 1

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Julia Malleck

Nearly half of LGBTQ employees in the US think being “out” at work is a bad career move

Pride month is here, but not all LGBTQ employees feel like celebrating.Read more...

thursday 1

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Julia Malleck

How PepsiCo uses change management practices to enable careers and performance

I was sitting in the boardroom, surrounded by the board of directors and the leadership team, and I was sweating. The executives were tense after...

thursday 1

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Anna Oakes

China is back on global business leaders' map

China’s crackdown on technology firms and covid lockdowns had cooled foreign companies’ enthusiasm for doing business in the country. Recent...

thursday 1

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Mimansa Verma

Meta's shareholders voted against an inquiry into political bias and hate speech in India

Meta shareholders voted against a proposal from fellow shareholders calling for an inquiry into allegations of spreading hate speech and content...

thursday 1

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Mimansa Verma

Here’s who’s getting kicked off of food stamps with the US debt ceiling deal

The US debt ceiling deal, which passed through the House and awaits Senate approval, would remove some Americans from the Supplemental Nutrition...

thursday 1

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Nate Dicamillo

Elon Musk is accused again of Dogecoin insider trading

Elon Musk is facing fresh accusations of insider trading in a lawsuit filed by cryptocurrency investors, who say the Tesla CEO and Twitter owner...

thursday 1

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Diego Lasarte

Vogue’s Anna Wintour is planning a Met Gala-style event in London to support budget-depleted arts sector

Anna Wintour’s main residence is in New York City, but the British fashion icon has not forgotten her London roots. Vogue’s global editorial...

thursday 1

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Sofia Lotto Persio

Delta is being sued for claiming to be a carbon-neutral airline

Delta Air Lines’ green credentials are facing a legal test.Read more...

31.05.2023 1

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Ananya Bhattacharya

Thanks for applying! Sincerely, the bots

Your next job interview may be with a computer.Read more...

31.05.2023 10

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Anna Oakes And Gabby Riccardi

6 hacks for job hunting after a layoff

With the much-publicized layoffs of around 250,000 tech workers over the past couple of months, it’s a…weird time out there in the job market. And...

31.05.2023 2

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Felix Zeltner

The DOJ is suing the son of West Virginia's governor for millions in unpaid environmental fines

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has filed a lawsuit against the son of West Virginia governor Jim Justice, accusing him of failing to pay more...

31.05.2023 10

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Diego Lasarte

Chinese media are celebrating Elon Musk’s Beijing visit as a much-needed vote of confidence

Western companies are increasingly cognizant—and wary—of the risks of doing business in China, especially after recent high-profile raids...

31.05.2023 2

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Mary Hui

What makes Nvidia's chips so special during this AI boom?

On Tuesday (May 30), Nvidia became the first semiconductor company to (briefly) hit a $1 trillion valuation. Its stock has been rising for months,...

31.05.2023 2

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Michelle Cheng

Burned by Adani, India’s market regulator wants companies to come clean about their foreign ownership

India’s market regulator, the Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), has drafted new measures to make foreign investments into a single...

31.05.2023 2

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Mimansa Verma

Debt ceiling deal proposal: "What the markets wanted to see"

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31.05.2023 2

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Heather Landy

Who's betting right on interest rates: Stock or bond investors?

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31.05.2023 1

Quartz

Heather Landy

India's response to wrestlers protesting sexual misconduct was forceful removal and detention

Indian wrestling’s #MeToo movement is about to enter its sixth month of protest and shows no signs of wavering in its resolve to seek...

31.05.2023 1

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Ananya Bhattacharya

Happiness: What’s the secret?

Are you happy right now? Read more...

31.05.2023 1

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Cassie Werber

Denmark's prime minister used ChatGPT to write part of her speech to make a point about AI

Denmark’s prime minister Mette Frederiksen wrote a part of her speech using OpenAI’s chatbot ChatGPT to highlight the risks of artificial...

31.05.2023 1

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Mimansa Verma

Apparently Google isn't responsible for the digital news echo chamber

A new study found that Google’s search algorithm does not disproportionately lead people to click on partisan and unreliable news. Rather, people...

31.05.2023 1

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Scott Nover

The GitHub of AI is named after an emoji—and Microsoft has its fingers in it already

A platform with a quirky emoji name is becoming the go-to place for AI developers to exchange ideas. Read more...

31.05.2023 1

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Faustine Ngila

The so-called "Great Resignation" has come to an end

A bit more than a year into the covid-19 pandemic, management professor Anthony Klotz spoke to Bloomberg News and warned of a coming “Great...

31.05.2023 1

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Nate Dicamillo

Twitter users could be criminally punished for death threats in the Netherlands

The president of the Netherlands House of Representatives published an open letter on Wednesday (May 31) that called on Twitter to address toxic...

31.05.2023 1

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Diego Lasarte

Tesla's $37,000 Model Y is outselling EVs that are seven times cheaper in China

Chinese consumers are snapping up Tesla Model Ys almost as fast as Elon Musk can make them.Read more...

31.05.2023 1

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Julia Malleck

Twitter has lost 66% of its value since Elon Musk bought it

In just six months since Elon Musk paid $44 billion to purchase the Twitter in October last year, the company’s value has plunged by nearly two...

31.05.2023 30

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Mimansa Verma

The US is reviewing nearly $1 billion of aid towards Uganda over its anti-LGBT law

The US has harshly criticized Uganda over its recent legislation known as the Anti-Homosexuality Act.Read more...

30.05.2023 20

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Ananya Bhattacharya

IMDb sensed something fishy in The Little Mermaid reviews

The International Movie Database (IMDb) sensed something fishy with The Little Mermaid’s reviews and ratings.Read more...

30.05.2023 2

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Ananya Bhattacharya

The substance that turned part of Venice’s Grand Canal neon green has been identified

Italian authorities have partially solved the mystery of the substance that changed the color of Venice’s canal water.Read more...

30.05.2023 2

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Ananya Bhattacharya

What ESG goals actually change at companies that set them

“The social responsibility of business is to increase its profits,” economist Milton Friedman wrote in his often-cited 1970 New York Times...

30.05.2023 40

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Cassie Werber

China’s domestically built C919 plane is full of foreign technology

China’s first domestically built passenger jet flew its maiden commercial flight on Sunday (May 28), in what state media celebrated as the first...

30.05.2023 10

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Mary Hui

The Turkish lira sank to a record low after Erdogan's election win

The Turkish lira slipped to a fresh record low against the US dollar today (May 30), in reaction to the re-election of the country’s president...

30.05.2023 10

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Mimansa Verma

Nvidia's Jensen Huang has turned a leather jacket into a trillion-dollar look

Jensen Huang, the CEO and founder of Nvidia, is suddenly in the spotlight—and so is his leather jacket. Read more...

30.05.2023 7

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Cassie Werber

State Farm has stopped insuring Californian homes because of their "catastrophe exposure"

State Farm, the largest property insurer in the US, will no longer accept new applications for home insurance in California, citing the risks of...

30.05.2023 4

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Mimansa Verma

Improving company process? How a framework can help

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30.05.2023 3

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Anna Oakes

How PepsiCo’s chief transformation officer leads change

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30.05.2023 2

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Anna Oakes

JioCinema’s new NBC deal turns up the heat on Netflix and Prime in India

Mukesh Ambani’s JioCinema has turned its full force against Netflix and Amazon’s Prime Video.Read more...

30.05.2023 4

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Niharika Sharma

Nvidia's new supercomputer is coming for programmers' jobs

If you are a software developer, your profession may be nearing its end. Blame it on Nvidia’s new supercomputer.Read more...

30.05.2023 1

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Faustine Ngila

iPhone maker Foxconn is seeking to woo more workers in China

Foxconn is raising pay and bonuses for new workers at its major Zhengzhou plant, the SCMP first reported, as the Apple supplier anticipates a ramp...

30.05.2023 1

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Julia Malleck

North Korea can build rockets. Can it build a satellite?

North Korea says it will attempt to launch a spy satellite sometime before June 11, after warning nearby Japan about potential rocket debris.Read...

30.05.2023 2

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Tim Fernholz

ExxonMobil is preparing to fend off multiple shareholder resolutions related to climate change

ExxonMobil Corp. will face the heat on climate change at the oil giant’s annual shareholder meetings—scheduled for May 31—with activist...

30.05.2023 2

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Diego Lasarte

California is taking the red out of red velvet cake

California has become the first US state to ban food additives used in candies, cake mixes, and protein shakes, due to concerns linked to cancer...

30.05.2023 1

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Mimansa Verma

Experts in AI are warning it poses a “risk of extinction” akin to nuclear war

In an open letter, dozens of industry experts have warned that artificial intelligence could lead to an extinction event. The letter was published...

30.05.2023 1

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Diego Lasarte

Change stalled? How to unite different teams around a goal

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30.05.2023 1

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Anna Oakes

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