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<title>Amazon accused of rigging ad auctions as FTC and 22 states allege $20bn overcharge</title>
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An Amazon advertising lawsuit filed by the FTC and 22 US states alleges the company manipulated its ad auctions to overcharge more than a million advertising customers by an estimated $20bn since 2019, claims Amazon dismisses as misguided. ]]></description>
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<title>Mike Lynch’s estate wins right to challenge £920m HP fraud ruling</title>
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The Mike Lynch appeal will go ahead after the Court of Appeal gave the late tech entrepreneur&#039;s estate permission to challenge the £920m fraud award to Hewlett Packard on four grounds, in a decision that could reduce a payment currently set to wipe out his estate. ]]></description>
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<title>Aldi accused of desperation after attack on supermarket loyalty schemes</title>
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Aldi has been accused of desperation after its attack on supermarket loyalty schemes, with industry data showing the discounter&#039;s sales growth falling well behind Lidl, M&amp;S and the established chains. ]]></description>
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<title>Octopus Energy buys Danish startup BD Energy to bolster automated power trading</title>
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The Octopus Energy acquisition of Danish startup BD Energy hands its power trading arm a 31-strong team whose algorithms execute around 99 per cent of trades across 15 countries. ]]></description>
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<title>How Vacuum Seal Packaging Supports Safer Storage for Dry and Sensitive Products</title>
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How Vacuum Seal Packaging Supports Safer Storage for Dry and Sensitive Products ]]></description>
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<title>Apple shares ‘shocking evidence’ against former employee accused of stealing company data for OpenAI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple says it has evidence that a former employee destroyed evidence of data theft after learning he was under investigation. ]]></description>
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<title>Lachy Groom backs Indian startup aiming to keep aircraft aloft for a year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Founded by a 20-year-old, Alteon is developing autonomous aircraft that hopes to harvest wind energy to stay aloft for several months. ]]></description>
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<title>Magna increases bet on battery swapping in India with $35M for Yuma</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Magna&#039;s investment in Yuma Energy has reached $87 million as the Canadian auto supplier increases its majority stake in the Indian battery-swapping firm. ]]></description>
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<title>If space data centers feel far&#45;fetched, why not interstellar travel?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The team behind Starcloud&#039;s orbital data centers has a new high-risk space project: Sending a probe to Alpha Centauri. ]]></description>
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<title>India’s Unacademy sells to rival upGrad for $206M, about 94% less than its peak valuation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;We raised at a peak, but sold at a fraction of that,&quot; Unacademy co-founder and CEO Gaurav Munjal wrote. &quot;I&#039;m not going to dress these facts up.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>How To Maintain The Best Practices For DAO Treasury Management</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Financial literacy is evolving, expanding and quickly becoming more complicated, especially in the world of crypto and decentralized finance (De-Fi). And the more popularity it continues to gather, the more important it becomes to form good habits around the security, continuity and legitimacy-building facilities of the treasuries, DAOs, communities and protocols. As you continue to […]
The post How To Maintain The Best Practices For DAO Treasury Management appeared first on Fincyte. ]]></description>
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<title>Stop trying to retain employees</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every CEO I know is worried about employee retention. The questions are almost always the same. How do we reduce turnover? How do we keep our best people from leaving? How do we compete when another employer offers a dollar or two more an hour?



After spending much of my career designing and commissioning factories, I think we’re taking the wrong approach. We should focus on how building a company employees wouldn’t want to leave in the first place.



In manufacturing, turnover has become so common that many companies simply accept it as part of doing business. For some functions such as consumer electronics contracting, labor-intensive food processing, and temp heavy/light manufacturing and assembly, the lowest-paid positions turn over at more than 100% every year. In these cases, this means every one of those jobs is refilled annually—sometimes more than once.



Companies often measure turnover by the stack of applications they process and the number of drug tests they pay for. They budget for churn because they’ve come to expect it.



I don’t think we should accept this.



When our team walks into a factory to develop an automation strategy, you may be surprised that one of the first things we study has nothing to do with equipment.



It’s employee turnover. Turnover tells us something important because it shows us where the work is most broken.



Most companies begin an automation project by asking, “What can we automate?” Instead, we’ve learned to ask a better question: “What are the jobs people keep leaving?”



These are rarely the jobs where employees use judgment, solve problems, or develop new skills. They’re repetitive, physically demanding, and ergonomically difficult jobs. These are the roles where someone leaves after four months because they can’t imagine doing these same tasks for the coming four to 10 years.



THIS IS WHERE AUTOMATION BEGINS



Our approach to automation strives to eliminate the work people never wanted to do in the first place. This is where I think many leaders still misunderstand automation. Too often, their focus is on finding ways to reduce labor costs.



In my experience, the best automations are designed to achieve something much more valuable: increase the value of the people who remain.



When repetitive tasks disappear, employees rise to managerial roles where they work collaboratively with robots instead of repeating physical motions that wear their minds and bodies down and lead to injury. They learn software instead of simply loading parts. They become troubleshooters, trainers, and system experts instead of performing the same manual tasks thousands of times per week.



We often invite employees to volunteer for what our team jokingly calls robot university—months of training to help install, commission, troubleshoot, and eventually teach others how to operate new automation systems. Something remarkable happens every time.



The first employees to raise their hands almost always become the factory’s cultural leaders. Yes, they are learning new technology. But more importantly, they are also building careers. Before long, their coworkers are asking how they can join in. An automation project quickly becomes a leadership development program.



AUTOMATION IS MORE THAN A TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT



I don’t think of automation as merely a technology investment. I believe it’s one of the most overlooked people investments a company can make, for the following reasons:




Employees stay where they grow.



They stay where they’re trusted with better tools.



They stay where they’re continually learning.



They stay where they can see a future.




For years we’ve tried to solve turnover with better recruiting, better perks, and better HR programs. Those all have their place.



But lasting loyalty is built much earlier. It’s built the moment an employee realizes, “This company is investing in me.”



I repeat this often: The companies that reduce turnover in the next decade will move quickly, and they’ll be the innovators who use technology to create safer work, more meaningful careers, and a culture where the best people stay because they choose to—not because they don’t have a choice.



For decades we’ve been focusing on employee retention. Now it’s time to work on becoming the kind of company people don’t want to leave.



Matthew Chang is a founder and primary engineer at Chang Robotics. ]]></description>
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<title>Creators are your best PR</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For decades, strategic communications operated in two distinct lanes: You pitched journalists for earned credibility or you bought media for controlled reach. That model rested on one assumption: Institutional newsrooms held a monopoly on audience trust.



Things have changed. While traditional media remains essential for reach and corporate validation, audiences increasingly rely on self-published experts to make sense of complex industries. These experts host technical podcasts, write deep-dive newsletters, publish how-tos on TikTok, and break down industry shifts on YouTube.



Yet most organizations don’t know how to work with them or where to put them. If your goal is a durable reputation, independent creators belong at the center of your earned media strategy.



THE ANTI-INFLUENCER SHIFT



The word “influencer” carries a lot of baggage. The early era of creator marketing was built on lifestyle endorsements: pay a celebrity, hand them a script, and get a sponsored post.



Today’s landscape, especially among B2B decision-makers and technical audiences, has waning patience for that. CreatorIQ puts enterprise creator spend at $5.6–$8.1 million annually, focused on subject-matter experts who’ve built followings around their expertise and editorial independence. Goldman Sachs projects the creator economy will reach $480 billion by 2027, powered by its direct-to-audience authority. These creators maintain relationships with their readers because their perspective is unbought, and audiences can tell the difference.



IN AN AI-SATURATED MARKET, HUMAN TRUST IS THE DIFFERENTIATOR



Generative AI has made content nearly free to produce, and feeds are now flooded with synthetic copy and automated summaries. Mission North’s 2026 Brand Expectations Index found that knowledge workers are comfortable with AI for internal efficiency or code generation, but draw a hard line at executive messaging: 73% of the general public and 67% of knowledge workers say that undisclosed AI communications erode their trust in a company.



That’s the opening for independent creators. When machine-generated content is everywhere, a real person with real judgment—someone who can be held accountable for what they say—becomes the premium.



TRADE CONTROL FOR CREDIBILITY



Bringing creators into earned media means giving up the thing PR has always optimized for: control of the message. Traditional media relations run on approved talking points and pre-cleared quotes. Independent experts won’t work that way; their value comes from autonomy. Ask them to repeat corporate messaging verbatim, and you’ve destroyed the exact thing you were trying to borrow.



The better model treats creators less like a media list and more like industry peers. This looks like technical access to the engineers and product leads doing the work, early hands-on time with products months before launch, and the kind of sustained editorial relationship traditionally reserved for beat reporters.



We saw this play out at a flagship developer conference. Rather than relying just on a firehose of news, our team started small with six trusted industry creators, who were given VIP access, product demos, and direct conversations with executives with no paid posting requirements attached. In one week, that group produced more than 70 pieces of organic content and reached over 1.6 million people.



The most significant return shows up when this becomes a standing program. We saw this with one client who needed a way to reach developers and technical audiences without sounding like brand messaging. We built an ongoing relationship with roughly 15 respected developers and technical creators each quarter to create a consistent set of voices who had access to the people and thinking behind the company’s work on AI, privacy, and the future of the web. Over six months, that program generated more than 7 million organic impressions and engagement rates 40% above benchmark.



That’s the pattern worth paying attention to: The event or single activation earns the first round of trust, but the compounding value comes from staying in the relationship long after the news cycle has passed.



THE EARNED TRUST ECOSYSTEM



Earned media has always been third-party validation. The job is to identify who already has credibility with your audience and build an authentic relationship with them.



Legacy outlets remain important for broad awareness, crisis navigation, and agenda-setting. Owned channels give you control of the narrative. But trust compounds in explanatory formats like long-form podcasts, technical newsletters, and deep-dive videos, where someone can walk through their actual reasoning in public, repeatedly, over time.



Modern communications leaders don’t have to choose between reporters and creators. The job now is to leverage the benefits of both and to recognize that the relationships you build with independent experts are the ones your audience already trusts more than anything you could pitch them.



Tyler Perry is the co-CEO of Mission North. ]]></description>
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<title>These automated vending machines are moving into NYC’s subway newsstands</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For most New York City subway riders, especially in the years since the COVID-19 pandemic, underground newsstands are often nothing more than a relic of history turned into prime real estate for graffiti and branded stickers.



Once a staple of the commuter experience, the underground retail stops began phasing out with the decline of print media. The nail in the coffin was slowing subway ridership during the pandemic. Only around 52 of the subway’s 195 retail storefronts (which include newsstands) were open in 2024.



It’s still valuable real estate, though. Slowly, these nooks and kiosks across the city’s underground system have started opening their gates to passersby once more, some as gathering spots for musicians and others as a canvas for art—all helping reinvent one of NYC’s most recognizable urban infrastructures into something more useful or delightful for people in the city today.



But riders still need the occasional water bottle on a hot summer day, or a pack of gum before a date, creating an opening for the subway’s latest additions: vending machines.



A candy and snack vendor on the 7th Avenue subway platform, 2025. [Photo: Lindsey Nicholson/UCG/Universal Images Group/Getty Images]



Rethinking the newsstand



Automated vending machines are moving into subway stations. The hope is these machines will provide New Yorkers with the convenience items they need through a more sustainable business model than conventional newsstands. A project by CC Vending II—a joint venture of CC Vending and Transit Tech NYC—in partnership with the MTA and Coca-Cola, they’re located in three stations so far: 2nd Avenue on the F line, 23rd Street on the R/W, and 116th Street on the Lexington line. They sell drinks, snacks, and even protein shakes. Over the next five years, CC Vending plans to install 60 more at 23 additional stops.



“I’ve ridden this system my whole life, and for years I walked past the same shuttered newsstands. Gates pulled down, sitting on platforms where tens of thousands of people stand every day,” Marc Saadia, president of CC Vending II, tells Fast Company.



The large machines fill an entire storefront, each wrapped in Coca-Cola-themed branding, and sit flush against the wall. (There’s no shaking or tilting them to try to score a freebie.) Aside from being cashless, they work like a usual vending machine: You type in a product code, pay, and collect the item.



The tap-to-pay method not only boosts efficiency for commuters in a rush, but also allows the machine to run 24-7, unlike newsstands people operate.



“More than a third of our sales happen between 7:00 p.m. and 6 a.m.—that’s the late night and overnight worker, the person heading home late, the rider with no other option,” Saadia says. “Everything is tap-and-go and takes under 10 seconds, because someone with a train coming isn’t willing to wait. It’s open when nothing else is.”



Staff routinely restocks machines every few days to keep up with demand. An automated diagnostics system will, presumably, help the machines run smoothly and alert the operators when they need to be fixed.



CC Vending first contacted the MTA with the idea back in 2019, but the pandemic slowed down the project.



“The request for proposals reopened, closed, and reopened again in 2022 and 2023. I’m not sure many others would have stuck with it, but here we are with machines up and running all those years later,” Saadia says.



The machines are already a hit among commuters. In its first day, the 23rd Street station quickly sold out of its products. In the future, CC Vending says it may add a wider range of goods, like the electronics or health and beauty products that airport vending machines offer.



[Photo: MTA]



A machine that can withstand New York



Designing a vending machine that can handle the subway’s heavy foot traffic was a challenge. The units also needed to meet the MTA’s stringent requirements for safety.



“Nothing about this is off the shelf. Every enclosure was designed and engineered specifically for the challenging conditions underground,” Saadia says. “The MTA’s real estate team has been outstanding to work with. Rigorous, thorough, and genuinely invested in getting this right for riders.”



The CC Vending team had to resort to industrial grade metal enclosure on the machines, protecting them from the city’s harsh weather as well as deterring bad actors from vandalizing the equipment. As of August 21, there had been no recorded vandalism of the machines.



In addition to durability, the machines needed to protect something else: customers’ time. Cashless transactions allow purchases to be made in just seven seconds.



[Photo: MTA]



A more livable city



Beyond selling refreshments, the vending machines are part of a broader initiative to make the city more hospitable to its residents.



A large steward in this trend has been the MTA’s Vacant Unit Activation Project, which has allowed various artists to take over abandoned spaces and transform them into their own artistic platforms.



[Photo: Megan Armas/MTA]



Rex’s Dino Store stand at the Grand Army Plaza station parodies an actual newsstand. A hand-crafted 7-foot tall papier-mâché orange dinosaur named Rex stands behind the counter, where he sells print issues of Dinopolitan Magazine and snacks like “Dinoritos.” Nothing is actually for sale; the installation is enclosed by glass.



At The Soundbooth, in the 81 Street/Museum of Natural History station, musicians play inside a former storefront for commuters waiting for their trains.



And in one of the city’s most transited stations, West 4th Street, a one-year lease allowed for a takeover of a kiosk by the free zine Public Transport Magazine. The structure is wrapped in a transit-themed cartoon mural. The kiosk will also feature a Photo Booth, puppet shows, and even giveaways.



As far as the vending machines go, the project reacts to the city’s diverse schedule. From artists to finance bros, and all the in-between—almost anyone will need to use the subway at some point, at any time of the day.



“The subway moves more than a billion trips a year, and those vacant spaces were screaming opportunity to me. A chance to serve the everyday New Yorker on their daily commute,” says Saadia of CC Vending. “This seems like a small thing, but these small things add up to how a system and a commute feels.”







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<title>Melissa Chiu, new director of the Guggenheim Museum, talks about the role of culture in a time of turmoil </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Melissa Chiu, longtime director of the Smithsonian’s Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, announced in April that she would be leaving for a new role as director of New York’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.



As Chiu concludes her successful tenure at the Hirshhorn, one of 19 Smithsonian museums, the Trump administration has continued to target the Smithsonian Institution in an effort to “remove improper ideology” from all aspects of the organization, accusing it of political bias. 



The federal government recently proposed cutting the institution’s funding by 11% to its lowest prospective funding level since 2020, as Artforum reported.



However, this climate for cultural organizations did not deter Chiu from advocating for the Hirshhorn, which she’s done since her start in 2014.



Under Chiu’s leadership, attendance tripled, fundraising increased, the museum’s permanent collections expanded, and the groundwork for the Sculpture Garden revitalization, reimagined by the architect and photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, was laid. 



Fast Company recently spoke with Chiu about why working at the Guggenheim is her dream job, reflections on her decade-plus at the Hirshhorn, and the important role that museums play to the public. 



Chiu begins her new job at the Guggenheim on Tuesday, September 1.



This interview was edited for length and clarity.



In an interview with The New York Times, you said working as director at the Guggenheim is a “dream job” that you would have taken under any circumstances. Would you expand on why and what you look forward to most in this position?



It’s a museum with extraordinary architecture by Frank Lloyd Wright. I always think of museums and buildings as much as their collection and the art they show. When you have both of them together to speak to the moment that they were created, I think allows for a pretty unique experience of being in the museum and having that encounter with art. 



So I’m most excited about that. The Guggenheim has such an extraordinary record of just groundbreaking exhibitions, an amazing collection. We know a lot about the comprehensive [Wassily] Kandinsky collection, and I’m looking forward to discovering even more. 



I would love to hear your reflections on what you’re leaving. What part of the Sculpture Garden renovation have you been most excited for, and how does it feel to have that be one of the last major changes that you made before your departure? 



Looking back on it, it was a very important decision that we made to commission an artist in Hiroshi Sugimoto to reenvision what a twenty-first century sculpture garden could be. As an artist, he intuitively knows the kinds of spaces that artists would like to create work for.



[Sugimoto] just had both an attentiveness to creating spaces for that encounter with work while also thinking very carefully about the materials that he used. 



There’s a lot of stone from local quarries across America. A lot of attention was paid to the trees that are obviously more suited to the climate—and also provide a lot of shade and respite from the heat of D.C. when it’s at the height of summer.



I would love to hear more about your strategy or your approach to communicating with new artists. You’re coming from D.C. and you’ll be in New York City and communicating with artists who are in a new space and in a new environment.



One of the characteristics of being in D.C. is that it is really a place of national institutions. The Smithsonian is the largest museum complex in the world and the Hirshhorn is a part of that, as it faces the National Mall, where there are 35 million visitors from around the country and around the world every year.



So we sit within a museum ecology that often receives visitors who may well have never been to a modern art museum before, and so we tried to think carefully about that as we programmed—whether it was the talks that we did or the video guide that we created for them.



Now if I think to what it will mean to be in a New York institution, in some ways it’s a higher-density audience that is, interestingly enough, more local or more city based. It’s also an audience that, generally speaking, visits many modern contemporary art museums. It’s not their first encounter. 



So I think, with that, it allows you to think differently about the kinds of exhibitions that you do and possibly also the kinds of artists who you work with, knowing that there is a large population of artists living in New York City who you can draw on.



You were [at the Hirshhorn] for about 12 years. What are the highlights or what are you most proud of during your time there?



I think that probably the most visible change for the museum came when we did the [Yayoi] Kusama show, which was nearly 10 years ago. It’s hard to imagine, but it was nearly 10 years ago that we actually staged the first major exhibition, which was the appreciation of her infinity mirror rooms. [Note: Kusama passed away last week, after this interview took place.]



I think that really did trigger and give a great degree of momentum as we toured the exhibition nationally toward a better understanding of her practice. [The infinity mirror rooms] are now a whole phenomenon in and of themselves.



So I think that was a really important moment for the museum, because in some ways it was both—it was an art historical contribution, but it also allowed people to see that it became a phenomenon not just here in D.C. but everywhere that the show traveled. 



What are you looking forward to in the future as we see technology and the way people interact with art online and in person change? What are you anticipating? 



Well, I’m struck by one of the things that we often say about our education center. Our mantra there is, “Think like an artist.” So, what does that mean? What museums can bring is to develop a sense of what creativity is, how creativity is expressed, and how it can be a part of your life.



While we talk a lot about screen culture and AI, creativity is still that one thing that is a very human thing to do. While in a museum, you are experiencing a whole spectrum of creative acts through different media. 



We do think of museums as important convening spaces because of that, and if I think of a skillset in particular, yes, it’s creativity, but it’s also visual acuity. If you are able to develop the skills to be able to see things in different ways, it gives you the ability to attune different things around you in different ways.



Is there anything else that you would like to share with people about your next steps?



To make art is such an extraordinary act, and I think that museums become that place where people can see what is usually a private experience in an artist’s studio. It’s the public version of it. I really do feel strongly that museums are that convening place. ]]></description>
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<title>Target courts millennial women with Delia’s collection—a blast from the era of 1990s catalogs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/target-courts-millennial-women-with-delias-collectiona-blast-from-the-era-of-1990s-catalogs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Target Corporation is big time baiting millennial women with a new clothing drop. 



The latest brand to hit the chain’s rack is none other than the once-famous Delia’s, a 1990s and 2000s clothing company designed for teens and young women, which went out of business in 2014. 



Now that it seems to have resurrected itself at Target stores, the original Delia’s fan girls are filing in.



If you’re a millennial woman, then you are almost certainly familiar with the Delia’s brand. If not, it was a mega-popular clothing company that started in catalog form in 1993 before branching out to physical stores in 1999. 



If you didn’t live in an area that had a Delia’s, or you came of age before the stores popped up in shopping malls, then you likely ordered the old-fashioned way: from the catalog—like an OG.



Catalog dreams



Catalog ordering seems like an ancient and inefficient way to shop these days, but back in the 1900s, it was kind of a vibe. 



Teen girls of the era spent hours circling their favorite trendy checkered pants, butterfly hair clips, whimsical t-shirts, and babydoll dresses, then dutifully calling their friends on party lines (the original group chat) to make sure no one was getting the same garb. 



You’d place your order by mailing in a little slip with a check or your parent’s credit card information or calling it in directly. 



Sure, you’d have to wait an ungodly amount of time for your items in the mail by today’s standards. Still, there was no beating the excitement when your Delia’s package arrived in the mail. 



Delia’s was massively popular before its eventual decline, which happened mostly due to shifting styles and a failure to move toward online ordering. 



A social media win



At the height of Delia’s demand, the catalog showed up in the mailboxes of around 55 million teens across the country each year. 



And those faithful Delia’s girlies are watching Target’s latest drop closely. To make the experience even more nostalgic, some Target stores will even receive catalogs to give to shoppers, the retailer told NBC Chicago.



On Instagram and TikTok, women who grew up ordering from the catalog have been sharing their absolute astonishment and joy over seeing the brand on racks.In one popular video on TikTok that has over 105,900 likes at present, a user shared her jaw-dropping reaction to seeing the nostalgic clothing items. Commenters on the post echoed the same emotions over the good surprise. 



“Shut upppppppppppp. Is there a catalog so I can circle everything and make my mom mad when I hand it to her?” one popular comment reads. 



In another similar video, a wide-eyed TikTik user gives her followers a glimpse of the clothing items. The text overlay on the video reads, “My 90’s Delia’s dream closet just exploded into Target stores.” 



On social media, there is certainly no shortage of millennials posting about the new clothing drop. Still, some expressed skepticism toward Target’s ability to fully recapture the joy of Delia’s catalog ordering.



“Excuse me I had to order Delia’s from a catalog 20 years ago not go to Target,” one user playfully wrote. 



Either way, no one seems to actually be complaining about the brand showing up at Target. However, the clothing drop comes as the chain is still recovering from a recent fiasco. 



About a year after Target was hit with boycotts over dropping its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) initiatives, the brand removed a Halloween costume that many felt closely resembled Jim Crow-era blackface minstrelsy. Target said it was “deeply sorry” about the incident. 



While many people are still rushing to Target regardless of the controversy, some have continued to double down on their boycott efforts.



Target shares are up 62% in 2026



Shares of Target Corporation (NYSE: TGT) are down since the costume controversy, but the stock has performed exceptionally well this year amid a broader turnaround plan, with Target reporting 5.3% growth in net sales for its most recent quarter, thanks in part to higher traffic.



As of Friday’s close, Target stock is up more than 62% in 2026 so far.



Regardless, it makes sense to court millennials, whose purchasing power is rapidly rising and whose total spending is expected to surpass that of their Gen X counterparts sometime in the early 2030s, according to a report from World Data Lab and NielsenIQ. 



Meanwhile, Target is not the only way to shop for Delia’s items, no matter what decade you were born in. A resurrected collection is listed on the website of retailer Dolls Kill. No, it’s not old school catalog ordering, but it’s 2026. We can’t have everything. ]]></description>
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<title>Autumn Budget 2026 – what can small business owners expect?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/autumn-budget-2026-what-can-small-business-owners-expect</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
The Autumn Budget 2026 is set for 28 October, delivered by new Chancellor, John Healey. Here&#039;s what we know so far  
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<title>What to Wear If You Were Invited to a Wedding or Attending a Funeral</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-to-wear-if-you-were-invited-to-a-wedding-or-attending-a-funeral</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-to-wear-if-you-were-invited-to-a-wedding-or-attending-a-funeral</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ What you wear to a wedding or funeral says less about fashion — and more about emotional intelligence. Both occasions are ceremonial, emotional, and symbolic. One celebrates beginnings. The other honors endings. Your clothing should respect the mood, not compete with it. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Giulliano Russelli - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Reading Zhipu’s GLM&#45;5.3 results past the headline number</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reading-zhipus-glm-53-results-past-the-headline-number</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Zhipu’s release note for GLM-5.3 contains a sentence that did not make it into most of the coverage. Describing its own cybersecurity results, the Beijing company writes that capability “is growing fastest exactly where we are furthest behind.” Zhipu, which also trades as Z.ai, is one of a handful of Chinese labs releasing models that compete with […]
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<description><![CDATA[ Freight software provider Alvys has launched an agentic AI platform that allows carriers and brokers to automate operational tasks directly within its transportation management system (TMS). Called Alvys Foundry, the platform supports pre-built and custom AI agents that work with freight data and workflows already held within the TMS. Foundry includes more than 20 pre-built […]
The post Alvys launches AI agents for freight TMS workflows appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OpenAI president urges enterprises to hasten AI security defences</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-president-urges-enterprises-to-hasten-ai-security-defences</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI president and co-founder Greg Brockman warns that enterprise security teams face a compressed timeline to adopt AI defences. Brockman has published an account of what the company calls the “OpenAI-Hugging Face” incident, using it to argue that organisations need to uplevel their security practices with what he terms unprecedented speed. He writes that he […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Relativity Networks raises $22 million to bring a faster kind of fiber to data centers</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/relativity-networks-raises-22-million-to-bring-a-faster-kind-of-fiber-to-data-centers</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Relativity Networks deals in hollow-core fiber, a rarely deployed technology that allows data to be transmitted 30% faster than conventional fiber. ]]></description>
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<title>AI isn’t close to curing cancer. This startup says it knows what it will take.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It&#039;s the data, stupid. ]]></description>
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<title>You can Venmo your college tuition, for some reason</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kids these days don&#039;t know how good they have it. ]]></description>
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<title>CareCloud confirms 3.7M patients had their medical records stolen in data breach</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/carecloud-confirms-37m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/carecloud-confirms-37m-patients-had-their-medical-records-stolen-in-data-breach</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The cyberattack at CareCloud resulted in one of the largest reported data breaches in the U.S. healthcare industry this year. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>CareCloud, confirms, 3.7M, patients, had, their, medical, records, stolen, data, breach</media:keywords>
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<title>Home batteries are suddenly cheap and everywhere. Here’s why.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/home-batteries-are-suddenly-cheap-and-everywhere-heres-why</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Companies including Tesla and Base Power are vying for a piece of the rapidly growing market for home batteries. One technology has made it all possible. ]]></description>
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<title>Home Depot’s $730 million tariff refund was largely offset by rising costs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/home-depots-730-million-tariff-refund-was-largely-offset-by-rising-costs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/home-depots-730-million-tariff-refund-was-largely-offset-by-rising-costs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Home Depot, Amazon, and Walmart are taking very different approaches to the tariff refunds flowing back to retailers. ]]></description>
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<title>Even potato&#45;chip tasters are temporary in the economy of 2026 — there’s nearly 57 million of these ‘disposable workers’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ MIT labor economist Paul Osterman tracks them in his new book, “Disposable Workers: The Transformation of Employment.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Also’s $3,500 e&#45;bike is a $1 billion Trojan horse for autonomous transportation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/alsos-3500-e-bike-is-a-1-billion-trojan-horse-for-autonomous-transportation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Rivian spinoff just raised $150 million to build autonomous vehicles for moving people and packages—not just pedalers. ]]></description>
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<title>Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/unitree-famous-for-its-dancing-robots-surges-by-460-on-its-trading-debut-lifting-valuation-to-66-billion-far-ahead-of-us-competitors</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Hangzhou-based startup, founded in 2016, has quickly become something akin to a national champion in China&#039;s robotics sector. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Exclusive: Replit taps OpenAI’s low&#45;cost Luna model for new ‘Free Mode’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/exclusive-replit-taps-openais-low-cost-luna-model-for-new-free-mode</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/exclusive-replit-taps-openais-low-cost-luna-model-for-new-free-mode</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ An 80% reduction in the cost of tokens for OpenAI&#039;s Luna allowed Replit to roll out the new service, which despite its &#039;free&#039; name, still requires a monthly subscription. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>South Yorkshire launches task force to boost women in tech</title>
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<title>Pub planning protections will not stop closures, industry warns</title>
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<title>UK Space Agency backs 16 satellite projects with £13m funding</title>
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The UK Space Agency is funding 16 satellite communications projects with £13 million, from a ScotRail broadband trial to low-cost sensors for farmers. ]]></description>
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<title>Dragons’ Den firm Y1 Group buys Redbird Apparel in seven&#45;figure deal</title>
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<title>Perini Navi, builder of Mike Lynch’s Bayesian, put up for sale</title>
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<title>Fairphone is launching its latest repairable phone in the US too</title>
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<title>Daniel Ek’s body&#45;scanning startup Neko Health opens first US office, in New York</title>
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<title>Apple’s new macOS update reportedly contains a video of AirPods with a camera</title>
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<title>Perplexity’s free AI offer left it with millions more users in India</title>
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<title>OpenAI launches a safer ChatGPT for teens — years after teens started using it</title>
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<title>AI fears are fueling the ‘handmade’ branding trend</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By now you’ve probably already noticed it in some of the brands you use daily—“hand-drawn” typography or hastily scanned textures layered over otherwise unremarkable photos. Maybe your cleaning product brands use visual references from a time when “things were easier,” like hand-painted signage and retro illustrations. Or they’re using imperfect blobby type that’s supposed to help designs feel “organic.” Ever notice that your favorite new bakery’s identity seems purposely a little ugly?



The use of this kind of “handmade” aesthetic has been debated in the design community for a long time. But, I’d argue that it’s only recently that the trend has drifted into something that feels . . . forced. Panera Bread’s recent incorporation of highly polished swash typography to no doubt recall the hand-painted signage of your favorite local grocer feels at odds with its reputation for mass-produced “quality ingredients.” St. Regis has recently announced a collection of ultra-high-luxury hospitality brands, many of which use hand-drawn elements perhaps at odds with its highly polished luxury properties. Most telling is Claude’s branding, incorporating hand-drawn illustrations and details that attempt to tell the world, “Hey, we’re the more human AI.”



Blame technology. Designers have a tendency to lead with their passions, and with AI feeling both threatening and exploitative to many in the community, there’s a natural impulse to push away from anything digital. But, as with the skeuomorphism of the aughts or the grunge-ification of the ’90s before it, our industry has pushed too far, sparking a trendy style that reflects designers’ uneasy relationship with technology more than it serves a real need.



Hand-drawn, hand-crafted elements have a place in design, to be sure—for the right brand or the right concept. And true craftsmanship is never out of style. But when this hand-rendered patina is used over and over again, it begins to fall flat, and offer neither enough resonance nor substance for a brand to truly stand out. This is creating a real problem for brands in the age of AI, looking to express that their values, offering, or services are more human-centered.



Old problems, new solutions



This isn’t the first time a trend like this has taken hold. Skeuomorphic design follows a similar mindset in design thinking—if we need to push a trajectory in a specific direction, go literal. And it worked pretty well in the early days of the iPhone and Blackberry to help bridge the gap between the traditional office environment of the desk and this new glass brick you tap. But it also went too far, and seeped into other applications where it really didn’t make any sense.  Same with the “grunge” movement of design in the late 90s, with photocopied type samples and photoshop brushes that aimed to capture the energy and zeitgeist of the Zine movement—but under false pretenses.



This latest fake craft and hand-drawn era is more of the same. And it will take designers being especially mindful to avoid falling into traps. Here’s how:




Root your ideas in the contextWhenever you’re running to social media and trying to imitate patina or “style,” that’s when the trouble starts. Instead, if you can root your ideas in the context of the project itself, that’s when it really sings. For example, one of my favorite branding projects of last year was for a bakery called Rose by Super Studio, which took the bread itself and “printed” with it, creating a hand-expressed marble texture that was literally the product. They used hand-drawn textures with real meaning, making the designs an expression of the quality of the bread.



Ask yourself what it means to be “human”The rise of AI has challenged a lot of previous conventions about how we define “being human,” whether that’s making mistakes, being delightfully irrational, thinking nonlinearly, or using a variety of voices, tones, and outfits to define who we are in any given moment. If the end goal is to make an organization or message feel more human, then perhaps finding ways to make the identity system act human instead of just grabbing a pencil and making marks could lead to more authentically human expressions while simultaneously moving the art of design forward, too.



Collaborate with the machine . . . just like other designersThe biggest myth of working with AI agents is thinking they give you the right answer on the first prompt. That barely ever happens in practice. You need to go back and forth with it, iterating over content, code, and expressions, teaching it what you want and exploring mistakes and potential unexpected discoveries. The most meaningful work I’ve made with agents has been through dialogue with them, as if I’m directing them. The more specific you can be, and the more iterations you have, the more human and intentional the work becomes.



Embrace depth and variation in your brandsHuman beings are messy, dynamic, and constantly changing. Strong brand identities are considered rigid, rigorous, and standardized. One way bring more humanity into these identity systems is to introduce variation—different logos, different voices and tones for different scenarios, or color palettes that shift based on mood, seasonality, experience. When the one-size-fits-all approach is feeling too stiff and cold, adding depth and variation to a brand can make it feel more like us. Yes, that adds complexity, but I’d argue the demands on a brand identity are more complex than they were during Paul Rand’s or Saul Bass’s era. And our audiences are dramatically more sophisticated  at brand recognition than they were 50 years ago. Perhaps we need to rethink the shackles of the “brand police” as the only tool for enforcement, and begin to design flexibility into our design systems.




As with most trends, the fake “handmade” aesthetic has become about blending in rather than standing apart. And that’s not what design is being called to do. The task, especially in terms of brand, is to create distinction and separation in the marketplace. And AI isn’t the only force that’s leading to creative homogeneity. Sometimes, when we react reflexively without considering the consequences, we can do it to ourselves, too.



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<title>I measured my brain during one of the hardest business trips of my year. Here’s what I learned about performance</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Last month, I traveled through three countries and multiple time zones, packing investor meetings, customer dinners, panels, and leadership sessions into just 10 days.



Like many founders, I wore the schedule as a badge of honor. If I could keep up, I assumed I was performing at my best. 



Then I looked at my brain.



Throughout the trip, I’d been wearing Neurable’s EEG-powered headphones, giving me an objective view of how my brain responded to everything from travel and sleep to stress and recovery. Rather than relying only on how I felt, I could compare my subjective experience with objective measures of neural activity. 



I expected to see increased stress levels in my brain data during a work trip. What I didn’t expect was how often the data contradicted my intuition, and it made me wonder how often I was pushing through cognitive fatigue without even realizing it.



How we feel vs. what’s actually happening



As a neuroscientist, I’ve spent my career studying the gap between how our brains function and how we perceive them to function. This trip reminded me that we’re all prone to judging our cognitive performance by how we feel rather than what the brain is actually experiencing. 



It’s easy to see how so many business leaders can fall into this trap, particularly because today’s work culture makes this blind spot difficult to recognize. We’ve created a world that never switches off. Our offices live in our pockets, our days are filled with endless decisions, and true downtime has become a rarity.



We accept that pace as the cost of doing business, yet we rarely stop to ask how it’s affecting the quality of our thinking.



Instead, most of us judge our ability to perform in the workplace by a simple question: Do I feel ready to tackle my work today?



Feeling ready or being ready?



The first morning after arriving in Germany, I felt like many travelers do after a long international flight. Mentally, I was eager to get to work. Physically, I wanted to crawl back into bed.



I assumed it was ordinary jet lag, but my brain data suggested something more nuanced. My sleep debt had largely been repaid during the flight, but my circadian rhythm hadn’t caught up. My body was in Germany while my internal clock was still somewhere over the Atlantic. I expected the effects to linger much longer, but within about three days, my cognitive measurements had largely returned to baseline.



It was my first reminder that feeling ready and being cognitively ready aren’t always the same thing. As it turns out, my experience wasn’t unique. Research has consistently shown that after insufficient sleep, objective cognitive performance can continue to decline even after people’s subjective sense of impairment has plateaued.



Looking back, I wondered how many strategy meetings, business decisions, or difficult conversations I’d entered simply because I felt sharp, even when my brain data was telling a different story.



Recovery and performance



A few days later, I noticed something else unexpected. My brain had largely recovered from jet lag. I was surprised by how quickly it bounced back, which made me appreciate just how central recovery is to sustained performance.



Professional athletes understand this instinctively. They don’t train at maximum intensity every day because they know recovery is essential to peak performance. Business leaders often do the opposite. We celebrate pushing through and treat recovery as something we’ll get to later, if at all.



The biggest lesson from the trip, however, came from something entirely within my control.



Like many people, I assumed jet lag would be the biggest challenge. Instead, the greater cognitive cost came from a series of ordinary decisions.



Misdiagnosing performance



One evening in Vienna, I attended a networking dinner, enjoyed a couple of glasses of wine, and stayed up until nearly 2:30 a.m. taking work calls back to Boston. The next morning, my cognitive measurements looked remarkably similar to what I’d seen after crossing the Atlantic. The combination of wine, a late night, and about five and a half hours of sleep had produced a cognitive cost comparable to jet lag.



It made me realize how often we misdiagnose our own performance. We prepare meticulously for investor meetings, board presentations, and international travel, yet we rarely prepare for the cumulative impact of another drink at dinner, another hour spent answering emails, or another morning convincing ourselves that six hours of sleep is enough.



None of those choices seems consequential on its own, but together, they shape the quality of our judgment, the very thing we depend on most and measure the least. 



The irony is that modern companies already measure almost everything, from revenue and margins to customer acquisition costs and burn rates. On a personal level, many of us now also track our sleep, heart rate, and physical activity. Yet the organ responsible for every negotiation, hiring decision, strategic pivot, and creative breakthrough has remained largely invisible and rarely optimized for peak performance.



Before diving into yet another work task, I used to ask myself a simple question: Can I push through this?



Now, I ask a different one: Is this the version of my brain I want making this decision?



That question doesn’t always change my schedule. Sometimes the meeting still happens, and the flight still takes off. But it changes how I prepare, which decisions I tackle first, and when I remind myself that recovery isn’t a luxury, but rather a necessity. 



Every important business decision begins in the mind of the person making it. Every leader should spend a little less time asking whether they can push through their packed schedules and a little more time making sure they’re setting themselves up to think at their best. After all, every important business decision deserves the clearest thinking we can bring to it. ]]></description>
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<title>Leadership lessons from America’s fastest&#45;growing private companies and news from the new Susan G. Komen CEO</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning. 







Every CEO is managing uncertainty and complexity. Now imagine layering on exponential revenue growth—like percentage growth in the triple or quadruple digits. That’s what CEOs of companies on the Inc. 5000—Inc.’s annual list of the 5,000 fastest-growing private companies in America—deal with every day. “I liken it to standing in the ‘ready position’ in sports,” says Anne Fulenwider, cofounder and co-CEO of Alloy Health. The company’s 4,503% three-year revenue growth rate earned it the No. 61 spot on the list. “You have to be knees bent, ready to move in any direction at any time,” she says.  



Fulenwider is one of several Inc. 5000 founders I spoke with about the special leadership issues fast-growth CEOs face, from retaining their company cultures as their businesses scale to figuring out how to fill a big order that outpaces their production capabilities. Their experiences are inspiring and instructive. After all, many of these founders defied skeptics, launching their ideas without the resources enjoyed by their larger counterparts, yet producing gains that are the envy of the business world. 



Together, Inc. 5000 honorees racked up $385 billion in 2025 revenue, employed nearly 1.5 million people, and posted a median three-year growth rate of 130%. The top 500 companies posted a median three-year growth rate of 1,338%. 



Ready, Set, Grow 



Donie Yamamoto, founder and CEO of Vital Pet Life, No. 3170, dealt with last year’s sweeping tariffs (struck down by the U.S. Supreme Court in February) and the disruptions they caused her international supply chain by “going back to the values of why we started a company and staying true to it,” she says. Yamamoto began the company, which sells natural health products for cats and dogs, in 2017 when she couldn’t find a clean product to help relieve her dog’s dry skin. She adds, “By just staying true to our mission, it got [us] through the challenges.” 



Ali Ansari, CEO of Micro1, says he has learned to embrace the chaos of being a fast-growth company. Micro1, No. 37, works with experts around the world to train artificial intelligence models. Despite the fast pace, Ansari says he is working to build a culture that is “hardcore in the way that we work, but we’re also very kind to each other.” The company distributes a quarterly form titled “Are You Happy?” inviting employees to answer questions about compensation, staff interactions, and other issues. Ansari reads every response himself, then routes feedback to the people who can act on it. 



Ultimately though, for Inc. 5000 companies, capitalizing on fast growth is their superpower. Matt McKinney, founder and CEO of the AI-powered logistics platform Loop, No. 10, tells Inc.: “If you can outcompete on speed, that’s a competitive advantage.”  



Bringing speed to the nonprofit world



Fast Company has had the opportunity to work with the advertising agency McCann on a few projects, and Modern CEO recently caught up with McCann New York’s CEO, Amber Guild, who just announced that she would become the next CEO of Susan G. Komen, a leading breast cancer organization. Guild, who was diagnosed with early-stage breast cancer in 2020, says her diagnosis made the nonprofit’s mission deeply personal and also made her acutely aware of how many women don’t get the access and care that she did. 



Like the Inc. 5000 CEOs I spoke with this week, Guild is thinking about speed as she steps into her new role on October 1. “My vision is to build a more modern, more connected Komen, one that uses everything technology and data now make possible to bring in more people, move faster, and have more impact,” she says. 



Is your company a fast-growth organization? If so, how do you keep your teams moving quickly? Send your answers to me at stephaniemehta@mansueto.com. We will publish the best insights in a future newsletter.  



Read more: inspiration from the Inc. 5000 




Oprah loved their charcuterie boards. Now the brand generates $85 million in sales a year 





A nurse practitioner’s hair care company is on track for $269 million 





Inside Replit’s $1 billion vibe-coding empire  




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<title>Are you invisible to AI? Here’s how to check</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Since the onset of the internet, brands have been fighting to optimize their spot in search engines, getting as close to the top of any given page of Google results as possible. But in the AI age, traditional search engines are falling by the wayside—and with them, more than one in four brands are becoming completely invisible, says a new report.



The 2026 AI Visibility Index, an inaugural report from the strategic communications firm Lucie Content, assessed how many businesses are being recommended by artificial intelligence chatbots. Showing up in AI responses has never been more important for brands; a 2026 report from BrightLocal found that 45% of consumers now turn to AI for business recommendations, a massive jump from just 6% in 2025.



How can you make sure you’re not the odd brand out when it comes to AI visibility? Beyond offering a glimpse into the current state of AI as a search engine, Lucie’s report comes with tips, and a tool, for assessing any company’s AI visibility.



What is AI visibility?



AI visibility is the measure of how often AI chatbots will cite or recommend a given business, along with how accurately it will be described. For its assessment, Lucie simulated realistic customer queries, then measured how often a business appeared in the AI model’s responses. It also tracked whether the AI model’s description of the business was accurate, whether it understood the business’s category, and what businesses it recommended instead.



Craig Lucie, founder and CEO of Lucie Content, explained the rationale for the company’s research in a press release.



“Search used to be a list of 10 links, and you decided where to click,” he said. “AI gives you one confident answer with only a few names in it. If your business isn’t one of those names, you’re not just losing to your competitors—you aren’t even in the running. And what we learned through our research is that most business owners don’t realize this is happening.”



Lucie’s results



Lucie Content ran 94 businesses through three different brand-blind scenarios in Gemini’s consistency mode. It ran each scenario three times, resulting in 894 queries that informed the report’s findings.



More than one in four businesses (26.6%) never appeared in any of the tested scenarios. But the report also found that there’s almost no middle ground when it comes to AI visibility: 84% of the companies in the sample scored either a zero or a 100 on retrieval, meaning a given company either consistently appeared in results or didn’t appear at all.



The report also saw almost zero correlation between being visible in traditional search engines and showing up in AI responses. Of the 90 companies in the study’s sample with a Google eligibility score of 70 or above, 24 still had zero AI visibility. Independent research confirmed that there’s only a 45% correlation between top performers in Google search results and in AI recommendations.



How to check your AI visibility



Lucie also launched a free tool with the release of its report, where brands can run an AI visibility scan for themselves on models including ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity, and Claude. But the tool returns a brand’s score only on one of the six modules Lucie tested for—technical readiness. More info can be had through a “teaser report,” and the full assessment is available through a consultation with Lucie.



But the report’s experiment is also repeatable on a small scale by individual brands. Though Lucie’s full methodology is under wraps, its general strategy of simulating and repeating realistic customer queries can help brands get a sense of their own standing when it comes to being recommended by AI.



If a brand is getting passed over in AI responses, where should it look to improve? In its press release, Lucie Content identified “clear, consistent, and factually supported information, combined with strong video and imagery that helps both people and machines understand and verify the business” as key factors in AI visibility. Lucie, the CEO, says the firm applied these improvements to its own business model and saw results.



“The great news about what our research found is that the problem is fixable,” he said. “We tested this on our own company before we tested a single client—and measurably improved our own visibility.” ]]></description>
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<title>A popular ice cream brand sold at Walmart and Kroger files for bankruptcy after ‘trade dress’ lawsuit</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A years-long lawsuit between two ice cream brands, Van Leeuwen Ice Cream and Rebel Creamery, has come to a possible end, with a federal judge ruling that Rebel infringed Van Leeuwen Ice Cream’s trade dress, and ordering that Rebel owes Van Leeuwen tens of millions of dollars.



But now, Rebel is seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection while it appeals the judgment. Here’s what you need to know.



What’s happened?



Rebel Creamery, the keto-friendly ice cream brand sold at Walmart, Kroger, and other grocery stores across the country, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection roughly a month after U.S. District Judge Eric Komitee ruled that Rebel had infringed on competitor Van Leeuwen’s trade dress.



As a result, Komitee ruled that Rebel must pay Van Leeuwen $23.8 million and change its packaging, reports Yahoo News.



Of the two ice cream brands, Van Leeuwen’s is arguably the better-known, having been founded about 18 years ago. 



The company operates a chain of ice cream parlors in more than a dozen states and sells its ice cream to retailers across the country. Its pints, dressed in pastel colors with black script, can be found in grocery stores across the country.



Rebel is the newer of the two brands. It began its life on Kickstarter in late 2017 and focuses on making keto-friendly, zero-sugar ice cream.



However, Rebel’s packaging also contains pastel colors and black script, and that similar design led Van Leeuwen to sue the company for trade dress infringement in 2021. That case has now been concluded, with Rebel having been found to have infringed on Van Leeuwen’s trade dress.



What is a trade dress?



Most people know what a trademark is: a legally protected name and/or logo. Think “Coca-Cola” or the Nike swoosh. If a company owns a trademark, other companies can’t use it.



A trade dress is similar to a trademark, but instead of protecting a name or logo, a trade dress protects the overall look of a product, such as a product’s packaging.



As Yahoo News notes, Van Leeuwen’s trade dress—the sparse, pastel packaging with the company’s name in black lettering—has been in use since around 2016. When Rebel’s products went on sale a few years later, its packaging was also very similar: sparse, with pastel colors and the company’s name in black lettering.



Van Leeuwen sued, alleging that Rebel copied the look of its packaging and that resulted in customers and even grocery store workers confusing the two brands, which Van Leeuwen said cost it tens of millions in sales. Last month, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled in Van Leeuwen’s favor.



Why did the court rule against Rebel?



It’s entirely possible that two companies can independently develop the same aesthetic for their products without knowledge of each other’s look. But at trial, the presiding judge ruled that this was not likely what happened in Rebel’s case.



In short, Van Leeuwen was able to produce detailed records and files of the origins of its trade dress look from 2016, when the company hired a design firm to develop its packaging and aesthetic.



Rebel’s founders, on the other hand, said they designed Rebel’s packaging themselves without the help of a design firm. But as noted by Yahoo News, they said they no longer had files showing the evolution of their trade dress, only the final file. As a result, the judge ruled in Van Leeuwen’s favor.



Rebel Creamery files for bankruptcy



The judge ordered that Rebel must change its packaging and also pay Van Leeuwen nearly $23.8 million.



However, the ultimate outcome of this ice cream battle is far from certain. That’s because Rebel is now appealing the case and, in the meantime, the company has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy, which prevents creditors from collecting money owed.



Rebel’s bankruptcy filing shows Van Leeuwen’s unsecured claim of $23,785,000 as the largest claim on its books. However, the filing lists this claim as “Disputed.”



The bankruptcy also allows Rebel to continue operating, meaning it can keep selling its ice cream as it reorganizes under Chapter 11. Ultimately, however, the main thing determining what kind of future Rebel will have is the outcome of its appeal.



Fast Company has reached out to Rebel Creamery and Van Leeuwen for comment. We will update this story if we hear back. 



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<title>Employers’ liability insurance – what is it and do you need it? </title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs
Here, we answer all of your questions around employers&#039; liability insurance - how much will you pay and what happens if you don&#039;t have it?  
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<title>Novo Nordisk and AWS bring agentic AI into drug discovery</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Novo Nordisk is expanding its use of AWS artificial intelligence tools across drug discovery, including AI agents for target identification, therapy design, and research workflows. Under the agreement announced recently, AWS will become Novo Nordisk’s preferred cloud provider and strategic AI partner. The companies have also created a co-innovation hub at Novo Nordisk’s existing London […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:17 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Google tests AMIE for clinical video consultations</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-tests-amie-for-clinical-video-consultations</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google’s research medical AI system, AMIE (Video), conducted synchronous video consultations with professional patient actors and received clinical evaluator ratings on par with primary care physicians across several core measures. Fifteen trained actors portrayed conditions across cardiopulmonary, abdominal, HEENT, neurological or psychiatric, and musculoskeletal presentations. Google says studies involving real patients and their own health […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Okta targets AI agent token costs with MCP scoping</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Okta says identity-scoped Model Context Protocol (MCP) tool lists can reduce AI agent token costs. Each model call made by an AI agent can include schemas, names, descriptions and parameters for every tool exposed by a MCP server. Okta calls the resulting prompt overhead the “tool tax”: tokens consumed as a model considers tools, including […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Google AI health coach to use Abbott glucose data</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-ai-health-coach-to-use-abbott-glucose-data</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abbott and Google are linking continuous glucose monitoring data with Google’s AI-powered health coaching tools, giving the Gemini-powered service access to another source of personal health information. Under a multiyear agreement, data from Abbott’s Lingo continuous glucose monitor will be integrated into the Google Health app. Users will be able to view glucose trends alongside […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Samsung health AI models analyse wearable biosignal data</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/samsung-health-ai-models-analyse-wearable-biosignal-data</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Samsung Research America’s Digital Health Team has presented two AI foundation models designed to learn from wearable biosignals. The work centres on data captured by smartwatches, including heart activity, sleep, and physical activity. The company discussed its Connected Care vision at the Health Forum during Galaxy Unpacked in July 2026. Samsung described a future of […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>What we know about the alleged Iranian hacks on US water utilities</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Over the last couple of weeks, hackers have targeted and broken into the systems of several water plants in the United States. Here’s what we know and don’t know about this wave of attacks allegedly carried out by the Iranian government. ]]></description>
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<title>Thrive’s Joshua Kushner chides Silicon Valley VCs over AI euphoria</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thrives-joshua-kushner-chides-silicon-valley-vcs-over-ai-euphoria</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The AI opportunity is huge, but &quot;it would also be a grave error in our minds to let excitement weaken our investment discipline,&quot; Kushner warns in his first-ever investment letter. ]]></description>
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<title>Self&#45;driving trucks are officially testing on California highways</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/self-driving-trucks-are-officially-testing-on-california-highways</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/self-driving-trucks-are-officially-testing-on-california-highways</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Aurora Innovation and Kodiak AI, two companies developing self-driving trucks, have received permits from the California Department of Motor Vehicles. ]]></description>
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<title>Talks to sell PayPal to Stripe and Advent are heating up</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/talks-to-sell-paypal-to-stripe-and-advent-are-heating-up</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/talks-to-sell-paypal-to-stripe-and-advent-are-heating-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ PayPal is still reportedly negotiating a potential sale to Stripe and private equity firm Advent, as the fintech firm&#039;s new CEO attempts to turn the company around. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>Talks, sell, PayPal, Stripe, and, Advent, are, heating</media:keywords>
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<title>‘The great quantum migration’ is coming as more than $2 trillion in digital assets is at risk—nearly the entire value of the overall crypto market</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-great-quantum-migration-is-coming-as-more-than-2-trillion-in-digital-assets-is-at-risknearly-the-entire-value-of-the-overall-crypto-market</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ According to Quantus CEO Christoper Smith, digital assets are secured by elliptic-curve cryptography that is vulnerable to quantum computing. ]]></description>
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<title>Before employers shift more healthcare costs to workers, they should ask hospitals a question</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Healthcare is a growing operating expense and, per Mercer data, roughly three-quarters of CFOs rank healthcare as a top five operating cost concern. ]]></description>
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<title>Nobel laureate Daron Acemoglu says AI and liberal democracy share the same crisis: ‘there is a tendency to escalate everything’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;It&#039;s become sort of radical to hold two apparently conflicting ideas in your head at the same time,&quot; the MIT economist told Fortune. ]]></description>
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<title>The ‘manosphere’ is actually a multibillion&#45;dollar industry that sells courses and supplements to insecure Gen Z men, report finds</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-manosphere-is-actually-a-multibillion-dollar-industry-that-sells-courses-and-supplements-to-insecure-gen-z-men-report-finds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “In the very real moment of confusion…there is an industry of platforms, influencers and advertisers who are making billions off of young men’s insecurities.” ]]></description>
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<title>AI is creating a new wave of philanthropists. The system they’re walking into is broken</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sometime in the near future, a significant portion of the people building today&#039;s AI industry are expected to become very rich. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Entain warns against lumping betting shops in with gaming arcades</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/entain-warns-against-lumping-betting-shops-in-with-gaming-arcades</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Entain chief Stella David said betting shops should not be grouped with adult gaming centres under reforms to the Gambling Act&#039;s aim to permit rule ]]></description>
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<title>China on course to export up to 10 million vehicles this year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Chinese car exports have driven charter rates for large car carriers to $70,000 a day, Clarksons data shows, with vessels booked years ahead. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>China, course, export, million, vehicles, this, year</media:keywords>
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<title>Meta glasses banned from courts across England and Wales</title>
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Meta glasses are now prohibited in courts and tribunals across England and Wales, with security staff instructed to hold the devices at the entrance. ]]></description>
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<title>Terry de Havilland to launch in Macy’s, Bloomingdale’s and Nordstrom</title>
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Terry de Havilland US expansion moves into department stores, with the British footwear brand planning a launch with Macy&#039;s, Bloomingdale&#039;s and Nordstrom. ]]></description>
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<title>Government opens review of EV sales targets ahead of 2030 phase&#45;out</title>
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ZEV Mandate review: the Government has opened a consultation on EV sales targets ahead of the 2030 petrol and diesel phase-out, running to 23 October. ]]></description>
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<title>If Apple sends you a push notification alerting you to a spyware attack, take it seriously</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple now sends out push notifications to iPhone lock screens when the company identifies government spyware targeting someone&#039;s devices. ]]></description>
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<title>Flock says its new tool will help identify police abuse, but hasn’t explained how it works</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The surveillance company announced it&#039;s making a tool called &quot;Audit Assistance&quot; mandatory for all customers, claiming it&#039;s already helped catch abuse. But the company has yet to explain how the tool works in detail, raising questions about its effectiveness. ]]></description>
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<title>Investors sue Selena Gomez alleging fraud tied to her mental health startup</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The plaintiffs say they invested nearly $1.2 million in the company, and are accusing Gomez of failing to build and market the startup. ]]></description>
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<title>Uber and Pony.ai plan to bring 2,000 robotaxis to Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The partnership is expanding beyond the initial market of Zagreb, Croatia to four additional European cities. ]]></description>
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<title>US courts will start publishing how often the government uses spyware</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts told TechCrunch that it will start disclosing how many times judges authorized the use of spyware to wiretap suspected criminals. ]]></description>
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<title>The creative economy’s greatest competitive advantage</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Today, most of the conversations about the future of the creative industries have focused on what technology will make possible. The more important question is what the future will require from the next generation of talent.



Artificial intelligence is changing more than how creative work gets done. It is changing what employers expect from the people entering the workforce. According to PwC’s newly released 2026 Global AI Jobs Barometer, entry-level jobs most exposed to AI are now seven times more likely than others to require skills once reserved for senior roles, including leadership, strategic thinking, and judgment.



This finding represents a profound and exciting shift. For decades, graduates entered the workforce expecting to develop those skills over time. Today, employers increasingly expect them on day one.



AI does not have an imagination, so it will not replace creativity. More importantly, we need to consider how the next generation of creative professionals will develop the judgment, confidence, and cultural understanding that AI cannot provide.



The answer is in the classroom.



Creative education has always been about more than mastering a craft. It is where students learn to defend an idea, accept criticism, ask a great question, collaborate across disciplines, navigate ambiguity, and understand the cultural context and history behind their work. Those are becoming workplace expectations and one of the creative industries’ greatest competitive advantages.



THE VALUE OF RISK REHEARSAL IN THE CLASSROOM



I think of the classroom as the safest place to take creative risks. A designer can present an idea that does not work. A marketer can rethink a campaign. A filmmaker can abandon an entire concept and start over. Failure is often where the best learning begins.



The ability to experiment matters because judgment develops through repetition, critique, curiosity, and reflection. Failure and iteration until a product or process works is a fundamental part of creative education. Those experiences build instincts that have become increasingly valuable in an AI-powered workplace.



WHERE CAREERS REALLY BEGIN



The best creative education also brings the industry into the room. When students learn alongside the people already shaping their fields, they gain that exposure while they are still testing ideas and developing their instincts. They enter the workplace with a foundational understanding of how the industry operates and will be ready to contribute on a higher level from the start.



The classroom is where the industry and education come together. It is an extension of the industry itself, where ideas are challenged, relationships are built, and future collaborators, mentors, and employers are often found. That kind of proximity is the difference between studying a field and becoming part of it.



THE NEW VALUE OF CREATIVE THINKING



As AI changes how creative work gets made, employers are looking for more creativity, paired with the judgment to know what’s worth making.



Professionals with AI fluency are already commanding a 62% wage premium, according to PwC, and while traditional roles are growing more slowly, demand is rising for hybrid roles combining creativity with data, tech, and ethical practice. The World Economic Forum has pointed to creative thinking, leadership, and resilience as among the fastest-rising skills employers want. A creative education has long been designed to cultivate that exact combination.



Neither educators nor employers have fully solved this transition. We are learning alongside one another in real time. That is exactly why closer partnerships between classrooms and industry matter more than ever.



The institutions willing to evolve alongside industry, while remaining grounded in timeless creative principles, will produce graduates prepared not just for today’s jobs, but for careers that don’t yet exist.



GREAT IDEAS NEED CULTURAL CONTEXT



Instinct is not built only at a desk or in a critique. It is shaped by exposure to culture, history, and great work.



That is what exposure to a museum, a gallery, and a classroom can offer that no algorithm can replicate. In an AI era, philosophy, history, and art may be among the oldest subjects we teach, but they could also be the most urgent.



I recently spoke with a designer now leading one of fashion’s great houses. He described how essential it was to understand the cultural history and creative thinking that came before him. That knowledge, he said, is what helps a designer determine what should come next.



Technology can be a research partner, capable of tracing the history of a textile or a silhouette in seconds. It cannot replicate the instinct that comes from standing in a room with the work itself, or the judgment that comes from a classroom built to test ideas before the world does.



EDUCATION IS AN ECONOMIC STRATEGY



The best classrooms continue shaping students after graduation. Alumni return to teach, mentor, and hire the next generation, making creative education cyclical rather than linear. What students learn in their twenties can stay with them throughout their careers, eventually finding its way back into the same classrooms that first shaped them.



The strongest creative industries are defined by the companies they produce and by their ability to continuously develop talent. The future of the creative industries will be determined by who develops people with the judgment, curiosity, and imagination to use it well.



That work begins in the classroom.



Jason Schupbach is president of the Fashion Institute of Technology.



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<title>Total solar eclipse live stream today: Here’s where you can see the 2026 eclipse in person and online</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Today around 15 million people will be able to view a total solar eclipse in its entirety, with hundreds of millions more able to view a partial eclipse. Here’s when the eclipse is set to occur and how and when you can watch it in person and online.



What’s happening?



A total solar eclipse will be visible today (Wednesday, August 12, 2026) in parts of North America and Europe, including Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, Russia, and Spain. 



Varying degrees of a partial eclipse will be visible over a much wider area, including in parts of Canada, the U.S., the U.K., France, Germany, Italy, Liberia, Tunisia, and more.



In total, more than 70 countries will experience the partial or total eclipse today, according to TimeandDate.com. Nearly 980 million people, or 12% of the Earth’s population, will be able to see part of today’s eclipse.



NASA has an animated map that shows the path of totality for the eclipse.



It is occurring, as all solar eclipses do, because the moon will briefly move between the Earth and the sun today, blocking the sun’s light from hitting the planet for a few moments. 



When to see the total eclipse in person



If you want to see the total eclipse in person, you’ll need to be in select areas of Greenland, Iceland, Portugal, Russia, or Spain today. 



If you are, you’ll be able to witness the moon nearly completely blocking the light of the sun for roughly two minutes, with a longer, partial eclipse visible on either side of the total eclipse.



The time the total eclipse occurs depends on which city and country you are in. According to TimeandDate.com, those times include:




Greenland: 13:07 ADT to 17:50 WGST



Iceland: 16:42 GMT to 18:49 GMT



Portugal: 17:30 AZOST to 20:42 WEST



Russia: 03:37 ANAT to 21:34 MSK



Spain: 19:30 CEST to 20:46 WEST




When to see the partial eclipse in person in the United States



Here in America, it won’t be possible to see the total solar eclipse. Depending on your location in the United States, you’ll be able to see the sun partially eclipsed by the moon to varying degrees. 



According to NASA, people in Alaska will be able to see the most eclipse coverage, at about 28%, while those in Washington, D.C., and Michigan will be able to see only 4% and 3% coverage, respectively.



NASA says the following times are when people in the following cities can expect to see the most eclipse coverage possible (all times local):




Anchorage, Alaska: 8:21 a.m.



Bangor, Maine: 1:53 p.m.



Boston: 1:55 p.m.



Detroit: 1:36 p.m.



Fairbanks, Alaska: 8:27 a.m.



Juneau, Alaska: 8:24 a.m.



New York: 1:54 p.m.



Philadelphia: 1:53 p.m.



Portland, Maine: 1:53 p.m.



Washington, D.C.: 1:53 p.m.




Eclipse viewing safety



If you do plan on viewing the total or partial eclipse in person, it’s important that you never look directly at the sun. Doing so can permanently damage your eyes and cause blindness.



NASA maintains an Eclipse Safety page here with instructions on how to protect your eyes and view an eclipse safely. 



TimeandDate.com also stresses that sunglasses will not protect your eyes during an eclipse. 



How to stream the total eclipse live



The safest way to view the total eclipse is to watch one of the live streams covering the event from the comfort of your own home.



Both TimeandDate and NASA are offering a live stream of the total eclipse beginning later today on their YouTube channels.




TimeandDate’s live stream will begin at 12 p.m. ET.



NASA’s live stream will begin at 1:15 p.m. ET.




Both are available on YouTube, and both are embedded below.











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<title>Social Security changes: See the full list of 14 rare conditions just added to the fast track for disability benefits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Social Security Administration (SSA) is allowing more people to fast track their access to disability benefits. 



On Tuesday, the agency added 14 more medical conditions to its Compassionate Allowances list (CAL). The newest conditions on the list include genetic disorders, cancer, and more. 



What are compassionate allowances? 



As noted by the National Council on Aging, the SSA first created the Compassionate Allowances program in 2008. 



According to Social Security, the allowances “are a way to quickly identify diseases and other medical conditions that, by definition, meet Social Security’s standards for disability benefits.”



This includes applications for Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) or Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. 



The Social Security Administration looks at a person’s medical records if they apply for any of these disability benefits. In many of the claims, the agency can use technology to see if the applicant has any of the Compassionate Allowance conditions.  



With the new additions, the list now includes 314 conditions, such as ALS/parkinsonism dementia complex, child lymphoma, and ovarian cancer. 



“Social Security is strengthening our disability programs and making the disability determination process better, faster, and higher-quality to serve the American public,” Social Security Administration commissioner Frank J. Bisignano said in the announcement. “The Compassionate Allowances initiative cuts through red tape and allows us to deliver support to individuals who experience life-changing diagnoses and need help fast.”



Which medical conditions were added?



The 14 new conditions added to Social Security’s Compassionate Allowances list are: 




Adenylosuccinate Lyase Deficiency – Neonatal Form and Type 1



Aicardi Syndrome



Baraitser-Winter Syndrome



Beare-Stevenson Cutis Gyrata Syndrome



Bohring-Opitz Syndrome



CASK-Related Gene Disorders



Hepatosplenic T-Cell Lymphoma



Lafora Disease



Malignant Migrating Partial Seizures of Infancy (MMPSI)



OPHN1 Syndrome



Primary Cardiac Sarcoma



Primary Intracranial Malignant Melanoma



Uveal Melanoma – with Metastases



Warburg Micro Syndrome




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<title>American Express adds 350 luxury hotels to Platinum Card travel program as it doubles down on premium travel</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ American Express is expanding one of the Platinum Card’s most valuable perks, adding more than 350 curated premium hotels to its Fine Hotels + Resorts and The Hotel Collection programs as premium credit card issuers continue to compete for high-spending travelers.



The additions expand the combined portfolio to more than 3,400 properties across 116 countries, giving Platinum Card members hundreds of new places to book curated stays while taking advantage of benefits like complimentary breakfast, guaranteed late checkout, and on-property credits. 



The expansion also marks the 35th anniversary of Fine Hotels + Resorts, American Express’s luxury hotel program.



Building a bigger travel ecosystem



The move is the latest example of American Express (Amex) investing in a broader premium travel ecosystem rather than relying solely on traditional credit card rewards to keep cardholders happy. Over the past year, the company has introduced its new Sidecar by The Centurion Lounge concept for travelers with limited time before flights, expanded its airport lounge footprint, and rolled out new travel-focused benefits, even as issuers like Chase and Capital One aggressively court affluent cardholders.



Earlier this year, Audrey Hendley, president of American Express Travel, told Fast Company that the company is increasingly designing travel benefits around how cardmembers actually travel instead of simply adding more perks. That thinking helped inspire Sidecar, the company’s new 33-seat airport lounge concept in Las Vegas, after research found many Centurion Lounge visitors spend less than an hour before boarding.



Espacio Nagoya Castle in Nagoya, Japan [Photo: American Express]



“We’re seeing a significant segment of travelers who only spend 30 to 45 minutes in the lounge,” Hendley previously told Fast Company. “Sidecar is our way of honoring that time with the same level of care and service.”



She said Amex is “always looking for ways to understand better how customers travel and what they’re looking for in the experience,” an approach that’s evident in the company’s latest hotel expansion.



“For 35 years, Fine Hotels + Resorts has helped Platinum Card members turn hotel stays into more rewarding travel experiences,” Hendley said in Wednesday’s announcement. “This expansion gives card members more choice across the places they want to go now—from beach escapes and culinary capitals to culture-rich cities and adventure destinations—while continuing to deliver the elevated benefits they expect from American Express Travel.”



The strategy also reflects how American Express sees luxury travel evolving. Rather than simply booking a five-star hotel, travelers increasingly want properties that serve as a gateway to local food, culture, wellness, and outdoor experiences.



Casa Lucia, Meliá Collection, in Buenos Aires, Argentina [Photo: American Express]



American Express says its 2026 Global Travel Trends report found travelers continue prioritizing meaningful, authentic experiences when planning trips, and the newest additions were selected to reflect those evolving preferences.



Among the new properties is Selman Marrakech in Morocco, a luxury equestrian retreat that’s become a destination for milestone celebrations and once-in-a-lifetime getaways. In Japan, Espacio Nagoya Castle blends Japanese art, regional history, wellness, and access to one of the country’s most distinctive culinary cities. Travelers looking for outdoor adventure can book Roki Collection Queenstown in New Zealand, with access to helicopter tours, heli-skiing, hiking, boating, golf, and wineries. Meanwhile, Casa Lucia, Meliá Collection, in Buenos Aires joins The Hotel Collection, putting guests within easy reach of the city’s parrillas (grill restaurants), cafés, bakeries, and contemporary Argentine cuisine.



More ways to justify a premium annual fee



For Platinum Card members, the biggest impact is simple: more opportunities to use benefits that can help offset the card’s annual fee.



Bookings of two nights or more through The Hotel Collection include a $100 credit toward eligible on-property charges, which vary by hotel, along with noon check-in, late checkout, and room upgrades when available. Fine Hotels + Resorts reservations include daily breakfast for two, guaranteed 4 p.m. checkout, and access to select complimentary night offers at eligible properties.



Mont Cervin Palace in Zermatt, Switzerland [Photo: American Express]



Those benefits have become increasingly valuable as luxury hotel prices climb and premium credit cards compete on experiences rather than points alone.



Celebrating 35 years



The expansion also serves as a milestone for Fine Hotels + Resorts.



To mark the program’s 35th anniversary, American Express is highlighting several longtime favorites that have helped define the collection, including Mont Cervin Palace in Zermatt, Switzerland; Mandarin Oriental, Bangkok; Amandari in Bali; and The Carlyle, A Rosewood Hotel, in New York City.



When Fine Hotels + Resorts debuted in 1991, the program included just 120 hotels that fit inside a printed directory sent out to cardholders. Today, together with The Hotel Collection, the program spans more than 3,400 properties around the world. That evolution mirrors American Express’s broader strategy: expanding beyond rewards points to build an interconnected ecosystem of airport lounges, curated hotels, dining benefits, and premium travel experiences designed to keep cardmembers engaged long after they’ve booked a flight.



With Chase continuing to expand Sapphire Lounges and Capital One rapidly growing both its airport lounge network and premium travel offerings, American Express is betting that a broader ecosystem of exclusive experiences, not just rewards points, will keep the Platinum Card at the center of luxury travel.



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<title>How do Siri and Alexa sound so human? A computer engineer explains</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com.








How is a text-to-speech voice made? – Sarah G٫ age 11٫ Seguin٫ Texas








When you talk to computerized assistants like Siri or Alexa, they reply in voices that sound very human. But how do computers, smartphones and apps actually talk like a person? They use a technology called text-to-speech.



When you speak, your lungs push air up your windpipe and through the vocal cords in your throat. That makes the vocal cords vibrate, which creates sound. Your brain tells your mouth, tongue and lips to shape that sound into words.



I’m a computer engineer who researches how computers create realistic experiences for people. A computer simulates this process of making spoken words. It sends electrical signals to a tiny speaker, which vibrates really fast. The vibrations push against the air surrounding the speaker, creating sound waves. Software in the computer controls those electrical signals in order to shape the sound waves to create speech.



If a computer wants to say “Hello, how are you?” it breaks each word into bits of sound called phonemes. Phonemes are the smallest building blocks of speech, such as the sounds “sh,” “short i” and “p” to say “ship.” The software creates the phonemes and groups them in the correct order to form words: “Heh” “lo” “how” “r” “u”? The human brain and mouth create and connect phonemes, too. 









People began trying to make machines speak like humans in the 1700s.



Robot speech



Way back in the 1700s, inventors tried to make machines work like your lungs and throat do. They used bellows—a big bag that a person could squeeze—to push air from inside the bag through pipes, whistles and leather tubes. The sounds that came out were squeaky, weird and creepy.



The first electronic speech machines, called synthesizers, were built in the 1930s. One famous machine was called Voder, which made its debut at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York City. Voder looked like an organ. A person had to press electronic buttons, keys and foot pedals to get it to gasp out basic phrases like “Good morning!”



Computers began speaking by putting together phonemes in the 1960s, creating stiff, robotic speech.



Pieces to a puzzle



Old computer voices often sounded robotic and choppy, like “He-llo-hu-man-I-am-a-com-pu-ter.” This happened because older software programs had to stitch together small sounds that had been mapped out from recorded voices. The maps, called spectrograms, look like graphs with peaks and valleys representing how strong each tone was at each instance when a sound happened.



The programs put the maps together like pieces in a puzzle and turned them back into sounds. That method worked, but it sounded very unnatural. 









Early computer-synthesized speech sounded stiff and robotic.



Today’s computers use machine learning, a kind of artificial intelligence, to sound like a person. Engineers and scientists train an AI program by giving it many hours of recordings of real people talking. The machine learning software analyzes patterns in the speech. That includes everything from how people breathe to when they laugh and to how their voices sound higher when they get excited.



The patterns allow the computer to shape phonemes into words and sentences in all the subtle ways people do.



This advanced technology even allows a sophisticated AI computer to listen to a recording of your voice for just a few seconds, learn your exact speech patterns and copy it. It can then say sentences you have never actually spoken, in a voice that sounds just like yours.



Helpful and harmful voices



Text-to-speech software helps millions of people every day. In cars, it gives directions so drivers can keep their eyes on the road. It can read news articles and websites for people who are blind, and it can give a voice to people who cannot speak.



Like some other powerful technologies, the software can also be misused. Advanced software can create highly realistic fake voices, sometimes called audio deepfakes. These synthetic voices can sound almost identical to a real person’s voice by learning from a short sample of their speech.



Scammers can use this technology to impersonate family members, co-workers or celebrities. They can make phone calls or leave voice messages that try to fool people into believing bad information. Scientists and engineers are working to make tools that can identify fake voices to help stop scammers.



So the next time you hear a phone, computer or video game speak with a human voice, you know how it was able to it without having lungs, vocal cords, lips or a tongue!







Hello, curious kids! Do you have a question you’d like an expert to answer? Ask an adult to send your question to CuriousKidsUS@theconversation.com. Please tell us your name, age and the city where you live.



And since curiosity has no age limit—adults, let us know what you’re wondering, too. We won’t be able to answer every question, but we will do our best.



Tam Nguyen is an associate professor of computer science at the University of Dayton.



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<title>Planned Amazon data center could become the biggest climate polluter in the U.S.</title>
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<title>This former notorious red&#45;light district is now one of the world’s top AI hubs</title>
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<title>Turn your handwriting into a font for Android, Windows, or MacOS</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Handwriting has personality. Get to know someone well enough and their handwriting will remind you of them, because we all form letters just a bit differently.



Our devices, for the most part, lack that kind of personality. Sure, you can choose a font from a drop-down list in your word processor of choice—but it’s not the same.



So what if you could inject some of that unique-to-you personality into your digital discussions? It’s possible—with the right free tool at your fingertips.



This tip originally appeared in the free Cool Tools newsletter from The Intelligence. Get the next issue in your inbox and get ready to discover all sorts of awesome tech treasures!



Your handwriting, your font



​FontCrafter​ is a free web app that can turn your handwriting into a font.



➜ Just download a PDF, fill it in by hand, and the site will create a completely custom font exclusively for you based on your writing.



⌚ It takes around 15 minutes from start to finish—and then the custom font is yours forever to use on any device you want, without any additional setup.



For perspective, that’s nothing compared to the typical laborious process of creating an actual custom typeface. FontCrafter takes something that’d ordinarily be out of reach for most of us and makes it downright easy.



✅ As for the specifics, when you visit the website, you can download a PDF template to start. The idea is that you’ll print out the PDF and then fill it in by hand to show every letter and character in your natural writing.



The template gives you three lines. I filled out the first with uppercase letters and the next two with lowercase ones, but you can do all with uppercase letters if you prefer. Providing multiple versions of letters is meant to introduce a bit of variation, allowing the typed text from your font to look more natural.



FontCrafter starts by having you fill in each letter multiple times.



When you’re done filling out the form, you’ll need to scan it and upload it back to the website, making sure the crosshair symbols in the corners are included. This is going to work best with an actual physical scanner, because a certain amount of precision is needed—but you could always try using the built-in scanning function in Google Drive​ or another such app, if you want. 



⛔ If you don’t have a printer or a scanner handy, there are workarounds. I used my ReMarkable writing tablet, which made the process easy. You could do the same thing with an iPad or Android tablet or even just with a stylus or your finger on your phone, depending on what you have handy. Just note that having a stylus is going to result in more realistic-looking text than using your finger, for obvious reasons.



However you go about it, once you’ve got your template filled out, head back to the website and submit it. The web application will process it, right in your browser, then ask you if you want ligatures (a custom character shape created when two letters merge into a single joined form) or not. Just choose whatever option looks best to you.



You’ve got a couple options for how your custom handwriting font appears.



Last but not least, you’ll have your font ready to download in whatever format you prefer. Both TrueType and OpenType are available, and both will work with most devices and software that supports custom fonts in the first place. 



All that’s left is to install the font in your operating system—something that’s possible with Android​ as well as Windows​ and ​MacOS​—and use it in whatever applications you like. 



Once your font is finished, you can install it anywhere that accepts custom font uploads.



Is this practical? Possibly not. But is it cool to turn your handwriting into a font? Definitely. I’m enjoying it, even though my handwriting is awful. Just imagine how well it will work for you, a much cooler person with much better penmanship than me.




FontCrafter runs right in your regular web browser​—no downloads or installations needed.



It’s completely free to use, without any limitations (or even ads). You can opt to make a contribution to its creator if you want.



The service is a client-side web app, meaning it’s 100% private and everything happens locally on your own device. Your handwriting is never uploaded to a server, no accounts or sign-ins are required, and no one has any access to any of your data.




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<title>Why can’t your email be as secure as your texts?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Most people take for granted that the messages they send via popular messaging apps like Meta’s WhatsApp or Apple’s iMessage are end-to-end encrypted (E2EE), meaning that no one but the sender and receiver—not even WhatsApp or Apple—can read the contents. Unfortunately, this rock-solid privacy-preserving encryption doesn’t extend to the other major type of messages we send: emails. 



Not a one of the big four email providers—Google’s Gmail, Apple’s iCloud Mail, Microsoft’s Outlook, or Yahoo Mail—supports end-to-end encryption for personal accounts. Fortunately, if you do want E2EE protection for your emails similar to what you have for your texts, there are some email platforms that offer such robust privacy protections.



Why aren’t emails end-to-end encrypted?



If you have a personal email address ending in @gmail.com, @iCloud.com, @outlook.com, or @yahoo.com, the emails you send and receive are not end-to-end encrypted. However, it’s important to note that the email providers do use some encryption to protect your messages. 



They do this in two ways, primarily: by encrypting your messages in transit between the sender, their servers, and the receiver, and by encrypting your emails at rest on their servers. However, this encryption isn’t end-to-end because email providers hold the encryption keys, meaning they could read your emails if they wanted or turn them over to government agencies if presented with a lawful court order. In the worst case, if an attacker stole the email platform’s encryption keys, they could possibly access all your emails and their contents.



On the other hand, with end-to-end encryption like that used by the world’s most popular messaging apps, the service provider does not have access to the encryption keys that unscramble the message to make it readable—only the sender and receiver do. This restriction is why end-to-end encryption provides superior privacy and security versus regular encryption.



The question that arises then is, why wouldn’t these email platforms just end-to-end encrypt your emails as they do with the messages in the popular messaging apps you use? 



The answer is less conspiratorial than practical. Email is a decades-old technology, designed to work seamlessly across all services. If emails were encrypted end-to-end, email interoperability would break. It would be very hard, if not impossible, to send an email from, for example, a Gmail account to an iCloud account. End-to-end encrypted email would also have other drawbacks. Email services scan emails for signs of spam and phishing attempts. If those emails were end-to-end encrypted, the services wouldn’t be able to detect, quarantine, and block potential emails that are seeking to harm you. 



Other useful features we’re used to, like search, would also be severely hindered. Currently, most of your emails don’t actually reside on your devices. The older ones are stored on the service’s servers. Yet you can still search for them by keyword to find that old email you need precisely because the service’s servers can read the content of your emails. E2EE emails would break this server-side ability, meaning that if you wanted to search through your thousands of old emails, you’d need to download all of them to your smartphone or laptop first.



Of course, sometimes it’s prudent to sacrifice convenience for privacy, and if you want your emails end-to-end encrypted, you do have some good options.



Trade iCloud, Gmail, Yahoo, and Outlook for these platforms



Since the early 1990s, a technology called Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) has allowed people to end-to-end encrypt their emails. However, using PGP is pretty complicated for the average email user, as it involves the manual management of encryption keys.



Thankfully, if you want end-to-end email encryption, you don’t need to manually mess with PGP—provided you are willing to switch email providers. In recent years, a number of companies have sprung up offering ready-to-use end-to-end encrypted emails. Two of the most popular are Proton Mail and Tuta Mail.



Both services are essentially the Signal of the email world. By that I mean that any emails sent from one Proton address to another Proton address, or one Tuta address to another Tuta address, are end-to-end encrypted by default, without your having to do anything.



However, there are some important limitations to these end-to-end encrypted email services. If you use either to send an email to an email address other than one ending with the E2EE address you are using (for example, sending an email from your Proton email account to someone with a Gmail email address, or even from a Proton email address to a Tuta email address), you will lose the protection of end-to-end encryption, as its transmission will default to standard email protocols. If the E2EE email service didn’t ditch the encryption in these instances, the recipient with the other email service wouldn’t be able to read the content of the message.



To get around this limitation, both Proton and Tuta allow you to send end-to-end encrypted emails to non-Proton and Tuta email addresses, respectively, via a secure online platform. Instead of seeing text in the body of the email, the Gmail or Yahoo Mail user, for example, will get a secure link. Clicking it takes them to a website where they can enter the password you provided them to decrypt your end-to-end encrypted message.



Should you switch to E2EE email?



So, should you switch to an end-to-end encrypted email platform? Most people would likely find the inconveniences too burdensome.



But if you want the most protection possible for your emails, Gmail, iCloud, Outlook, and Yahoo aren’t the services to use. In that case, E2EE email providers like Proton and Tuta are worth checking out.



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<title>States with the least—and most—housing market inventory heading into the fall</title>
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Nationally aggregated inventory is up just 2.1% on a year-over-year basis from July 31, 2025, to July 31, 2026.



While that’s up a tad from the +1.9% year-over-year pace last month, it’s decelerated significantly since last year.



If you go back 12 months, that year-over-year national inventory growth rate was much higher (+24.7.%). After a period of a burst of softening in which leverage shifted more toward homebuyers, the supply-demand balance in the nationally aggregated housing market has been more stable over the past year, settling into what ResiClub considers a “soft” market. Note, however that there’s a lot of nuance regionally and locally.



Nationally, we’re still below pre-pandemic 2019 inventory levels (9.1% below July 2019), and some resale markets, in particular chunks of the Midwest and Northeast, still remain, relatively speaking, tight-ish.







July inventory/active listings total, according to Realtor.com:




July 2017 -&gt; 1,322,659



July 2018 -&gt; 1,261,916



July 2019 -&gt; 1,239,534



July 2020 -&gt; 822,834



July 2021 -&gt; 546,686 (pandemic housing boom overheating)



July 2022 -&gt; 691,652



July 2023 -&gt; 647,135



July 2024 -&gt; 884,273



July 2025 -&gt; 1,102,787



July 2026 -&gt; 1,126,252




From July 2024 to July 2025, U.S. active inventory across the country rose by 218,514 homes for sale.



From July 2025 to July 2026, U.S. active inventory across the country rose by 23,465 homes for sale.



Right now, we’re looking at state inventory data. ResiClub members (paid tiers) can get our monthly interactive deep-dive analysis looking at inventory shifts and signals for 800-plus metro areas, 3,000 counties, and 25,000 zip codes. ResiClub PRO details here.



Below is the year-over-year active inventory percentage change by state.



Click here to view an interactive version of the year-over-year map below.







While active housing inventory is rising in most markets on a year-over-year basis, the pace of growth continues to decelerate across much of the country (see the side-by-side maps below). In fact, Florida—home to many of the weakest regional housing markets over the past two years—is now seeing active inventory edge down a little year-over-year (-14%).



From left: Year-over-year active inventory shift from July 2024 to July 2025; year-over-year active inventory shift from July 2025 to July 2026







And while active housing inventory is rising in most markets on a year-over-year basis, some markets still remain tight-ish.



As ResiClub has been documenting, both active resale and new homes for sale remain the most limited across huge swaths of the Midwest and Northeast. That’s where home sellers in the summer are likely, relatively speaking, to have more power than their peers in many Southern markets.



In contrast, active housing inventory for sale has neared or surpassed pre-pandemic 2019 levels in many parts of the Sunbelt and Mountain West, including metro-area housing markets such as Punta Gorda, Florida, and Austin.



Many of these areas saw major price surges during the pandemic housing boom, with home prices getting stretched compared to local incomes. As pandemic-driven domestic migration slowed and mortgage rates rose, markets like Punta Gorda and Austin faced challenges, relying on local income levels to support frothy home prices.



This softening trend was accelerated further by an abundance of new-home supply in the Sunbelt. Builders are often willing to lower prices or offer affordability incentives (if they have the margins to do so) to maintain sales in a shifted market, which also has a cooling effect on the resale market: Some buyers who would have previously considered existing homes have opted for new homes with more favorable deals over the past couple of years—which then put additional upward pressure on resale inventory.



Click here to view an interactive version of the map below.







At the end of July 2026, 16 states were above pre-pandemic 2019 active inventory levels: Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Hawaii, Idaho, Nebraska, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, and Washington. (The District of Columbia is also back above pre-pandemic 2019 active inventory levels.)



Click here to view an interactive of the chart below (best done on desktop).







Big picture: Over the past year the post-boom softening hasn’t been as strong as it was in 2024 or 2025, and inventory growth has decelerated on a year-over-year basis. That said, the nationally aggregated housing market remains soft. While home prices are declining in some parts of the Sunbelt, large parts of Northeast and Midwest markets are still eking out small year-over-year gains. At the national level, home prices are essentially flat year over year.



Click here for an interactive version of the table below.







Below is another version of the table above—but this one includes every month since January 2017.







If you’d like to further examine the monthly state inventory figures, use the interactive below.



As ResiClub has been closely documenting, Florida—which has been the epicenter of housing market weakness over the past 2.5 years, particularly in Southwest Florida—is no longer seeing the same upward burst in inventory.



Indeed, the intensity of Florida’s housing market correction is easing across many pockets of the state. There are still pockets of weakness, particularly in Southwest Florida, but the burst of softening has let up. Some builders have also reported that their affordability adjustments have helped them better meet the market in the state. To really get a sense of the zip ode nuances, I recommend using the ResiClub Terminal.



Click here to view an interactive/searchable version of the chart below.






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<title>‘If trust breaks, your business breaks’: How Alphonzo Terrell is building Spill to be a different kind of social platform</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Alphonzo Terrell was the global head of social and editorial at Twitter, until Elon Musk’s $44 billion acquisition that led to roughly 80% of the company’s workforce being laid off—Terrell included.



But he wasted no time in creating his own social media platform, Spill, with a very clear perspective.



After years of seeing firsthand how harmful and exploitative social media can be to Black and queer folks in particular, Terrell wanted to design a space to serve, safeguard, and give equity to those communities.



The app includes features such as Spades (a popular card game within the Black community) and subcommunities for users to find their specific tribes, e.g. Foodie Spill, Art Spill, Book Spill, etc. Operating in the background of all that is an AI moderation tool the company says has a 90% success rate. And the company held a community investment round last year that allowed users to become shareholders.



It’s no wonder why just three years in, Spill is on pace to more than double signups and revenue year over year, having crossed into positive cash flow earlier this summer due in large part to brand partnerships including Netflix, Paramount+, and Gilead.



[Screenshots: Spill]







Terrell pushes back against Spill being labeled as a standalone app for Black Twitter. “I think it minimizes the power of our communities,” said Terrell in an episode of Fast Company‘s podcast Creative Control. “We didn’t own Black Twitter. We didn’t actually have agency. And it was sort of this sadomasochistic relationship of like, here’s this platform that’s constantly harming you, but yet I have to keep using it because it’s the only way I can have a microphone.”



Terrell will join a main stage panel at Fast Company‘s 12th annual Innovation Festival September 14-17 in New York City to discuss what it means to put communities at the core of your business.



But in the meantime, check highlights of Terrell’s episode of Creative Control below and be sure to listen to the episode in full on the audio platform of your choice.



On defining what Spill really is . . .



“We’ve evolved and clarified our value prop today that’s actually fundamentally different [than being Black Twitter]. We really see Spill as an operating system for fandom—and more importantly, culture-forward fandom.



 When you find a place where you can be around other people that love the same thing that you love, it’s an immediate belonging. And many of us are not honest about how weird we are. And so these platforms and these tools became an incredible way to find people that were into superspecific niche things.”



On driving revenue through community . . .



“We have a really robust intelligence engine where we can tell you basically what our communities think about pretty much any topic under the sun, from Black maternal health to a new campaign about a new sauce. And that’s been really helpful for the brands. . . . A lot of these brands don’t want to make mistakes that can be costly or end up in situations where they’re getting boycotted and probably could have avoided that if they came and talked to platforms like us. We’re not a market research firm per se, but we have first party data and intelligence that nobody else has. And we want to use it so that people can make better decisions that benefit our communities.”



On maintaining trust while working brands . . .



“Anything that would hurt or harm the communities that we are built to serve and that we are every day working our asses off to build and maintain trust with is antithetical to our business model. It’s not even personal at that point or moral. It’s just, this would be bad for business. 



[It’s] really about calculating short-term gain versus long-term gain. If you want to take a deal from something questionable now, maybe. But then think about six months, 12 months down the line, 24 months—if that trust breaks, your business breaks. And was that worth the cost of one deal? Most often that’s actually not that hard of a calculus to make.”



Join thousands of business leaders, makers, and innovators at Fast Company’s 12th annual Innovation Festival in New York City this September 14-17. Purchase your festival pass today and save. Standard rates end Friday, August 21.



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<title>Terafab could become the largest factory on the planet—or Elon Musk’s biggest failure</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At last, we know how Elon Musk’s fabled Terafab will look. Tesla and SpaceX showed a video rendering of their jointly developed advanced chip factory on Thursday. It will occupy 100 million square feet in Grimes County, Texas, about 45 miles northwest of downtown Houston. The sci-fi-looking building is so vast that you could fit six of them in Manhattan. Musk, the CEO of both companies, took to X on Thursday to declare it “the largest and most valuable building on Earth by far.”



Except, you know, it doesn’t actually exist. As with so many of Musk’s grand projects, like the ones he used to sell his inflated SpaceX IPO, this is just a megacool gigafuturistic terarender.



Musk’s brand is the epic announcement, and the Terafab launch does not disappoint in that regard. The factory’s website labels itself as “the most epic chip-building effort ever.” It is a cosmic vision, sold as imminent, wrapped in renderings.



The question isn’t whether Terafab will ever be real; it’s whether it will be this Terafab, on this schedule, at this size. 




The foundations for an exciting future are being built in Texas. Next up: Terafab → https://t.co/jGg52Zhn5I pic.twitter.com/SNfSXNr2tb— SpaceX (@SpaceX) August 6, 2026




What is Terafab, exactly?



SpaceX says the facility will be “an advanced semiconductor fab that will bridge the divide between current global chip supply and the compute demand of the future.” A vertically integrated factory putting manufacturing, packaging, and testing of advanced logic and memory under one roof, the company claims “Terafab will be epic in both its mission and in its sheer size.”



The chips will be optimized for edge computing and inference, destined for Tesla’s Optimus robots and self-driving Cybercabs, while additional high-power chips will sustain SpaceX’s space-based data centers. Intel is participating, though Intel won’t say what its role is. SpaceX promises to employ at least 3,000 workers from Grimes and neighboring Brazos counties, and says it’s “committing to the use of” water from the local Gibbons Creek Reservoir rather than local groundwater. 



According to Bloomberg, the fab (semiconductor fabrication plant) will be powered by natural gas power plants that SpaceX will build itself. “We are bringing our own power,” Riley Trettel, SpaceX’s head of energy and data center development, told residents at a public meeting Wednesday—plus “very large battery arrays.” Solar power is nowhere in the plans, even though project partner Tesla is itself a solar manufacturer.



SpaceX, freshly public after raising $87.5 billion in its IPO, got a 100% tax abatement from Grimes County—contingent on spending at least $5 billion by 2030 and creating at least 1,800 full-time jobs by 2035—plus $30 million in state incentives. The news landed one day after hundreds of residents packed a county meeting Wednesday to protest those millions in tax breaks and what they saw as insufficient transparency.



The Texas Governor’s office put out a statement endorsing the deal from Dr. Sarah Borowicz, superintendent of the Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District, promising every opportunity would be managed “wisely, transparently, and always with students at the center of every decision.” 



Still, the price keeps shifting. Terafab was unveiled in March as a $25 billion factory, then slated at $55 billion in later filings, and is now budgeted at $16.8 billion for its first phase—with filings suggesting the total bill could reach $119 billion across a “multi-phase” construction plan. Same factory, third price tag. Terafab, it’s worth noting, did not come up on SpaceX’s first earnings call earlier this week.



[Rendering: SpaceX]



Size matters



Putting aside its fantastic ambitions and potential conflicts with the interests of Texas residents, one can only be amazed at Terafab’s theoretical final size. Apple Park, the “spaceship” complex in Cupertino, California, is roughly 2.8 million square feet. Tesla’s Gigafactory Texas facility, already one of the largest buildings in the world, is about 10 million square feet. At 100 million square feet, Terafab would be 10 Gigafactory Texases and 35 Apple Parks.



Back in March, Musk said Terafab was going to be as big as 15 Pentagons. Yesterday, Musk was posting that Terafab “will be 50 times the size of the Pentagon when complete.” Either way, it’s massive.



This otherworldly footprint mirrors Musk’s other supersize ambitions, which include launching 1 million AI servers into orbit and establishing a 100-gigawatt space data center, fed by a factory on the moon that would catapult the servers into Earth’s orbit using an electromagnetic mass driver. Back then, experts in physics, aerospace engineering, and chip design pointed out that Musk’s plan ignores basic thermodynamics. Of the lunar factory and its mass driver, Harvard astrophysicist Avi Loeb said: “The entire project sounds more like a speculative science fantasy than a believable technological project.”



Terafab feels like the terrestrial mirror of that space fantasy. Ironically, among its planned output are the high-power chips designed to run SpaceX’s space-based data centers.



Musk will keep selling the future in units of epic. Epic in mission and epic in sheer size. Maybe Grimes County gets its 3,000 jobs and its robot chip factory. Or maybe it gets a very large, very tax-exempt construction site and a hard lesson: The rendering is always the biggest version the building will ever be. ]]></description>
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<title>Google Maps adds agentic features, including food ordering and hotel bookings</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/google-maps-adds-agentic-features-including-food-ordering-and-hotel-bookings</link>
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<title>Ex&#45;Spotify employees raise $10M to bring the AI behind its recommendations to e&#45;commerce</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ex-spotify-employees-raise-10m-to-bring-the-ai-behind-its-recommendations-to-e-commerce</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The startup&#039;s platform predicts what product a shopper wants next, learn their general taste, and fine-tune continuously based on what they do in real time.  ]]></description>
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<title>Exclusive: Mirendil inks $100M+ Google Cloud deal to scale self&#45;improving AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/exclusive-mirendil-inks-100m-google-cloud-deal-to-scale-self-improving-ai</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mirendil has signed a $100 million-plus Google Cloud partnership to expand its compute infrastructure, powering research into self-improving AI systems designed to accelerate scientific discovery and AI development. ]]></description>
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<title>Ford’s new electric truck, ‘Fathom’, starts at $28,350</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fords-new-electric-truck-fathom-starts-at-28350</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Due in &quot;fall 2027,&quot; Ford said Thursday that it won&#039;t reveal what Fathom looks like until early next year. ]]></description>
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<title>Amid legal battles, Suno says it will start watermarking songs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amid-legal-battles-suno-says-it-will-start-watermarking-songs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Suno&#039;s watermarking feature comes as the company is fighting legal battles on several fronts. ]]></description>
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<title>One of the world’s poorest countries spent $170 million on a cable car system that nobody uses, just before the president fled the country</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/one-of-the-worlds-poorest-countries-spent-170-million-on-a-cable-car-system-that-nobody-uses-just-before-the-president-fled-the-country</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Madagascar officials set the fee for users at between 70 and 90 U.S. cents a trip. The average monthly salary is $72. ]]></description>
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<title>America’s appetite for avocados threatened as $5 million capture of ‘El Poncho’ threatens $3.65 billion market</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/americas-appetite-for-avocados-threatened-as-5-million-capture-of-el-poncho-threatens-365-billion-market</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/americas-appetite-for-avocados-threatened-as-5-million-capture-of-el-poncho-threatens-365-billion-market</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. announced Wednesday that it had suspended all government operations in the Mexican state of Michoacan because of a &quot;threat to U.S. interests.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Bernie Sanders hails Michigan result as ‘most extraordinary victory that I can think of in modern American politics’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bernie-sanders-hails-michigan-result-as-most-extraordinary-victory-that-i-can-think-of-in-modern-american-politics</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Abdul El-Sayed has never held elected office and entered the race years after losing the Democratic gubernatorial primary by over 20 percentage points. ]]></description>
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<title>Senate panel to vote on Fauci contempt claim, whether to refer to DOJ for prosecution</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/senate-panel-to-vote-on-fauci-contempt-claim-whether-to-refer-to-doj-for-prosecution</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Rand Paul acknowledged the referral would likely fail a 60-vote Senate threshold, so his committee will send it straight to prosecutors instead. ]]></description>
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<title>After Michigan, the Democratic Party’s Civil War moves next door to Wisconsin</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/after-michigan-the-democratic-partys-civil-war-moves-next-door-to-wisconsin</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ David Crowley dropped out, re-entered with Gov. Tony Evers&#039; backing, and now faces democratic socialist Francesca Hong after two rivals quit mid-race. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>After, Michigan, the, Democratic, Party’s, Civil, War, moves, next, door, Wisconsin</media:keywords>
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<title>Bank of England staff worked nearly 13,000 days overseas, FOI data shows</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
More than 1,000 staff used the Bank of England working from abroad policy for 12,889 days in total, freedom of information data released this week shows. ]]></description>
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<title>Six&#45;month&#45;old Volta strikes $10bn deal with Anthropic</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/six-month-old-volta-strikes-10bn-deal-with-anthropic</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Volta Anthropic deal: the London start-up incorporated in January has agreed a $10bn data centre partnership and raised funding from Nvidia at $2.4bn. ]]></description>
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<title>Anthropic finds three hacks by its AI models after OpenAI disclosure</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-finds-three-hacks-by-its-ai-models-after-openai-disclosure</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Anthropic says three of its AI models hacked outside organisations, days after OpenAI disclosed its models broke into the AI firm Hugging Face in July. ]]></description>
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<title>ASA bans Jaded London email ad for glamorising smoking</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/asa-bans-jaded-london-email-ad-for-glamorising-smoking</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Jaded London has been told to drop an email ad after the ASA ruled that an image of a model holding a lit cigarette irresponsibly glamorised smoking. ]]></description>
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<title>Saudi&#45;led consortium completes $55bn EA takeover</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
The $55bn EA takeover by Saudi Arabia&#039;s Public Investment Fund, Silver Lake and Affinity Partners has closed, taking the games publisher off Nasdaq. ]]></description>
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<title>AI makes weather prediction better. Can WindBorne make it lucrative?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-makes-weather-prediction-better-can-windborne-make-it-lucrative</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ WindBorne Systems has raised $37 million Series B round to scale its weather balloons and AI forecasts. ]]></description>
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<title>Indian EV startup River raises $120M Series C to scale production, launch more models</title>
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<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/indian-ev-startup-river-raises-120m-series-c-to-scale-production-launch-more-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ River plans to build a new factory, launch additional models from 2027, and target profitability as it scales production. ]]></description>
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<title>Robinhood to list a fund that lets anyone back Y Combinator startups</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/robinhood-to-list-a-fund-that-lets-anyone-back-y-combinator-startups</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Robinhood&#039;s latest financial instrument intends to let any retail investor feel like they, too, can make money by backing Y Combinator startups. ]]></description>
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<title>MacPaw taps Liquid AI to offer on&#45;device inference to devs building for its app store</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/macpaw-taps-liquid-ai-to-offer-on-device-inference-to-devs-building-for-its-app-store</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/macpaw-taps-liquid-ai-to-offer-on-device-inference-to-devs-building-for-its-app-store</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ MacPaw is building a local version of its AI assistant Eney using Liquid AI&#039;s models. ]]></description>
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<title>Disney+ looks to TikTok creators to bring fan content to its short&#45;form video feed</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/disney-looks-to-tiktok-creators-to-bring-fan-content-to-its-short-form-video-feed</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/disney-looks-to-tiktok-creators-to-bring-fan-content-to-its-short-form-video-feed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ As streamers compete with social media giants for viewer attention, Disney+ is partnering with TikTok to bring creator content to its app. ]]></description>
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<title>Sam Altman shared a parenting hack. Thousands of moms and dads instantly disagreed.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sam-altman-shared-a-parenting-hack-thousands-of-moms-and-dads-instantly-disagreed</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sam Altman has some advice for parents, and it’s going about as well as you’d expect. 



On August 31, the Open AI CEO took to X (where he’s a frequent poster) to share an idea with his followers: “cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night,” he wrote. “connect your family calendars and explain your kids’ interests. every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid’s soccer game that afternoon, one kid’s upcoming birthday, some news, etc.”



The tweet now has more than 11,000 likes and almost 4,500 comments, most of which are less than glowing. For the majority of commenters, the tweet is yet another example of how AI CEOs are living in their own self-reinforcing bubbles—and the rest of us just have to deal with the consequences.



“What if you just talked to your children?”



In the days following his August 31 tweet, parents are showing up in Altman’s comments in droves to point out their problems with the premise of using AI to generate a daily podcast for their kids’ car rides. 



Most commenters are zeroing in on the idea that Altman seems to be suggesting that users outsource what should be a positive daily interaction with their kids to AI.



“Yeah my dad AI generates podcasts about my upcoming birthday instead of talking to me while we drive to school,” game developer Sean Gause wrote. 



Film concept artist Reid Southen added: “Or you could be an actual parent instead of having AI summarize your kids for you, you absolute sociopath.” 



One of the post’s top comments came from Alex Hirsch, creator of the TV show Gravity Falls, who simply suggested: “What if you just talked to your children?” His comment has garnered over 200,000 likes. 



Another subsection of commenters is zeroing in on the potential data security concerns with handing over their kids’ daily schedules to Open AI. “Sam wants to know your kids’ schedules, interests, and birthdays,” one user wrote. “Not creepy at all.”



Why tech CEOs just can’t stop talking about AI



Tech CEOs like Altman have always been vocal about their opinions on artificial intelligence. Lately, though, those ideas have become increasingly unavoidable. 



Earlier this year, at graduation ceremonies across the U.S., multiple CEOs made the mistake of mentioning AI—presumably expecting the audience’s support—only to be booed by the crowd. 



It happened at the University of Central Florida, where real estate executive Gloria Caulfield likened AI to the “next industrial revolution”; at Middle Tennessee State University, where Big Machine Records CEO Scott Borchetta claimed that AI is “rewriting production”; and at the University of Arizona, where former Google CEO Eric Schmidt said that AI will “touch every profession, every classroom, every hospital, every laboratory, every person, and every relationship you have.”



In a post to X this May, around the same time as the graduation speeches, Box CEO Aaron Levie responded to a claim that CEOs are the “most delusional about AI.” He proposed that “CEOs are uniquely prone to AI psychosis because they’re sufficiently distant from the last mile of work that still has to happen to generate most value with AI.” 



The phenomenon of CEOs being overly optimistic about AI has become so pronounced that one social media creator, Brian Patrick, has turned tracking executives’ outlandish AI comments into his full-time job. In one such video, Patrick examines a 2015 clip of Altman himself stating that “my job is to help people destroy jobs” (a claim he’s since walked back). In a more recent video, Patrick highlights Altman’s statement from a July 2026 podcast episode that OpenAI is “close to creating a genie that can grant every wish.”



Altman’s latest tweet feels like yet another example of how tech CEOs are grossly misunderstanding the general public’s stance on AI and, in the process, coming across as deeply disconnected from reality.



“I feel bad for Sam Altman. He probably thought this was some ‘feel good’ use case, and had no idea how creepy and weird it is,” freelance writer James La Forte commented under the tweet. “Can we please get some normal people running these tech companies?”



Fast Company reached out to Altman for comment, but had not heard back at the time of publication. ]]></description>
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<title>Chase Bank is closing another wave of branches this summer: See a list of shuttered locations in several states</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ JPMorgan Chase operates the largest network of retail consumer banks in the United States, and even at a time when more financial services are automated and face-to-face customer service feels like something from a bygone era, the banking giant has continued to invest in physical locations.



Since 2018, Chase has opened more than 1,000 locations, a company spokesperson told Fast Company. But there’s a catch.



While Chase Bank has continued to open new branches at an aggressive pace, its net branch count is not dramatically larger than it was eight years ago, the company’s financial filings show. 



At the end of 2025, Chase reported 5,083 branches. That’s just 48 more branches than it reported in 2018. 



One reason for that is because Chase also closes many branches that it deems unnecessary, either due to low foot traffic, consolidation, or because it plans to relocate a branch to a nearby address.



This summer has been no exception. Since June, Chase has closed more than a dozen branches across several states, recent filings with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) reveal.



The closures have impacted Chase Bank branches in Florida, Washington, Ohio, Illinois, California, Louisiana, Arizona, and New York. They include a Chase Bank location at One World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, which is now just listed as an ATM. 



Additional filings show that more branches are expected to close, though the advance closure notices do not specify expected closure dates.



A spokesperson for Chase declined to say how many closures are expected this year.



Which Chase Bank branches have closed this summer?



Since June, at least 13 Chase locations have closed in eight states, OCC filings show. The locations are listed below. According to Chase, some of the branches were relocated to nearby locations. Those addresses are marked accordingly.   



Closed in June




922 Jimmy Buffett Mem Hwy, Indian Harbour Beach, FL 32937 (relocated)



2700 S Washington Ave, Titusville, FL 32780 (relocated)



13119 Seattle Hill Rd, Snohomish, WA 98296



5730 N Dixie Dr, Dayton, OH 45414



3703 N Main St, Dayton, OH 45405 (relocated)



875 N Michigan Ave, Chicago, IL 60611 (relocating soon)



2314 N Chester Ave, Bakersfield, CA 93308 




Closed in July 




1001 N Martin Luther King Hwy, Lake Charles, LA 70601



6950 E Main St, Mesa, AZ 85207



3420 Severn Ave, Metairie, LA 70002



1435 Camino Del Mar, Del Mar, CA 92014 



One World Trade Center, New York, NY 10007



5550 W Touhy Ave, Skokie, IL 60077 (relocated)




These closures come four months after earlier media reports listed 16 Chase branches that were set to close this year, although there is some overlap between the two lists.



Is Chase scaling back physical retail?



Not according to Chase. “We continue to invest in our branch network to deliver experiences and services customers love,” a spokesperson told Fast Company in a statement. “Chase operates the largest branch network in the U.S. and is the only bank with branches in all lower 48 states.”



Regarding the recent branch closures, the spokesperson added, “In some cases, we may relocate a branch if another is nearby or foot traffic is low—helping ensure a strong network that serves communities for the long term.”



Back in February, JPMorgan Chase publicly reaffirmed a commitment to its branch network, announcing plans to open more than 160 new branches in about 30 states in 2026.



While the Chase spokesperson declined to say how far along the company is in that goal now that we are more than halfway through the year, the February announcement was part of an ongoing growth strategy. Two years earlier, Chase announced plans to open more than 500 branches by 2027. 



Chase’s annual reports show the company’s branch network peaked in 2013. 



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<title>Levain Bakery just dropped a Crate &amp;amp; Barrel collab for all your cookie needs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Levain Bakery used to use Crate &amp; Barrel products to display its cookies because the home goods brand’s serveware looked clean, simple, and elevated.



“We weren’t finding some sheet pans or something at a restaurant supply place,” Levain Bakery’s cofounder, Pam Weekes, tells Fast Company. “We kind of wanted something that was a little more unique and special.”



Now the bakery has collaborated with the home goods brand on a 17-piece collection.



[Photo: Levain Bakery]



The two brands announced their collaboration Tuesday, which includes items like plates, glasses, dish towels, spatulas, mixing spoons, and a $15 ceramic Mini Crate inspired by the berry box colanders Levain Bakery has long used to display their cookies. The collection’s $18 Cookie Glass is hand-blown, and the $20 Perfect Silicone Cookie Mat was designed to make Levain-sized cookies at home.



Everything in the collection is something the bakery’s cofounders would use themselves.



“It was a real collaboration, which was really nice because I think we’re pretty particular, and we’re pretty clear about what we like and what we don’t like,” Weekes says. “But they’re pretty particular as well.”



The design process brought together Levain Bakery’s baking know-how and playful visual identity with Crate &amp; Barrel’s manufacturing expertise and functionality.



When the bakery said they wanted to make a cookie jar, for example, Crate &amp; Barrel had plenty of experience with making them. And when they wanted to make a bench scraper, a tool used to cut dough and scrape messy counters clean, Weekes and her team could explain their specific needs. Bench scrapers at restaurant supply stores are typically too big and clunky, so Levain Bakery has gotten theirs from France. (The bakery also got its name from France, as levain means leavening.)



[Photo: Levain Bakery]



“They’re not expensive, but they are hard to replace,” the other cofounder, Connie McDonald, says of their bench scrapers. “So . . . we explained it to the Crate &amp; Barrel team like, ‘This bench scraper has to kind of fit in your hand and it has to feel good.’ And they did it, and it feels great.”



The $50 cookie jar, which comes with a maple lid, includes original illustration in Levain Bakery’s signature blue style by the artist and longtime collaborator Libby VanderPloe, as do the collection’s textiles, tools, and serveware.



[Photo: Levain Bakery]



For Levain Bakery, which opened as a bread shop in 1995 and is now preparing to open its 21st location, the collaboration helps get its brand name in more places, as Crate &amp; Barrel has more than 100 stores, outlets, and franchise locations globally. Finally, fans of the New York City bakery you could get only in a few select cities can bring it to their own home.



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<title>How Byron Allen plans to turn BuzzFeed into a YouTube rival</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When the media mogul Byron Allen took a controlling stake in BuzzFeed in May—becoming its CEO and chairman—it was his latest bold bet in a volatile media landscape. The Allen Media Group founder explains his strategy for BuzzFeed, why YouTube and Netflix aren’t untouchable in the streaming wars, and why race matters in media ownership. (Editor’s note: This interview was recorded before BuzzFeed announced layoffs for 35% of its staff on July 27, 2026.)



This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Response, hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company Bob Safian. From the team behind the Masters of Scale podcast, Rapid Response features candid conversations with today’s top business leaders navigating real-time challenges. Subscribe to Rapid Response wherever you get your podcasts to ensure you never miss an episode.







You started out as a performer, and you personally host the TV show Comics Unleashed, which is in Colbert’s old spot, but you’re also very much a businessperson. How do we know when you’re joking and when you’re serious? You do make some audacious moves: trying to buy BET or ABC, suing McDonald’s, threatening GM.



I have made it very clear that, unfortunately, Black-owned media—not to be confused with Black-targeted media—virtually does not exist, and that’s unfortunate. You have to remember, I started the company from my dining room table, where I’m sitting now. I started the company from my dining room table in ’93. And Coretta Scott King was a friend of mine, Martin Luther King’s widow, and I think she’s the true queen of America. Bob, she taught me a lot. She said to me, “Byron, as Black people in America, we had four major challenges. Number one, end slavery. Number two, end Jim Crow. Number three, achieve civil rights.” Then she choked up and said, “Number four, the real reason they killed my Martin: achieve economic inclusion.”She said, “You know, Byron, they didn’t kill my Martin”—that’s how she referred to him—”over the ‘I have a dream’ speech. They killed him over the speech he gave in February of ’68 at Stanford University called ‘The other America.&#039;” In that speech, he said, “There are two Americas. One America has access to opportunity and economic inclusion and education, and the other America doesn’t. Two Americas will not survive. We must achieve one America or the whole system will implode.” And I said to her, “OK, you’ve done more than enough. It’s for our generation to deal with the fourth and final chapter.” All I said to corporate America is this simple thought, Bob: The greatest trade deficit in America is the trade deficit between white corporate America and Black America. Until we close that trade deficit, we can’t have one America. It starts with economic inclusion for all Americans, especially Black Americans, the furthest left behind. That’s the reason I filed the lawsuits, Bob.



You created a distinction between Black-owned media and Black-targeted media. And I know those lawsuits were about devoting more of their media budgets to Black-owned outlets.



That’s right.



But you bought the Black News Channel out of bankruptcy and merged it into TheGrio. Is there a business opportunity in talking to and engaging with Black audiences differently? Is that where there are undervalued properties and audiences, or are these things completely separate?



You should not have a world where we don’t have Black-owned media. We need to control our images. We need to control how we’re produced. We need to control how we’re depicted. Are you OK, Bob, if I control all of media and I control how your white children grow up and see themselves? Will you trust me with that? Can I tell your white children how to think about themselves, how to see themselves, who they are in this society? Are you OK with me having that power and that control over your children’s psychology and self-worth?



Let me ask you about BuzzFeed. You’ve built a lot of your media business by buying distressed, overlooked assets—the Weather Channel, regional sports networks—and taking advantage of these opportunities. You bought a majority stake in BuzzFeed for $120 million. It’s a business that has struggled for several years. Why? What do you see in BuzzFeed that others don’t value?



Look, really simple. BuzzFeed is phenomenal. BuzzFeed is one of the great original brands, right? And it’s not only BuzzFeed. It’s HuffPost. It’s Tasty. Tasty has 174 million social media followers, Bob. Unbelievable, OK? They announced that they were about to run out of money. I’m a firm believer in business as a contact sport, and speed wins championships. So I quickly called them and I said, “Hey, I understand you have some issues here. I’m here to help you get it done. Let’s work on it, and let’s get it done now.” So we cut a deal. No analysis paralysis. Let’s get to it. When I bought into the company, the stock was trading at about 60 to 70 cents a share. Once it got announced, it immediately moved to a buck 40, buck 50. And BuzzFeed is now going to chase YouTube.When you think about BuzzFeed and the first 20 years of BuzzFeed, it was text. It was written. Advertisers are only paying about a buck 25 CPM [cost per thousand impressions] for written content, articles, a buck 25. Who cares? It’s a waste of time. We’ll do it. We will definitely do it. I love the written word, but I’m saying it’s a waste of time to invest huge resources when the advertisers are not supporting it.



Which is what Jonah [Jonah Peretti, cofounder and former CEO of BuzzFeed] figured out when he closed BuzzFeed News, right? It was just costing too much money.



And I love having those articles. I want that. I’m going to build on that. I’m going to make it even stronger. I love HuffPost. I love BuzzFeed. We’re going to do some amazing things with Tasty. But we have to get into the video business. A buck 25 for text, video is approximately $30. So I’m here, and I’m able to put BuzzFeed immediately into the video business and chase YouTube. YouTube is . . .



Because you’ve already got video from your other properties.



That’s exactly right. YouTube is the biggest streamer on the planet. Why? Two words: free and streaming. The world loves free and streaming. Bob, the two easiest things you will ever sell in your life: free and streaming. So it’s hard to fall off the floor. I like to buy businesses in the lobby and take them to the penthouse. I have no interest in buying a business in the penthouse and taking it to the lobby. BuzzFeed was on the floor. I picked it up. It’s on the elevator. We are going to be a serious competitor for free streaming video, and I’m taking it to the penthouse. And when I get to the penthouse, they’re going to have to add a lot more floors, because I’m going to go beyond the penthouse where it currently sits.People must remember that the video sitting at YouTube, 99.9% of it, is noninclusive. Hey, YouTube creators, if your content is sitting at YouTube and you like getting one check, take your content, put it at BuzzFeed, and get two checks. Not a hard pitch, Bob. Not a hard pitch. Day one, I’m going to put over 30,000 movies, TV shows, and documentaries on BuzzFeed. Over 750 FAST [free ad-supported streaming TV] channels: People Magazine, Kevin Hart, Johnny Carson, Architectural Digest, and over 400 ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox affiliates. Super-hyperlocal news, weather, sports, and traffic, geofenced to the user’s ZIP code. I already have that technology with Local Now. I’ve been building it and investing in Local Now since I bought the Weather Channel in 2018.I have won best streamer [from various media outlets] three times with Local Now, and nobody knows about Local Now. So I have the best technology and the worst branding. Now I’m going to take some of the best branding, BuzzFeed and HuffPost, and marry it with the best technology.



The snootiest among my colleagues often complain that content quality is going down as access gets ubiquitous, and we’re going to the lowest common denominator as we change these financial models. Does that hold any weight? Are we losing anything culturally in this transition?



I don’t think so. I’ll say to your snooty friends, “Don’t smell it, sell it.” That’s what I’ll say to your snooty friends. Sell it. And Henry Ford said it best: “Opportunity is never lost. Your competitors will always find it.”



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<title>ChatGPT dominates Congress’s AI spending</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic may have topped OpenAI as the world’s most valuable AI startup a few months ago, but when it comes to power users, Sam Altman’s company still has the edge.



ChatGPT accounted for 88% of all known spending on AI tools by the U.S. House of Representatives between April 1, 2025 and March 31 of this year, according to a study of House disbursement records by CNBC.



The analysis only looks at paid usage, so free accounts are not factored into the equation, nor is any AI usage that’s bundled with larger software contracts. But of the $113,740 spent in named vendors during that period, $100,580 went to ChatGPT. Spending by Democrats was three times that of Republicans, the records show.



Spending on Anthropic’s Claude was a distant second, accounting for $13,160 across just 37 transactions.



The heavy usage by Congressional members and their staff could give OpenAI an edge over its rivals as the debate over AI regulation continues and the government awards contracts to AI giants for a variety of departments.



The totals gathered by CNBC are almost certainly far short of the actual spending by Congress on AI. The data did not include Senate usage (though it’s worth noting the Senate does not allow Claude for official use) and some House offices have individuals sign up for a subscription to an AI service, then reimburse that staffer, which would not be line-itemed in the disbursement records.



Big spending



In some cases, the use of OpenAI could be habitual. ChatGPT was the first major AI chatbot on the market and was the first form of the technology that many members of the House experimented with in 2023, when the legislative body formed an AI working group.



OpenAI and Altman have also been significant donors to many Congressional races and have spent significantly on lobbying in recent years.



In the second quarter of this year, OpenAI spent $1.2 million on lobbying, an increase of nearly 18% from the first quarter and a new record for the firm. It’s also nearly double what it spent in the second quarter last year. (Anthropic, meanwhile, spent $1.97 million from April through June.)



Last year, OpenAI spent nearly $3 million in federal lobbying, and Altman has personally donated more than $126,000 to individual candidates and political parties since the launch of ChatGPT. The vast majority of those donations were to Democrats. Previous donations include six-figure contributions supporting Joe Biden’s 2020 presidential run and $250,000 to the Democratic super PAC American Bridge 21st Century in 2020.



Altman did, however, also personally donate $1 million to Donald Trump’s inauguration fund in 2024. (He’s said he doesn’t plan to make any political donations in the 2026 midterm elections. “I would love to see money out of politics in general,” he said last month.)



Meanwhile, OpenAI co-founder and president Greg Brockman, along with his wife Anna, have committed $50 million to the pro-AI super PAC Leading the Future super PAC, which says it plans to support AI-friendly candidates from both parties during the midterm elections. (Other donors to Leading the Future include private equity giant Andreessen Horowitz and Palantir cofounder Joe Lonsdale.) The Brockmans also gave $25 million to Trump’s MAGA Inc. super PAC in September of 2025.



The heavy House usage of ChatGPT and the political spending of AI companies is increasingly important as momentum grows for government regulation of the industry. Leaders of the top AI companies, including Altman, are expected to gather at the White House Tuesday to discuss a new framework that would allow the government to review frontier AI models before they launch. This comes after models from OpenAI and Anthropic both went rogue and hacked into other companies recently. ]]></description>
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<title>From two friends to ten countries: Amazon Ads spotlights Rising Stars’ entrepreneurs</title>
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<title>Your Closet May Know More About Your Future Than You Think</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Clothes We Choose Become Daily Reminders of the Person We Intend to Become



Every morning, millions of people stand in front of their closets and ask the same question:

&quot;What should I wear today?&quot;

What most people don&#039;t realize is that there is a second question quietly hiding behind the first one:

&quot;Who am I becoming?&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>How AI is Changing Linux VPS Security for Businesses</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Cybersecurity wasn’t really something small and mid-sized businesses worried about too much a few years back. That’s changed fast. Once your customer data, your apps, your internal tools all end up online, protecting the server behind them stops being optional. And attacks aren’t getting any simpler either, which is part of the problem with sticking […]
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<title>Zuckerberg details Meta’s personal AI superintelligence strategy</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Mark Zuckerberg has published a WSJ op-ed that argues superintelligence must reach individuals, not just a handful of institutions. The Meta chief published the piece as a statement of company philosophy rather than a product announcement. It contains no release dates, no benchmark figures, no named models. What it does contain is an argument that […]
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<title>OpenAI aligns safety practices with EU AI Act’s GPAI Code</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has outlined how it aligns safety, security, and transparency work with the EU AI Act’s GPAI Code as enforcement approaches. The company has contributed to and endorsed the EU’s General-Purpose AI (GPAI) Code of Practice and the Code of Practice on Transparency of AI-Generated Content. Both emerged from multi-stakeholder processes. The GPAI Code sets […]
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<title>Sam Altman is still making the case for parenting via ChatGPT</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI&#039;s CEO seemed excited to share a &quot;cool use case&quot; for parents. ]]></description>
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<title>Should you still buy your next smartphone — or subscribe to it instead?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple&#039;s new Upgrade program is the latest sign that smartphone ownership is changing. ]]></description>
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<title>YouTuber Hank Green says his AI usage is ‘not healthy’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Green offered a remarkable apology, saying that &quot;the level of dopamine that I&#039;ve been getting from interacting with LLMs ... is not healthy for me or good for the world.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Judge denies xAI’s request to block Minnesota ban on ‘nudify’ apps</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/judge-denies-xais-request-to-block-minnesota-ban-on-nudify-apps</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Despite a lawsuit from xAI, a Minnesota ban on apps that allow users to “nudify” images can move forward. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Judge, denies, xAI’s, request, block, Minnesota, ban, ‘nudify’, apps</media:keywords>
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<title>Inside the London hacker house taking a stand against founder burnout</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/inside-the-london-hacker-house-taking-a-stand-against-founder-burnout</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/inside-the-london-hacker-house-taking-a-stand-against-founder-burnout</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ How one founder house is betting work-life balance can beat burnout . ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Inside, the, London, hacker, house, taking, stand, against, founder, burnout</media:keywords>
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<title>Trump just invoked a 1930 tariff law no president has ever used — against Canada</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-just-invoked-a-1930-tariff-law-no-president-has-ever-used-against-canada</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-just-invoked-a-1930-tariff-law-no-president-has-ever-used-against-canada</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The administration’s evidence supporting the tariffs is weak at best. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, just, invoked, 1930, tariff, law, president, has, ever, used, —, against, Canada</media:keywords>
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<title>Two&#45;thirds of parents say their adult Gen Z kids still rely on them financially for support—even though it’s putting them under strain</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/two-thirds-of-parents-say-their-adult-gen-z-kids-still-rely-on-them-financiallyfor-supporteven-though-its-putting-them-under-strain</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/two-thirds-of-parents-say-their-adult-gen-z-kids-still-rely-on-them-financiallyfor-supporteven-though-its-putting-them-under-strain</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ About 64% of parents say their adult Gen Z children still rely on them for money, housing, and more. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Two-thirds, parents, say, their, adult, Gen, kids, still, rely, them, financially for, support—even, though, it’s, putting, them, under, strain</media:keywords>
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<title>The average worker would need to save for 52 years to claw their way out of the middle class and be classified as wealthy, research reveals</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-average-worker-would-need-to-save-for-52-years-to-claw-their-way-out-of-the-middle-class-and-be-classified-as-wealthy-research-reveals</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-average-worker-would-need-to-save-for-52-years-to-claw-their-way-out-of-the-middle-class-and-be-classified-as-wealthy-research-reveals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Bleak research warns not even a lifetime of savings would be enough to lift workers out of the middle class into the top 10%. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, average, worker, would, need, save, for, years, claw, their, way, out, the, middle, class, and, classified, wealthy, research, reveals</media:keywords>
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<title>For the third time in history, women outnumber men in the workforce as the stay&#45;at&#45;home boyfriend becomes an economic trend</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/for-the-third-time-in-history-women-outnumber-men-in-the-workforce-as-the-stay-at-home-boyfriend-becomes-an-economic-trend</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/for-the-third-time-in-history-women-outnumber-men-in-the-workforce-as-the-stay-at-home-boyfriend-becomes-an-economic-trend</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Women now hold more jobs than men in America, for the third time ever. A Federal Reserve economist says this time, it&#039;s not reversing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>For, the, third, time, history, women, outnumber, men, the, workforce, the, stay-at-home, boyfriend, becomes, economic, trend</media:keywords>
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<title>Infantino’s $20 billion FIFA plan collapses and now he faces a European mutiny over the future of the World Cup</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/infantinos-20-billion-fifa-plan-collapses-and-now-he-faces-a-european-mutiny-over-the-future-of-the-world-cup</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/infantinos-20-billion-fifa-plan-collapses-and-now-he-faces-a-european-mutiny-over-the-future-of-the-world-cup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gianni Infantino truly looked the “King of Soccer,” as U.S. President Donald Trump likes to call him, as the two allies sat together watching the World Cup final less than two weeks ago. Sure, there were some boos inside Stadium near New York, when the two men walked across the turf to present the trophy and medals […] ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 02 Aug 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Infantino’s, 20, billion, FIFA, plan, collapses, and, now, faces, European, mutiny, over, the, future, the, World, Cup</media:keywords>
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<title>How to Build a Lead Management Process That Scales</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-build-a-lead-management-process-that-scales</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-build-a-lead-management-process-that-scales</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Adding more leads to an unoptimized pipeline rarely solves a growth problem. In fact, scaling lead generation without a structured operational backbone usually exposes underlying structural cracks. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Build, Lead, Management, Process, That, Scales</media:keywords>
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<title>LinkedIn adds ‘AI slop’ button as 40% of long posts found AI&#45;written</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/linkedin-adds-ai-slop-button-as-40-of-long-posts-found-ai-written</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/linkedin-adds-ai-slop-button-as-40-of-long-posts-found-ai-written</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
LinkedIn AI slop button: users can now privately flag posts they suspect are AI-generated, as the platform scraps its own AI &#039;enhance your post&#039; tool. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>LinkedIn, adds, ‘AI, slop’, button, 40, long, posts, found, AI-written</media:keywords>
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<title>Petrol hits 160p a litre, highest since Iran war began, says RAC</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/petrol-hits-160p-a-litre-highest-since-iran-war-began-says-rac</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/petrol-hits-160p-a-litre-highest-since-iran-war-began-says-rac</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
UK petrol prices have hit their highest level since the Iran war began at 160p a litre, RAC figures show, with diesel forecast to reach 185p in weeks. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Petrol, hits, 160p, litre, highest, since, Iran, war, began, says, RAC</media:keywords>
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<title>York and North Yorkshire secures established status in rural first</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/york-and-north-yorkshire-secures-established-status-in-rural-first</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/york-and-north-yorkshire-secures-established-status-in-rural-first</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
York and North Yorkshire Combined Authority has been granted Established Mayoral Strategic Authority status, the first rural mayoral area to hold it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>York, and, North, Yorkshire, secures, established, status, rural, first</media:keywords>
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<title>BP puts North Sea business up for sale after 60 years</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bp-puts-north-sea-business-up-for-sale-after-60-years</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bp-puts-north-sea-business-up-for-sale-after-60-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
BP North Sea sale: BP is seeking a buyer for its North Sea oil and gas business, with five production hubs and 1,100 staff, after a portfolio review. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>puts, North, Sea, business, for, sale, after, years</media:keywords>
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<title>India is starting to pay for apps, not just download them</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-is-starting-to-pay-for-apps-not-just-download-them</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/india-is-starting-to-pay-for-apps-not-just-download-them</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ India&#039;s app market generated a record $345 million in Q2. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>India, starting, pay, for, apps, not, just, download, them</media:keywords>
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<title>Silicon Valley loves young founders. Until it doesn’t.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/silicon-valley-loves-young-founders-until-it-doesnt</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/silicon-valley-loves-young-founders-until-it-doesnt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI tools have democratized the opportunity to build, shortening the timelines of success and enabling more young people to start successful companies without stepping foot inside a Big Tech company.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Silicon, Valley, loves, young, founders., Until, doesn’t.</media:keywords>
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<title>Rivian spinoff Also to start delivering e&#45;bikes after months of delays</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rivian-spinoff-also-to-start-delivering-e-bikes-after-months-of-delays</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rivian-spinoff-also-to-start-delivering-e-bikes-after-months-of-delays</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Also has big plans beyond the TM-B. The startup mostly refers to itself as a &quot;vehicle&quot; company and has plans to make four-wheel pedal-assist cargo vehicles for Amazon. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rivian, spinoff, Also, start, delivering, e-bikes, after, months, delays</media:keywords>
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<title>OpenAI reportedly finds evidence that more of its agents ran amok</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-reportedly-finds-evidence-that-more-of-its-agents-ran-amok</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-reportedly-finds-evidence-that-more-of-its-agents-ran-amok</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has reportedly found evidence of additional agent misbehavior as it looks into the incident that occurred with Hugging Face. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>OpenAI, reportedly, finds, evidence, that, more, its, agents, ran, amok</media:keywords>
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<title>What’s the best handheld mini fan?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whats-the-best-handheld-mini-fan</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/whats-the-best-handheld-mini-fan</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ From premium Shark and Dyson offerings to random Amazon devices, these mini fans will make your sweaty summer a little more managable. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What’s, the, best, handheld, mini, fan</media:keywords>
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<title>TGI Fridays store closures: See a list of locations that have lost the most restaurants since its bankruptcy</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tgi-fridays-store-closures-see-a-list-of-locations-that-have-lost-the-most-restaurants-since-its-bankruptcy</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tgi-fridays-store-closures-see-a-list-of-locations-that-have-lost-the-most-restaurants-since-its-bankruptcy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ TGI Fridays is forging a path forward after a headline-grabbing bankruptcy raised doubts about its future nearly two years ago, but fans of the casual dining brand in the United States might still have a harder time finding one these days.



The restaurant chain has lost almost 200 locations since the beginning of 2024, according to its most recent franchise disclosure document. 



Some states, including New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Virginia, have seen net location losses in the double digits over that period.



Reached for comment by Fast Company, a spokesperson confirmed that TGI Fridays currently has 76 U.S. locations. Its disclosure document shows it had 269 U.S. locations at the start of 2024, including both company-owned and franchised locations.



That net loss of 193 stores is not entirely surprising. 



The brand’s former owner, TGI Fridays Inc., sought Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in November of 2024 after announcing earlier that year that it would close dozens of underperforming locations.



However, the beloved Fridays brand has since begun to move forward under new ownership. TGI Fridays is now operated by Sugarloaf Hospitality, and once again led by CEO Ray Blanchette, who had stepped down from the top job in 2023.



In a statement to Fast Company, Blanchette said TGI Fridays has almost 400 locations in 40 countries, and that it’s expected to grow globally in the years to come. 



“We are always evaluating our footprint as we work towards our target of more than 1,000 units and $2 billion in global annual revenue by 2030, but cannot get into specifics on plans for individual locations,” Blanchette said. 



Which states have lost the most TGI Fridays locations?



According to Fridays’ franchise disclosure document, the following states lost the most TGI Fridays restaurants between early 2024 (before its bankruptcy petition) and the end of last year. These counts include both franchised and company-owned locations:




New York: -26 locations



New Jersey: -17 locations



Florida: -15 locations



Virginia: -13 locations



Illinois: -12 locations



California: -12 locations



Ohio: -10 locations



Texas: -10 locations



Massachusetts: -8 locations




The document, which was issued in April, further showed that TGI Fridays did not expect to open any new U.S. restaurants in 2026.



Additionally, there have been some high-profile closures since the disclosure document was produced:




Indiana: A Fridays location in Evansville, Indiana, was reported closed by local media earlier this month.



Pennsylvania: A Fridays location in Loyalsock Township was reported closed in May.



Massachusetts: A Boston location in the city’s Mission Hill section was reported closed in February.




What’s next for Fridays?



In January, TGI Fridays announced its “1-2-3 Strategic Vision” plan, through which it aims to leverage its brand internationally and be a global leader in American-style casual dining—in part by thinking more flexibly about the format of its restaurants across markets. 



“The brand’s growth strategy includes a diverse mix of formats, from high-volume airport locations to right-sized hotel concepts and traditional full-service restaurants,” the announcement read, “designed to meet guests where they are and optimize franchise development opportunities in key markets.”



This story is developing and may be updated. . .  ]]></description>
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<title>Blueberry recall expands to more products sold at Publix as E. coli outbreak hospitalizes 4 people</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/blueberry-recall-expands-to-more-products-sold-at-publix-as-e-coli-outbreak-hospitalizes-4-people</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Early this month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) posted an update about an ongoing investigation into an E. Coli outbreak believed to be affecting multiple states. 



The outbreak was believed to be linked to blueberries, and as a result, one blueberry product was recalled. 



But now, additional berry products are being recalled as the outbreak investigation continues. Here’s what you need to know.



What’s happened?



On July 3, Frutas y Hortalizas del Sur S.A. of San Carlos, Chile announced a recall of one of its blueberry products over concerns that it could be linked to the E. coli outbreak. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted the recall notice three days later, on July 6.



The recall covered a specific lot of Frozen GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries, which were sold at Publix stores. 



Now, Publix itself has initiated a recall of additional GreenWise berry products sold at its stores, out of concern that they could also be contaminated with E. coli. 



It should be noted, however, that none of the products have been confirmed as the source of the outbreak, nor have they been identified as contaminated with E. coli.



Instead, Publix says it is recalling the additional berry products “out of an abundance of caution.”



It’s a caution that seems warranted. According to the CDC’s most recent update on the E. coli outbreak linked to frozen blueberries on July 30, the outbreak has resulted in 12 confirmed cases so far, with a third of those individuals requiring hospitalization.



What products are being recalled?



The original recall initiated by Frutas y Hortalizas S.A. on July 3 covered only one product:




Frozen GreenWise Organic IQF Blueberries in 10oz packaging, with the lot code 60401 and Best By Date of February 9, 2028




Publix’s new recall expands to all lots of four additional GreenWise berry products, including:




GreenWise Organic Whole Blueberries, 10-ounce, UPC 41415-06453



GreenWise Organic Whole Blueberries, 48-ounce, UPC 41415-12053



GreenWise Organic Whole Mixed Berries, 10-ounce, UPC 41415-06753



GreenWise Organic Whole Mixed Berries, 48-ounce, UPC 41415-12153




Images of the recalled products’ packaging can be found here.



Where were the recalled products sold?



Publix says that the four berry products included in its recall were shipped to Publix retail stores in the following states:




Alabama



Florida



Georgia



Kentucky



North Carolina



South Carolina



Tennessee



Virginia




What should I do if I have the recalled products?



Publix says that if you purchased any of the recalled products, you should not consume them.



Instead, you should return them to their place of purchase for a full refund, or you should discard them.



Those who have additional questions or concerns about the recalled products can contact Publix Customer Care at 1-800-242-1227. ]]></description>
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<title>Why memory chip stocks are rallying again: Micron and Sandisk surge as AI optimism returns</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-memory-chip-stocks-are-rallying-again-micron-and-sandisk-surge-as-ai-optimism-returns</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Memory chip stocks are rallying big after a week of poor performances. 



Companies including Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU) and Samsung Electronics Co. (KSE: 005930.KS) saw their shares rise on Thursday, July 30, and into premarket trading Friday, July 31. 



South Korea’s Kospi (Korea Composite Stock Price Index) recovered and then some from its fall earlier this week, jumping almost 18% on Friday. 



Its growth was led by a similar turnaround from Samsung and SK Hynix Inc. (KSE: 000660.KS), jumping 26.81% and 29.95% on Friday, respectively. 



Meanwhile, American chip manufacturers saw similar turnarounds as the week ended. Still, the boosts weren’t enough to make up for a month of falling stock prices. 



Here’s where the companies stand as of today: 



Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU)




Close Thursday: up 18.36%



Premarket Friday: up 4.66%



Past month: down 24.23%




Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK)




Close Thursday: up 25.99%



Premarket Friday: up 6.18%



Past month: down 43.71%




Western Digital Corporation (Nasdaq: WDC)




Close Thursday: up 15.37%



Premarket Friday: up 6.17%



Past month: down 16.55%




Seagate Technology Holdings (Nasdaq: STX)




Close Thursday: up 11.41%



Premarket Friday: up 6.06%



Past month: down 11.74%




All premarket figures are as of publication. 



Why have chip manufacturers’ shares surged?



All of the chip manufacturers had suffered earlier in the week from ongoing fears around AI over-investment. 



But their fates changed—at least for the moment—thanks to strong earnings reports from Microsoft, Amazon, and Lam Research across late Wednesday and Thursday.



The tech giants beat expectations on the strength of their cloud growth, indicating that chip demand will continue to be strong. 



For instance, Amazon Web Services (AWS) grew its net sales by 37%, its quickest growth since 2021. 



Microsoft’s own cloud computing services, Azure, saw more than $100 billion in revenue for the first time. Microsoft 365 Copilot also surpassed 30 million paid seats. 



In its earnings report, the company stated that the milestones reflect “the confidence customers are placing in us to power their AI transformation.”



Meanwhile, Lam Research’s revenue rose more than 15% from last quarter “as AI-driven demand continues to reshape the semiconductor industry,” CEO Tim Archer said in the release. 



Shares of Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), and Lam Research (Nasdaq: LRCX) also rose significantly in response to the earnings reports.



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<title>National Avocado Day 2026: List of all the best freebies and deals, from Chipotle to Qdoba</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The average American eats nine pounds of avocado every year, according to the Wall Street Journal. One special day of the year might have something to do with that: National Avocado Day.



Here’s a roundup of the avocado deals that will “guac” your world as the holiday hits this Friday, July 31.



Chipotle Mexican Grill



California-based Chipotle Mexican Grill is one of the biggest names in Mexican chains. Its guac is pretty famous, too. 



For two days, July 31 and August 1, Chipotle guests can receive free chips and guac with the purchase of an entree. There’s one catch: You have to order online using the code AVO2026 at checkout.



Qdoba Mexican Eats



Guacamole is always free on Qdoba’s create-your-own entrées. But for National Avocado Day, the fast-casual chain is making the entrées themselves free. Rewards members who purchase an entrée and drink on July 31 or August 1 can get a free entrée to go with.



Del Taco



Del Taco is celebrating National Avocado day all weekend long. From July 31 to August 2, customers who purchase an Epic Fresh Guac Burrito will get a second one for free.



Fuzzy’s Taco Shop



Irving, Texas-based Mexican chain Fuzzy’s Taco Shop is teaming up with Avocados From Mexico to give customers free chips and guacamole with the code AVODAY in-app. 



Enjoy the free scoop alongside an item from Fuzzy’s new Beach Club menu available through August 30.



Barberitos



This Friday, the southwestern-inspired food chain Barberitos is adding free guacamole to any in-store entrée purchase. 



Even better, the restaurant is giving one lucky customer free guacamole for a year. To enter, all you have to do is follow @barberitos on Instagram. 



Unexpected Deals



Tex-Mex isn’t the only cuisine where free avocado is a plus. 



Pokeworks, a national poke bowl and burrito chain, is offering a free scoop of avocado with any entree today through August 2. Use the code AVOSUMMER to unlock the deal, both online and in-store. 



The western burger chain Farmer Boys is giving rewards members $3 off on their signature avocado-topped Farmer’s Burger between July 31 and August 1. ]]></description>
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<title>How to safely eat your greens during the cyclospora outbreak, according to an infectious disease expert</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-safely-eat-your-greens-during-the-cyclosporaoutbreak-according-to-an-infectious-disease-expert</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Salads – along with other fresh produce – are some of the healthiest foods you can eat. Leafy greens are rich in vitamins A, C and K, folate, potassium and magnesium. They also contain lots of fiber, which supports a healthy gut microbiome, promotes fullness, helps regulate blood sugar, and may contribute to healthy aging and better cognitive function.



But an ongoing 2026 outbreak of cyclosporiasis, caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 11,500 people across the United States with explosive diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms and has put a damper on salad consumption. A poll released on July 26 reports that 40% of U.S. adults have cut down on buying and eating fresh produce. News of egg and blueberry recalls, plus an investigation into a new, separate cyclospora outbreak, has not helped.



As an immunologist and infectious disease specialist studying how germs spread and cause illnesses and outbreaks, I know it’s impossible to entirely eliminate your risk of being infected with microbes that can contaminate foods, such as cyclopsora, E. coli and salmonella.



But rather than avoiding fresh produce, adopting a few sensible food safety practices can help you significantly reduce your risk of getting sick while continuing to enjoy the many health benefits and flavor perks of salads and fresh veggies.



During an active outbreak, washing your prewashed greens is a good idea. But better still would be choosing a whole head of lettuce that you wash at home.



The perks of prewashed produce



Bagged lettuce and other veggies, often labeled “triple washed” or “prewashed” and marketed as ready to eat, have become very popular. The packaging gives consumers confidence that the product has been commercially cleaned and helps save time when preparing fast, healthy meals.



Convenience is important: Research shows that when vegetables are easier to prepare and eat, people tend to consume more of them.



Commercial processors follow food safety practices, and millions of bags of produce are consumed safely each year. Normally, using prewashed lettuce right out of the bags is a low-risk move. 









Salad has some hefty health benefits – and there are ways to keep eating it, even during a foodborne illness outbreak.



Commercial packaging risks



However, prewashed doesn’t mean sterile. “Triple washed” or “ready to eat” means a product is cleaned to commercial standards, not that it is free of all harmful germs. And the same things that make prewashed vegetables convenient and appealing also introduce risk. That’s because each stage of production – harvest, cut, wash, conveyor belt and packaging – creates another opportunity for contamination.



What’s more, bagged lettuce often travels a considerable distance to consumers. This gives germs ample time to multiply, making contaminated food harder to locate and recall. During commercial processing, pathogen from a single contaminated leaf can spread to additional leaves through equipment or wash water, increasing the potential for cross contamination. Research also suggests that cut leaves release plant juices that may help bacteria survive and multiply.



Cyclospora is resistant to the chlorine and sanitizers commonly used to sanitize fresh produce, and routine washing may not completely remove the parasite. It’s also a particularly persistent pathogen in that its eggs adhere tightly to the surface of leafy greens and other bumpy produce. For these reasons, preventing contamination during growing, harvesting and processing is the most effective strategy for reducing risk.



Benefits of whole, local lettuce



In the face of multiple outbreaks involving fresh produce, choosing whole heads of lettuce and washing them at home is a reasonable way to reduce risk. Strip off and throw away the outer leaves, wash the leaves you plan to eat under running water and dry them in a salad spinner or with paper towels.



Whole lettuce heads undergo less processing than commercially bagged lettuce, which means fewer chances for exposure to microbes that can make people sick. That’s also true of locally grown produce. Local produce usually comes from smaller farms and gets to your plate in fewer steps, so it tends to be safer than mass-produced fruits and vegetables.



Buying lettuce at local farmers markets or farm stands – or even just choosing locally grown produce at your supermarket – can lower your risk of exposure during the current cyclosporiasis outbreak, which is suspected to come from commercial producers.



The upshot is that the health benefits of salad far outweigh the relatively small risk of foodborne illness – particularly if you follow these three simple rules:




Opt for whole heads of lettuce when possible, and rinse them well at home. Thoroughly scrub other produce with water and a produce brush, too.



When possible, buy locally grown produce, since nationwide outbreaks generally come from large commercial producers.



If you do go for bagged and prewashed greens and other produce, give them a good rinse even when they say “prewashed.”




Lisa Cuchara is a professor of biomedical sciences at Quinnipiac University.



This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. ]]></description>
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<title>The 7 best POS systems for bars and pubs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Henry Williams on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Whether you serve cocktails or craft ales, check out our pick of the best POS systems that can help to boost efficiency and revenue
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<title>How AI is shortening drug discovery timelines in China</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Insilico Medicine has reduced the time needed to produce some drug development candidates to about one year by combining artificial intelligence with laboratory research in China, according to CEO Alex Zhavoronkov. The Hong Kong-listed company’s fastest programme reached candidate nomination in nine months, while its typical timeline is about 13 months, Zhavoronkov said. He said […]
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<pubDate>Wed, 29 Jul 2026 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Armenia’s AI Bet Is Not Chip Manufacturing. It Is Compute Sovereignty </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/armenias-ai-bet-is-not-chip-manufacturing-it-is-compute-sovereignty</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Armenia is not a big country. It’s not a wealthy country. It’s not a famous country. And yet, it has become not only a consumer of different AI products akin to Clideo subtitles generator for video editing, or giants like OpenAI, but also entered the headlines of global news for several reasons, not the least […]
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<title>Guardoc Health processes clinical documentation using Amazon Nova models</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Guardoc Health says it processes over one million clinical documents daily using Amazon Nova models through Bedrock. Bringing AI into clinical documentation comes down to a specific kind of risk calculation. Get it wrong and the errors compound into denied Medicare claims under the Patient-Driven Payment Model, audit fines, litigation exposure, and in the worst […]
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<title>Google AI Overviews become more common in search</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google’s AI-generated summaries appeared in 43% of US searches measured by Similarweb, up from 15% a year earlier, according to the market intelligence firm’s 2026 Generative AI Landscape report. AI Overviews display generated summaries within conventional Google results, while AI Mode provides a conversational interface for longer questions and follow-up prompts. Users can move from […]
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<title>OpenAI report links coding agents to faster science software builds</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-report-links-coding-agents-to-faster-science-software-builds</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI has released a new field report tracking eight scientific computing projects where coding agents cut runtimes. The report documents projects that used Codex on its own in five cases and a combination of Codex and Anthropic’s Claude Code in three others. Worth flagging upfront: this is a vendor publishing a survey of its own […]
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<title>Cyera agrees to acquire Oasis Security for $1B to safeguard proliferating AI agents</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cyera-agrees-to-acquire-oasis-security-for-1b-to-safeguard-proliferating-ai-agents</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The deal is Cyera&#039;s third acquisition this year. ]]></description>
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<title>As AI content floods the internet, Pangram raises $9M to detect it</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Pangram has raised $9 million to scale its AI detection software. The startup has also released a new AI text detection model, Pangram 4, and an AI image detection model in research preview. ]]></description>
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<title>Fast Metals is treating waste with more waste to extract critical minerals</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fast-metals-is-treating-waste-with-more-waste-to-extract-critical-minerals</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/fast-metals-is-treating-waste-with-more-waste-to-extract-critical-minerals</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Aluminum production has saddled the world with billions of tons of caustic waste. One startup has a plan to clean it up and turn a profit. ]]></description>
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<title>DoorDash is building its own drone delivery business</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/doordash-is-building-its-own-drone-delivery-business</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ DoorDash has received FAA approval to operate a commercial drone delivery service in the United States. ]]></description>
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<title>Spotify adds a running mode to its app</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spotify-adds-a-running-mode-to-its-app</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Running Mode will be available to Premium users on iOS in select countries ]]></description>
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<title>Dr. Fauci, the Age of Big Players in science and what his diary reveals about the disputed origins of Covid</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/dr-fauci-the-age-of-big-players-in-science-and-what-his-diary-reveals-about-the-disputed-origins-of-covid</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/dr-fauci-the-age-of-big-players-in-science-and-what-his-diary-reveals-about-the-disputed-origins-of-covid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the age of Big Players, even science has become politicized. The most recent evidence is contained in Dr. Anthony Fauci’s diary. ]]></description>
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<title>China’s robot makers shipped 25x more units than U.S. rivals in 2025, so America banned them</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The ban lands weeks before Xi Jinping&#039;s planned September visit to meet President Trump, adding another flashpoint in the US-China tech rivalry ]]></description>
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<title>‘I started going to Instagram to get my news’: Left&#45;wing’s populist turn fueled by retreat from traditional media</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;I couldn’t stand all the lies on the stations,″ said Farah Berent, a physician assistant in Michigan, who cited Palestinian suffering in particular. ]]></description>
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<title>AWOL Mitch McConnell challenged by his governor: ‘provide proof of your capacity to serve, or resign’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ McConnell&#039;s office has issued just two updates, each with a single photo, since his June 14 hospitalization. ]]></description>
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<title>Fed expected to hold rates as Iran&#45;Jordan clash reignites war fears, with oil prices jumping more than 4%</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The central bank isn&#039;t expected to move on rates Wednesday, but 76% of traders see a September hike as inflation stays above the 2% target. ]]></description>
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<title>Heathrow expansion would move 15,200 aviation jobs to London by 2050, NEF says</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/heathrow-expansion-would-move-15200-aviation-jobs-to-london-by-2050-nef-says</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Heathrow third runway would move 15,200 aviation jobs from the regions to London by 2050, New Economics Foundation analysis of DfT forecasts finds. ]]></description>
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Retail sales volumes fell at a slower pace in July, with the CBI balance at -26% from -54% in June, while wholesale sales stabilised after 25 months. ]]></description>
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<title>East of England growth confidence dips to 83%, KPMG finds</title>
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East of England business confidence has fallen to 83% from 86%, KPMG&#039;s mid-year Private Enterprise Barometer finds, with 67% prioritising technology. ]]></description>
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<title>Blick Rothenberg: US tariffs make UK more appealing to Japanese firms</title>
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<title>HP drops bid to remove manager of Mike Lynch’s £500m estate</title>
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<title>Cursor makes its biggest India push yet ahead of SpaceX acquisition with localized pricing</title>
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<title>Lyft and Baidu enter London’s robotaxi battleground as testing begins</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Baidu&#039;s Apollo Go autonomous vehicles will be available on Freenow, the mobility network that Lyft acquired in 2025. ]]></description>
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<title>Granola launches an Apple Watch app</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Granola debutes an Apple Watch app for in-person notetaking ]]></description>
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<title>Recursive Superintelligence signs $410 compute deal with Amazon</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Recursive’s $400 million outlay represents the bulk of the company’s fundraising to date. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple launches ‘Upgrade’ device leasing program in partnership with Klarna</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Leasing prices start at $17.99 per month for iPhone, $11.99 for Apple Watch, $24.99 for Mac, and $11.99 for iPad. ]]></description>
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<title>How Toniebox and Hasbro built games kids can play without a screen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When my 10-year-old got her hands on a Toniebox loaded with Hasbro’s The Game of Life, she didn’t leave her room for an entire afternoon. When I popped in to check on her, she was choosing different life paths—a fashion designer with a passion for gardening, an astronaut with twins. Later, she roped her dad into a round of Monopoly. Neither game required a screen.



That’s precisely the market Tonies, a decade-old toy company, is chasing. Gaming time among kids age 8 and under has surged 65% since 2020 while overall screen time has held steady at around two and a half hours a day. Much of that gaming arrives marketed as educational or harmless. But the volume alone has rattled parents. More than half say they’ve felt their child was addicted to screens.



[Photo: Hasbro]



Tonies thinks it has found a middle path. The company, best known for its screen-free storytelling cubes, has partnered with Hasbro to turn three of the toy giant’s best-known board games—Monopoly, The Game of Life, and Guess Who?—into screen-free adventures that run on its newest device. It’s part of a wider push, among toy and tech companies alike, to build products for kids that are engaging without being engineered to keep them hooked.



“Our goal isn’t to have you never leave Tonies,” says Ginny McCormick, Tonies’ first-ever chief experience officer. “Stories end. They’re appropriately balanced.”



[Photo: Tonies]



Screen-Free Storytime



Tonies was founded in Germany in 2016 by Patric Faßbender and Marcus Stahl, two fathers who met at their children’s preschool and bonded over a shared frustration of trying to play stories to their kids on scratched CDs. They built an indestructable foam cube speaker that would tell stories when you placed a figurine on top: A little Pinocchio toy would play fairytales, a Little Mermaid toy would play the Disney story with some songs. The system was designed to be intuitive enough for a toddler to use on their own, allowing parents to have their kids entertained without a screen.



[Photo: Tonies]



The company arrived in the U.S. in 2020 and has become a fixture in Target and Walmart aisles, growing largely through word of mouth. McCormick says families use the device consistently—an average of 240 minutes a week—for everything from bedtime routines to long car rides, and that the appeal cuts across income levels even though the device is pricey. (The box costs $130, and the Tonie figurines start at $20.) The common thread, she says, is parents who want something their kids can operate independently, but that is not algorithmically driven.



That growth accelerated with Toniebox 2, which launched in the U.S. on October 5, 2025. The new device added a light-up ring, sleep and wake alarms, deeper parental controls in the app, and—for the first time—Tonieplay, a library of screen-free games that you can play with a small companion controller.



[Photo: Hasbro]



Hasbro Games In A New Format



Hasbro just launched three games for the system: Monopoly, Game of Life, and Guess Who? All of them run on the same physical interface: A controller serves as a dial or can be pressed like a button. And each game has its own set of additional pieces.



In Monopoly, you tap your player card to the Toniebox to bid in speed auctions for properties like the railroads and the electric company. You can compete with a partner on little challenges, like seeing who has the quickest reaction time when pressing the button. Mr. Monopoly’s narration keeps a running, spoken tally of everyone’s money.



[Photo: Hasbro]



In Guess Who? an inspector walks players through each case while the player lays out 30 plastic monster cards. Kids listen to a spoken clue, physically flip over any monster that doesn’t match, and then turn the controller to lock in their final guess once one monster remains. The Game of Life turns the controller into a spinner, which kids turn to move their piece around the board and press to answer career and life questions.



[Photo: Hasbro]



McCormick says the Hasbro and Tonies teams worked closely to find ways to spark kids interest through the storytelling. “If you show everyone a dragon, they know exactly what it looks like,” she says. “If you tell everyone about a dragon, there’s a thousand different ways they can imagine how it looks and feels. That’s what sparks the imagination and lets children drive the narrative.”



The hardest part, McCormick says, was resisting the urge to stick too closely to the board games. Guess Who? is the clearest example. The original is a visual game, built around scanning faces on a board. Toniebox’s version swapped in monsters that a narrator describes. The company also built in solo modes for Guess Who? and The Game of Life, since McCormick says one of the biggest barriers to family game night is simply getting enough people to the table at once. Monopoly still requires at least two players.



[Photo: Hasbro]



What’s Next



Toniebox has worked with Hasbro for years on other licenses, including Peppa Pig, which Hasbro owns. Now, McCormick says the companies are exploring how to bring more of Hasbro’s game catalog into audio form.



Internally, Toniebox’s development studio—a mix of music producers, storytellers, and child-development researchers—is constantly testing new mechanics. “It’s a combination of art and science,” McCormick says. “We do wild ideation and we have a very strong curation process to match that game mechanic to the right stage of development for that child.”



The bet, McCormick says, is that the next generation of kids’ technology won’t be judged by how long it keeps a child’s attention, but by how well it lets that attention go.



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<title>Senior&#45;level women are struggling and CEOs should not ignore it</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations with executives and entrepreneurs, and from the pages of Inc. and Fast Company. If you received this newsletter from a friend, you can sign up to get it yourself every Monday morning.







To corporate leaders who think their senior-level female employees have the resources and support they need: They don’t. Research and first-person accounts reveal that executive women are struggling to manage both the pressures of home life and the complexity of the modern workplace, not to mention that bias is still a factor in their careers. This is your wake-up call.



McKinsey and LeanIn’s most recent Women in the Workplace report reveals that 60% of senior-level women report burning out, compared with half of men and four in 10 employees overall. A quarter of senior-level women in the same study say they’re not raising their hands for promotions because “personal obligations” make it too hard to take on extra responsibilities. Just 15% of male respondents feel the same pressure. Meanwhile, a January 2026 study from Catalyst, a nonprofit that champions women’s progress, found that 42% of women who voluntarily left the workforce in 2025 cited childcare responsibilities and costs as the primary reason they decided to quit.



Hanging by a thread



My colleague Shalene Gupta has collected the stories of more than 100 high-achieving, accomplished women, chronicling their struggles and the hacks they’ve developed to succeed at work while caring for kids, tending to health issues such as menopause, and more. The upshot for CEOs? Some of your most committed and valuable employees are hanging on by a thread. “Women who seemed to have it all together told me under the condition of anonymity that they were on the brink of quitting,” Gupta tells Modern CEO. 



Indeed, many of these accomplished women have left corporate ranks for entrepreneurship, by either acquiring small companies or launching new businesses, in record numbers. “When I joined Amazon, I set three nonnegotiables as a parent: I would be there when my kids woke up, there when they got home from school, and there to put them to bed. The tech industry made those impossible to honor,” Anica John writes in Fast Company. John worked as a product leader at Amazon before buying DiggyPOD, a book-printing business, in 2025. She adds: “Ownership is the only structure I found that lets me build that life on my own terms.”



Stop the brain drain



When women start or lead businesses, they often implement the kind of workplace policies that women say they value. Many of the female-led companies on Inc.’s 2026 Best Workplaces List are fully remote or offer other work-life friendly perks such as extended family leave and mental health benefits.



CEOs can stop the brain drain. “If we can rethink how companies do work to incorporate AI, why can’t we—and why aren’t we—doing this for women?” Gupta asks. Companies can retain hybrid and remote work options instead of rolling them back, as many have in 2025 and 2026. And when companies offer flexible work arrangements, they mustn’t then penalize women for opting in. The McKinsey and LeanIn research found that women who work remotely were less likely to receive promotions in the past two years than women who work in the office.



Supporting women isn’t just good for female employees; it’s good for business. The McKinsey and LeanIn study found that employees who see their workplace as fair and inclusive are twice as likely to feel inspired to do their best work. And, yes, they’re less likely to consider leaving. 



Announcing made possible



Over the past few months, I’ve had the opportunity to participate in Made Possible, a Fast Company partnership with PepsiCo that tells the story of the food and beverage giant’s digital transformation. Our custom studio has just released the first video in the series, highlighting the way PepsiCo is reimagining manufacturing using AI-powered digital twins. You can also check out my conversations about reinvention with Dr. Athina Kanioura, CEO, Latin America, and global chief strategy and transformation officer at PepsiCo.



Read more: women at work




4 things companies can do to support women during menopause





The Inc. Female Founders 500: women defying the odds





The HR pros turning workplace horror stories into startup successes




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<title>Why this Ulta K&#45;beauty bestseller is enlisting the undead to market its new eye cream</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What do zombies have to do with skincare? The K-beauty brand Peach &amp; Lily is making connection with its latest face cream—and rolling it out with a marketing campaign straight out of a George Romero movie.  



Peach &amp; Lily’s Advanced Rebound BioGLow Zombie Cream is designed to target “zombie cells” that can contribute to aging. The $59 cream launches July 27 on the brand’s website and as a retail exclusive at Ulta Beauty—where Peach &amp; Lily tops the K-beauty category and is the second-largest prestige brand.



For the cream, Peach &amp; Lily is combining the latest in skin science with clever marketing to get people curious about the cells being addressed by the cream.



What are zombie cells?



Zombie cells, aka senescent cells, are damaged cells that haven’t died. In skin, they release signals that cause inflammation, which contributes to the aging process. Peach &amp; Lily’s CEO, Alicia Yoon, says the presence of the cells—and the havoc they wreak on skin—was something she’s wanted to tackle but didn’t have a good solution for until recently.



[Photo: Peach &amp; Lily]



“We can have science that understands the mechanism of things that are happening in our skin, but sometimes it takes a minute for the research to catch up on ingredients that can actually do something about it,” Yoon says. “We kept testing and formulating and seeking out the best ingredients and so forth. Through the advancements in skincare, [we can address] senescent cells in a scientifically rigorous formula.”



One of those new ingredients is Eterwell Youth. Introduced in 2024, the ingredient is derived from an alpine willow plant and included in Peach &amp; Lily’s product to remove senescent cells. Peach &amp; Lily’s product also uses an antioxidant called fisetin to calm signs of inflammation linked to the cells, and includes a biosynthetic placenta growth factor complex to repair the damage left on the skin.



[Photo: Peach &amp; Lily]



Penny Coy, senior vice president of marketing at Ulta Beauty, says the cutting-edge formulation was part of what enticed Ulta to be the product’s exclusive retailer. “It’s not just another product launch,” she says. “It’s innovation [in] treatment-inspired science . . . which very much excited us.” 



Undead outreach



As it rolls out the product, Peach &amp; Lily is combining the need to educate consumers about the product with an out-of-the-casket marketing campaign. 



“One thing that has been a winning combination for us is pairing breakthrough innovation with breakthrough marketing,” Yoon says. When it teased the launch on July 23, the brand posted a video of a model whose face transforms into a zombie’s visage. For the launch, it has enlisted actors in full zombie makeup to advertise the product. 




  @peachandlilyofficial Some things refuse to die. Something is coming for them. 7.27.26 ♬ original sound – Peach &amp; Lily   




In New York, Los Angeles, and Chicago, Peach &amp; Lily will deploy the zombie actors to install interactive, tear-away ads on streets across the cities. “[The ad] is only showcasing zombies,” Yoon says. “It sets up the consumer to already be asking the question, ‘Why zombies?’ So . . . there’s a natural resolution when we educate on zombie cells.” 



It’s not the first time Peach &amp; Lily’s influencer marketing has taken an unconventional approach.



Last year, the brand sent content creators unbranded samples of its MiniProtein Exosome Bioactive Ampoule, encouraging an unbiased review, before revealing that it was behind the packages. With the Advanced Rebound BioGLow Zombie Cream rollout, it’s hoping to revive its reputation for viral marketing.



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<title>Petsense is closing stores: List of doomed locations grows as pet supplies retailer faces shifting habits</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Another retailer has announced that it is closing some of its stores. This time around it’s the popular pet supply chain Petsense, which is owned by Tractor Supply Company (Nasdaq: TSCO). Here’s what you need to know about the Petsense store closures.



Petsense to shut approximately 75 locations



On the company’s second-quarter earnings call last week, Tractor Supply Company CEO Harry Lawton said the firm will close approximately 75 of its Petsense locations.



Petsense is a popular pet supply retailer found in small and mid-sized communities. Petsense was founded in 2005 and acquired in 2016 by Tractor Supply Company (which itself is much older, having been founded in 1938 as a mail-order service for tractor parts). 



Petsense sells pet food and supplies, and also offers services like grooming and cat adoption.



According to a check of its store locator tool, Petsense currently has 208 locations in more than 20 states. However, more than a third of those locations will now be closing. On Tractor Supply Company’s earnings call, Lawton said that approximately 75 underperforming Petsense locations will close.



“We believe these actions will improve returns, simplify business, and allow us to direct resources towards higher growth, higher return opportunities,” Lawton said, according to a PitchBook transcript of the call.



When asked about the closures, Lawton said that “the 75 stores that we announced today that we’re shutting down are negative four-wall cashflow.” This means the individual stores marked for closure were costing more to run than they were bringing in.



“We will be able to use that negative four-wall cashflow once we shut those stores down and reinvest that back into the core of our business,” Lawton added.



“Shopping more deliberately”



Speaking broadly about all of Tractor Supply Company’s businesses, which include online pet pharmacy Allivet and VIP Petcare veterinary clinics, Lawton said that customer engagement had not changed but that customer spending behaviors had. 



“Customers continue to invest in the care of their pets, animals, farms, and properties, but they’re shopping more deliberately, consolidating trips, and prioritizing needs-based items while taking a more measured approach to discretionary purchases,” Lawton noted.



Which Petsense stores are closing?



The Tractor Supply Company did not specify which Petsense locations will be closing. But once the stores do shutter, Petsense’s retail footprint will be significantly diminished.



Petsense currently has around 208 locations. Closing approximately 75 locations will leave Petsense with around 133 locations.



Fast Company has reached out to Tractor Supply Company for comment.



Petsense has multiple locations in the Pacific Northwest, but the vast majority of its stores are in the southern United States, including Texas, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.



How has Tractor Supply Company’s stock price performed?



Not well in 2026. On Friday, TSCO shares closed up around 2.3% to just above $31 apiece. 



However, for the year to date, the company’s stock price has declined nearly 38%. Over the past 12 months, the drop is even steeper, with TSCO shares down nearly 48%.



Most recently, for its Q2 2026, Tractor Supply Company posted a 1.5% decline in comparable store sales and reduced its full-year fiscal 2026 outlook. 



In addition to its subsidiary stores, Tractor Supply Company operates more than 2,400 Tractor Supply stores in 49 states. ]]></description>
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<title>CXMT stock soars in China IPO as investors pile into the memory boom</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Forget SpaceX: This Chinese chip stock is going to the moon.



ChangXin Memory Technologies, or CXMT, recently went public on the Shanghai Stock Exchange’s tech-focused STAR Market (a China-based equivalent to the Nasdaq exchange), and has quickly shot up the charts. 



On its initial day of trading, it shot up almost 466%, becoming the most valuable company on the exchange, and accrued a market capitalization of around $487 billion.



Despite many people only now learning its name, CXMT was founded a decade ago, in 2016, and has grown from a startup into a budding global player in the microchip industry. 



AI-driven demand for memory chips



CXMT’s growth in the more immediate term is likely associated with the huge demand for chips and memory related to the proliferation of AI—and additionally, as China looks to create and foster more domestic chipmakers. 



That’s in part because the U.S. federal government has instituted export controls and rules concerning semiconductors and similar technology being sold or otherwise sent to China.



Currently, large-scale AI data center infrastructure buildouts are fueling most of the demand, and with it, demand for dynamic random access memory chips (or “DRAM”) is up. 



Prices are likewise up, and that’s spilled over into the market, with investors gobbling up chipmaker stocks and sending some companies to valuations of more than $1 trillion.



Committing to memory



That includes American memory chip company Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU). While its shares have been volatile recently, the stock is up more than 727% over the last 12 months.



CXMT’s post-IPO rise puts it in the conversation, but it’s still much smaller than other large chipmakers, such as South Korea’s Samsung Electronics and SK Hynix, the latter of which went public in the United States earlier this month.



CXMT’s prospectus states that the company holds approximately 8% of the global market share in the chipmaking space, with Samsung accounting for 36%, SK Hynix at 29%, and Micron at 24%. 



Notably, CXMT’s share has grown around 3% over the past year, so the company is making more than just waves in the stock market. 



Even so, the company’s huge surge in the markets doesn’t mean it’s in the same strata as those competitors, experts say. 



“It’s going to be a steep hill to climb for CXMT in the high-bandwidth memory market,” said Neil Shah, vice president of research for Counterpoint Research. ]]></description>
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<title>What is a PDQ machine and how does it work?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-is-a-pdq-machine-and-how-does-it-work</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Nick Ismail on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


A PDQ machine is just another name for a card machine - find out out everything you need to know about how they work, how much they cost, and where you can buy them
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<title>AMD to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic under AI infrastructure deal</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/amd-to-invest-up-to-5-billion-in-anthropic-under-ai-infrastructure-deal</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AMD has agreed to invest up to $5 billion in Anthropic under an infrastructure agreement covering tens of billions of dollars’ worth of AI systems. Anthropic will deploy up to two gigawatts of capacity using AMD’s Instinct MI450-series accelerators, with deployment of the first gigawatt beginning in the first half of 2027. AMD’s investment will […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Nvidia bets physical AI can solve healthcare robotics’ data problem</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nvidia-bets-physical-ai-can-solve-healthcare-robotics-data-problem</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nvidia’s new Medical Physics Simulation framework treats healthcare robots as physical AI systems that need embodied experience to learn, not just code. Physical AI is the term Nvidia and much of the robotics industry now use to describe machines that have to learn how the world behaves through contact, force, and consequence, rather than through […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>OpenAI Presence sells enterprise AI agents with engineers attached</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-presence-sells-enterprise-ai-agents-with-engineers-attached</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-presence-sells-enterprise-ai-agents-with-engineers-attached</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The newest way to buy enterprise AI agents from OpenAI does not involve buying anything online. OpenAI Presence, announced on July 22, is a managed product delivered through a limited general availability programme, and the company states plainly that it is not yet available as a self-serve product. Deployments are led by OpenAI’s own Forward Deployed Engineers […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OpenAI pushes ChatGPT into patient health records</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-pushes-chatgpt-into-patient-health-records</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI is deploying a Health feature inside ChatGPT, giving users the option to connect Apple Health data and medical records to the chatbot. Logged-in users aged 18 and older can access it now on web and iOS, across the Free, Go, Plus, and Pro tiers. Users link Apple Health and, where supported, records from US […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, and others back open&#45;weight AI</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/meta-microsoft-nvidia-ibm-and-others-back-open-weight-ai</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Two dozen companies and organisations signed an open letter urging US policymakers to protect open-weight AI models. The letter, published today (PDF), carries signatures from a list that spans direct commercial rivals and organisations with little obvious overlap in business model: Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, IBM, Dell Technologies, CrowdStrike, Palantir, ServiceNow, Hugging Face, Perplexity, Mistral, Andreessen […]
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>TechCrunch Disrupt 2026’s new Smart Money Stage explores fintech, payments, AI, and everything between </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/techcrunchdisrupt-2026s-new-smart-money-stage-explores-fintech-payments-ai-and-everything-between</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/techcrunchdisrupt-2026s-new-smart-money-stage-explores-fintech-payments-ai-and-everything-between</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Money has evolved into far more than the cash in your wallet or your bank account. And at TechCrunch Disrupt 2026, we’re devoting an entire stage to that progression. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Prentis, new AI lab co&#45;founded by Reid Hoffman, Mark Pincus in talks to raise $100M</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/prentis-new-ai-lab-co-founded-by-reid-hoffman-mark-pincus-in-talks-to-raise-100m</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/prentis-new-ai-lab-co-founded-by-reid-hoffman-mark-pincus-in-talks-to-raise-100m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The neolab is betting that automating routine computer tasks will soon outpace coding as AI&#039;s biggest use case. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>SpaceX launches new V3 Starlink satellites but suffers another booster failure</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-launches-new-v3-starlink-satellites-but-suffers-another-booster-failure</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-launches-new-v3-starlink-satellites-but-suffers-another-booster-failure</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company ticked off a few more boxes on the second Starship V3 flight, but appears to have had another issue relighting the booster&#039;s rocket engines. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>I tried out OpenAI’s new AI keypad — which will be fun for some coders and slightly mystifying to everyone else</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/i-tried-out-openais-new-ai-keypad-which-will-be-fun-for-some-coders-and-slightly-mystifying-to-everyone-else</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/i-tried-out-openais-new-ai-keypad-which-will-be-fun-for-some-coders-and-slightly-mystifying-to-everyone-else</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI&#039;s fancy new AI keypad will be a lot of fun for some, while many others are probably not going to touch it. ]]></description>
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<title>One fallen power line exposed a growing AI data center problem. Here’s how to fix it.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/one-fallen-power-line-exposed-a-growing-ai-data-center-problem-heres-how-to-fix-it</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/one-fallen-power-line-exposed-a-growing-ai-data-center-problem-heres-how-to-fix-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A close call in Northern Virginia revealed just how poorly data centers respond to grid disruptions. Here&#039;s how to fix the problem. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Bechtel CEO: to build America’s future, we must first build the builders</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bechtel-ceo-to-build-americas-future-we-must-first-build-the-builders</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bechtel-ceo-to-build-americas-future-we-must-first-build-the-builders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ We sent 9,000 workers to save America&#039;s first new nuclear plant in 30 years. The next bottleneck isn&#039;t code — it&#039;s welders, pipefitters, and electricians. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Startups are installing tiny data centers in people’s homes to reduce strain on the beleaguered electrical grid</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/startups-are-installing-tiny-data-centers-in-peoples-homes-to-reduce-strain-on-the-beleaguered-electrical-grid</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/startups-are-installing-tiny-data-centers-in-peoples-homes-to-reduce-strain-on-the-beleaguered-electrical-grid</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Span, in partnership with Nvidia and PulteGroup, uses homes’ underutilized electrical capacity in computer processing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Schools across America are quietly admitting that screens in classrooms made students worse off and are reversing years of tech&#45;first policies</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/schools-across-america-are-quietly-admitting-that-screens-in-classrooms-made-students-worse-off-and-are-reversing-years-of-tech-first-policies</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Millions were spent putting laptops in every student’s hands. Now schools want them back as tech falls short of the miracle solution it was sold as. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>As millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, CEOs of Amazon, Citi, and McDonald’s say opportunity is still there—if you have the right mindset</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/as-millions-of-gen-zers-face-unemployment-ceos-of-amazon-citi-and-mcdonalds-say-opportunity-is-still-thereif-you-have-the-right-mindset</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ From Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang to Amazon boss Andy Jassy, Fortune 500 leaders have shared their advice for workers to thrive in today’s shaky job market. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>A Hims cofounder fired his entire marketing team for AI. Now his 24/7 online vet service is growing 20% a month</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-hims-cofounder-fired-his-entire-marketing-team-for-ai-now-his-247-online-vet-service-is-growing-20-a-month</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/a-hims-cofounder-fired-his-entire-marketing-team-for-ai-now-his-247-online-vet-service-is-growing-20-a-month</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Joe Spector helped build a multibillion-dollar telehealth company. Now he’s on to own remote vet services. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 25 Jul 2026 14:00:02 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>James May rejects wealth tax as millionaires beg Burnham to tax them</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/james-may-rejects-wealth-tax-as-millionaires-beg-burnham-to-tax-them</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/james-may-rejects-wealth-tax-as-millionaires-beg-burnham-to-tax-them</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
James May rejects the wealth tax urged by Gary Lineker&#039;s millionaires. Here&#039;s what a £24bn levy on the super-rich could mean for UK small businesses. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Burnham opens No10 North, but the SME payoff waits until 2032</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/burnham-opens-no10-north-but-the-sme-payoff-waits-until-2032</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/burnham-opens-no10-north-but-the-sme-payoff-waits-until-2032</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Burnham opens No10 North in Manchester, but the civil service campus isn&#039;t operational until 2032. What his devolution push means for UK SMEs now ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Record entries and 200 shortlisted: Britain’s small businesses defy the gloom at the UK’s flagship business awards</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/record-entries-and-200-shortlisted-britains-small-businesses-defy-the-gloom-at-the-uks-flagship-business-awards</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/record-entries-and-200-shortlisted-britains-small-businesses-defy-the-gloom-at-the-uks-flagship-business-awards</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
From a nine-generation family farm to a challenger radio station, the 2026 Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards shortlist tells a different story about British SMEs, and one of them will win £500,000 of ITV airtime ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Kardashian’s Skims fills empty Ted Baker flagship on Regent Street</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kardashians-skims-fills-empty-ted-baker-flagship-on-regent-street</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kardashians-skims-fills-empty-ted-baker-flagship-on-regent-street</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Kim Kardashian&#039;s Skims opens its first UK store on Regent Street, taking the old Ted Baker flagship on a 10-year lease. What it signals for UK retail. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Oil at $100 drives mortgage rates back to a month&#45;old high</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/oil-at-100-drives-mortgage-rates-back-to-a-month-old-high</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/oil-at-100-drives-mortgage-rates-back-to-a-month-old-high</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
UK mortgage rates have climbed to a one-month high as $100 oil dents rate-cut hopes. What the squeeze means for SME owners and how to lock in now. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Mobileye CEO Amnon Shashua to step aside as company pushes into robotaxis, robotics</title>
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<title>Meet the judges who will crown Australia’s next breakout startup</title>
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<title>How AI guardrails are impeding the work of offensive cybersecurity researchers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We spoke with several cybersecurity researchers, who look for unknown vulnerabilities and develop tools to exploit them, about how OpenAI’s and Anthropic’s guardrails affect their work. ]]></description>
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<title>Facebook launches a dedicated Marketplace app for sellers, adds a free verification system</title>
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<title>OpenAI’s new voice mode makes it to the ChatGPT desktop app</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ ChatGPT Voice on desktop can work with both ChatGPT Work and Codex to complete tasks and control agents. ]]></description>
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<title>How To Buy A Domain Name? Step&#45;By&#45;Step Guide For Beginners</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Buying a domain name is one of the important steps when you are building an online presence. If you pick a bad name, you will have to explain the confusing name for years or even worse. You will have to rebrand your business as well as domain name from scratch, once the business has already […]
The post How To Buy A Domain Name? Step-By-Step Guide For Beginners appeared first on Fincyte. ]]></description>
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<title>Your exit interviews are asking the wrong questions</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/your-exit-interviews-are-asking-the-wrong-questions</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “She didn’t quit because she didn’t love the job. She quit because her son’s school kept calling her out of meetings, because the after-school program in her neighborhood closed, because by the time she got home on two buses she had nothing left. None of that appeared on the exit survey.”



Her manager told me this story when I asked what he wished the company’s people team understood. He’d lost four high performers in 18 months—all for reasons that never made it into a data field, because no exit survey asks about broken sidewalks, shuttered childcare centers, or neighborhoods without a grocery store within a mile.



This is the central blind spot in contemporary workforce strategy: the assumption that employees’ lives begin and end at the employer’s front door. Everything we know about human health, human cognition, and human performance says otherwise. The conditions in which people live—stability, safety, access to nutrition, the quality of their children’s schools, the reliability of their transportation—determine how much of themselves they can bring to work. Not occasionally. Every single day.



The business cost of ignoring this is concrete. Built to Thrive: A Blueprint for Healthier Communities, Stronger Workforces, and Economic Vitality, a new analysis by the Leadership Council for Healthier Communities, documents that businesses absorb more than $575 billion a year in costs tied to poor community health. This surfaces as higher emergency room utilization, absenteeism, and presenteeism that standard wellness programs never reach. And it shows as turnover that costs 50% to 200% of a person’s annual salary to replace. These aren’t soft costs. They are in your operating budget right now.



INVEST IN COMMUNITIES



The companies getting ahead of this are asking different questions than just how to improve benefits packages. Instead, they are asking: What are the health conditions in the communities where our employees live? What is the state of childcare access, food security, and transportation reliability in the ZIP codes where our workforce lives? Where are the leverage points upstream of us that would reduce the pressure our people carry through the door each morning?



This isn’t altruism. Built to Thrive draws on decades of published research showing that upstream investment in public health returns $14 for every dollar spent, and that closing community health gaps could add $5 trillion to GDP over five years. The companies that invest in the communities where their talent lives are building a workforce advantage that cannot be replicated with a hiring bonus or wellness app.



THE ISSUE IS GROWING



Federal safety net rollbacks now taking effect are going to make this more urgent. As Medicaid coverage contracts and food assistance tightens, the pressure on working families grows. That pressure arrives at work, sits in meetings, misses deadlines, and eventually walks out the door, to an exit interview that never identifies the real reason.



The manager who lost four people in 18 months has started asking different questions. He’s mapping where his team lives. He’s asking what their neighborhoods actually have. He’s beginning to understand that his retention problem is a community problem. And that community problems have community solutions, if leaders are willing to invest in them.



Jean Accius, PhD, is president and CEO of CHC: Creating Healthier Communities and founder of the Leadership Council for Healthier Communities. ]]></description>
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<title>Why the AI “friction phase” is a sign you’re doing it right</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every corporate announcement seems to be about an “AI-first” launch or a new agent. On paper, it looks like a revolution. On the ground, it feels a lot more like chaos. Rushing these tools out is slowing teams down, forcing endless rework, and confusing everyone involved.



Naturally, when leaders see their teams slowing down after getting AI tools, they panic. The immediate assumption is often that the technology is broken or the strategy failed.



But moving slower isn’t a sign of AI failure. It’s what happens when you try to change how a business operates. There’s no collapse, you’re just hitting the friction phase. If you want to build a business where humans and software work together at scale, you have to expect this part and work through it.



SPEED IS A FALSE METRIC



In the rush to figure out AI, too many companies are obsessed with how fast they can roll things out and drive adoption. It is easy to see why. The pressure to move fast is real. At the same time, a culture of experimentation is critical, and that has to start at the top. As CEO, I spend time building and playing around with my own AI agents, because you can’t task your team to take risks if you aren’t doing it yourself. If your teams are afraid to experiment with new AI tools, even if it means writing bad prompts or breaking a few things along the way, you’ll be left behind before you even start.



But there is a massive difference between experimenting fast and scaling fast.



When you mistake a slick software demo for organizational change, you run straight into a wall. Rapid rollouts are causing silent chaos because executives confuse deploying a tool with people using it successfully. Moving slower at the enterprise level is required if you want to be strategic in an implementation meant to be sustained for years.



MESSY WORKFLOWS WEREN’T BUILT FOR ALGORITHMS



We talk a lot about AI-powered workflows, but if your day-to-day processes are a mess, throwing AI at them just builds a faster mess.



Our current workflows were created by humans for humans. They rely on institutional knowledge, implicit assumptions, and manual handoffs. When you drop an autonomous AI agent into that ecosystem, things break. Even if the AI does exactly what it was programmed to do, it can disrupt the entire workflow and confuse the users around it.



Plugging high-speed agents into legacy, human-centric processes naturally creates a ton of friction before you see any real benefit. As leaders, we must realize that friction doesn’t mean the tech is broken, but that the environment housing it needs to adapt.



We saw this recently with a steel manufacturing client whose estimating team was bogged down by spreadsheet-related fatigue and weeks of communication silence. They deployed an AI agent to handle pre- and post-sale operations. Technically, the AI worked perfectly; it processed email threads and task comments to generate project digests and automate weekly status reports.



But there was a learning curve. Because the team was accustomed to manual requests and sidebar conversations, the sudden shift in automation speed was jarring. The tech wasn’t failing. The human-centric process surrounding it was. The team took time to adjust, but they trusted the process. Those chaotic workflows were eventually replaced with a transparent, automated, single source of truth, allowing them to shift their focus to high-margin, solution-driven work.



DON’T MISTAKE FRICTION FOR FAILURE



The biggest risk to a company right now is a leader who mistakes this integration friction for a failed initiative. 



When a new AI tool causes a temporary bottleneck or forces a process to be rewritten, impatient leaders tend to switch vendors or scrap the initiative entirely. Walking away too early kills momentum. If you constantly reset your strategy the second things get messy, your organization will never see the technology start paying off.



Surviving the AI transition requires the patience to view this messy phase as a predictable, necessary stage of transformation. Getting scale right takes time, and it requires the right building blocks. You cannot skip the infrastructure phase.



Fortunately, the friction phase is manageable. This adjustment period gets shorter when you use a platform designed from the ground up to help humans and AI work together. Instead of just throwing AI tools at disorganized spreadsheets and hoping for the best, you’re building a clear structure where human intent and machine execution align. That’s how you get to a successful outcome.



RE-ARCHITECT FOR AN AI-ENABLED FUTURE



To move past the friction into productivity, you have to stop trying to force AI into your old way of doing things. The value only comes when you redesign your workflows from scratch with AI in mind.



As you lead your team through this, also change how you measure success. Judging early milestones solely on immediate ROI misses the point. Instead, look at how well your teams are adapting. If your teams are getting better at working alongside digital agents, clearing up their data inputs, and catching mistakes early, you’re doing well. That is the exact foundation you need to scale later.



TO SUCCEED WITH AI, PLAY THE LONG GAME



The companies that flourish over the next decade will have executive stamina to sit through the messy friction phase and thoughtfully re-engineer their business for a machine-assisted world.



When you build the right foundation, where clean rules give your tools the guardrails to operate on their own, you finally fix the bottlenecks holding your team back. That’s how a smart rollout turns a system that simply tracks work into one that gets work done.



Thomas Scott is CEO of Wrike.



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<title>The real math crisis isn’t the test scores. It’s the test</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ This past school year, Cambridge, Massachusetts, placed every eighth grader in Algebra I. It didn’t go well. Ultimately, more than 60% of rising ninth graders will repeat the course. 



The consequences were immediate: weeping students, angry parents, and roiling debate about the rollout, teacher support, and tracking.



Lost in the shuffle was this essential point: We teach obsolete rote math that adults don’t use, while missing entirely the math that defines our lives.  



Let’s start with the math sequence followed by kids in Cambridge and across America: Algebra I, Geometry/Trig, Algebra II, pre-Calculus, and the much-desired Calculus. This track was laid out in 1893 by the Committee of Ten, a working group of educators, when respected professions (e.g., surveyors, engineers, astronomers, munitions officers) needed humans able to execute rote math procedures quickly and accurately by hand: factor (x³ − 6x² + 11x − 6), compute square roots, solve systems of linear equations. Quite sensibly, school helped kids master a body of rote math. 



But then, emerging computational resources began absorbing all rote math tasks. The fantastic book (and movie) Hidden Figures showcases the talented Black women who performed rote math by hand for the Apollo space missions. By 1970, these women recognized that mainframes made their skill set obsolete. Yet 56 years later, our education system hasn’t reached this realization. Worse, math scores are a principal measure of education quality for states, districts, and schools. Rote math scores define the futures and self-esteem of every American teenager. Rote math that adults don’t use, that smartphones perform flawlessly, and that pushes aside the math that matters. 



In our personal lives, we need to understand the probability behind a medical diagnosis, the long-term impact of compound interest, the risks of online gambling, the statistics behind “studies show” headlines, and the algorithms that determine what we read, watch, and believe. In our careers, we need to estimate market sizes, devise statistics to track an organization’s progress, predict revenue growth, optimize scarce resources, deploy proprietary algorithms, and make sound decisions. The powerful, fascinating math that is essential in life, but doesn’t make the cut in the math curricula of most students. We pay a high price for this. Only about a third of U.S. adults have the numeracy skills needed to navigate real-world financial and health decisions, while most—by some estimates, more than 90%—report some degree of math anxiety. Generations of Americans suffer from math, rather than capitalize on it. 



Meanwhile, we define the quality of a K-12 education—for a person, school, district, state, and nation—according to how humans perform on tasks that AI does perfectly. Why? We test kids at such a massive scale that the only way to keep costs in check is to rely on exams expressly designed to be graded by a computer. And if a computer can grade it, a computer can do it. If a young adult enters the real world with skills inferior to what a set of AI agents does for $20/month, they will struggle to find any decent career path.



But even if you disagree with our critique of today’s math curriculum, there is a deeper problem. We never had the conversation. Policymakers, school boards, journalists, and philanthropists have largely treated the traditional math sequence as a given rather than asking whether it still serves students in an AI-driven world. 



It is not too late to have these conversations. Cambridge—and districts across America—can still have the discussion they skipped, shifting the focus from “How can we do obsolete things better?” to “What mathematical capabilities will students need to thrive in an AI-driven world?”  



Review the current high school math curriculum and ask, “Do any of us ever use this?” On the website for Ted’s new book, Aftermath, you can find a simple eight-question math quiz using practice questions from The Nation’s Report Card Grade 8 exam, the PSAT, SAT, ACT, and a state-mandated exam. Start by asking community members—especially school boards and local legislators—to take this quiz (12 minutes, no devices), and reflect on whether these questions should define the futures of every kid coming through our school system. 



As we consider how to educate for a world shot through with algorithms, AI itself also gives us powerful new tools for listening. Instead of relying on a handful of public hearings, school districts can use AI to synthesize thousands of perspectives, identify common ground, surface disagreements, and explore alternatives. AI makes it practical for communities to contribute their expertise and experience and for even the busiest institutions to listen.



Charlotte-Mecklenburg Schools recently engaged more than 10,000 families, educators, students, and community members to shape its AI strategy, surfacing broad support for AI literacy alongside concerns about academic integrity and the pace of adoption. In our own Unlocking Literacy initiative at Northeastern University, we ran a national engagement on literacy. We used AI to enable participation in multiple languages and from people with different literacy levels, then synthesized what communities told us. 



Imagine applying that same approach to mathematics. Instead of assuming the traditional sequence is immutable, districts could ask students, parents, teachers, employers, mathematicians, scientists, and engineers what quantitative reasoning people actually need in an AI-driven world. AI can make it practical to gather thousands of perspectives, identify where there is consensus, clarify where there is disagreement, and make curriculum decisions that reflect today’s realities rather than yesterday’s assumptions.



The stakes couldn’t be higher. If we continue graduating students whose greatest strength is performing tasks AI already does effortlessly, we will leave them poorly prepared for the world they are inheriting. 



But if we have the courage to rethink both what we teach and how we decide what to teach, we can prepare a generation to do what only humans can: reason, create, judge, and solve the problems that matter most. It’s long past time to change the equation.



—



Ted Dintersmith is an advocate for transforming education and the author of “Aftermath: The Life-Changing Math that Schools Won’t Teach You” (2026). Beth Simone Noveck is the director of The Governance Lab at Northeastern University and the author of “Reboot: AI and the Race to Save Democracy” (2026). ]]></description>
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<title>Monday.com layoffs: Hundreds of jobs slashed as work platform proclaims its embrace of ‘the new AI era’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Monday.com has just become the latest company to lay off its employees in favor of AI. 



On Wednesday, July 22, the work management software firm announced that it will lay off about 20% of its workforce, or just over 600 employees. 



The news came through a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) in which the Tel Aviv-based company said it had “initiated a restructuring plan.” 



In the SEC filing, Monday.com stated: “The Plan reflects the Company’s ongoing transformation of its product, marketing, and go-to market strategy and is intended to support a leaner, more focused operating model as the Company continues to invest in its AI-driven growth strategy.” 



Yes, those 20% of employees losing their jobs have been replaced by AI growth. It is perhaps not surprising for a company that announced a platform-wide AI shift a year ago and now self-identifies as an “AI work platform,” but it’s still disheartening. 



Monday.com has offices in New York and Denver, in addition to cities in Europe, Australia, South America, and Asia. Fast Company has reached out to Monday.com for more information on where the impacted jobs are located. We will update this post if we hear back. 



Monday.com estimates it will face $45 million to $55 million in net charges as a result of the new plan, but expects to maintain or improve on its predicted 19% to 20% year-over-year (YOY) revenue growth for 2026. 



Eran Zinman, a cofounder of the company, posted a memo about the layoffs on LinkedIn. 



“[Changing] our strategy and product is not enough,” Zinman wrote. “The organization we built for our previous chapter is not the organization that fits the new AI era.”



Shares of Monday.com Ltd (Nasdaq: MNDY) rose marginally following the news, but the stock is still down 74.45% YOY and 49.91% year-to-date (YTD).



Overall, software-as-a-service (SaaS) stocks have faced downward pressure from perceived AI disruptions this year.



Tech companies claim to be trading employees for AI



Monday.com is far from the first company to cite AI in a headcount reduction announcement.



At fintech company Block, CEO Jack Dorsey laid off more than 4,000 people in February to focus on “intelligence tools.” Then there’s Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, who laid off about 1,000 people in April due to “rapid advancements in artificial intelligence.” 



More recently, Uber Technologies cut 10% of its customer service jobs, Bloomberg reported Wednesday. An Uber spokesperson told the publication that the company is working “to simplify operations, strengthen in-person collaboration, and continue to embrace AI.” 



At the same time, companies like Klarna Group have rehired for roles previously replaced by AI after realizing that maybe a human touch does matter.  ]]></description>
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<title>19 million eggs sold at Kroger and other stores recalled due to Salmonella fears: See a list of impacted products</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conventional wisdom says breakfast is the most important meal of the day, but you don’t want to be starting your morning off by eating any of the 19 million eggs that are part of a massive recall.



These eggs, which were sold at Kroger and other retailers, are potentially contaminated with Salmonella. Here’s what you need to know.



What’s happened?



On July 22, egg producer Midwest Poultry Services announced a voluntary recall of 1,589,577 dozen eggs. That equates to just over 19 million eggs in total.



According to the recall notice posted on the website of the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA), the massive egg recall is being initiated because the eggs have the possibility of being contaminated with Salmonella Enteritidis—a subtype of the Salmonella bacterium that can cause severe illness in people.



Midwest Poultry Services (MPS) said it identified the possible contamination at two of its Texas farms via “proactive environmental monitoring practices and root cause analysis.” 



As a result, the company says it is not distributing fresh eggs produced at its Texas farms for the time being. 



The company also said it “is not aware of any specific illnesses linked to its products.”



What is Salmonella Enteritidis?



Salmonella Enteritidis is one of the thousands of types of Salmonella, and it is often associated with eggs. 



According to the USDA Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS), eggs can become infected with Salmonella Enteritidis (SE) in a few different ways. 



For instance, the egg can become infected while it is still being formed in the hen, before the shell has formed; during the egg-laying process, where SE contaminates the shell itself; or after egg-laying, where SE can enter the pores in the laid egg.



In other words, Salmonella Enteritidis can infect the egg’s shell on the outside, or yolk and egg whites on the inside.



What are the symptoms of a Salmonella infection?



According to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a Salmonella infection usually presents with the following symptoms:




Watery diarrhea that might have blood or mucus



Stomach cramps that can be severe




Additional symptoms may include:




Headache



Nausea



Vomiting



Loss of appetite




While anyone can get a Salmonella infection, certain individuals have an increased risk of infection, including children younger than 5, adults over the age of 65, adults over the age of 50 who have underlying medical problems, and people with weakened immune systems.



When and where were the recalled eggs sold?



According to the recall notice, the eggs were produced and distributed from Texas farms and shipped to food-service and retail customers in Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Texas.



The notice says the eggs were sold at:




Kroger stores in Louisiana and Texas 



Brookshire Grocery stores in Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas.



“other smaller retail outlets”




What eggs are included in the recall?



The recalled eggs were produced between June 6, 2026 and July 3, 2026 and feature sell-by or best-by dates of between July 20, 2026 and August 17, 2026. 



They include eggs sold under various brand names, including:




Kroger 



Simple Truth



Brookshire’s



Country Morning



Sunups




You can find a full list of more than 30 impacted products, along with photos, on the FDA’s recall notice.



What should I do if I have the recalled eggs?



The recall notice states that consumers should not consume the recalled eggs. Instead, the recalled eggs should be returned to their place of purchase for a refund.



Consumers who have questions about the recall can contact Midwest Poultry Services at 574-405-9531 or email the company at recallassistance@mpseggs.com. ]]></description>
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<title>Pubs, clubs and live music venues to get 20% business rates cut</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/pubs-clubs-and-live-music-venues-to-get-20-business-rates-cut</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


The government confirms a 20% business rate cut for pubs, clubs and live music venues. More details will be revealed in the Autumn Budget
The post Pubs, clubs and live music venues to get 20% business rates cut appeared first on Small Business UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Kimi K3 open&#45;weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kimi-k3-open-weight-model-chinas-biggest-ai-is-a-bet-on-memory-not-compute</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 open-weight model has been read almost entirely through its parameter count since it launchedon July 16. At 2.8 trillion parameters, it is the largest open-weight model released to date. Model sizes are usually grouped into rough brackets, and 2.8 trillion rounds into what the industry calls the 3T class. A tier no […]
The post Kimi K3 open-weight model: China’s biggest AI is a bet on memory, not compute appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:10 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Kimi, open-weight, model:, China’s, biggest, bet, memory, not, compute</media:keywords>
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<title>US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-public-health-agencies-to-test-openai-and-anthropic-ai-models</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Public health departments across the United States will test generative AI tools under a new programme involving the Coalition for Health AI, OpenAI, Anthropic, and Accenture. The Public Health Use Case and Learning Scaling Engine, known as PULSE, will support trials in 10 state, local, tribal, or territorial jurisdictions. The programme is intended to produce […]
The post US public health agencies to test OpenAI and Anthropic AI models appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Chinese open&#45;weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs.</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chinese-open-weight-models-are-cheap-washington-is-deciding-what-that-costs</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Enterprises evaluating Chinese open-weight models this month face a question that has nothing to do with benchmarks: whether using one will still be straightforward in a year. Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 arrived on July 16 as the largest open-weight model yet released, and within days it had reopened a policy argument in Washington that had […]
The post Chinese open-weight models are cheap. Washington is deciding what that costs. appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Bristol Myers Squibb buys Nvidia AI system for drug discovery</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bristol-myers-squibb-buys-nvidia-ai-system-for-drug-discovery</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Bristol Myers Squibb is purchasing an Nvidia DGX SuperPOD built on the chipmaker’s Vera Rubin architecture to support artificial intelligence use across its drug discovery and development operations. The pharmaceutical company said it will be the first life sciences group to acquire a DGX SuperPOD based on Vera Rubin. Nvidia introduced the architecture earlier this […]
The post Bristol Myers Squibb buys Nvidia AI system for drug discovery appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The AI Slot Machine Effect: Why Generative Feeds Disrupt Deep Work And How to Reclaim Focus</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-ai-slot-machine-effect-why-generative-feeds-disrupt-deep-work-and-how-to-reclaim-focus</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-ai-slot-machine-effect-why-generative-feeds-disrupt-deep-work-and-how-to-reclaim-focus</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ You open a generative AI tool expecting a quick boost. Ten minutes later, you’re still there, refining a prompt for the fourth time. The task you started with has drifted off to the side somewhere. Sound familiar? Knowledge workers in 2026 are running into this more and more. It makes sense once you look at […]
The post The AI Slot Machine Effect: Why Generative Feeds Disrupt Deep Work And How to Reclaim Focus appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Colossal Biosciences reportedly in talks to raise new capital at $20B–$30B valuation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/colossal-biosciences-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-new-capital-at-20b30b-valuation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/colossal-biosciences-reportedly-in-talks-to-raise-new-capital-at-20b30b-valuation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The de-extinction startup is looking to double or triple its previous valuation, according to the report. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Anthropic’s landmark $1.5B copyright settlement is approved</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropics-landmark-15b-copyright-settlement-is-approved</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The final approval settles one case, but it doesn&#039;t resolve the broader issue of using copyrighted works to train AI models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Gritt exits stealth with $32 million for robots to build solar plants — then, everything else</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gritt-exits-stealth-with-32-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gritt-exits-stealth-with-32-million-for-robots-to-build-solar-plants-then-everything-else</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gritt is coming out of stealth with $34 million and plans to automate the hardest tasks on construction sites. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Bluecore Energy raises $10M to build portable nuclear reactors on barges</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bluecore-energy-raises-10m-to-build-portable-nuclear-reactors-on-barges</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bluecore-energy-raises-10m-to-build-portable-nuclear-reactors-on-barges</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Maritime nuclear energy startup Bluecore Energy has raised $10 million in a pre-seed funding round led by Slauson &amp; Co. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bluecore, Energy, raises, 10M, build, portable, nuclear, reactors, barges</media:keywords>
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<title>Music streamer Deezer says more than 50% of daily uploads are AI&#45;generated</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/music-streamer-deezer-says-more-than-50-of-daily-uploads-are-ai-generated</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/music-streamer-deezer-says-more-than-50-of-daily-uploads-are-ai-generated</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Deezer said more than 90,000 AI-generated tracks were uploaded daily on the platform in June ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Music, streamer, Deezer, says, more, than, 50, daily, uploads, are, AI-generated</media:keywords>
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<title>Gen Z entrepreneur found a Wilt Chamberlain Lakers warm&#45;up for $3.07 outside Portland — it was a $90,000 genuine article</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gen-z-entrepreneur-found-a-wilt-chamberlain-lakers-warm-up-for-307-outside-portland-it-was-a-90000-genuine-article</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ For the past three years, Quinn Brown has been reselling clothes online after finding them in thrift stores. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Kalshi’s ‘chronically online’ war room figured out World Cup virality — and realized AI might be bringing back the monoculture</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/kalshis-chronically-online-war-room-figured-out-world-cup-virality-and-realized-ai-might-be-bringing-back-the-monoculture</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Here&#039;s how a 20-person team turned the World Cup into a $24 billion trading moment, and discovered something unexpected about what AI is doing to culture. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>The rare ‘great conservation success story’ is happening off New England as $10 million over 10 years brings back the quirky oystercatcher bird</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-rare-great-conservation-success-story-is-happening-off-new-england-as-10-million-over-10-years-brings-back-the-quirky-oystercatcher-bird</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Conservationists have been fencing off nesting sites, trapping predators and educating beachgoers to bring back a bird wiped out 100 years ago. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Rich countries have cut road deaths by more than 30% in 30 years—but about 90% of fatal crashes now happen in poorer nations</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rich-countries-have-cut-road-deaths-by-more-than-30-in-30-yearsbut-about-90-of-fatal-crashes-now-happen-in-poorer-nations</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/rich-countries-have-cut-road-deaths-by-more-than-30-in-30-yearsbut-about-90-of-fatal-crashes-now-happen-in-poorer-nations</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Pedestrian and vehicle occupant deaths rose over that time in six countries — including the U.S., but even that is softening recently. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Rich, countries, have, cut, road, deaths, more, than, 30, years—but, about, 90, fatal, crashes, now, happen, poorer, nations</media:keywords>
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<title>HUD suspends disaster funding to U.S. Virgin Islands housing authority, saying mismanagement has kept $1.3 billion from hurricane survivors</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hud-suspends-disaster-funding-to-us-virgin-islands-housing-authority-saying-mismanagement-has-kept-13-billion-from-hurricane-survivors</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hud-suspends-disaster-funding-to-us-virgin-islands-housing-authority-saying-mismanagement-has-kept-13-billion-from-hurricane-survivors</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Nine years after Hurricanes Irma and Maria, the territory has spent only $570 million of $1.9 billion in federal recovery funds, HUD claims. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 21 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>HUD, suspends, disaster, funding, U.S., Virgin, Islands, housing, authority, saying, mismanagement, has, kept, 1.3, billion, from, hurricane, survivors</media:keywords>
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<title>Jingye demands payout as Beijing turns on UK over British Steel</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/jingye-demands-payout-as-beijing-turns-on-uk-over-british-steel</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/jingye-demands-payout-as-beijing-turns-on-uk-over-british-steel</guid>
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Jingye demands compensation for the British Steel nationalisation, accusing the UK of trampling investment rules. What the row means for UK SMEs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Leeds&#45;born UKREiiF takes its £4bn dealmaking model to Australia</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/leeds-born-ukreiif-takes-its-4bn-dealmaking-model-to-australia</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/leeds-born-ukreiif-takes-its-4bn-dealmaking-model-to-australia</guid>
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UKREiiF will launch its first overseas event in Australia in 2027, exporting the Leeds model behind £4bn of UK deals. What it means for UK business owners. ]]></description>
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<title>Burnham enters No 10 with eight in ten SME owners braced for impact</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/burnham-enters-no-10-with-eight-in-ten-sme-owners-braced-for-impact</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/burnham-enters-no-10-with-eight-in-ten-sme-owners-braced-for-impact</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Andy Burnham is prime minister. What his business rates pledge, tax stance and a stagnant economy mean for UK SME owners ahead of the autumn Budget. ]]></description>
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<title>Topgolf founders pot $55m to drag pool into the digital age</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/topgolf-founders-pot-55m-to-drag-pool-into-the-digital-age</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/topgolf-founders-pot-55m-to-drag-pool-into-the-digital-age</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Topgolf founders Steve and Dave Jolliffe land $55m from Bluestone for Poolhouse and its BillyQ pool technology. What it means for UK hospitality SME ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Borrowing costs rise as Burnham vows biggest shake&#45;up in 40 years</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/borrowing-costs-rise-as-burnham-vows-biggest-shake-up-in-40-years</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/borrowing-costs-rise-as-burnham-vows-biggest-shake-up-in-40-years</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Gilt yields rose to 4.97 per cent after Andy Burnham&#039;s first speech as prime minister. What dearer UK borrowing costs mean for SME loans and contracts. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Can an Apple lawsuit derail OpenAI’s hardware plans?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/can-an-apple-lawsuit-derail-openais-hardware-plans</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/can-an-apple-lawsuit-derail-openais-hardware-plans</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ On the latest episode of Equity, we debate whether Apple&#039;s lawsuit will cast a shadow over OpenAi&#039;s much-discussed plans to get into hardware and go public. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>What to watch for after Jensen Huang’s Japan visit</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-to-watch-for-after-jensen-huangs-japan-visit</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-to-watch-for-after-jensen-huangs-japan-visit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jensen Huang left Tokyo with deals spanning Japan&#039;s entire tech ecosystem. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Netflix paid $587M for Ben Affleck’s AI filmmaking startup</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-paid-587m-for-ben-afflecks-ai-filmmaking-startup</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-paid-587m-for-ben-afflecks-ai-filmmaking-startup</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Netflix revealed that it paid $587 million in cash for InterPositive, a startup co-founded by Ben Affleck. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>How to deal with failure and stick with hard things</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Below, Steve Kamb shares five key insights from his new book, How to Try Again: An Approachable Guide to Navigating Chaos and Making Change That Sticks.



Steve is the founder of Nerd Fitness, an approachable fitness company that helps busy humans level up their lives. Since 2009, he has published research-backed essays and a weekly newsletter that explores failure, self-compassion, and making change that sticks.



What’s the Big Idea?



Failure is part of doing anything worthwhile, and every setback teaches us something we can use moving forward. Success comes from accepting reality, staying afloat when life gets hard, and pursuing goals we genuinely want.



Listen to the audio version of this Book Bite—read by Steve himself—in the Next Big Idea App, or buy the book.



1. Failure is one possible outcome for anything worth doing.



In 2023, I visited the touring Museum of Failure, packed with history’s most famous failures, flops, and frauds. Wandering around this museum was an absolute delight, as I got to see some truly baffling decisions. The Hula Chair worked more like a medieval torture device than a fitness product. King Gustav II of Sweden commissioned a comically expensive military warship that sank to the bottom of the harbor 50 minutes into its celebratory voyage. However, my favorite failure on display was probably Hooters Airlines. Yes, that Hooters.



If you ever feel like a failure for not making wiser decisions, just imagine how many people had to agree with the following statement: “We got rich making chicken wings; how hard could it be to run a profitable airline?”



The more failures I encountered, the more I came to understand failure differently. This museum didn’t only exist to poke fun at bad inventions. I mean, it did that too. I’m still laughing about Hooters Air. But it also showed the ways in which failure was one of many possible outcomes, and no company was immune to failed initiatives. In fact, most of the world’s most successful companies were on display too. Nintendo and the Virtual Boy, Microsoft and its Zune MP3 player, even Apple, whose Pippin videogame console was such a flop that I, proud nerd gamer, had never heard of it.



Interestingly, there were many products on display that were simply casualties of poor timing: early chatbots, multifunctional cellphones, personal digital assistants, and the first digital camera back in the 1970s that Kodak never released for fear of it cannibalizing their sales of physical film! The vision was there, as was the ambition, and once technology finally caught up, the road had been paved for companies to achieve far greater success.




“Rather than trying to prevent failure, we can instead decide to embrace it as a possibility and focus on recovering quickly after failure.”




We need to reframe how we think about failure. Rather than trying to prevent failure, we can instead decide to embrace it as a possibility and focus on recovering quickly after failure. Ed Catmull, one of the founders of the animation studio Pixar, said it best: “Failure isn’t a necessary evil. In fact, it isn’t evil at all. It is a necessary consequence of doing something new.”



Many of the best rewards in life are only available to those willing to open themselves up to failure as a possibility. Our biggest success might be hiding behind our next failure, so let’s see what can happen when we embrace failure openly. Even if that failure is Hooters Air.



2. We never go back to “square one.”



No matter how far backward we’ve fallen after a setback, we never truly start over. Let’s say we tried to build a workout routine last year. We went to the gym a few times and then gave up. We’re demoralized that we’ve gone all the way back to “square one.”



Fortunately, we’ve also learned the most difficult parts! After all, going to the gym isn’t one decision. It’s multiple decisions. We had to research which one to join, find parking, and then go through the sign-up process. We had to learn where the locker room was, how the equipment worked, and where to fill up our water bottle. And then we had to find the courage to exercise in public. Most importantly, we had to do all of this within the confines of our busy lives. Just getting to “I went to the gym” takes a ton of mental bandwidth, effort, and courage.



So sure, we might be starting over with how much we can lift on the bar or how fast we can walk, but every past attempt is still with us. We know where the gym is. We know where to park. We know how the equipment works. We know what to wear. We’ve already navigated the toughest parts.



Furthermore, our hard-earned past failures might help us avoid the pitfalls we fell into last time. We learned what type of workout or routine didn’t work for us. Or what time of working out doesn’t work for us. That knowledge lets us use our precious energy to hopefully make it further on this next attempt. When viewed through this lens, each failure is not a step backward, but a step forward. We should be thankful for our past attempts, because they got us where we are today. Failure isn’t the end, but the beginning.



3. Treading water isn’t the opposite of progress; it’s the next best thing.



When we think about moving toward a goal, the first word we think of is “progress.” And boy, do we humans love progress. It makes us feel good! Seeing positive movement toward a goal gives us that warm, fuzzy feeling and a sense of control that we are making things better. And when we are not making progress? We feel like we’re falling behind. We feel “stuck.”



However, there’s an important third option we’re not considering. The opposite of progress isn’t stagnation or staying still. It’s “regress.” Moving backward. Away from our goal. When we find ourselves struggling, our inclination is to try again, but harder. Trying again or working harder might be the wrong move, especially if we’re trying again at the wrong thing, and we might be making things worse. So, compared to those options, “treading water” can be the best, most optimal decision. Allowing ourselves to do less is more than just okay. It can be life-preserving.




“Allowing ourselves to do less is more than just okay.”




When we feel weighed down with the pressure that we’re so far behind or that we’re not doing enough, we can pause. We can realize that what might feel like a “motivation” problem is actually a “resources” problem. We’re asking too much of ourselves, and we’re going to burn ourselves trying to continue doing it all. We need to redefine what “enough” is for us.



Instead of worrying about how much farther we need to go on a goal, or how far behind we feel, we can ask, “What needs to happen today to show I haven’t given up yet?” We can remind ourselves that an “all or nothing” mentality quickly becomes “all, then nothing.” In between those two extremes, “some” is a perfectly acceptable amount. And “some” can keep us afloat for a long time. One healthy meal, a single exercise, a five-minute walk reminds us that we’re still here, and still afloat. Let’s see what tomorrow brings.



4. Acceptance isn’t giving up. It’s the only way forward.



No matter how much we want to have control of our future, we’ll never be able to accurately predict what life will throw at us next week, let alone next month or next year. Which leaves us with two choices. We can spend all day raging at the universe when things don’t go the way they should, or we can get to work on accepting things as they are now. We can get mad at ourselves for not magically developing the skills to plan better, or we can learn that life is going to remain chaotic and never go according to plan.



This requires acceptance. As a recovering overachiever, I used to believe that acceptance was a sign of weakness. I thought it meant giving up all ambition, letting myself off the hook, and enabling lazy behavior. So, I made things worse instead: I set ridiculously high standards and remained unbelievably critical of myself, always felt behind, and never felt “enough.”



Fortunately, I couldn’t have been more wrong. Acceptance is the only way we can finally start to see reality for what it is. We can stop waiting for “next week to get back to normal” and accept that our life right now, warts and all, is normal. We can stop getting frustrated when our schedule falls apart and start expecting it. We can prepare for our plan not going according to plan. The sooner we accept that our current “normal,” with clothes on the floor and life being messy, is normal, the sooner we can choose to act differently.



Acceptance is the only way we can function in a world that feels contradictory, because it lets us embrace those contradictions. What’s the best way to do that? By practicing “yes and” thinking. Yes, we accept that life is challenging right now, and we have some real limitations. Here’s where we’re focusing our efforts today: on things we can control.



5. Don’t just ask, “Is the juice worth the squeeze?” Make sure you like juice.



I love watching documentaries about amazing things I have absolutely no desire to do. My heart skipped two beats watching the Academy Award–winning documentary Free Solo about climber Alex Honnold scaling “El Cap” in Yosemite National Park without a safety rope. I’ll stick with my safe indoor rock-climbing walls, thank you.



Unfortunately, that reasonable mentality does not apply when I learn about things I kind of want to do, or think I could do, or think I should do. This is where I get myself into trouble. It’s unsexy to accept that success in anything requires sacrifices in other areas of life, and just because somebody else is doing it, and doing it well, doesn’t mean it’s the right path for me.




“When we see someone who has what we think we want, it’s tempting to assume they have found the one correct path and are living a blissful life without any problems.”




We humans are social creatures. We love learning how to be successful, happy, or healthy by copying others who we hope have all the answers. When we see someone who has what we think we want, it’s tempting to assume they have found the one correct path and are living a blissful life without any problems. That’s what the folks selling us the dream want us to believe, anyway. As long as we live like them, and buy their product or service, we can be successful too. No compromises required!



This is where we must be careful. When we take our life, motivations, and expectations, and compare them to others who are playing with a different scorecard, we forget that everything has a cost attached to it. We see a financially successful entrepreneur telling us to rise and grind. We don’t see that person working late nights at the office to avoid their family (because they are fighting with their spouse), their deep insecurities, or the void they’re trying to fill with just making more money. The truth is that we can never truly know what’s going on in somebody else’s life, especially when we only see their public-facing highlight reel.



Everything has a cost attached to it, and the cost of chasing greatness or trying to reach an arbitrary level of success might require more sacrifices than you or I are willing to make. That’s okay! I like it when people are honest about it. When the Smartless podcast hosts asked Ken Burns, arguably the most accomplished documentarian alive, how he manages to be so prolific and still keep a healthy work-life balance, he replied, “You’ll have to ask my two ex-wives about that.”



There’s nothing wrong with admitting to ourselves that we don’t want to do the work and make the sacrifices for the chance at succeeding. The problem isn’t that we lack the required dedication. It’s that we have the expectation that we should have that dedication or be willing to make those sacrifices. It’s perfectly okay that we don’t want those things, or that we’re not willing to go down that path.



We shouldn’t forget to ask, “What if this works?” When we encounter videos, interviews, or success stories, we can pause and challenge our thoughts. Instead of only asking, “Is the juice worth the squeeze?” we should also ask, “Do I even want juice?”



This article originally appeared in Next Big Idea Club magazine and is reprinted with permission.



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<description><![CDATA[ Madrid, the other city that never sleeps, is more awake than ever for the 2026 World Cup final between Spain and Argentina, which will be broadcast from New Jersey today. 



Even in the middle of July, with the town feeling almost empty because everyone’s either on vacation or escaping the scorching summer temperatures, there’s an electricity in the air.



The streets may seem deserted, but people are filling terraces, bars, cafés, markets, plazas, and parks, excitedly talking about the second time in history that Spain has reached the final of the biggest sports event on the planet. 



And yes, some will argue that it doesn’t matter whether the city is taken over by hordes of Pope Leo, Bad Bunny, or Taylor Swift fans, there will always be Madrileños gathering together to enjoy tapas and cañas. I admit that my people will go out and buzz even if it’s the beginning of the end of the world. It’s a city that lives out.



Madrid, July 15, 2026 [Photo: Aaron Heredia/NurPhoto/Getty Images]



This is especially true with football. Or fútbol. Futebol. You know, soccer. Whatever you want to call it. It’s woven into the corazón of the inhabitants of this metropolis. It is, after all, the home of the greatest team in soccer (I’m biased). What do you expect? Whenever there’s a big game, people congregate in bars and cafés like matter around a black hole.



But this time is very different. This isn’t just a big game. This is The Game. It’s a feeling that unites everyone, even in a moment of political division. On Friday, as I walked toward the Plaza de Colón, I spoke to random passersby. 



“Yeah, we will go to Colón,” two Gen Zers—Javier and his girlfriend, Rosa—told me in Paseo de la Castellana, the main avenue that connects the city north to south. “I will go, too, with my friends,” chimed in twenty-something Nuria, who, like us, was waiting for the bus.



Plaza de Colón, July 14, 2026 [Photo: Diego Radames/Anadolu/Getty Images]



They’re too young to remember the 2010 World Cup final in South Africa, they told me. But I remember exactly where I was when Spain won its first estrella. Sadly it wasn’t here, but in New York. 



I was in good company, with my friends Omar and Gema, at their home, watching along with other Spaniards, when a brilliant player called Andrés Iniesta scored what we collectively refer to as el gol de nuestras vidas (the goal of our lives). I remember screaming with pure, overwhelming joy.



I also remember the wave of red that took to the streets of New York that day: Thousands of Spaniards wearing La Roja jerseys seemingly came out of nowhere and ran toward Union Square and the nearby La Nacional, the historic Spanish Association of New York on 14th Street between 7th and 8th avenues. 



And I remember how I called my dad, who fortunately lived to see the event of a lifetime. I cried like a baby then, like I cried later watching my fellow Madrileños screaming on the streets, watching the game on giant screens in a collective climax.



Puente del Rey in Madrid Rio Park, June 26, 2026 [Photo: David Canales/NurPhoto/Getty Images]



City of fútbol



This time I’m getting ready to watch the game with my own son in the food court of the Santiago Bernabéu stadium, one of the hundreds of public venues that will hold free parties.



All the bars and cafés in the city are hosting, too, thousands of which have installed screens just for the World Cup final. The Bernabéu has huge wall-to-wall 4K LED screens, with people congregating around the different spaces while enjoying the offerings of some 20 food stands.



There will also be about 15,000 people by the Manzanares, the river that crosses Madrid, the site of a major restructuring and restoration that has made the riverbank one of the best spots to watch the game. The city has installed two large LED displays near the historical Puente del Rey (Bridge of the King).



Puente del Rey, July 14, 2024 [Photo: Gustavo Valiente/Europa Press/Getty Images]



Another stadium, the Movistar Arena, has been readied to accommodate some 15,000 fans, featuring a massive central screen measuring approximately 52.5 by 29.5 feet.



There are many other venues and plazas that will host people, both in Madrid and in the nearby cities, but Plaza de Colón, home of the largest Spanish flag in the country (measuring more than 3,000 square feet) and now featuring a multiscreen setup, will be the main destination. 



At the start of the tournament, the plaza accommodated about 6,000 spectators. But as Spain advanced, the area expanded to fit roughly 20,000 people by closing adjacent sections of Castellana. A newly added secondary screen pointing toward Calle Génova will serve the overflow crowd who can’t get into the square.



Argentina fans in Puerta del Sol square, July 16, 2026 [Photo: David Canales/NurPhoto/Getty Images]



What can go wrong



There are only two things that can ruin the party at Plaza de Colón. The first is the temperature. If it triggers an official “orange alert” (near or exceeding 102.2 degrees Fahrenheit), authorities will suspend the viewing and urge fans to seek air-conditioned indoor alternatives, a protocol already enforced earlier in the tournament when Spain played Saudi Arabia. The last time I looked, the daytime temperature was expected to be about 100 degrees.



And speaking as a Spaniard, the other thing that can ruin this party is a throng of Argentineans. There are about 60,000 nationals in Madrid. And they’ll be cheering for their team not only against Spaniards but seemingly against the entire world.



Madrid is as welcoming to strangers as New York City, so much so that people say nobody who lives in Madrid is actually from Madrid. But I suspect the Argentineans will not be watching at the Plaza de Colón or any other public venue. My friend Cristina, who owns a bar called Meseta in the southern Madrid district of Usera, said: “I told my Argentinean clients that they should find themselves another place to watch. They went pale!”



It doesn’t matter. Whatever happens, it will be memorable. For me, at least, because I’ll be with son celebrating his country’s first World Cup final like I couldn’t do with my dad 16 years ago. That’d be enough. And if they win, well . . . I don’t know what I’m going to do with myself after bawling my eyes out.


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<description><![CDATA[ To say the 2026 FIFA World Cup final between Spain and Argentina is the most-anticipated sporting event of the year would be an understatement. 



More than 80,000 people are expected to attend the final at the New York-New Jersey stadium, and well over a billion viewers are likely to tune in to the broadcast globally.



Meanwhile, the quarterfinals averaged over 25 million viewers across Fox, Telemundo, and Peacock, according to Nielsen Media Research and Adobe Analytics. 



While soccer fans are excited for the game itself, many are also eager for the first-ever halftime show, which is being curated by Coldplay front man Chris Martin and produced by Global Citizen, and will feature Madonna, Shakira, BTS, and Justin Bieber as headliners. 



Oftentimes, viewership for sporting events spikes during halftime shows. Take, for instance, the Super Bowl LIX game in 2025, during which Kendrick Lamar drew 133.5 million viewers and garnered a larger audience for his performance than the actual game itself. Bad Bunny’s halftime show from earlier this year at Super Bowl LX also attracted a slightly larger viewership than the regular game.



Given the massive star power of the World Cup performers, it’s safe to say the halftime show could generate just as much—if not more—viewership for those 11 minutes. 



But with a global event as massive as the World Cup and a star-studded halftime show, how do the companies involved ensure the technology goes smoothly for the live audience and the millions of viewers watching around the world? 



“FIFA is a different animal”



As the official telecommunication services sponsor of the World Cup, Verizon provides the primary network and powers the digital infrastructure for the tournament. Abraham Arencibia, vice president of technology and product development for Verizon, said the company isn’t a stranger to halftime shows of this magnitude.



Verizon previously honed its 5G Ultra Wideband network to power interactive and 360-degree mobile experiences for the Super Bowl LVI halftime show back in 2022, which featured Snoop Dogg, Dr. Dre, Eminem, and Mary J. Blige.



However, Arencibia admitted that the World Cup halftime show will be a different experience, one they’ve been preparing for and building two years in advance. 



[Photo: Verizon]



“FIFA is a different animal,” Arencibia told Fast Company, because of the scale of the events. To understand the scale of the World Cup final, Arencibia described the infrastructure as a “technology layer cake,” with each layer serving a distinct and important purpose. 



The first layer starts on the soccer pitch with the high-tech referee body cameras and localized connectivity, which utilizes Verizon’s private 5G networks to provide low-latency, real-time data from the field for the immersive and live moments. 



Moving up to the middle layer, Arencibia said the infrastructure has to be able to support the massive data spikes generated by the crowd. More than 60 to 100 cameras capture content from the stands with a wireless network capable of supporting 50 terabytes of data. Since the stadium will hold around 80,000 attendees for the final, Arencibia said Verizon increased the capacity of its wireless network by four times compared with standard operations.“Think of every single Netflix movie ever streamed at the same time for 90 minutes,” Arencibia said. “That’s the capacity that we’re supporting for the fans.”



The aim is that when fans pull out their phones to record the halftime show, the network will remain flawless. In fact, Arencibia said the two most critical parts his team will pay attention to are the game’s kickoff and the beginning of the halftime show. From there, it’s smooth sailing whether Madonna or BTS is on the stage. 



“That is the moment that people are most excited about,” Arencibia said. “They’re going to pull up their phone, and that’s when you see a spike in our network. [We] build for those first few minutes . . . if you survive that, everything else starts straightening up.”



The digital backbone of the tournament



While the stadium relies on the 5G network, the heavy lifting of the global broadcast is handled by the Broadcast Contribution Network (BCN), which is the final layer of the cake. 



Think of this as the digital backbone of the tournament. Every camera feed, video asset, and data point from the host stadium is funneled to the International Broadcasting Center (IBC) in Dallas via 80,000 miles of fiber, where the signal is processed and redistributed to a person’s phone or TV screen in a different state or country. 



“The center is basically the central nervous system where all the venues are talking to that location,” Arencibia said. “We start at the field and the stands before going wider.”



However, one might wonder how Verizon prepares for any technical difficulties, lags, or frame drops on a broadcast or livestream. Arencibia says they’re well-equipped for that with a lot of checks and balances in place. 



He noted that every venue has around four to five “100-gig circuits” (100 gigabits of data per second). 



“Our goal is to be invisible”



Behind the scenes, Arencibia said Verizon has a “war room,” which functions as a high-stakes command room with thousands of engineers who monitor every single cell spike and fiber connection in real time. 



Arencibia said ultimately, he doesn’t want fans to think of Verizon when they’re at the game. “Our goal is to be invisible, but be involved in that journey from the people getting to the venue when they have to show their tickets, when they actually pull out their phone, and when the cameras are rolling.”



For him, it basically has to be a perfect, seamless recipe for the entire infrastructure—or layer cake—from the private network, wireless network, and fiber network. “You’re not going to be thinking about us,” Arencibia said. “You only think about us if there’s a problem. That’s our job.”



Arencibia emphasized this year’s World Cup is the most technologically advanced and most connected one ever, even more than Qatar in 2022 or the previous tournaments. This one especially, he said, impacts him on a personal level. 



“The creation, the implementation of the network, and the connectivity has no comparison to any other World Cup that has ever happened, so we’re very proud,” Arencibia said. “As a Spaniard who grew up in the Canary Islands and tried to be a soccer player at one point, the fact that I’m helping to do this is a dream come true.” ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ In ads, influencer partnerships, and blog posts, Anthropic has continued to position itself as the intellectual, even creative, AI platform. 



“There’s hope in hard questions,” explicates one ad. “Keep thinking with Claude,” suggests another. 



Anthropic’s models, notably, are named after literary forms, while its CEO, Dario Amodei, has styled himself as a thought leader through a series of heady blog posts.









The company’s message is that AI should enhance human cognition rather than offload it.



Thinking Machines, the AI lab founded last year by former OpenAI leader Mira Murati, is now putting its own spin on that approach. 



Earlier this week, the startup announced the release of its first AI model, Inkling, which it says can be fine-tuned via its Tinker platform (released last fall). The company says Inkling has 975 billion parameters, including 41 billion active parameters. It’s also an open-weights model, meaning that core aspects of the model are publicly available.



Thinking Machines concedes that Inkling is not the most powerful AI model on the market. Instead, the company aims to compete on customization. It also emphasizes that its goal is to enhance human intelligence rather than replace it.



The approach echoes some of Anthropic’s language and appears aimed at a more intellectual vision of AI.



“For artificial intelligence to benefit from distributed knowledge, it must itself be distributed. Every organization is powered by the expert knowledge of its people, gained and expressed through their work,” a recent company blog said. 



“We believe in AI that helps the organization cultivate that unique knowledge, not AI that extracts a snapshot of it and replaces it with a standard offering,” the blog continued. “This cultivation is an ongoing process that requires AI to work with people, not in their stead.”



With Inkling, Thinking Machines says consumers and enterprises can shape the AI in their own image rather than use a system that reflects the average preferences of the broader population. Inkling’s terminal even includes an option to instruct the model to communicate and organize its responses according to the user’s preferences, such as writing in the style of a New Yorker article or communicating only in riddles.



The model also communicates extensively about how it’s processing prompts. Users can control how much reasoning effort and token capacity Inkling expends on a task.



All of this suggests that AI companies don’t believe they’ll get far by selling consumers technology that replaces their thinking. Consumers appear to prefer something closer to an intellectual superpower.


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<title>National Ice Cream Day freebies and deals: See a list of the best places to score a scoop today</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There are many reasons to scream right now—from cyclospora to corrupt politicians avoiding accountability. 



What if instead we collectively squealed for ice cream on National Ice Cream Day? Well, we’re in luck because it’s today: Sunday, July 19, 2026.



Here’s some history along with deals to make this cool snack an even sweeter treat.



Before machines, how was ice cream made?



Ice cream is made up of cream, sugar, air, and frozen water. Flavors were added based on an individual’s taste preferences. Before refrigerators and machines, these ingredients were combined in a separate container, surrounded by ice and salt, which reached temperatures below freezing. 



The mixture was then stirred and churned by hand. Because of this labor-intensive process, ice cream was once just a dish for the wealthy elites.



Who invented ice cream?



A fascinating aspect of this chilled delight is that many cultures created their own frozen desserts, paving the way for ice cream. 



During the Tang Dynasty in ancient China, a precursor to ice cream was a sweet drink of iced camphor-infused buffalo milk. The Roman Emperor Nero liked to sweeten his iced beverages with honey. In India, kulfi, a frozen condensed milk dish, was enjoyed by Mughal emperors.



In England, Elias Ashmole recalled King Charles II of England being served a plate of ice cream at a fancy banquet. 



In America, President Thomas Jefferson served ice cream at the White House. After his death, he left behind many writings, including only 10 recipes, one of which was for French vanilla ice cream.



What inventions helped bring ice cream to the masses?



In 1843, Nancy M. Johnson invented the first hand-cranked ice cream maker. She was also wise enough to patent her “Artificial Freezer.” This machine cut down on the hard manual labor and allowed ice cream to last 30 minutes. 



The invention of the home refrigerator in 1910 also helped accelerate ice cream’s popularity. By the 1940s, many had ditched the outdated ice box for the new technology.



What does Ronald Reagan have to do with National Ice Cream Day?



In 1984, President Ronald Reagan proclaimed July National Ice Cream Month. He designated the third Sunday as National Ice Cream Day.



Where can you get National Ice Cream Day deals?



[Photo: Häagen-Dazs]



Now ice cream belongs to the people. Here’s where you can fulfill your purpose on the big day.



Häagen-Dazs



Häagen-Dazs reward members are eligible for a buy-one-get-one-free deal through the Sundae Funday Club. 



Pick between the Caramel Cone Sundae, Chocolate Dipped Strawberry Sundae, or Hot Fudge &amp; Caramel Sundae. This deal is valid every Sunday in July and ends on the 26th.



16 Handles



While you might think of 16 Handles as a frozen yogurt spot, it also has ice cream. (And froyo is also delicious, anyway.) On National Ice Cream Day, rewards members can score a free cup, up to a $5 value.



Blue Bell Ice Cream



Blue Bell Ice Cream is celebrating all month like Reagan intended. It introduced a limited-time flavor, Chocolate Lava Cake.



Petco



Ice cream is better when it’s shared. At least that’s what the dogs want us to believe. 



Thankfully, Petco is offering rewards members a free Ben &amp; Jerry’s ice cream pup cup at participating locations while supplies last. If you are not a rewards member, it is free to sign up.



Dairy Queen



At Dairy Queen, after making a $1 in app purchase, DQ Rewards members will be rewarded with a free Dilly Bar.



If you find yourself in Chicago and ride the train, you might be in for a sweet surprise. 



Petty Cool Ice Cream



Pretty Cool Ice Cream and the Chicago Transit Authority are setting up at the Logan Square Blue Line and Fullerton Brown Line at 12 p.m. and 95th St Red Line and Pulaski Orange Line at 2:30 p.m. 



The first 300 people who show up and also follow @prettycoolicecream and @chicagocta will get a free popsicle based on the different lines.



Dippin’ Dots



Select Dippin’ Dots locations will be giving out free mini cups of the unique treat during a special two hour window. Click here to find a location and time frame near you.



If you want even more Dippin’ Dots, head to Chuck E. Cheese. At the place where a kid can be a kid, you can also get one free small Dippin’ Dots per household.



Shout for joy. The horrors of the world will keep while you eat your frozen treat. ]]></description>
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<title>Romantic Getaways: Love, Luggage, and the Art of Traveling Together</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/romantic-getaways-love-luggage-and-the-art-of-traveling-together</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Romantic travel always looks effortless in photographs.

A couple walks beside the sea at sunset. They laugh over dinner. Their hotel room has flowers, candles, and a balcony overlooking something magnificent. Nobody is arguing about directions, missing chargers, delayed luggage, room temperature, or why one person packed eight pairs of shoes for a three-day trip. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Giulliano Russelli - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>AWS and Bluesight build AI for hospital 340B compliance</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aws-and-bluesight-build-ai-for-hospital-340b-compliance</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AWS (Amazon Web Services) has explained how Bluesight developed Prism, an AI layer that connects hospital pharmacy and compliance data across its product suite. Prism Assistant for ControlCheck has reached general availability and operates across 20 health systems, according to AWS vendor statements. Meanwhile, a multi-product agent for 340B Group Purchasing Organisation (GPO) compliance remains […]
The post AWS and Bluesight build AI for hospital 340B compliance appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Nokia’s AI&#45;RAN platform: a radio comeback that runs on NVIDIA</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nokias-ai-ran-platform-a-radio-comeback-that-runs-on-nvidia</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Nokia’s AI-RAN platform arrived on July 15 with a claim worth examining: that it is the industry’s first. The vendor says the platform, built on its anyRAN software and NVIDIA’s Aerial system, will let operators pull far more capacity from the spectrum they already own, and it has framed the launch as one of the most significant […]
The post Nokia’s AI-RAN platform: a radio comeback that runs on NVIDIA appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Neko Health raises $700 million to expand AI body scans in the US</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/neko-health-raises-700-million-to-expand-ai-body-scans-in-the-us</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Neko Health has raised $700 million to expand its AI body scans in the United States, starting with a clinic in New York. The company’s preventive screening service combines medical imaging, blood tests, proprietary sensors, and clinician review. The Series C round was led by Lightspeed Venture Partners and co-led by O.G. Venture Partners. Existing […]
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/examining-google-deepminds-ai-bioresilience-push</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Google DeepMind and Isomorphic Labs outlined a bioresilience program to curb AI misuse in biology while aiding outbreak response. The two organisations published an update on a joint initiative that began quietly and has now built out more than 15 partnerships with government bodies, biosecurity organisations, and research groups over the past 12 months. The […]
The post Examining Google DeepMind’s AI bioresilience push appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Founders Fund hires former OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘Mafia’ skills)</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/founders-fund-hires-former-openai-exec-ryan-beiermeister-and-not-because-of-her-mafia-skills</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Ryan Beiermeister, who demonstrated cool analysis in the Founders Fund YouTube series &quot;Mafia,&quot; has joined the firm as a partner. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Coca&#45;Cola suspended production at its Fairlife dairy after a ransomware attack</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/coca-cola-suspended-production-at-its-fairlife-dairy-after-a-ransomware-attack</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/coca-cola-suspended-production-at-its-fairlife-dairy-after-a-ransomware-attack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Coca Cola said dairy production at its Fairlife unit will &quot;remain suspended&quot; in the United States following a hack. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>SpaceX suddenly aborts second Starship V3 launch after ignition</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-suddenly-aborts-second-starship-v3-launch-after-ignition</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/spacex-suddenly-aborts-second-starship-v3-launch-after-ignition</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The company didn&#039;t immediately say what went wrong. SpaceX&#039;s stock plunged more than 4% in after-hours trading before paring losses. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>San Francisco mayor pushes for tougher rules after the Waymo traffic fiasco</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/san-francisco-mayor-pushes-for-tougher-rules-after-the-waymo-traffic-fiasco</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/san-francisco-mayor-pushes-for-tougher-rules-after-the-waymo-traffic-fiasco</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ In the wake of a massive hours-long gridlock event, San Francisco mayor Daniel Lurie has told state regulators it&#039;s time to put more requirements on robotaxi operators like Waymo. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Why the first GPU financiers are turning to inference chips in a $400 million deal</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-the-first-gpu-financiers-are-turning-to-inference-chips-in-a-400-million-deal</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-the-first-gpu-financiers-are-turning-to-inference-chips-in-a-400-million-deal</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A $400 million chip-backed loan points to the next wave of AI infrastructure deals. ]]></description>
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<title>Former Obama official on AI anxiety and the depression nobody remembers — and the training model that gives him hope</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-obama-official-on-ai-anxiety-and-the-depression-nobody-remembers-and-the-trainingmodel-that-gives-him-hope</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-obama-official-on-ai-anxiety-and-the-depression-nobody-remembers-and-the-trainingmodel-that-gives-him-hope</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A 22-year-old with an AI assistant can now do what once took a consulting team. Anthropic is betting on its &quot;Claude Corps.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Esther Perel has a warning for executives: your workforce is suffering from social atrophy and AI is making it worse </title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/esther-perel-has-a-warning-for-executives-your-workforce-is-suffering-from-socialatrophyand-ai-is-making-it-worse</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/esther-perel-has-a-warning-for-executives-your-workforce-is-suffering-from-socialatrophyand-ai-is-making-it-worse</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Europe&#039;s boardrooms have spent the past year fixated on productivity, AI adoption, and the search for growth in a stagnant economy. Esther Perel thinks they&#039;re missing a more urgent problem. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Netflix stock hits a 52&#45;week low after earnings—but analysts say investors are missing the bigger picture</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-stock-hits-a-52-week-low-after-earningsbut-analysts-say-investors-are-missing-the-bigger-picture</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/netflix-stock-hits-a-52-week-low-after-earningsbut-analysts-say-investors-are-missing-the-bigger-picture</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There may be a growth story brewing at Netflix that the market is missing. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Netflix, stock, hits, 52-week, low, after, earnings—but, analysts, say, investors, are, missing, the, bigger, picture</media:keywords>
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<title>Lettuce from Mexico sold at Taco Bells in 5 states identified as source of diarrhea&#45;causing parasite</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lettuce-from-mexico-sold-at-taco-bells-in-5-states-identified-as-source-of-diarrhea-causing-parasite</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/lettuce-from-mexico-sold-at-taco-bells-in-5-states-identified-as-source-of-diarrhea-causing-parasite</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Federal warnings to consumers did not identify the company, but an official briefed on the investigation said it was Taylor Farms of Salinas, California. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Trump is selling millisecond access to his Truth Social blasts — and traders are already lining up</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-is-selling-millisecond-access-to-his-truth-social-blasts-and-traders-are-already-lining-up</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-is-selling-millisecond-access-to-his-truth-social-blasts-and-traders-are-already-lining-up</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Trump’s firm is pitching Truth PSI to trading desks for ultra‑fast feeds from “top” accounts as Trump monetizes another aspect of the presidency. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 17 Jul 2026 14:00:03 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Trump, selling, millisecond, access, his, Truth, Social, blasts, —, and, traders, are, already, lining</media:keywords>
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<title>Earning Money Is Not the Same as Understanding Money</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/earning-money-is-not-the-same-as-understanding-money</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/earning-money-is-not-the-same-as-understanding-money</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Why financial literacy matters as much as a paycheck

 

The day we receive our first paycheck is often unforgettable. It represents independence, hard work, and the beginning of our professional journey. For many people, earning a good salary is seen as the key to a comfortable and secure life. Yet as the years pass, many discover a difficult truth: earning money and understanding money are not the same thing. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 16 Jul 2026 17:40:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Diether Avery E. Hernandez</dc:creator>
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<title>Stonegate faces £16m fine threat over treatment of pub tenants</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/stonegate-faces-16m-fine-threat-over-treatment-of-pub-tenants</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
The Pubs Code Adjudicator is investigating Stonegate over its treatment of tied pub tenants, with fines of up to £16m possible. What tenants should know. ]]></description>
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<title>HMRC moves to scrap separate EMI notifications in red tape win</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hmrc-moves-to-scrap-separate-emi-notifications-in-red-tape-win</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hmrc-moves-to-scrap-separate-emi-notifications-in-red-tape-win</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
HMRC&#039;s draft Finance Bill scraps separate EMI grant notifications from April 2027, folding them into the annual return. What SME employers need to know. ]]></description>
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<title>British Steel nationalised as ministers refuse to let it go bust</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/british-steel-nationalised-as-ministers-refuse-to-let-it-go-bust</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/british-steel-nationalised-as-ministers-refuse-to-let-it-go-bust</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
British Steel nationalisation secures 2,700 Scunthorpe jobs and the UK&#039;s last virgin steel supply. What public ownership means for SME supply chains. ]]></description>
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<title>Ofcom investigates TikTok over ‘serious doubts’ its age checks work</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ofcom-investigates-tiktok-over-serious-doubts-its-age-checks-work</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Ofcom launches an investigation into TikTok&#039;s child age checks, casting doubt on age inference tech. Why the clampdown matters for UK platform owners. ]]></description>
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<title>Importers face six&#45;year record rule as UK carbon border tax nears</title>
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UK CBAM rules hit importers of steel, aluminium, cement, fertiliser and hydrogen from January 2027. What SMEs must do now to avoid HMRC penalties. ]]></description>
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<title>Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Applied Computing has raised a $20M Series A to build a foundation AI model for the oil, gas and petrochemical industry. ]]></description>
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<title>Phone maker OnePlus says it won’t release new phones in the US and Europe</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ OnePlus could also wind down its operations in India by 2027. ]]></description>
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<title>Meta now alerts parents if their teen discussed suicide or self&#45;harm with its AI chatbot</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The updates come as Meta and other tech companies are facing scrutiny from regulators and parents around how AI chatbots respond to users in crisis, particularly teenagers. ]]></description>
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<title>Ultrahuman’s former hardware VP raises $5.5M for devices that control AI agents, not just record you</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Aina is going to pilot a new device in the coming weeks. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba and Baidu</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The deal, which was rumored to be in the works last year, marks an important step for Apple&#039;s AI ambitions in a key market. ]]></description>
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<title>A surprising restaurant chain outgrew Starbucks, Chipotle and Dunkin’ last year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ America’s fastest-growing restaurant isn’t Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, or Chipotle. It’s a chicken wing chain that’s been opening hundreds of new locations.



In a preview of QSR Magazine’s annual QSR 50, which ranks the leading fast food chains, Wingstop led the 2026 cohort of restaurants. The full report is expected to be released in August.



While in past years Starbucks has topped the ranking, this year Wingstop has earned the top spot by opening 382 new locations, around 100 more than any other brand. Wingstop has risen through the ranks, becoming the fourth-fastest growing brand in 2024 and reaching the top spot in just under two years. At the time, Starbucks was ahead by 589 locations, but Wingstop has since caught up.



[Photo: Wingstop]



Headquartered in Dallas, the 32-year-old company has had its share of challenges. In 2025, the company saw a 3.3% decrease in same store sales, the first decline in more than two decades. The chicken restaurant kicked off 2026 facing external pressures like a dip in customer visits due to harsh weather, and rising gas prices.



The company ended 2025 with some 3,056 locations, including 407 international franchises. In all, around 98% of locations are franchised.



Wingstop is not the only restaurant chain outpacing Starbucks this year. A report by Yelp found that the brand with the highest consumer interest for 2025 was 7 Brew, a Starbucks competitor. Wingstop made the list at number 10.



Wingstop’s quick rise follows a broader trend of popularity around chicken restaurants. In a 2025 restaurant ranking from the market research company Circana, chicken restaurants like Raising Cane’s and Wingstop saw some of the fastest growth. Raising Cane’s placed 16th on the list while Wingstop reached the 21st spot, moving up nine and eight spots respectively from the year before. ]]></description>
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<title>Everyone’s a wiener! Here’s a list of National Hot Dog Day freebies and deals, from 7&#45;Eleven to Dog Haus</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Whether you’re grilling one out in the backyard or enjoying one with all the fixins’ at a baseball game, nothing says American summer like a hot dog.



And the pinnacle of hot dog mania is today: National Hot Dog Day. Here’s a roundup of deals so you can join in on the holiday’s 35th anniversary this Wednesday, July 15.



7-Eleven



The Texas-based and internationally operated convenience store giant 7-Eleven is offering a Mix and Match deal, giving customers any two roller grill items—including the Big Bite hot dog—for just $3.50.



If you aren’t into hot dogs, the chain is also offering $1 taquitos on Wednesday. Members of 7Rewards and Speedy Rewards can earn a $2 Big Bite hot dog or a $5 Meal Deal in the app through July 22.



Dog Haus



Dog Haus, a gourmet hot dog and hamburger chain based in Pasadena, California, is giving out free Haus Dogs on Wednesday. You have to register as a Haus Rewards member first, earning you a two-for-the-price-of-one Haus Dog offer valid through the end of the month. 



Love’s



The popular highway stop and gas station Love’s is joining the hot dog action, with a lineup of hot dog-centered deals throughout the week. Thursday’s dog deal features a buy one, get one free for $1, and Friday’s deal is two dogs for $3. But the real winner is today’s deal: a free hot dog in honor of the holiday. 



Philly Pretzel Factory



Don’t get it twisted: Philly Pretzel Factory isn’t known only for pretzels. It also touts a famous pretzel dog filled with an all-beef sausage and American cheese. Customers can get the delicacy for $1 all day on Wednesday.



Portillo’s



The Chicago-based chain Portillo’s, famous for its Chicago-style hot dogs, has been celebrating hot dog season since the beginning of the month with the launch of its spicy Char’diniera Dog.



The brand also released a line of hot dog merch—including tees, hoodies, and beach towels—to celebrate National Hot Dog Month. This week, Portillo’s Perks members can get a $1 Hot Dog with $5-plus purchase, and the brand has promised more surprises to come.



Krystal



The southern fast food chain Krystal sells patty melts, sliders, and miniature hot dogs, cleverly called pups. Today, Krystal rewards members can choose between a Classic Pup, Corn Pup, or a Chili Cheese pup with a purchase of $5 or more. 



Unexpected deals to relish



These fast-food chains aren’t the only ones celebrating; hot dog deals are also available at retailers that don’t specialize in dogs. 



Pringles, which released limited-edition Pop Dog Buns earlier this month, is offering free Pop Dog Buns with a $6.97 Pringles three-pack online purchase, starting at noon ET on Wednesday.



The movie theater chain Regal Cinemas is running a buy five, get one free deal for Nathan’s hot dogs and is inviting Regal Crown Club members who purchase two hot dogs to enter a sweepstakes trip to Coney Island.



Regal also posted on Facebook that all customers named Nathan will receive a free hotdog on Wednesday, with proof of ID.



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<title>You haven’t fixed your AI problem</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For years, “swivel chair work” was shorthand for a very real problem: employees spinning between applications, copying data from one system to another, and chasing approvals through multiple inboxes. The term stuck because it was accurate.



Harvard Business Review reported in 2022 that workers toggle between applications 1,200 times daily, losing nearly 4 hours per week to reorientation. That’s roughly 9% of total work time. For a knowledge worker earning $100,000 annually, the cost translates to $9,000 in lost productivity per employee per year. For a company with 10,000 employees, that fragmentation amounts to roughly $90 million annually, not from bad strategy or underinvestment, but from the basic friction of fragmented digital infrastructure. Almost no organization has a line item for it. It just compounds.



WE GAVE AI THE WRONG JOB



When generative AI arrived, most organizations gave employees better tools for the work they were already doing. Better search, faster drafting, and sharper summaries. But they didn’t change the underlying architecture. The siloed systems, approval chains, and status emails were all still there. We added AI to the workflows without redesigning the workflows. Employees ended up with one more window to toggle to.



In many organizations, AI just made the chairs swivel faster.



The first generation of enterprise AI was primarily generative, retrieval-augmented systems that surface the right document, summarize it well, and hand it back to a human to act on. That’s a meaningful capability, but it’s still a handoff. The AI produces an output for a person to carry it forward. Output is not outcome. In business, no one gets paid for outputs, but rather for completed work.



FINISHING THE WORK IS HARDER THAN IT LOOKS



The next phase of AI is about completing the work.



Agentic AI is defined as systems that can plan a sequence of steps, select the right tools, execute actions across systems, and govern the outcome with auditability. They can now take a request from initiation to resolution without a human manually stitching it together.



The intelligence part—the reasoning, language understanding, and ability to interpret an ambiguous request—is increasingly commoditized. Two years ago, GPT-4-level reasoning was a competitive advantage. Today, that capability is available open source, inference costs have dropped by roughly 10-fold annually, and benchmark performance across the leading models has converged to where the differences are largely invisible to enterprise users. What remains genuinely difficult and differentiated is the execution layer connecting that intelligence to the enterprise’s operational fabric.



Consider what completing a single workflow actually requires. Onboarding a new hire might span a human resources information system, an IT provisioning system, a facilities platform, a payroll processor, and a compliance training tool. Each has its own data model, permissions architecture, and API behavior. And they were never designed to talk to each other.



This is why “just use an LLM” isn’t an enterprise AI strategy. A large language model without enterprise context produces large language model results—fluent, plausible, and often disconnected from your actual business machinery. The grounding layer, the connectors, the context graph, the permissions model, and the workflow orchestration are what turn a capable model into a system that completes work.



WHAT EXECUTION AT SCALE LOOKS LIKE



What makes this possible is the harness around the model. When an employee submits a request, they’re not talking directly to an LLM, but to a layer incorporating business context. The LLM selects the right path, applies the right permissions, and decides which systems need involvement and the order. The model supplies the reasoning and the harness supplies the judgment about how to apply that reasoning inside your organization.



That’s why we’re seeing enterprises resolve the majority of service desk requests without human involvement. They are resolved end to end, with the right action taken, logged, and governed. Live agent chat volumes drop in days because the requests never had to escalate. At one global manufacturer, approval processes that once averaged 10 hours of VP time now close in under 10 minutes. Same policy. Same people. The harness surfaces the right context in sequence, and the inbox archaeology disappears.



The swivel chair became unnecessary.



These productivity improvements are structural changes to how operations run. The people who were spending their days on coordination overhead are now doing the work that requires their expertise. That is the shift worth chasing.



THE MOAT HAS MOVED



McKinsey’s 2025 Global Survey found that 88% of organizations report regular AI use in at least one business function. Individual use cases show promise, including a 14% productivity boost in customer service operations while using AI. That’s meaningful, but incremental.



The competitive question now is: How deeply is your AI connected to how work happens in your organization?



The companies building that depth with context graphs, orchestration layers, and the governed workflow execution are getting more efficient. Every workflow you automate teaches the system more about how your company operates. That compounds. It comes from building AI into how the company runs.



WHAT THIS MEANS RIGHT NOW



If you’re still measuring AI ROI in tokens generated and summaries produced, you’re measuring the wrong thing.



Find the work nobody chose. The status updates nobody asked to send. The approvals stalled in inboxes. The handoffs that require a human because the systems should communicate, but don’t. Map where your most capable people are spending time on coordination instead of judgment.



That’s your AI roadmap. Start with one workflow. Prove value in production. Then let the compounding begin.



The goal was always to make the swivel chair unrecognizable, to reach a point where the next generation of employees doesn’t know what the phrase means because they’ve never experienced the problem. We’re closer to that than most leaders realize. But only by building AI into the workflow, not on top of it. 



Bhavin Shah is SVP and GM of Moveworks and AI at ServiceNow. ]]></description>
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<title>PayPal stock is skyrocketing after Stripe and a private equity firm reportedly made a buyout offer</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Shares in PayPal Holdings (Nasdaq: PYPL) are skyrocketing in premarket trading this morning after a report that the legacy digital payments platform has received a joint buyout offer from one of today’s most successful fintech companies and a major private equity firm. Here’s what you need to know.



What’s happened?



Early this morning, Reuters reported that the fintech giant Stripe and the private equity giant Advent International have offered to buy PayPal for well above its closing stock price on Tuesday.



According to Reuters, Stripe and Advent made PayPal a buyout offer of $60.50 per share, equating to about $53 billion in total. That $60.50 per share offering price is roughly 28% higher than PayPal’s closing price of $47.37 yesterday.



Stripe and Advent reportedly made the offer to PayPal earlier this month. It is an offer that PayPal has reportedly not responded to yet. 



While Reuters did identify its sources, other than saying they were people “familiar with the matter,” news of the proposed buyout offer could put pressure on PayPal leadership to publicly respond—and face displeasure from PayPal investors if they do not like the company’s response.



Fast Company has reached out to PayPal, Stripe, and Advent for comment.



What do Stripe and Advent want with PayPal?



The report didn’t go into specifics about what Stripe and Advent would do with the legacy online payments giant should they acquire it, but Reuters said that the two suitors would jointly own PayPal instead of breaking up the company.



Stripe is one of the biggest players in the modern fintech scene. The privately held company was valued at around $159 billion in February. But Stripe’s specialty and core business is facilitating transactions between a business’s bank account and a customer’s payment method.



One of PayPal’s strengths is facilitating peer-to-peer transactions. It also has a massive user base of consumers and small businesses that trust the brand and are loyal to it.



It is possible Stripe sees a PayPal acquisition as a way to move into areas of the fintech space where PayPal clearly dominates.



Would PayPal sell itself?



No one can answer that but PayPal leadership. However, a buyout offer could be attractive to PayPal’s board and investors, considering the company has struggled in recent years.



While PayPal was the de facto payment backbone of consumer e-commerce for roughly the first two decades after its founding in the late 1990s, in recent years the company has lost ground to competing products like Apple Pay and Google Pay, which make it much simpler to pay digitally for products and services right from smartphones and other devices.



While PayPal’s stock did see a massive boost during the pandemic years, when online shopping boomed like never before, it has tumbled since then.



In 2021, PayPal stock was trading at more than $291 per share—an all-time high. As of yesterday’s closing price, PYPL shares were trading at just above $47. That stock price decrease came as a result of newer technologies and more competition that siphoned away business.



In February of this year, PayPal replaced its CEO, Alex Chriss, with HP’s Enrique Lores.



“The payments industry is changing faster than ever, driven by new technologies, evolving regulations, an increasingly competitive landscape, and the rapid acceleration of AI that is reshaping commerce daily,” Lores said at the time. “PayPal sits at the center of this change, and I look forward to leading the team to accelerate the delivery of new innovations and to shape the future of digital payments and commerce.”



How have PayPal’s shares reacted?



Investors have reacted very well to the reported buyout offer. As of the time of this writing, PYPL shares are currently up around 19.87% to $56.72 in pre-market trading.



That’s well above PayPal’s closing price of $47.37 yesterday, but still slightly under Stripe’s and Advent’s reported offering price of $60.50 per share. ]]></description>
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<title>The workplace isn’t designed for older women</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ My kids were finally almost grown, and I was in my late 50s, when my mother started to fall. Not once. A series of falls, each one taking a little more of her, until the word the doctors used was acute. My husband and I drove out into the high desert and hiked, because that is what we do when we can no longer think and have to anyway. Somewhere on that trail I understood the shape of the choice in front of me. I could close the business I had spent decades building and bring her home. Or I could find her a place, which is the gentle phrase we use for the thing that breaks your heart. There was no third door.



I had spent 35 years by then coaching senior leaders, and most of them were men. Men who moved through their careers on a road already paved. No motherhood penalty at the front, and rarely a caregiving crisis at the back, because somewhere in their lives there was usually a woman absorbing the work at home. I was good at helping them. Then I hit the wall myself and went looking for the map I had been handing other people. There was none. The workplace I had given my life to had never imagined a woman would still be inside it on the day her mother began to disappear.



When Fast Company ran “Corporate America is crushing senior-level mothers” by Shalene Gupta last month, the response was enormous. Thousands of words came back from women who finally felt named. Underneath the relief I heard a second question the piece could not reach. These women survived it. The day care years, the pumping in supply closets, the promotions timed around due dates. They came out the other side. And now what?



Most organizations still build careers for women around the young-mother arc. The whole structure assumes the defining tension of a woman’s working life is the one between babies and ambition, the toddler on the hip against the seat at the table. That assumption was not wrong; it was partial. It put a gate at the front of a woman’s career and left everything past it as open country, with no road markers.



For every woman promoted at the director level, McKinsey and LeanIn found, two women directors walk out the door. There is a leak at exactly the altitude where companies say they want more women, and we have spent years blaming the women for it. 



Consider the woman who is in mid- or late career. She is not arranging childcare anymore. She is arranging hospice, or memory care, or the third specialist this month. She is one of the more than 48 million Americans who gave unpaid care last year worth an estimated $600 billion, most of them women, and she is doing it in the years she was finally supposed to be running things. The squeeze does not announce itself. It arrives as a phone call during a meeting she cannot leave, and it does not end when the call does.



Brenda (pseudonym), a VP of philanthropy at a national nonprofit, breathed a sigh of relief when her youngest child graduated from college. Three days later her husband was diagnosed with ALS, and she had to care for him as his body failed. Her career-capping fundraising ambitions paled alongside the gargantuan role she had to play at home, resulting in FMLA leave, fragmented efforts, and distracted attention to her big career goals.



The body is in this story too, whether we are comfortable with it or not. Menopause arrives and lasts the better part of a decade, landing squarely on the most senior and most expensive years of a woman’s career. The Mayo Clinic put its cost to the U.S. economy at $26.6 billion a year, and that figure does not count the women who simply leave the workforce. Rachel (pseudonym), an executive VP at a major consumer brand, described it this way: “My perimenopause brain fog was intense, and I felt I had to back off the big role. I took early retirement, even though I wasn’t ready.”



According to research discussed in Harvard Business Review in 2023, women suffer from a “never right” bias pattern around age, meaning the same gray hair that makes a man look seasoned makes a woman look finished. His experience gets celebrated. Hers gets walked toward the door. You thank her for mentoring the young men who will be promoted past her. You celebrate what she knows precisely because you have stopped betting on what she could still do.



And here is the part Gupta’s motherhood essay could not hold. The young-mother design doesn’t fail just the women who passed through it. It fails the women who never had children at all. Jean (pseudonym) was a pinch hitter throughout her 30s and 40s, always able to travel on assignment as a senior partner. She was the backstop, assumed to be endlessly available because, in the words people use, she had nothing else going on. Women like Jean covered the leaves and the snow days and the late nights, and they reached the far side with the same failing parents and the same vanishing relevance, plus a quarter century of having been the accommodation that let everyone else’s accommodation work.



We built women’s careers around one season of one kind of life, then treated everything that fell outside it—the aging parent, the changing body, the second act—as a private problem for the woman to absorb in the dark. The cost was always real. We simply arranged never to see it.



It does not have to be this way, and the fix is not a women’s affinity group or a webinar on resilience. It is design. 



First, treat caregiving as a normal feature of a working life rather than a one-time emergency. We built parental leave and then behaved as though care ended at kindergarten. It does not. People care for parents, partners, siblings, adult children, themselves, in waves that recur across 40 years. Build leave, flexibility, and real reentry paths that assume those waves are coming, and make them available to everyone by policy, not granted one woman at a time behind a closed door.



Second, audit who gets the future and who gets the past. Look honestly at who receives the stretch assignments and who gets routed onto the legacy panels and the mentoring tracks. If your most seasoned women are advising and stewarding while the high-visibility roles go to people 15 years younger, that is a pattern, not a series of coincidences. Promote inside the highest-earning decade instead of escorting people out of it.



Third, make menopause an ordinary workplace fact. It is a predictable stage of human health, not a scandal, and right now it is draining some of your most expensive talent. Manager education, flexibility in schedule and environment, and simple permission to name it out loud turn a hidden attrition driver into a routine accommodation, the way we eventually learned to handle pregnancy instead of pretending it wasn’t happening.



Design for all genders a working life that runs 50 years, not a 30-year sprint that peaks at 45. That means sponsorship, lateral moves, and genuine second acts built for people in their 50s and 60s. It means looking around the room and noticing that the most capable person in it is often the one you have already written off.



I made it through my own impossible year the way these women always do. On my own, without a single road the workplace had ever thought to build for me. The women in this story are not asking to be protected. They are the most capable people in most of the rooms they walk into, and they know it. They survived the front half. The question was never whether they still had something to give. It is whether we will finally build workplaces able to meet their back half.



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<title>Chancellor announces SME funding package</title>
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The chancellor has unveiled SME funding support as part of her Mansion House speech in July 2026. Here&#039;s what is coming up
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<title>TikTok Shopping: A New Era For E&#45;commerce Store Sales</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/tiktok-shopping-a-new-era-for-e-commerce-store-sales</link>
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<title>How Personalised Corporate Gifts Improve Employee Engagement &amp;amp; Loyalty?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-personalised-corporate-gifts-improve-employee-engagement-loyalty</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ There’s nothing more meaningful than forming strong human relationships in today’s world. As for corporations, it is crucial to have the ‘nice to have’ policy. Employee engagement today is not an option but a necessity to enhance workplace culture. One of the least-discussed ways to improve employee engagement is personalised corporate gifts. Personalised gifts work […]
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<title>Monzo founder Blomfield joins Anthropic as AI talent war escalates</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/monzo-founder-blomfield-joins-anthropic-as-ai-talent-war-escalates</link>
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Monzo founder Tom Blomfield has joined Anthropic&#039;s compute team, the latest coup in the AI talent war. What his move signals for UK founders and SMEs. ]]></description>
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<title>Scrap National Insurance and the 45p rate, think tank tells Burnham</title>
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Policy Exchange urges Andy Burnham to abolish national insurance, stamp duty, inheritance tax and the 45p rate. What the plan would mean for UK SME owners. ]]></description>
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<title>Scrap green levies to cut energy bills by a fifth, Burnham told</title>
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Business energy costs must be Andy Burnham&#039;s day-one priority, say CBI and Energy UK, with green levy cuts worth a fifth off bills and a £130bn boost. ]]></description>
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<title>Festivals get longer licences and red tape cut in £45m music plan</title>
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The government&#039;s new UK music plan promises festival licensing reform and a £45m growth fund. What Turn It Up means for venues, clubs and small firms. ]]></description>
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<title>$300 a kilo: space cargo costs falling faster than steam ever did</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/300-a-kilo-space-cargo-costs-falling-faster-than-steam-ever-did</link>
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Space launch costs are falling faster than steamship freight in the 1800s and could hit $300 a kilo by 2040. What the space economy means for UK firms. ]]></description>
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<title>The Black Shirt Story</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ For years, people have asked why I wear black.

Some believe it is sophisticated.

Others think it is branding. ]]></description>
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<title>Dress Like Your Future Is Watching</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Why Your Fashion Statement May Be Predicting Who You Become

My theory may not be scientific. It may not be approved by professors. And it probably won&#039;t be taught at Harvard.

But after decades of observing people in San Francisco, Prague, Manila, Paris, and countless airports in between, I am convinced that the way you dress today often reveals the person you are trying to become tomorrow. ]]></description>
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<title>‘Rotten to its core’: Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing its secrets</title>
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Apple sues OpenAI, alleging poached staff took trade secrets to its hardware venture. What the case teaches UK SMEs about protecting their own IP. ]]></description>
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<title>Small firms freeze hiring as Iran war drags growth to five&#45;year low</title>
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Britain&#039;s businesses have stopped hiring and slipped into &quot;survival mode&quot;, with economic output stuttering to a five-year low in June as the Iran war, weak consumer spending and relentless cost increases combine to squeeze firms from every direction. ]]></description>
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<title>Red card for red tape: 96% of firms say regulation is failing them</title>
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96 per cent of firms told the government&#039;s own red tape survey that regulators create unnecessary problems. What the findings mean for UK SMEs and owners. ]]></description>
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<title>Burnham will not ‘tax the hell out of you’, says Jim O’Neill</title>
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Jim O&#039;Neill says Andy Burnham will not &#039;tax the hell out of you&#039; but must scrap the triple lock and overhaul welfare. What it means for your business. ]]></description>
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<title>Banker who bought Northern Rock named to lead audit watchdog</title>
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Dame Jayne-Anne Gadhia, ex-Virgin Money chief, is the government&#039;s pick to chair the FRC. What the audit watchdog&#039;s new leadership means for UK firms. ]]></description>
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<title>America pays workers just 27% of what its wealth allows — the worst in the OECD</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It does better at creating conditions where people can find a job, scoring about 75%, ranking 10th. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Elon Musk and Sam Altman are accusing each other of scamming investors as SpaceX and OpenAI jockey to lead AI revolution</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A social media fight erupted after their companies launched competing AI models one day apart. ]]></description>
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<title>Stolen laptops, data breaches, secret moles, and recruiting&#45;as&#45;espionage. Here are the wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple&#039;s lawsuit against OpenAI for stealing trade secrets reads like a corporate spy thriller ]]></description>
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<title>McConnell’s absence could jeopardize Republicans’ defense spending agenda as the Iran war escalates</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/mcconnells-absence-could-jeopardize-republicans-defense-spending-agenda-as-the-iran-war-escalates</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Trump administration has asked Congress for an additional $350 billion in defense funds amid the reignited Iran war. ]]></description>
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<title>U.S. launches new strikes on Iran while Tehran mocks Trump’s reversal on charging for Hormuz transits — ‘20% is of course too much. We will be fair’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ “POTUS is absolutely right. Whoever provides secure and safe passage of commercial vessels through the Strait of Hormuz should be compensated for this service.” ]]></description>
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<title>Hermes agent maker Nous Research in talks for new funding at $1.5B valuation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hermes-agent-maker-nous-research-in-talks-for-new-funding-at-15b-valuation</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The company is raising at least $75 million, led by Robot Ventures, with significant participation from USV and other prominent investors. ]]></description>
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<title>X just tweaked its algorithm to make it more friendly, less battleground</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/x-just-tweaked-its-algorithm-to-make-it-more-friendly-less-battleground</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The social media site says it will amplify posts made by users&#039; mutual followers&#039; to give the feed more of a communal feel. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Video&#45;generation startup PixVerse raises $439M, valuation soars past $2B</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/video-generation-startup-pixverse-raises-439m-valuation-soars-past-2b</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/video-generation-startup-pixverse-raises-439m-valuation-soars-past-2b</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ With the cash, the company aims to expand its world model offering and reach customers across geographies. ]]></description>
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<title>Uber’s product chief on hotels, robotaxis, and why the company doesn’t want to be “everything for everyone”</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ubers-product-chief-on-hotels-robotaxis-and-why-the-company-doesnt-want-to-be-everything-for-everyone</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Uber Chief Product Officer Sachin Kansal walks TechCrunch through the company&#039;s financial-services ambitions, its increasingly complicated relationship with Waymo, its new AV Labs data operation, and how AI is starting to show up in ways riders and drivers will actually notice. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Already rich, already successful, why the last wave of tech winners is grinding again</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/already-rich-already-successful-why-the-last-wave-of-tech-winners-is-grinding-again</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/already-rich-already-successful-why-the-last-wave-of-tech-winners-is-grinding-again</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ They&#039;re rolling up their sleeves again, seemingly out of fear of missing AI&#039;s defining moment and, presumably, the irresistible allure of making even more money -- potentially a lot more. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Simplicity Makes a Man Look Wealthier</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-simplicity-makes-a-man-look-wealthier</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a strange paradox in modern style. The more some men try to look rich, the less wealthy they actually appear. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Giulliano Russelli - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Difference Between a Stylish Man and a Fashion Victim</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/difference-between-a-stylish-man-and-a-fashion-victim</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a very thin line between looking stylish and looking like you lost a bet with a designer. Modern fashion is dangerous that way. ]]></description>
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<title>Gentleman’s Guide to Wearing White Without Looking Flashy</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gentlemans-guide-to-wearing-white-without-looking-flashy</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/gentlemans-guide-to-wearing-white-without-looking-flashy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wearing white as a man is dangerous. Done correctly, it looks elegant, expensive, relaxed, and effortlessly sophisticated. Done incorrectly… ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Giulliano Russelli - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The Silent Power of a Well&#45;Fitted Black Jacket</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-silent-power-of-a-well-fitted-black-jacket</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-silent-power-of-a-well-fitted-black-jacket</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Every man has that one piece of clothing that changes everything.

Not the loud designer shirt. Not the “limited edition” sneakers he bought during an emotional online shopping episode at 2 a.m. Not the jacket covered in logos large enough to be seen from space.

No. It is usually something much simpler. ]]></description>
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<title>Why Expensive Men Rarely Look Loud</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-expensive-men-rarely-look-loud</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/why-expensive-men-rarely-look-loud</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ There is a strange moment many men experience when they first enter a truly wealthy environment. They expect diamonds. They expect giant logos. They expect gold watches the size of frying pans. ]]></description>
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<title>Diether Avery E. Hernandez to Launch Syndicated Financial Literacy Column on The Business Economics</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/diether-avery-e-hernandez-to-launch-syndicated-financial-literacy-column-on-the-business-economic</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Educator and financial professional will offer practical guidance on building financial confidence, security, and responsible money habits. His forthcoming column will reflect the belief that financial planning is not reserved for the wealthy. Instead, it is a practical and necessary process for anyone who earns, spends, saves, supports a family, or hopes to prepare for the future. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Taylor Swift fans are willing to buy her trash. Meet the NYC artist who cashed in from the pop star’s wedding night</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Swifties will buy anything related to Taylor Swift: a CD or a vinyl—even if they listen on Spotify anyway—a cardigan or scarf inspired by her songs, and yes, even garbage.



Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce tied the knot on July 3 at New York City’s Madison Square Garden (MSG), gathering A-list celebrities from across industries.



But as fans flocked to the venue for a chance to peek inside the secretive event, at least one person turned his attention to the floor—picking up trash to package and sell to fans eager to score a souvenir from the party.



The New York-based artist Justin Gignac made his way to MSG the night of the celebrity wedding, wearing the same tuxedo he used at his own wedding, paired with thick gloves and a trash pickup stick.



The venue’s perimeter was filled with around 40 fans in each corner, Gignac says, as he circled the arena and picked up garbage from the floor before packaging it and selling it online—something he has done before.



“I’m always trying to find these big cultural moments in New York City,” Gignac tells Fast Company. “I’ve done New Year’s Eve in Times Square and I’ve done the championship parades for the Yankees, Giants, and Liberty . . . but this was such an interesting one.”



Come as you are



The trash was not actually from inside the wedding, but from the edge of the venue, hence the name of the series, “Not Invited Edition.” 



Anything from a stray Airpod to a can tab was collected and packaged in clear boxes measuring 1 by 1 by 0.75 inch, just small enough to carry around in one’s pocket. The near-cube is marked with the wedding date, the same day the garbage was picked up, and the phrase “JUST&amp;T MARRIED!” a nod to the message that filled the MSG screens after the celebrity couple tied the knot.



Gignac has been collecting trash and selling it in sealed acrylic cubes for almost 25 years—he calls his art project and business New York City Garbage—although the regular cubes are much larger (3.5 by 3.5 by 4.5 inches).



In planning for the project’s anniversary, Gignac had ordered the smaller cubes, but opted to turn them into a Swiftie-inspired drop when he heard about the wedding.



The 50 limited cubes were priced at $25 each, selling out in 24 hours and 8 minutes, although he is hoping he has enough trash to complete 39 more—bringing the total to 89, a tribute to Swift’s birth year, 1989.



While the 50 boxes for Swifties are bringing Gignac a renewed wave of popularity, the drop is just one small piece of the decades-long project.



New York City Garbage



The project began back in 2001, when Gignac was a 21-year-old intern at MTV. He debated with a coworker who argued that packaging design was not important. To prove him wrong, Gignac decided to package the thing he couldn’t image anyone wanting to buy: garbage.



Packaging it in clear boxes with a sleek typeface that read “New York City Garbage”—which would become the name of the business—Gignac set up a small stand in Times Square, persuading passersby to buy his creation.



And it worked. Not only did he prove his coworker wrong, but he began a small business that would lead to more than 1,700 garbage cubes sold around the world.



“I went out on the streets of Times Square with a little cardboard box that I spray-painted ‘Garbage for Sale’ on it,” he says. “Finally, after eight hours, a gentleman from Ecuador who barely spoke English—but he connected with it—bought the first one.”



The first few were priced at just $10, eventually going up in price from $25 to $100. This was to discourage people from buying them, as Gignac was too busy to meet the demand while he tried to kick-start his career in advertising.



Still, people kept buying.



“It’s interesting how people’s perspective shifts,” Gignac says. “When it was $10, people thought it was a funny joke. When it was $25, people considered it like a cool souvenir. And at $50, people started calling it art. So it’s amazing how you change the price and it changes people’s perception of it.”



Top of the heap



As the business grew, so did Gignac’s professional ambitions, and in 2012 he decided to shut down New York City Garbage to start his own business and pursue other creative projects—including the popular Elf Yourself app.



It wasn’t until 2024, when too many of his friends asked him to resume the business, and he was ready to slow down and focus on raising his 2-year-old daughter, that he reopened the store.



The first drop sold out faster than his Swift-inspired collection—50 cubes priced at $100 selling out in just 90 minutes.



“Had about a decade more of people waiting for them,” he says. “Since then, the other drops haven’t sold out as quickly, but they sell out fairly quickly, usually like a couple days or a week.”



Now that his focus is back on trash, Gignac has a renewed inspiration for what New York City Garbage is and can be.



“I think it blurs the line between art and business, and I think all good things do. It is the art of the sale,” he says. “The art happens in that exchange. I like that. It’s the story that we tell.”



With this new phase, Gignac wishes to explore the affection that individuals can attach to trash and their connection with special moments; for instance, he is interested in collecting trash from locker rooms of teams as a memento for fans.



“People are always like, ‘Why would you pay for garbage?’ And I’m like, I don’t know, but would you pay for garbage from your first date or your kid’s last Little League game?” he says. “It’s not just garbage. It’s stuff that has meaning.”



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<title>The missing ingredient in successful networking</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The greatest missed opportunity at most conferences is not a keynote session, a panel, or a workshop. It is the conversations that never happen.



Every year, professionals attend conferences hoping to build relationships, discover new opportunities, and create momentum for their careers or businesses. Yet many leave with little more than a collection of business cards and LinkedIn connections that never turn into anything meaningful. The problem is that most people have never learned to articulate what they need in a way that allows others to help.



Many professionals actually know what they are trying to accomplish. They want a strategic partner. They need an introduction. They are looking for customers, investors, mentors, advisors, board opportunities, or new career opportunities. Yet when someone asks what they hope to gain from an event, the answer is often broad and generic. They want to learn, meet interesting people, or expand their network. The real objective remains beneath the surface, never clearly articulated and therefore impossible for others to help advance.



PEOPLE WANT TO HELP



Part of the challenge is that making an ask is a skill, and it is one that many professionals rarely practice. Throughout their careers, they are rewarded for being resourceful, self-sufficient, and capable of solving problems for others. They become comfortable being the helper, not the asker. Yet some of the most important opportunities for both leaders and their organizations depend on their willingness to clearly communicate what they need. Asking for help can feel uncomfortable, even when it serves an important business objective.



The irony is that most people are far more willing to help than we assume. In fact, if we simply asked, we would likely be surprised by how often support is offered. Most asks are not enormous requests. They are introductions, insights, recommendations, or connections that require very little effort but can create significant value.



I first started noticing this dynamic at conferences where some of the most accomplished executives in the country were gathered in the same room. These events were filled with people who had extensive networks, significant influence, and the ability to open doors for one another. Yet conversations often remained at the surface level. People would leave feeling inspired by the speakers and energized by the atmosphere, but without any concrete next steps that could create practical value for themselves or their organizations.



One experience in particular changed how I think about networking. I asked an executive at a conference what she hoped to gain from attending. Her initial answer was broad and unfocused. After a few more questions, she revealed that she really wanted to find corporate partners for an initiative she was leading. As it happened, I was meeting with several executives that evening who could potentially help. I made a few introductions and meaningful conversations followed.



The opportunity had always been there. What was missing was the ask.



ASK AND ACT



That observation led me to develop a simple framework I call “ask and act.”Before attending an event, identify one meaningful ask and be prepared to articulate it clearly. The ask creates clarity around what you are trying to accomplish and where you genuinely need support. Just as important, commit to helping at least one other person during the conference. When you approach networking with both an ask and a willingness to help, the conversation shifts. Instead of exchanging business cards and surface-level introductions, people begin uncovering opportunities to create value for one another. A clear ask makes it easier for others to help, and a genuine willingness to help makes it easier for others to share what they need.



I have since organized “ask and act” conversations around conference tables, private dinners, and leadership communities. Rather than beginning with traditional networking, participants are invited to come prepared with one meaningful ask and a willingness to help someone else solve theirs. What emerges is a room full of people actively looking for ways to create value for one another.



By the end of these sessions, participants consistently identify potential collaborators, advisors, clients, investors, and future business partners. More importantly, they leave with specific commitments and next steps. The experience has reinforced a lesson I continue to see at conferences of every size: The most meaningful moments rarely happen in the keynote hall. They happen in small circles where people feel comfortable being honest about what they need and generous about what they can offer.



The next time you attend a conference, leadership summit, or networking event, spend less time thinking about who you might meet and more time thinking about what you need and how you can help someone else. During the conference, know your ask and proactively share it. Also, follow through on any commitments you make to others.



The most successful networkers are the people who know how to turn conversations into outcomes.



Tami Rosen is a board member, executive, and advisor to technology and finance companies. ]]></description>
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<title>Papa Murphy’s is closing stores, joins list of national pizza chains to shutter locations in 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It’s no secret that pizza chains are struggling. Over the last several months alone, Pizza Hut and Papa John’s announced hundreds of closures.



That pizzapocalypse trend continues this month, with the owner of the popular U.S. pizza chain Papa Murphy’s announcing it will close up to 50 locations. Here’s what you need to know.



What’s happened?



Last week, the Canadian fast-casual and quick-service dining conglomerate MTY Food Group announced its earnings for the second quarter of 2026.



The earnings were rough. For the quarter, MTY brought in revenue of $279.9 million CAD, down 8.2% from the period a year earlier. MTY attributed the decline to “lower revenue from corporate stores, which was tightly correlated to a decrease in the number of corporate-owned locations,” among other factors.



But on the company’s earnings call, later that day, MTY also confirmed that it will close more corporate-owned locations, most notably, the “take and bake” pizza chain Papa Murphy’s.



MTY Food Group owns dozens of restaurant brands in the U.S. and Canada, including Baja Fresh Mexican Grill, Blimpie, Cold Stone Creamery, Planet Smoothy, and Wetzel’s Pretzels.



But Papa Murphy’s, via its corporate-owned and franchised stores, has one of MTY’s largest retail footprints in America. 



The pizza chain’s stores are currently found in 34 U.S. states and, according to a Papa Murphy’s franchise disclosure document, there were a total of 1,014 Papa Murphy’s stores as of November 2025. 



In the United States, those stores included 965 franchised locations and 49 company-operated locations. 



However, it now looks as if MTY will close the majority of its company-owned Papa Murphy’s locations.



How many Papa Murphy’s locations are closing?



On the company’s most recent earnings call, MTY’s CEO, Eric Lefebvre, announced that it would close 68 company-owned stores across its brands in the near future.



While these 68 locations won’t all be Papa Murphy’s stores, the majority of them will be.



Lefebvre told analysts that between 45 and 50 of the store closures will be Papa Murphy’s locations, with the remainder being stores under the company’s other banners.



Why are Papa Murphy’s locations closing?



Speaking broadly about the total 68 store closures, Lefebvre said that the selected stores were “performing significantly worse than the average,” according to a PitchBook transcript of the call. 



In choosing the locations to close, MTY looked at several factors, including “the performance, outlook, [and] economic profile of each location.”



“Where we saw path improvement, we chose to continue investing efforts into making our existing assets as productive as they can be,” Lefebvre said. “Where the fundamentals no longer supported that path, we made the decision to close the store.”



Speaking more specifically about the pizza industry, Lefebvre said it was an extremely competitive space in the United States, noting that Papa Murphy’s was suffering more than other brands. 



“We run different promotions and we see that there’s very little loyalty in that market and the consumer will go where the pizza is the cheapest at any given time.”



Papa Murphy’s stands out among well-known pizza chains such as Domino’s and Pizza Hut. It is primarily a “take and bake” chain, where customers go to the store, order the pizza they want, and are given it uncooked. The customers then go home and put it in their ovens to cook.



Lefebvre noted that while promotional activity is “super productive,” MTY also needs to protect its franchisees’ profit margins. “So our teams are actively seeking more data on all the promotions we run to try to adjust them to make it as profitable as possible for our franchisees.”



Which Papa Murphy’s locations are closing?



Right now, MTY has not specified which Papa Murphy’s locations would close. Currently, the chain has stores in 34 states, which include both franchisee and corporate locations. Those states are:




Alabama



Alaska



Arizona



Arkansas



California



Colorado



Florida



Georgia



Idaho



Illinois



Indiana



Iowa



Kansas



Kentucky



Louisiana



Michigan



Minnesota



Missouri



Montana



Nebraska



Nevada



New Mexico



North Carolina



North Dakota



Oklahoma



Oregon



South Carolina



South Dakota



Tennessee



Texas



Utah



Washington



Wisconsin



Wyoming




When will the Papa Murphy’s locations close?



Lefebvre said some of the company’s 68 closing stores, which include Papa Murphy’s locations, will begin closing as early as this week. He added that it will take between six and nine months to shutter all the locations marked for closure. ]]></description>
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<title>Sen. Graham’s cause of death is released in preliminary report by medical examiner</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Sen. Lindsey Graham, one of President Donald Trump’s closest allies in Congress who traveled the globe to advocate for a more aggressive U.S. foreign policy, died after a tear in his aorta, according to a preliminary medical examiner finding shared by his office.The tear in the inner wall of the aorta, called an aortic dissection, was related to the hardening of Graham’s arteries. An official cause of death will be disclosed after toxicological and microscopic testing.Graham, a prominent South Carolina Republican and former Air Force lawyer who served in Congress for more than three decades, had turned 71 years old just two days before dying on Saturday night. His office had originally said he had suffered from a “brief and sudden illness.”Trump, who talked to Graham frequently, said he was “like a member of the family. It’s very tough.” He said on NBC’s “Meet the Press” that Graham had called him on Saturday night after returning from a trip to Ukraine and “sounded a little bit tired, but perfect.” The president ordered that flags across the country be flown at half-staff until next Saturday evening.A noted foreign policy hawk, Graham was one of the most influential figures in Washington on international affairs and he advised Trump on matters such as the Iran war and Russia. On Friday, Graham had announced an agreement with the Trump administration to move forward on a package of Russia sanctions.As chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, Graham also had a central role during Trump’s second term as Republicans pushed major legislation on party-line votes while holding a narrow 53-47 majority in the chamber.Under South Carolina law, Republican Gov. Henry McMaster will appoint a temporary replacement for Graham, who was seeking a fifth term in November. A new nominee will be selected in a special primary, which is required to be held within weeks of a vacancy. The winner of November’s general election will start a full six-year term in January.



Graham had a close, complicated relationship with Trump



Graham, elected to the Senate in 2002 after serving in the House, long promoted a policy of robust U.S. military interventionism and strong national defense that in later years would put him at odds with the growing isolationist wing of his party.Over time, Graham became well-known for his close ties with Trump, whom the senator briefly ran against for the presidential nomination in 2016.Their relationship would begin on a rough note, with Graham calling the then-New York businessman “unfit for office.” Graham used a profanity to describe Trump after Trump made disparaging comments about Arizona Republican John McCain, Graham’s best friend in the Senate and a Vietnam War veteran. McCain and Graham, along with Sen. Joe Lieberman, I-Conn., were known as the “Three Amigos” and frequently traveled together to promote their foreign policy views around the globe.During a campaign rally in South Carolina, Trump read out Graham’s personal cellphone number and continued to belittle him throughout the 2016 race as Graham made it clear he would not support Trump.Graham, however, shifted significantly once Trump won the White House and emerged as one of Trump’s top allies — speaking with him frequently and becoming a regular presence on the golf course alongside the president — even as McCain remained a critic.In a 2018 interview with The Associated Press, Graham explained his pivot by saying McCain taught him that the country must move forward after elections and that meant “you have an obligation” to help the president. McCain ran twice for the White House.“And I’ve tried to be helpful where I could because I think he needs all the help he can get,” Graham said of Trump. “You can be a better critic when people understand that you’re trying to help them be successful.”Graham was a prominent defender of Trump during the president’s two first-term impeachments — a reversal from Graham’s role as a House prosecutor during Democratic President Bill Clinton’s impeachment in 1998, when he urged senators not to make up their minds before listening to all of the arguments. Both Trump and Clinton were eventually acquitted.Graham appeared to break with Trump after the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the Capitol, saying in a dramatic speech on the Senate floor that night, “Count me out. Enough is enough.” But the senator soon returned to Trump’s side and the two remained close during Trump’s second term.



Foreign policy was a focus for Graham



Graham had just been in Ukraine to meet with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who said the senator visited his country 10 times during the years since Russia invaded in February 2022. “Lindsey was a true defender of freedom and the values that make our world safer,” Zelenskyy said.He was also one of the chief backers of Trump’s war in Iran, having advocated for years for direct confrontation between Washington and Tehran. Graham continued to defend Trump this summer even as many of his fellow Republicans questioned a tentative June ceasefire agreement that they worried could send billions of dollars to Iran.“I’d rather try diplomacy than take it off the table,” Graham said of Trump’s memorandum of understanding with Tehran.Graham’s travels made him a familiar face to dozens of world leaders.Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Graham understood that the security of Israel and the United States was inseparable.“Israel has lost one of its greatest friends. America has lost a great patriot. I have lost a beloved friend,” Netanyahu said.



Graham led both the Senate Budget and Judiciary committees



As Budget Committee chairman, Graham helped oversee a Senate procedure that allowed Republicans to pass significant policies such as last year’s tax law without the threat of a Democratic filibuster.He had previously led the Senate Judiciary Committee when Republicans confirmed Amy Coney Barrett to the Supreme Court in 2020. The senator was in line to regain that gavel if the party kept its majority after the midterm elections and had pledged to confirm “as many conservative judges as possible.”Graham was a key player in the Senate’s efforts to craft a massive immigration overhaul in 2013 as a member of a bipartisan group. The legislation passed the Senate with 68 votes but was never taken up by the House, so it did not become law.Graham’s views on immigration, particularly an endorsement of a path to citizenship for people in the U.S. without legal status, put him at odds with some Republican factions.Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin, a Democrat who was his ally on that issue, said Graham was “part of every important policy issue and an indispensable player” in bipartisan negotiations.



An ‘irreplaceable’ force in the Senate



Graham often worked across the aisle, even as he remained fiercely loyal to Trump. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat, said in a statement that “personal relationships often mattered more to him than the political disagreements of the day.”Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., said Graham was “over the moon” with the Russian sanctions deal announced Friday. “The last thing in the world I would have guessed was that he was sick or ill or in any way vulnerable,” Blumenthal said.Jaime Harrison, a former national and state Democratic Party chairman who unsuccessfully ran against Graham in 2020, said that even during their “fiercest political battles” the two men “could still share a conversation, a laugh, and a mutual respect for South Carolina.”Graham was unique in the Senate for his influence not only on Trump, but also with his fellow Republicans who were aware of his ability to sometimes move the president’s thinking. He was also known for his sense of humor, often deployed to defuse tensions.



Wyoming Sen. John Barrasso, the second-ranking Republican, said Graham will be missed for his “quick wit and infectious laughter.”



McMaster said in a statement that Graham was “irreplaceable.” Former Republican President George W. Bush said Graham “understood how the world works” and “was a kind and funny man who loved our country and loved serving it.”



Graham often spoke about his humble roots, growing up in the back of a South Carolina bar and helping to raise his sister, Darline, after his parents died at a young age. Graham was not married and did not have children.



Special election to replace Graham could be within weeks



Graham won 57% of the GOP vote in South Carolina’s primary in June and was up against Democrat Annie Andrews, a pediatrician, and several minor party and independent candidates in November.His death will likely prompt a scramble to fill a rare open Senate seat.A number of Republican names began circulating as possible replacements to serve out the rest of Graham’s term, including three candidates who fell short for the party’s nomination for governor this year — Rep. Nancy Mace, Rep. Ralph Norman and Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette.Also in the mix is Rep. Russell Fry, who was elected to the House in 2022.







Kinnard reported from Columbia, S.C. Associated Press writers Chris Megerian and Will Weissert in Washington, Bill Barrow in Atlanta, Brian P. D. Hannon in Bangkok and Geir Moulson in Berlin contributed to this report.



—Seung Min Kim, Mary Clare Jalonick and Meg Kinnard, Associated Press ]]></description>
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<title>This prefab homebuilder is moving from tiny ADUs to small&#45;scale starter homes</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-prefab-homebuilder-is-moving-from-tiny-adus-to-small-scale-starter-homes</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Samara, the prefabricated homebuilder that was created to chip away at California’s housing shortage with well-designed accessory dwelling units (ADUs), is sizing up. But not too much.



The company has just unveiled Locale by Samara, an expansion into single family homebuilding. But these aren’t the typical single family homes, which now average nearly 2,200 square feet (204 square meters) in size in the U.S. Instead, the company is developing significantly smaller homes, ranging between 1,000 and 1,750 square feet, sited in urban infill sites in some of California’s most desirable cities, and built using the same modular, factory-based process that’s behind the company’s quickly constructed ADUs. It’s an attempt to counter the state’s extravagantly expensive and constrained housing market with homes that are sized and priced more like the starter homes of the past.



[Image: Samara]



“It’s a missing form factor in California,” says the CEO, Mike McNamara. “The price points would be significantly lower on the back of the square footage. And we think it’s the right product, too, because more people want lower square footage, they want smaller yards, they want to be closer to the cities, not driving two hours to go to work.”



McNamara has led Samara since 2020, a few years after it was created as a research and development division within Airbnb. In 2022, it was spun out by McNamara and Airbnb’s cofounder, Joe Gebbia. (Gebbia, now the Trump administration’s chief design officer, is still involved with Samara as cofounder.) Since then the company has been selling backyard ADUs as products, handling the design, permitting, and construction for customers who want a turnkey additional unit on their property.



It’s a niche part of the housing market that’s grown significantly over the past decade, as municipalities and eventually the state have made ADUs legal and feasible to build. More than 30,000 were permitted statewide in 2024, a 20-fold increase from 2016, according to the state’s Department of Housing and Community Development. Samara, which raised $34 million in Series B funding in late 2025, has 250 ADUs either built or in the works, with prices starting at $152,000 plus installation.



[Image: Samara]



With Locale, Samara seeks to replicate that growth in small stand-alone homes clustered on lots that were once zoned exclusively for single family homes. Samara’s starter home focus comes on the heels of a recent amendment to California’s Starter Home Revitalization Act, which allows eligible lots to be subdivided for up to 10 small-footprint homes. The company has about 10 such cluster projects in various stages of development, and McNamara says Samara is using what it’s learned building ADUs in prefab housing factories to bring up the speed and bring down the cost of building single family homes.



[Image: Samara]



“Our first product was an ADU, but it was never our objective to be an ADU company. It was always meant to be an infill company,” McNamara says. “We designed our entire system around that concept, around small form factor [compact] housing.”



Samara is playing the role of developer for these first 10 projects, buying the land, designing the clusters of homes to meet the site conditions, and going through the entitlement and permitting process. The company has permits to build in Los Angeles and in the northern California counties of San Mateo, Santa Clara, and Sonoma.



[Image: Samara]



The first Samara starter home projects are in Healdsburg, in the Sonoma County wine region. One project is two small homes, and the other is six. Each home has its own small yard and one-car garage, and abuts a shared paseo. The houses top out at 1,750 square feet. (The two-unit property is priced at $2.195 million, which the company contends is in line with similarly sized new construction in the area.)



McNamara says the projects are all designed specifically for their sites—partly due to the often oddly sized lots available for infill development, but partly to make the projects complement their surroundings. “We work really hard to find the right neighborhood where this slots in, where the neighborhood would benefit and the community would benefit by introducing some additional small form factor homes,” he says. “We want to make sure that we control what they look like because it’s really important for us to be received by the community and be attractive to the community and help that gentle densification that’s coming.”



Samara’s buildings tie into municipal grids for water, sewage, and electricity, and require a slab foundation. After the prefab modules are installed, the homes are ready for people to move in.



[Image: Samara]



The first project is complete, and the second is expected to finish construction later this summer, using the same off-site building approach Samara has used to expedite the construction of its ADUs. “As soon as the foundation’s done, we can truck in our modules, put the modules on site, turn them into a home, and do that at a rate which is three times faster than what the traditional builders could do,” McNamara says.



That speed and the size of the homes will help bring prices down below the typically high cost of new housing in California. McNamara says it’s too early to say how much each home will sell for, but that they’re expected to be generally lower than the typical new home in each of the markets the company is targeting. “It’ll have a more approachable price point,” he says.



[Image: Samara]



The houses are also designed with sustainability measures, including energy efficient utilities and appliances that can help make them more affordable to operate, as well as whole-house air and water filtration systems. Each will have solar panels and be prewired to run off batteries, and the exterior materials and forms were selected to reduce susceptibility to wildfire. McNamara expects to have more than 150 homes in the company’s development pipeline by the end of the year.



For now, Samara will be developing them on its own, but McNamara says there’s room for partnerships with other developers looking at infill development of a smaller variety.



“Densification is coming, and we’d like to help lead with that,” he says. “We think there’s a lot of opportunities.”



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<title>Redundancy pay – a Small Business guide</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/redundancy-pay-a-small-business-guide</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/redundancy-pay-a-small-business-guide</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Take these tips to keep your business on the right lines if you need to make your employees redundant 
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<title>AWS GraphRAG deployment cuts drug research cycles by 87%</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aws-graphrag-deployment-cuts-drug-research-cycles-by-87</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aws-graphrag-deployment-cuts-drug-research-cycles-by-87</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A recent AWS GraphRAG deployment reduced drug research and development cycles in pharmaceutical environments by 87 percent. This acceleration is achieved by integrating previously separated proprietary databases into a unified and queryable knowledge graph. Historically, initial data gathering and screening phases took over six months per iteration, yielding a low five percent success rate. Crucial […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>How to shrink the token budget without shrinking the team</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-shrink-the-token-budget-without-shrinking-the-team</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Jensen Huang has a test for whether an engineer is worth keeping, and it comes with a token budget attached. Speaking on the All-In Podcast at the close of GTC 2026, the Nvidia chief executive said that if a $500,000 engineer’s annual AI token consumption came in under half their salary, “I am going to […]
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<title>AI agent crawlers now need permission. Here’s how to get it</title>
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<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-agent-crawlers-now-need-permission-heres-how-to-get-it</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ AI agent crawlers, the bots that fetch pages in real time on behalf of a person waiting for an answer, will be blocked by default on a slice of the web from September 15 onwards. Cloudflare announced the change on July 1, and most of the coverage since then has focused on Google. The more useful part […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 13 Jul 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>OpenAI bets on families as ChatGPT goes deeper into households</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-bets-on-families-as-chatgpt-goes-deeper-into-households</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/openai-bets-on-families-as-chatgpt-goes-deeper-into-households</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ ChatGPT is hiring a dedicated product manager to build experiences for families, caregivers, and older adults, according to a job posting. ]]></description>
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<title>Smart glasses without a camera? Even Realities bets productivity beats recording everyone</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/smart-glasses-without-a-camera-even-realities-bets-productivity-beats-recording-everyone</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/smart-glasses-without-a-camera-even-realities-bets-productivity-beats-recording-everyone</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The glasses are targeted at people who might be constantly in meetings, giving presentations, and traveling to countries where different languages are spoken.  ]]></description>
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<title>This slushie machine was a lifesaver during NYC’s heat wave</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-slushie-machine-was-a-lifesaver-during-nycs-heat-wave</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-slushie-machine-was-a-lifesaver-during-nycs-heat-wave</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Last weekend’s brutal NYC heat wave had me craving a frozen drink almost every afternoon. Normally, that would mean sweating through a walk to 7-Eleven for a slurpee. This time, though, I stayed home and put the new Ninja Slushi Twist to the test. Ninja’s latest slushie machine builds on the popularity of the original […] ]]></description>
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<title>Reed Jobs would rather talk about curing cancer than his last name</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reed-jobs-would-rather-talk-about-curing-cancer-than-his-last-name</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reed-jobs-would-rather-talk-about-curing-cancer-than-his-last-name</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When we last sat down with Jobs at TechCrunch Disrupt nearly three years ago, his firm Yosemite was brand new and biotech was still reeling from its post-pandemic crash. Now, the venture outfit has a team of 17; a cluster of blockbuster drugs are all losing patent protection in roughly the same window, creating all kinds of new opportunities; and AI has gone from a curiosity to, in Jobs&#039;s words, a huge part of what Yosemite does. &quot;I didn&#039;t expect Yosemite to be moving this fast,&quot; he said. ]]></description>
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<title>Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/peter-thiel-and-other-tech-billionaires-are-publicly-shielding-their-children-from-the-products-that-made-them-rich</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ As governments race to restrict minors’ social media use, the tech billionaires who built the platforms are imposing strict screen limits at home. ]]></description>
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<title>The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath said older generations “screwed up” giving students access to so much technology: “I genuinely hope Gen Z quickly figures that out and gets mad.” ]]></description>
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<title>Want to earn nearly $100,000 within 5 years of graduating? Study engineering, Fed research says</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/want-to-earn-nearly-100000-within-5-years-of-graduating-study-engineering-fed-research-says</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 80% of the top 10 college majors with the highest incomes five years after graduation are engineering degrees, New York Federal Reserve study shows. ]]></description>
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<title>Brené Brown warns American workers are not neurologically wired for this level of rapid change and instability: ‘People are not okay’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brene-brown-warns-american-workers-are-not-neurologically-wired-for-this-level-of-rapid-change-and-instability-people-are-not-okay</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “People are emotionally dysregulated, distrustful, and disconnected,” bestselling author and professor Brené Brown warned. ]]></description>
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<title>Sen. Lindsey Graham, a foreign policy hawk who became a close Trump ally, dies suddenly at 71</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sen-lindsey-graham-a-foreign-policy-hawk-who-became-a-close-trump-ally-dies-suddenly-at-71</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sen-lindsey-graham-a-foreign-policy-hawk-who-became-a-close-trump-ally-dies-suddenly-at-71</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Graham was one of the most influential figures in Washington on foreign policy, and he advised Trump on matters such as Iran and Russia. ]]></description>
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<title>Families told to hold their nerve as inherited property tax fears swirl</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/families-told-to-hold-their-nerve-as-inherited-property-tax-fears-swirl</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/families-told-to-hold-their-nerve-as-inherited-property-tax-fears-swirl</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Capital gains tax on inherited property could rise if the &#039;uplift on death&#039; is scrapped. Experts explain why panic selling now could prove costly. ]]></description>
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<title>Student loans sold like phone contracts open a serious trust gap</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/student-loans-sold-like-phone-contracts-open-a-serious-trust-gap</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/student-loans-sold-like-phone-contracts-open-a-serious-trust-gap</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Student loan mis-selling has opened a serious trust gap between young people and university, warns Best Student Halls founder. What it means for UK firms. ]]></description>
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<title>‘This is just how it is’: the lie driving mothers out of work</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-is-just-how-it-is-the-lie-driving-mothers-out-of-work</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-is-just-how-it-is-the-lie-driving-mothers-out-of-work</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
One in five UK women sees her career decline after a baby. Founder Zoe Duce says the return to work after maternity leave needs systems, not sacrifice. ]]></description>
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<title>Oasis reunion powers record £11.2bn music tourism boom</title>
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<title>Would you renew this supplier? Burnham and the Hillsborough Law</title>
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Richard Alvin argues Andy Burnham&#039;s first act as Prime Minister must be passing the Hillsborough Law in full, the promise Westminster has broken since 1989. ]]></description>
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<title>Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Apple alleges the misconduct was directed by OpenAI&#039;s senior leadership, including a longtime former employee. ]]></description>
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<title>Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Schneider, who formerly served as the CEO of Automattic and is a partner at True Ventures, says he is &quot;all in&quot; on the unconventional social media platform. ]]></description>
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<title>Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Our intent was to provide a useful creative tool and to give people control over whether their public content could be referenced in this way,&quot; the company said in a blog post. &quot;We&#039;ve heard the feedback that this feature missed the mark, so it&#039;s no longer available.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Phia, the shopping startup founded by Bill Gates’ daughter, Phoebe, and her friend Sophia Kianni is under fire for a practice known as “cookie stuffing,” which helped the product receive commissions and credit for sales it did not actually generate, per a Bloomberg investigation.  ]]></description>
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<title>US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals</title>
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<title>15 leaders on managing high performers</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ High performers can be a special breed, making an impact while producing greater volumes of work or outcomes. Managing them so they feel supported and not suffocated can make a difference in retaining them and keeping them happy. So it’s important to think hard about how best to do that, while understanding that how you manage them may not be how you manage the rest of your staff. We asked our Fast Company Impact Council members about their thinking: how they determine the most effective way to work with their top performers and whether that’s different than managing other staff members. Here’s what 15 of our members said.



1. DEEP TRUST



High performers achieve better results because they see the map differently. They see what other people don’t and work tirelessly to achieve outcomes. They understand what’s most important and focus on producing impactful results. How they work, when they work, and how it all comes together is typically unconventional. You can’t manage to fake deadlines or micromanage. It’s about deep trust. I’ve found that when the highest performers know they are supported, what they produce far outweighs any friction their working styles may create. The best advice is to get out of their way and allow their work to speak for itself. Because it always does. — Regan Parker, ShiftKey



2. HOLD TALENT ACCOUNTABLE TO THEIR POTENTIAL



My mantra here is: Hold talent accountable to their potential. You are pushing them from the perspective of achieving all that they can in their career. It doesn’t matter if they’re better than you; they’re not better than the best version of themselves. — Neil Barrie, 21st Century Brand



3. THERE IS NO UNIVERSAL FORMULA



Ideally, management strategies should be adapted to each individual. Even among high performers, needs vary. I’ve seen people thrive in highly autonomous environments and others excel within high-touch systems. There is no universal formula for managing top talent. — Bo Zhao, Baby Gear Group



4. DON’T FORGET THEM



My biggest lesson with high performers is: Don’t forget them. We naturally spend our time fixing problems at the bottom and supporting the middle, while assuming our stars will just get on with it. High performers still need managing. They want candid feedback, stretch opportunities, and a clear development plan. I’ve seen more great talent leave because they felt forgotten than because they felt overstretched. — Emily Kortlang, Yerba Madre



5. CREATE DETAILED SPECS AND ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA



We only hire high performers. We get the best results for our clients that way, and everyone likes work more if they can trust their colleagues to be capable and reliable. At the same time, each hour of their time is expensive to the client, so we’re careful to keep them in their lane. Our management and QA teams create detailed spec requirements and acceptance criteria before assigning tasks to engineers. This way they can start building without the planning overhead. — Lindsey Witmer Collins, WLCM App Studio and Scribbly Books



6. LET THEM UNDERSTAND THE SYSTEM



Protecting your best people from organizational complexity feels like good leadership, but it is one of the most limiting things you can do to someone with real potential. The people who grow into enterprise scale impact are not just the most talented, they are the ones who understand the system they operate inside: the politics, the constraints, the places where good ideas lose momentum and why. I put high performers in difficult conversations deliberately, because craft alone does not teach organizational intelligence. At a certain level, craft is table stakes. What separates the best is knowing how to navigate everything surrounding it. — Arin Bhowmick, SAP



7. MENTOR AND UNLEASH THEM



High performers don’t need to be managed—they need to be unleashed. They’re motivated by autonomy, challenge, and growth. Give them a clear goal and the resources to get there. And get out of the way. Micromanage them and you’ll lose them. What they do need—and often don’t get—is mentorship. Because they’re delivering, leaders assume they don’t need guidance. They do. High performers benefit enormously from a thought partner and someone genuinely invested in their long-term growth. They’re always asking themselves whether this is still the right place to grow. Your job is to make the answer obvious. Invest in them before someone else does. — Meredith Rosenberg, NU Advisory Partners



8. TRUST WITHOUT FEEDBACK IS ABDICATION



The biggest thing I give a high performer is trust made visible—letting them make consequential decisions, defending their calls when it gets uncomfortable, and not hovering when results aren’t instant. But trust without feedback isn’t trust. It’s abdication. High performers need to know where the company’s bar is, not just their own. The ones who can hold both—their own high standards and honest external input—actually grow into great leaders themselves. A high performer who can’t receive feedback isn’t a high performer. They’re a high maintenance one. — Muneer Panjwani, Engage for Good | The Halo Awards



9. MANAGE SITUATIONALLY



I try not to manage all high performers the same way, rather I manage situationally. Some need more autonomy, some need harder problems. And some need help removing friction around them. In general, I’ve found they respond well when the goal is clear, the bar is high, and they have room to operate. My job is to challenge them, while giving them enough space to learn from failures without feeling abandoned. — Todd James, Aurora Insights LLC



10. PROVIDE BETTER CHALLENGES



I believe that high performers need better challenges. I focus on expanding their decision-making responsibility, exposing them to ambiguity, and creating a stronger sense of ownership. Burnout often comes from operating at a high level without enough reflection or purpose. Greater responsibility must be paired with space to recover and grow. — Ajay Tejasvi, TLEX



11. EXPECT EXCELLENCE, DEMAND ACCOUNTABILITY



At the top, you want to be managing only high performers. Co-develop the strategic direction for their function; give agency; expect excellence and demand accountability; invest in them! — Hala Hanna, MIT Solve



12. CREATE ENVIRONMENT FOR HIGH PERFORMERS



I don’t believe in managing high performers differently—I believe in creating an environment where more people can become high performers. Leadership’s role is to identify individual strengths, provide opportunities for growth, and empower people to contribute in meaningful ways. When people feel trusted, heard, and connected to a shared purpose, performance tends to follow. — Susan Watts, SPACECRAFT



13. PROVIDE LARGER INCENTIVES



I give all performers positive incentives and the high performers get larger incentives, e.g. increasing commissions as volume goes up rather than decreasing commissions, which many organizations do — Larraine Segil, Exceptional Women Alliance Foundation



14. GIVE ROOM TO RUN



High performers usually aren’t lacking motivation. What wears them down is friction: too many approvals, too many meetings, and more responsibility without real authority. I’ve seen great operators disengage because they were being managed more, not trusted more. Give them something meaningful to own. Clear the obstacles. And then let them run. The best people do not need more supervision. They need room. — Andra Vaduva, SafeSpace



15. PROVIDE CLARITY AND REMOVE BARRIERS 



High performers don’t need to be managed closely. They need to be trusted, challenged, and given the space to deliver. Leadership’s role is to provide clarity and remove barriers, while staying available without getting in the way. — Tony Bedard, Frontier Co-op



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<title>National Mojito Day is here. Here’s where to score $1 mojitos and other deals this weekend</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Hot summer days call for a refreshing drink. National Mojito Day celebrates one of those adult beverages. While there are several different versions of the origin story for this libation, most agree that it was invented in Cuba. Here are some fun facts to impress your coworkers with at happy hour and some great deals to mark the occasion.



What is in a Mojito?



At its core, a mojito is made up of five ingredients: white rum, lime juice, soda water, mint, and sugar. Before you pour any liquid in your glass, muddle the mint at the bottom. Let that be as you combine the rest of the ingredients by shaking or stirring. Pour the liquid in the minty glass and add some ice.



A brief history of the Mojito …



Let’s get into the competing stories about how the mojito came to be. Way back in the 16th century, a privateer named Francis Drake was hired by Queen Elizabeth I to mess with Spain’s territories abroad. He landed in Cuba but didn’t really put up a fight and left without a major incident. Nevertheless, a drink was named for him called the Draque. It was made up of aguardiente de caña (a liquor predating rum), sugar, lime, and mint. This beverage was considered medicinal. Many believed it evolved into the modern mojito thanks in part to Don Facundo Bacardí Masó founding his distillery and revolutionizing rum production.Another version of this story is that American tourists brought the Mint Julep to the island in the 1920s and 1930s. The Cubans riffed on it and created the mojito.Literary icon Ernest Hemingway also factors into this. Some claim the first mojito was made at La Bodeguita del Medio in Havana. Framed at that watering hole is a note by the famous author. It states: “My mojito in La Bodeguita, my daiquiri in El Floridita.” Despite this sign, many claim the writer never mentioned the drink in his work and claim he didn’t consume them himself.



National Mojito Day deals



Enough about where it comes from, let’s focus instead on where you are going to find deals. Cuba Libre Restaurant &amp; Rum Bar is offering age-appropriate customers the chance to purchase one $1 classic mojito from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. This deal is available at all locations on the festive day.If you are looking for a fun variation on the classic cocktail, head to Perry’s Steakhouse &amp; Grille. Their bar menu features a Pineapple Ginger Mojito. It is also available as a mocktail, the Pineapple Ginger Ale.Variety is the spice of life and all Doc Ford’s Rum Bar &amp; Grille locations in Florida have six different mojitos to choose from. If you order one of these on the big day, you will be given a free glass while supplies last. Additionally, from July 5-11 you can guess how many lime jelly beans fit into a 16-ounce mojito glass for the chance to win gift cards.



In Clearwater, Florida you can build your own mojito pitcher at the Hiatus. If that’s too much fun, individual offerings are only $10.If you love both the World Cup and mojitos, Snooze Eatery’s limited-time Brunch Goals menu is for you. To celebrate the summer of soccer, select Kansas City, Missouri locations will feature a Costa Verde Mojito. Wear your favorite jersey or team colors for 50% off beverages and 26% off entrées.



If you love a view in the Big Apple, head to Bar Hugo &amp; Azul Rooftop. This New York City establishment is offering $14⁠ classic mojitos and $15 flavored mojitos.However and wherever you celebrate, may your thirst be quenched. ]]></description>
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<title>SK Hynix stock: Nasdaq trading starts today as memory chipmaker makes highly anticipated U.S. market debut</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ While two of the best-known AI companies have yet to make their market debuts—namely Anthropic and OpenAI—2026 has already seen numerous AI-related IPOs, including Elon Musk’s SpaceX and the commercial AI semiconductor maker Cerebras Systems.



Today, another company joins those ranks. 



The Korean memory semiconductor giant SK Hynix is going public in the United States, offering American investors the chance to buy shares in a firm that has benefited immensely from the AI infrastructure boom. SK Hynix, a rival to Samsung, has seen demand for its products soar amid the ongoing AI-fueled memory shortage.



Here’s what you need to know about SK Hynix’s IPO, which is said to be the largest-ever U.S. stock listing by a foreign company.



What is SK Hynix?



SK Hynix is a South Korean semiconductor company that makes memory chips—DRAM and NAND flash—that power the GPUs and CPUs that AI servers require, including those made by chip giant Nvidia.



The company is headquartered in Icheon, South Korea, and was founded 43 years ago under another name: Hyundai Electronics. 



In 2001, the company rebranded to Hynix Semiconductor. In 2012, it was sold to Samsung competitor SK Group, and rebranded to its current name, SK Hynix.



When it comes to high-bandwidth memory (HBM), the type of memory needed for the most powerful AI servers, SK Hynix is the global leader, supplying 58% of HBM demand, according to IG.com.



Within the global DRAM market, SK Hynix ranked second in Q1 of 2026, with 29% market share, after Samsung’s 38%, according to Counterpoint Research. Micron came in third place at 22%.



Given the ongoing memory chip shortage due to AI companies’ insatiable demand for data center buildouts, it’s little surprise that both its revenue and its operating profit have been surging recently. 



For its fiscal 2025, SK Hynix posted revenue of 97.15 trillion won (about $64.6 billion), up nearly 47% versus the year earlier, according to the Korea JoongAng Daily. Its operating profit for the same period was 47.2 trillion won (about $31.3 billion), up 101%.



Isn’t SK Hynix already a publicly traded company?



It’s important to note that SK Hynix’s U.S. market debut isn’t a traditional IPO. It’s not a first-time listing of its shares.



SK Hynix has been publicly traded on the Korea Exchange stock market since 1996, when it was still called Hyundai Electronics. Today, the company trades on that market under the ticker 000660.KS.



SK Hynix’s IPO today refers to its debut on a U.S. market. And that debut won’t actually allow investors to buy Korean shares in the company directly. 



Instead, SK Hynix’s U.S. IPO book-running managers, which include BofA Securities, Citigroup, Goldman Sachs, and J.P. Morgan, will sell American depositary shares (ADS). 



ADS are essentially a wrapper for foreign stocks trading under foreign currencies. When you buy one ADS of SK Hynix on U.S. markets, it represents one-tenth of a common share traded on the Korean stock market. So, 10 ADS shares of SK Hynix equate to one foreign share of SK Hynix.



When is SK Hynix’s U.S. IPO?



SK Hynix’s American depositary shares are expected to debut today, Friday, July 10, 2026.



What is SK Hynix’s stock ticker?



SK Hynix’s American depositary shares will trade on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the stock ticker “SKHY.”



What is the U.S. IPO share price of SKHY?



The company says one ADS of SKHY will have an initial public offering price of $149.



How many SKHY shares are available in its IPO?



The U.S. IPO will offer 177,900,000 American depositary shares of SKHY.



How much did SK Hynix raise in its IPO?



SK Hynix raised approximately $26.5 billion in its U.S. IPO, according to Reuters.



How has SK Hynix’s Korean stock performed lately?



Exceptionally well. Over the past 12 months, shares in SK Hynix Inc. (KSE: 000660.KS) have surged more than 634%. 



Year to date, 000660.KS shares are up more than 234% to 2,180,000.00 South Korean won (KRW) as of the time of this writing (about $1,448.98).



How much is SK Hynix worth?



With its current share price of 2,180,000.00 South Korean won (KRW), the company has a market cap of around 1,547.484 trillion won. That equates to about $1.03 trillion, putting SK Hynix in the trillion-dollar club. ]]></description>
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<title>New York City construction scare highlights the challenges of converting offices into housing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When two steel columns buckled this week inside the former Pfizer headquarters in midtown Manhattan, the scare prompted evacuations and halted work on one of the nation’s largest office-to-apartment conversions.It also highlighted the complex engineering behind adaptive reuse projects, which have become increasingly popular as officials try to tackle a nationwide housing shortage by transforming offices that have sat underused since the COVID-19 pandemic.The plans call for turning two office buildings — one built in 1909, the other in the 1960s — into about 1,600 apartments by adding more than a dozen stories atop the older structure and redesigning and expanding the other. The buckling occurred on the 21st floor of the newer structure, and crews have installed temporary supports as officials investigate.Engineering experts said the conversion project is complex and poses many challenges, which include making sure older buildings can safely support new loads and carving up office floors to accommodate residential living.But none said the high-profile setback should make people doubt the ability of engineers to complete such projects.“I don’t think it really brings into question our understanding of how to do something like this,” said Ben Schafer, a structural engineering professor at Johns Hopkins University.



How do you build a new tower on top of an old one?



On its website highlighting the midtown project, adaptive reuse firm Collaborative Construction Management says the nine-story building from 1909 will be “threaded through” with a new addition of about 30 stories of poured concrete.Schafer, who is not involved with the undertaking, said the likely approach is to have the century-old building continue to carry its own weight while building a new structural system to support additions.“My interpretation would be that they’re going to leave that building carrying its own load, and they’re just going to poke holes in it so that they can take the load from the building that they’ve put above it and bring it all the way down to the foundation,” Schafer said.Schafer said construction on the other tower presents a different challenge: punching holes in the existing floor plate to bring light into apartments, while also ensuring that the steel frame can support the newly added loads.City officials have not determined what caused the columns to buckle. But both Schafer and Emily Guglielmo, a San Francisco-based structural engineer, believe the failure likely resulted from the added load.Spokespersons for MetroLoft, the project developer, didn’t respond to requests for comment Thursday. But Nathan Berman, the firm’s founder, acknowledged in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that the added weight from widening the top 15 or so floors of the building likely caused the damage.Guglielmo thinks that either the original design assumptions were misunderstood, something went wrong during the design or construction process, or construction crews overloaded or weakened the structure.Adding stories to existing buildings is common in dense urban areas where land is scarce, she said, but it requires reviewing original construction documents and inspecting the building before determining how additional floors will affect the structure.“In cities and towns that don’t have that available geography, you’re going to see a lot more of this type of a design where there’s an adaptive reuse to an existing building,” Guglielmo said.



Why not just create a new building from scratch?



To many structural engineers, demolition should occur only as a last resort.“Tearing buildings down is a terrible waste,” Schafer said, pointing out that buildings and the construction sector are responsible for about 40% of the world’s energy-related carbon emissions. “From a sustainability standpoint, that’s a disaster.”Beyond the environmental costs, demolishing and hauling away the remnants of huge buildings is especially expensive in dense cities such as New York.If an existing structure can safely be reused, engineers generally prefer that.James LaFave, a structural engineering professor at the University of Illinois, said a steel-framed building from the 1960s, like the former Pfizer structure, would typically be a “very good” starting point for a conversion.Does the scare in New York call into question other adaptive reuse projects?In recent years, officials across the country have embraced office-to-housing conversions as a potential lifeline for downtown business districts that have struggled since the pandemic.New York, especially, has embraced this push, as officials have made zoning changes and enacted tax incentives to spur housing production. A report from the New York City comptroller’s office last year noted there are 44 adaptive reuse projects in the city that, as of early 2025, had either been completed, were underway or could move forward.Pfizer moved out of the building in 2023 after opening a new office near Penn Station, leaving the property vacant. Construction on the property began in 2024.Joshua Harris, director of Fordham University’s Real Estate Institute, said office-to-residential conversions are a key part of solving the housing shortages in New York and other cities, even if they come with risk.“In a certain sense, it’s not terribly surprising that this happened, and we should have a little bit of grace,” he said. “These are very, very complicated surgical procedures being done to very old buildings.”“This is part of the reality of fixing the housing crisis,” Harris continued. “Things like this can happen. It doesn’t look as complex as putting a rocket into space, but, in a real estate sense, construction in an environment like Manhattan on 42nd Street and Second Avenue is very complex.”Guglielmo, the California engineer, said a combination of building codes, inspections and experienced construction crews makes failures like this rare.“We’re very fortunate here in the United States that we are not seeing these types of failures on a day-to-day basis,” she said. “We’re privileged to have really robust building codes that explain to us as engineers how to do our designs in a way that’s safe.”Still, Harris said it is likely a gut check for the industry, as office conversions transform once sleepy business districts across the city into 24/7 neighborhoods, like parts of Wall Street in recent years.“If this building has a problem, all the other projects that have been sort of greenlit, they’re going to want to review to make sure that it’s not something similar,” Harris said.







—R.J. Rico, Jessica Hill and Philip Marcelo, Associated Press ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Every news cycle seems to bring reports of another fast food chain closing down stores, and this week is no exception. 



Three Dairy Queen stores have suddenly shuttered this month in Alaska, according to the Anchorage Daily News. 



“The franchise owner of the Anchorage, Wasilla and Palmer locations recently closed them,” a Dairy Queen representative told the publication. 



This follows over 40 locations closing across Texas in early 2025, in large part to a remodeling disagreement between Dairy Queen and franchisee Project Lonestar. 



While Texas still appears to have over 500 locations, the recent closures leave Alaska with just one Dairy Queen statewide, in Soldotna.



How many Dairy Queen locations have closed recently?



Dairy Queen’s store locator appears to be out of date, still listing 11 locations for Alaska, despite showing no option when clicking on all but Soldotna. However, the company says on its website that it has more than 7,800 locations worldwide.



Fast Company has reached out to Dairy Queen for specifics on store numbers. We will update this post if we hear back. 



Known for its popular Blizzard and other frozen dessert treats, Dairy Queen is owned by Minnesota-based International Dairy Queen, which was acquired by Berkshire Hathaway in 1998.



Despite the closures, Dairy Queen is seeing growth in some areas. At the end of June, the company announced it would be opening 20 DQ Grill and Chill restaurants in Puerto Rico between now and 2036. 



These locations will serve hot food alongside Dairy Queen’s classic cold treats. ]]></description>
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<title>6 online marketing traps to steer clear of</title>
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Find out the most common online marketing mistakes that your fellow entrepreneurs make. Clue: be careful with your messaging
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<title>Takeda signs $600M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/takeda-signs-600m-ai-drug-discovery-deal-with-insilico</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Takeda has entered a strategic collaboration with Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine to use AI in early-stage drug discovery across the Japanese pharmaceutical company’s therapeutic areas. The companies did not disclose which therapeutic areas or disease targets will be covered under the collaboration. The agreement gives Takeda access to Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform, which supports biological target […]
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<title>China’s AI companion rules: what Beijing is really going after</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chinas-ai-companion-rules-what-beijing-is-really-going-after</link>
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<title>L’Oreal, Mondelez, and Nestle use AI to speed product development</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/loreal-mondelez-and-nestle-use-ai-to-speed-product-development</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ L’Oreal is using AI to shorten product development timelines and identify new uses for ingredients already present in its portfolio. The French cosmetics group has applied AI in its laboratories for the past four years, with Fabrice Megarbane, president of L’Oreal’s consumer products division, telling Reuters that the technology helps the company predict how molecules […]
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<title>Insilico Medicine advances AI drug for IPF to Phase III trials</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/insilico-medicine-advances-ai-drug-for-ipf-to-phase-iii-trials</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Insilico Medicine is advancing to Phase III human trials for testing a drug identified by AI targeting idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). This progression supplies the computational drug discovery sector with empirical test cases, advancing an AI medicine past early safety evaluations into late-stage efficacy validation. IPF destroys respiratory capacity through severe lung tissue scarring. Patients […]
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<title>NHS AI blood test could reduce invasive womb cancer checks</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Several NHS hospitals are preparing to use an AI-powered blood test to help assess women referred for possible womb cancer before invasive checks are carried out. According to The Guardian, around 90,000 postmenopausal women in England are referred by GPs each year for checks after experiencing heavy bleeding. About 10,000 women are diagnosed with womb […]
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<title>Final extension: Startup Battlefield Australia applications now close July 20</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/final-extension-startup-battlefield-australia-applications-now-close-july-20</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/final-extension-startup-battlefield-australia-applications-now-close-july-20</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ If you&#039;re building something ambitious, this is a fast track to the people who can move your startup forward. ]]></description>
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<title>AI chip maker SambaNova raises $1B at $11B valuation, 5 months after last mega round</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ai-chip-maker-sambanova-raises-1b-at-11b-valuation-5-months-after-last-mega-round</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ AI chip maker SambaNova has raised at an $11B valuation months after Intel was rumored to be trying to buy it for about $1.6 billion. ]]></description>
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<title>Hot French startup ZML releases free product to speed inference across lots of AI chips</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hot-french-startup-zml-releases-free-product-to-speed-inference-across-lots-of-ai-chips</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ ZML, a hot French AI startup endorsed by Turing Award winner Yann LeCun, has now released ZML/LLMD, software that could make running AI less costly. ]]></description>
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<title>Former OpenAI exec Kevin Weil is now on the board of Stoke Space</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/former-openai-exec-kevin-weil-is-now-on-the-board-of-stoke-space</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Kevin Weil&#039;s new role at Stoke Space suggests reusable rockets are the next hot thing in Silicon Valley. ]]></description>
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<title>Venus Williams&#45;backed WeWard can now lock your apps until you hit your steps</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/venus-williams-backed-weward-can-now-lock-your-apps-until-you-hit-your-steps</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ With funding from tennis star and angel investor Venus Williams, the French app WeWard says that it increases walking time by almost 25%. ]]></description>
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<title>Iran strikes 85 U.S. military sites in the Gulf, sparking a global selloff in stocks and a spike in the price of oil</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/iran-strikes-85-us-military-sites-in-the-gulf-sparking-a-global-selloff-in-stocks-and-a-spike-in-the-price-of-oil</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning. ]]></description>
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<title>The 38&#45;point framework two VCs use to spot the next unicorn founder</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-38-point-framework-two-vcs-use-to-spot-the-next-unicorn-founder</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 18 unicorns in, this VC couple says the secret is finding &#039;monsters,&#039; not resumes. ]]></description>
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<title>Famed investor Jeremy Grantham says history will end up laughing at SpaceX, the ‘craziest IPO in the history of man’ that just joined the Nasdaq 100</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/famed-investor-jeremy-grantham-says-history-will-end-up-laughing-at-spacex-the-craziest-ipo-in-the-history-of-man-that-just-joined-the-nasdaq-100</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ &quot;It will be amazing, by the way, if it doesn’t collapse,&quot; Grantham said. ]]></description>
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<title>Current price of oil as of July 8, 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. ]]></description>
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<title>Thousands wrote to the SEC about quarterly reporting. A detailed letter came from Exxon’s CFO</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thousands-wrote-to-the-sec-about-quarterly-reporting-a-detailed-letter-came-from-exxons-cfo</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Among thousands of public comments to the SEC, a small group of CFOs offered competing views on reporting frequency and disclosure burdens. ]]></description>
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<title>ITV agrees £1.6bn sale of media and entertainment arm to Sky in landmark broadcasting deal</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/itv-agrees-16bn-sale-of-media-and-entertainment-arm-to-sky-in-landmark-broadcasting-deal</link>
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ITV has agreed to sell its media and entertainment business to Sky for up to £1.6bn, creating a UK broadcasting champion to take on Netflix and YouTube. Free-to-air protected until 2034. ]]></description>
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<title>US jobs growth stalls in June as World Cup boost fails to materialise</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/us-jobs-growth-stalls-in-june-as-world-cup-boost-fails-to-materialise</link>
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US payrolls rose by just 57,000 in June, barely half of Wall Street forecasts, as the World Cup failed to lift hiring and the Fed weighs its next move on rates. ]]></description>
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<title>Backlash in China as bubble tea chain Molly Tea ordered to pay Louis Vuitton £1.1m over logo</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/backlash-in-china-as-bubble-tea-chain-molly-tea-ordered-to-pay-louis-vuitton-11m-over-logo</link>
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Chinese bubble tea chain Molly Tea must pay Louis Vuitton £1.1m after a court ruled its logo copied the luxury house&#039;s four-petal flower trademark, sparking a fierce online backlash. ]]></description>
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<title>Glamping couple take Britvic to court over Magic Mushroom Cabin photo</title>
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A Northamptonshire glamping couple are suing J2O maker Britvic over the unauthorised use of a photo of their Magic Mushroom Cabin, in a case every SME should watch. ]]></description>
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<title>Lockheed Martin swoops on British torpedo maker Ultra Maritime in $3.45bn undersea warfare deal</title>
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Lockheed Martin is to acquire British undersea warfare specialist Ultra Maritime from Advent&#039;s Cobham Ultra for $3.45bn, as global conflicts drive record defence demand. ]]></description>
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<title>The ‘first’ AI&#45;run ransomware attack still needed a human</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ An AI agent carried out the technical execution of a real-world ransomware attack for the first known time, but new details show a human still chose the victim, set up the infrastructure, and supplied stolen credentials — meaning it wasn&#039;t quite the fully autonomous cybercrime debut that last week&#039;s headlines suggested. ]]></description>
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<title>Netflix invented binge&#45;watching. Now it may have outgrown it.</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A new report suggests Netflix viewers aren’t sticking around for Season 2. The bigger issue may be that binge-watching itself is no longer the advantage it once was. ]]></description>
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<title>The first American autonomous ground vehicles are fighting in Ukraine</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Forterra has deployed more than 100 of its self-driving ATVs in conflict zones in Ukraine. ]]></description>
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<title>Savi’s app aims to protect consumers from realistic AI scams like kidnappers demanding ransom</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The company just raised $7 million in seed funding, and is launching its app for iPhone and Android on Tuesday. ]]></description>
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<title>Hacktivists call out Trump by hacking and defacing US Army websites</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The U.S. Army has fixed two of its websites that were hacked to display messages calling President Trump a &quot;pedophile&quot; and a &quot;thief.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>The career ladder is changing</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ There is a line in almost every graduation speech: The future is yours. This year, it lands differently. For many graduates, the future does not feel like a clear horizon. It feels unclear, unstable, and harder to predict than in years past.



That uncertainty surfaced at commencement ceremonies this spring where students had mixed and largely skeptical reactions to how AI opportunities were presented to them from their speakers.



Graduates are closely watching generative AI reshape writing, analysis, design, and other forms of early-career work in real time. So, when they hear broad promises about innovation and opportunity, many hear more personal questions underneath: Where do my skills fit now? Is the first rung of the career ladder still there for me?



Those questions matter because the path from college into work is being redrawn while students are still trying to step onto it. So, let’s be clear: Diplomas still matter a lot. Ambition is still important. But human judgment, practical AI skills, and the ability to adapt and learn matter more than ever.



Career readiness now depends on whether recent grads are prepared to use AI in practical and ethical ways that mirror the situations they’ll face on the job.



STUDENTS’ AI SKILLS



New Pearson and Amazon Web Services research, based on more than 2,700 learners, higher education leaders, and employers across six countries, highlights the AI readiness gap between higher education and the workforce. More than half of employers say their biggest challenge is finding graduates with the right AI skills, while only a small share of graduates say they feel highly proficient applying AI in a professional workflow.



Students may know how to open the tools, experiment with prompts, and generate answers quickly. But that is different than translating AI into a day-to-day workflow, where the harder questions are about applying practical AI-based skills that will add value to employers’ goals.



That is why this moment belongs to higher education and employers. Colleges cannot prepare students for this shift alone, and employers cannot expect new hires to arrive fully prepared.



THE PATH FORWARD



The path we need requires shared design: courses, projects, simulations, internships, and early-career experiences that reflect how AI is already changing the shape of work. Students need repeated chances to apply these tools in context, explain their choices, show where their human judgment influenced a positive outcome, and learn when not to rely on the technology at all.



Students, educators, and employers also need clearer norms. Expectations around AI use are still blurry, leaving students to guess what is acceptable while faculty worry about integrity, and managers consider workplace risk. Without clear standards, people default to their own judgment. When standards are explicit, practiced, and reinforced, trust has a chance to grow. Shared expectations around transparency, human review, and documentation can do more than reduce risk. They can help graduates carry better habits from the classroom into the workplace.



While the handoff from learning to work has rarely been easy, data shows us the growing challenges for graduates and employers are real. We’ve identified the gaps. Now it’s time for higher education, employers, and the learning community to collaborate and grab the generational opportunity to bring AI learning together with workforce needs.



Tom ap Simon is president of higher education and virtual learning at Pearson. ]]></description>
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<title>Change the calculus of viral video</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The NBA recently posted that its 2026 playoffs are “delivering their highest viewership through the Conference Semifinals in 29 years, with an average of 4.5 million viewers per game across ABC, ESPN, NBC/Peacock and Amazon Prime Video.” That is designed to sound impressive. Then you realize the viral video of a fan eating spaghetti directly behind legendary NBA commentator Mike Breen gained an estimated 20–50 million aggregate views and hundreds of thousands of likes across platforms within 24–48 hours.



This snapshot underscores just how much the rules of content are evolving. It’s no longer about watching an event, movie, or show start to finish. It’s what’s happening on the sidelines or in a specific moment—a reaction, a witty line, one small nugget that catches attention. 



In the world of traditional media though, these moments often languish in an archive somewhere, never to be seen or heard from again. This is a lost opportunity. 



CONSUMER DEMAND IS NECESSITATING CHANGE



Today, content is everywhere and it is active, in a state of perpetual motion. Viewer attention spans are short, with viewers often preferring reels, TikToks, and highlights over watching a full-length episode, movie, or game. You see it in ratings and box office challenges while the popularity of social content surges.



At the same time, archives have never been worth more. Streaming wars, brand storytelling, and sports highlights are driving value up. Additionally, organizations outside of sports and entertainment are seeking access to original, licensed, or proprietary material to train AI models (so much is now generated that training data is in short supply). In this landscape, simply owning content isn’t enough. You must know exactly what you have to use it for your own means or to sell it to someone else. Therein lies the problem. 



The most valuable content libraries in the world are the slowest to activate. Content owners have no idea of the entirety of their archives, let alone a good way to quickly call it up and share it.



As such, content owners aren’t being out-edited by other studios. They’re getting beaten by their own fans on TikTok and YouTube, using phones and a free editing app. Fans don’t have stores of assets, but they do have infinite velocity, and this trumps the content owners who can’t find the moments they need fast enough to make an impact, even if they are just trying to find a clip from the game last night. 



Why is this happening? Content owners have relied on manual tagging systems that were not built for a world where instant is everything. To maintain relevancy and leverage, it’s not just the clip from the game, show, or film that recently aired. It requires searching and pulling from decades’ worth of material in their possession. Media companies, networks, sports leagues, studios—the big players—need new tools and a fresh perspective.



EASE + ACCESS = OPPORTUNITY REALIZED



Something very specific happened when ChatGPT launched and it had nothing to do with the technology. The models had been there. Researchers knew what they could do. What changed was that any person could type something into a user interface and watch it respond. That moment of discovery made its potential real.



Video hasn’t had that moment yet, at least not on a similar scale. Content owners lack systems built around retrieving specific instances. That capability could change the calculus of content. 



Consider this. Someone asks a question in their own words. An agent searches massive archives, across multiple modalities: video, images, audio, text, and documents at once. This surfaces short, useable snippets of the most relevant content that could be rapidly deployed for audience engagement. 



Let’s build on the NBA example. What if someone used AI to search for “funny moments of fans eating or drinking behind commentators or players at a sports event?” All the clips in the NBA’s (or the network’s or team’s) library could be surfaced in seconds, rather than the hours someone would typically spend watching footage to find the right thing. 



Take it a step further. The creator asks their system to edit pulled content in different ways to make something new, interesting, and entertaining. The same archive then yields multiple stories, thereby compounding the content’s value.



Organizations could function at the cadence audiences have been waiting for, changing the relationship between an archive and audience.



A FORMULA FOR FUTURE ENGAGEMENT



The reality is this: There is more video being created right now than at any point in human history. Some of the most resonant video is sitting in archives with no AI video search, no video metadata automation, and no way to find what’s inside those archives, at the speed the audience expects. The math of who gets to tell which story changes when finding becomes free. This can impact studios, brands, sports rights holders, and independent makers. New kinds of stories become possible. Old kinds of stories get told by people who couldn’t tell them before. 



Those who figure this out will outpace the ones still waiting for the perfect tagging system. They are the ones who will define the next era of content.



Jae Lee is cofounder and CEO of TwelveLabs. ]]></description>
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<title>AI infrastructure without human capability is just hardware</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The United States is in the middle of a defining conversation about AI infrastructure. But, years in, we are still asking the wrong questions. The infrastructure conversation starts and stops at chips, models, and computing power—and rarely arrives at the harder questions underneath: What should this infrastructure make possible for Americans, and are we actually building toward that?



Hardware without human capability is just hardware. The true measure of a nation’s infrastructure is what it enables people to do. By that measure, the United States has a problem. We are investing enormously in AI technology and almost nothing in the human capacity to use it. Improving what exists and building what’s needed are not competing priorities. They are both urgent.



Countries like China understand that advancing AI capabilities requires weaving its use into workforce systems, classrooms, and the fabric of daily life in ways that drive tangible outcomes. As routine work is automated, the value shifts to those who can use knowledge in context to think critically, create, and contribute. The result is a generation of citizens prepared for the AI age, not by accident, but as part of a deliberate national strategy to grow human capability at pace with technological change.



THE CAPABILITY TO USE AI WELL



The next frontier of global competitiveness will be defined by people’s capability to use AI well. Today’s kindergarten students will enter the workforce in 2037. Every year we wait to build that capability, the gap widens, and another cohort of young people moves through school struggling to develop the judgment and agency to direct their own lives. 



We lead two organizations that have spent decades working inside America’s public schools—from different angles, but towards the same goal. Digital Promise brings deep educator co-design experience, learning science, edtech integration knowledge, and a track record of driving digital transformation through global and national leadership networks. TNTP brings extensive systems expertise and implementation depth, earned working side-by-side with educators and leaders inside schools, districts, and states. TNTP ensures that rigorous content, relevant learning, and edtech’s role in coherent instruction actually sticks in practice, instead of just in theory. 



Together, we have made a concrete commitment: to reach 15 million students by 2028 with learning experiences that use AI to build the learning and judgment young people need. While a national strategy is still necessary, hitting this target would prove that scale is possible. The opportunity is to act on what we know, and to abandon scattered experimentation in favor of intentional, and coherent evidence-informed implementation.



Catching up will require intention plus speed. AI must earn its place in classrooms by enhancing educators’ abilities to teach and students’ abilities to engage deeply. It will not earn its place by replacing human judgment, creativity, or relationships. When used well, AI can serve as a force multiplier, supporting differentiated instruction, accelerating foundational skills in math and literacy, and helping connect classroom learning to real-world applications and future pathways.



THE GAP BETWEEN CLASSROOMS AND THE WORKFORCE



Oregon offers the clearest proof of what this looks like in practice. Rather than banning AI or rushing adoption, the state built a coherent pipeline from K-12 through workforce—issuing early guidance on AI literacy, partnering with local universities and companies to train students on real industry applications, and connecting local districts, higher education, and employers around shared goals. Oregon serves as a compelling case study in how intentional, cross-sector coordination can bridge the gap between classroom instruction and the evolving demands of the modern workforce.



The principles are clear. Viable models are not. That gap is exactly what this work is designed to close. Over the next three years, our partnership will focus first on proving what works. We will co-design tools with educators rather than for them, run pilots that generate real learning signals, and produce implementation guidance that makes it easier for other districts and systems to follow.



Rather than developing a proprietary playbook, we are building a public infrastructure—procurement guidance, benchmark frameworks, and field-facing research that lowers the barrier to adoption everywhere. What follows must be about scaling those insights rapidly and responsibly.



This moment requires field-building. Educators need models, guidance, and shared knowledge that help them make informed, human-centered decisions about how AI fits into their practice. This means investing in professional learning. It also means aligning systems and preserving the relational core of teaching while expanding what’s possible.



Success will not be measured simply by more students using AI. It will be measured by educators making better decisions about where AI belongs and where it doesn’t. Students should arrive at the next stage of their lives with stronger judgment, deeper skills, and a clearer sense of what they can do with both.



If we get this right, AI will be a catalyst for expanding economic mobility and redefining what is possible for millions of learners.



This challenge will not magically fix itself. We can’t leave America’s future up to chance. The question for policymakers, districts, and fellow organizations is simple: Are you with us?



Jean-Claude Brizard is president and CEO of Digital Promise. Tequilla Brownie, EdD is CEO of TNTP. ]]></description>
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<title>Does Gen Z know their number?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ What’s your number? This is the first question I ask when considering a new hire. I expect those I ask to know what it costs for them to live—not just to survive, but to thrive. I start with this question because it gives me a chance to understand a prospective employee’s expectations and needs, and to assess my ability to meet them.



Since 2018, I have worked with close to 2,000 high school students, providing them with paid summer work experience. Most had never considered their number before. I also mentor many young Gen Zers who are now finishing college and looking for their first full-time post-college job. One mentee, Sophia Castellanos—who just graduated from my alma mater, Claremont McKenna College—earned a degree in international relations. She asked if I might have any opportunities for her.



I was surprised when she had a ready response to my question. Numbers have been at the forefront of Sophia’s mind; she’s facing the burden of $200,000 in college loans at a 6% interest rate. Those payments alone add up to $3,000 a month, as she’s trying to pay off her debt in less than 10 years.



Sophia’s number is $130,000. But a small company like mine does not have the budget to pay that salary for an entry-level position. I offered to have a frank discussion with Sophia to explore scenarios that might serve both of our needs. She has given permission to share the crux of our discussion. Sophia agreed to share her number publicly because we both believe this transparency will help other college graduates and employers think about how they can be creative when negotiating with their number in mind. 



Here is what we discussed.



June: Thanks for sharing your number, Sophia. All I can offer you right now is $65,000 and it would be remote, with full benefits, and many weeks off each year that don’t count toward your PTO.



Sophia: At $65,000 a year, I’d have to consider living at home. That might bring financial stability, in the sense that I wouldn’t have to pay rent, but there are other stressors to living with parents. On the other hand, not living at home with the support of my parents means being on the hunt for an apartment and most likely two to three roommates.



June: Everyone I have hired works remotely. Because of this, I’ve been able to hire people at less than their “number” because they could live in a less expensive area. They also don’t have to worry about transportation costs. Time is a resource, and another way to consider savings.



Sophia: I could foresee taking a lower salary to balance out not having to request PTO for the holidays and having the flexibility of working from home to cut down on costs for transportation as well. Despite the lower salary, I would have fewer needs to accommodate in my number, like gas for a daily commute, food, and rent, bringing my number closer to $100,000. So even though I’d only be making $65,000 versus $130,000, the payout would be having more personal time and work-life balance. Our generation, Generation Z, loves time. We believe your job should be a component in your life, but it shouldn’t be your entire life.



As somebody who’s 22 and $200,000 in debt, who’s just got their degree—you’re hungry. You’re hungry for opportunity. You’re hungry for money. You’re hungry for employment. You want to prove yourself. I did not get into this much debt to not have a fulfilling lifestyle.



June: My ideal person would be somebody who would have that fire in the belly.



Sophia: I think if I’m having this honest conversation with my employer, it’s because I know I’m going to produce good work, because I’m going to put my best foot forward, and I’m going to represent the company that I’m with to the best of my abilities, because I need to. My generation is considered “too green” because they lack experience or the right degree. Yet, as someone fresh from college, I also come with new eyes, opinions, and expectations for how I plan to pursue a career that is fulfilling, thoughtful, and aims to make a difference, which is why when a company is ready to take a risk on me, I will make sure I am well worth it.



June: This is exactly why I do the work I do: It’s about the leap of faith. It’s investing in the younger generation. I feel like that’s my job as a mentor who has been successful in my company. It’s just a number. If I can afford it, I’m going to pay it, because it’s worth it to me.



June Bayha is CEO of Bayha Group. Sophia Castellanos is an alumna from Claremont McKenna College currently interning at Talos Energy. ]]></description>
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<title>Stop using this recalled shampoo immediately. It could give you a bacterial infection</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ A shampoo manufacturer has initiated a nationwide recall of two of its products due to concerns that the shampoos may be contaminated with a drug-resistant bacterium that could harm users. Here’s what you need to know about the shampoo recall and the bacterium at the center of it.



What’s happened?



Last week, the consumer products company, Kao USA Inc., announced a voluntary recall of two products made by its subsidiary Oribe, which makes various haircare products, including shampoos and conditioners. One day after Kao announced the recall, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) posted the recall notice on its website.



The recall covers two shampoo products that have the possibility of being contaminated with a bacterium called Pluralibacter gergoviae. There is a chance the bacteria could cause an infection in the user, which could cause severe health consequences in select individuals.



What products are recalled?



According to Kao’s recall notice, two products are being recalled. Those products are:




Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo 8.5 oz size (UPC 840035231242) with the lot code YR010556



Oribe Serene Scalp Densifying Shampoo 33.8 oz size (UPC 840035231273) with the lot codes YR010566 and YR010576




The affected products were manufactured between February 21, 2026 and February 26, 2026.



[Photo: Oribe]



What is Pluralibacter gergoviae?



Pluralibacter gergoviae is a bacterium that is sometimes associated with cosmetic product recalls. The bacterium has resistance against many of the common preservatives found in the cosmetics and personal care industry, according to Melbec Microbiology.



While Pluralibacter gergoviae infection is rare in healthy individuals, the bacterium can cause severe infections in individuals with:




chronic illnesses



weakened immune systems



those undergoing surgical procedures




Melbec Microbiology says Pluralibacter gergoviae infections have been linked to conditions including sepsis, eye infections, respiratory diseases, and urinary tract infections.



Kao’s recall notice states, “Though Pluralibacter gergoviae bacteria pose little medical risk to healthy people, those with certain health issues such as weakened immune systems may be more susceptible to infection by the bacteria.”



Where were the recalled products sold?



According to the recall notice, the affected products were sold nationwide in the United States and Canada.



The products were sold at salons and other retailers.



What should I do if I have the recalled products?



Kao says anyone who has the recalled products should discontinue their use.



The company says you can arrange a replacement for the recalled products by contacting the Kao Professional Hair Technical Hotline at 800-333-2442 or emailing them at oribecomplaints@kao.com. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


The government changes its mind and allows pubs in England and Wales to stay open until 5am for the England-Mexico football match
The post Pubs can stay open until 5am for England vs Mexico match appeared first on Small Business UK. ]]></description>
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<title>Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/deploying-retail-ai-to-scale-personalisation-and-customer-insight</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Optimising retail AI infrastructure drives the successful deployment of personalisation systems and real-time customer insight. Leaders are replacing static customer interaction patterns with data pipelines capable of modifying the user environment during a live session. Static layouts and broad segmentation rules fail to satisfy modern conversion targets. Deployments demonstrate that traditional demographic categorisation generates insufficient […]
The post Deploying retail AI to scale personalisation and customer insight appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<title>NVIDIA BioNeMo accelerates Anthropic Claude Science</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nvidia-bionemo-accelerates-anthropic-claude-science</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic Claude Science now integrates the NVIDIA BioNeMo Agent Toolkit to accelerate computational life sciences research. Anthropic has launched the public beta of Claude Science, an AI workbench built for scientific research. The platform enables scientists to converse directly with digital agents using natural language to execute end-to-end research workflows. This system connects natively to […]
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<title>Takeda signs US$600M AI drug discovery deal with Insilico</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Takeda has entered a strategic collaboration with Hong Kong-based Insilico Medicine to use AI in early-stage drug discovery across the Japanese pharmaceutical company’s therapeutic areas. The companies did not disclose which therapeutic areas or disease targets will be covered under the collaboration. The agreement gives Takeda access to Insilico’s Pharma.AI platform, which supports biological target […]
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<title>Chevy built an all&#45;American EV truck — why is nobody buying it?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Chevy Silverado EV is a solid first draft of an EV pickup truck. Here&#039;s what could make it better. ]]></description>
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<title>The Dune keypad device can be your meeting controller and more</title>
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<title>The browser wars aren’t about search anymore — here are the best alternatives to Chrome and Safari</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ We’ve compiled an overview of some of the top alternative browsers available today aiming to challenge Chrome and Safari. ]]></description>
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<title>The only AI glossary you’ll need this year</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The rise of AI has brought an avalanche of new terms and slang. Here is a glossary with definitions of some of the most important words and phrases you might encounter. ]]></description>
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<title>69% of Americans think the founders would be disappointed in democracy today. A French philosopher predicted why</title>
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<title>The 1964 box set that predicted Dylan going electric — and still explains American music today</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Elektra Records founder Jac Holzman&#039;s 83-track &quot;Folk Box&quot; traced a line from colonial ballads to protest songs. ]]></description>
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<title>Before independence, America tried — and failed — to conquer Canada</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/before-independence-america-tried-and-failed-to-conquer-canada</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Gen. Richard Montgomery&#039;s death in a blizzard siege on Dec. 31, 1775, ignited the outrage that fueled Thomas Paine&#039;s &quot;Common Sense.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>A quarter of young baby boomers and Gen Xers who’ve been laid off in the last decade are still unemployed—and 11% have taken pay cuts to work</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Just as financial pressure peaks, many Gen Xers are finding themselves overlooked, underpaid, and edged out. ]]></description>
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<title>Costco CEO promises the $1.50 hot dog isn’t going away: ‘The price will not change as long as I’m around’</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ The $1.50 combo hasn&#039;t changed since 1985. In a K-shaped economy where everything costs more, that&#039;s not just a deal—it&#039;s a statement. ]]></description>
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<title>Britain suffers the sharpest wealth slump in the rich world</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/britain-suffers-the-sharpest-wealth-slump-in-the-rich-world</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
The average Briton is more than a fifth poorer than in 2020, the steepest wealth fall in the rich world, UBS finds. What it means for households and business. ]]></description>
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<title>OpenAI in talks to hand Trump’s White House a $43bn stake ahead of $1tn flotation</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
OpenAI is in talks to hand the US government a 5% stake worth $43bn as Sam Altman courts the Trump administration ahead of a $1tn New York flotation. ]]></description>
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<title>Formula 1 worth £12bn a year to UK economy as record Silverstone crowd delivers £100m boost</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/formula-1-worth-12bn-a-year-to-uk-economy-as-record-silverstone-crowd-delivers-100m-boost</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Formula 1 is worth £12bn a year to the UK economy, with a record British Grand Prix crowd at Silverstone set to deliver a £100m boost, new figures reveal. ]]></description>
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<title>Loose the grey tracksuits: Boohoo boss orders staff back to the office five days a week</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Boohoo boss Dan Finley tells 1,500 head office staff to ditch the grey tracksuit bottoms and return to the office full time to test clothes and spot trends. ]]></description>
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<title>Game over for the disc: Sony to end physical PlayStation game releases from 2028</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Sony will stop producing physical PlayStation game discs from January 2028, going digital-only in a move that ends more than 50 years of boxed video games and reshapes high street retail. ]]></description>
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<title>Thiel Capital’s Jack Selby nabs stakes in hot startups like Etched through Arizona connections</title>
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<title>Private space pilots are flying orbital missions for the US Space Force</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ True Anomaly and Rocket Lab are performing Top Gun-style satellite fly-bys for the U.S. military. ]]></description>
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<title>Mark Zuckerberg tells staff that AI agents haven’t progressed as quickly as he’d hoped</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ At an internal meeting, the Meta CEO reportedly said that AI development efforts were not moving as quickly as anticipated. ]]></description>
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<title>Last chance to apply — Startup Battlefield Australia applications close July 6</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ If you&#039;re going to apply for Startup Battlefield Australia, now is the time. Applications close July 6, and once the deadline passes, the opportunity is gone. ]]></description>
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<title>Politician who investigated spyware abuses had his phone hacked with Pegasus spyware</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/politician-who-investigated-spyware-abuses-had-his-phone-hacked-with-pegasus-spyware</link>
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<title>Can Formula 1 embrace AI without losing its soul?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/can-formula-1-embrace-ai-without-losing-its-soul</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ At race speed, Liam Lawson is listening to his engineer, watching tire temperatures, managing energy use, and making decisions that can affect lap time. In Formula 1, the flow of data has become part of the driver’s workload. AI is now changing how quickly teams can process that data and turn it into usable information.



“This year with our new regulations, the energy management that we have to look after is what makes us quite physically [and] mentally tired, because there’s a lot of things we have to think about,” says Lawson, whose Visa Cash App Racing Bulls F1 team recently announced a new technology partnership with Salesforce. “There’s a lot of things that I have to manage while I’m driving and make sure that I do consistently.”



That includes tire temperatures, how much energy is used during a lap, and constant communication between the driver and pit wall.



“[There’s] a lot of communication with the team as well,” Lawson continues. “My engineer talks to me every single lap, and that’s a lot of stuff that we’re communicating and processing as well. For us, it’s all in the car.”



Formula 1 teams have always looked for even the slightest competitive advantages through engineering, strategy, and data. AI gives them another way to find those advantages. Teams are using AI tools to organize information, analyze performance, support engineering work, and prepare drivers. The technology is already affecting how teams work between races and during race weekends.



The FIA, Formula 1’s international governing body, is now developing rules for how AI can be used in the sport. Updates are expected to phase in across 2027 and 2028, with an emphasis on keeping car development led mainly by human engineers.



Much of the concern involves high-performance computing. The FIA has long regulated the computing power teams use for aerodynamics modeling, which helps determine car shape. Those rules were designed to limit a spending race in which teams could gain an advantage by investing heavily in faster and more powerful simulation tools. AI and machine learning raise similar concerns.



“The same is true with AI and ML,” says Dominic Harlow, FIA Single Seater Deputy Technical Director. “ We think that there’s a legitimate risk if we just left it completely alone, it would become a huge area of development, potential spending, and maybe [a] performance differentiation that detracts ultimately from the racing.”



The FIA’s goal is to allow useful technical development while preserving the human work that remains central to Formula 1.



“We also want to preserve some of the intellectual challenge for the teams, for the engineers, as well as for the drivers,” Harlow says. “F1’s a team sport. There’s driver skill, but there’s engineer[ing] skill, there’s operational skill, there’s even the people putting together the wind tunnel models in the aerodynamics department, the people designing new shapes to evaluate. They’re all putting their creativity and blood, sweat, and tears into doing it.”



Teams are already working with AI inside those boundaries. At Atlassian Williams, Russell Paddon serves as Driver Performance Engineer, a role that connects the team’s drivers with its engineering operation. He helps translate driver feedback into engineering requirements that can improve performance on track.



Paddon says he uses AI tools across Atlassian and the team’s latest AI partner, Anthropic, to make that work faster.



“The benefits we’ve had from some of the Atlassian toolsets [Rovo] has been more on organization and structure and how we share information internally,” he says.



In Formula 1, saving time can matter as much as adding technical capacity. Teams have limited windows between races and between sessions during a race weekend. AI can help reduce the time spent sorting notes, searching documents, and preparing information for engineers and drivers.



“ Often, time is our biggest enemy in Formula 1 because the season moves on so quickly,” Paddon says. “We’re always struggling to stay ahead of the curve and in between races trying to learn [from] the last weekend and then take it forward to the following weekend is really quite important. That’s where AI has kind of shortened that timeframe.”



For Paddon, who joined Williams at the end of the 2024 season, one of the most useful applications has been historical analysis. Instead of manually searching through old reports and studies, he can query the team’s existing knowledge base for relevant patterns.



“Within the Atlassian suite of tools, [I can] query [a] database,” Paddon says. “For example, I might want to look at a trend in driver performance, which was two years ago. It can dig through all the information we have and pull out any relevant projects, reports, studies, any analysis that’s been done, and [it] just brings it all into one convenient place. So, that’s been a big game changer.”



AI has also changed how he handles technical questions. In the past, answering a new performance question often meant writing code or building a tool for a specific use case. Paddon says that work now takes less time.



“A lot of my time was previously spent either having to code and write tools to be able to answer some questions, and I’d spend probably 60% of the time actually trying to do that and get the data that I was interested in and not really adding value to the team because I’m just having to keep writing new scripts every weekend for a different use case,” Paddon admits. “[I was] not really adding value to the team because I’m just having to keep writing new scripts every weekend for a different use case. That’s completely [almost] disappeared in my experience, where I can very quickly state what I need from a dataset, and I can query it. I can [then] get Claude to either write me a tool or I can very quickly just ask it to return the results.”



That gives Paddon more time to focus on what the data means for the driver, the engineers, and the car. He says the tools have improved his relationship with drivers and helped him collaborate more closely with other engineers, including on car development.



Drivers are also using AI outside the garage. Lewis Hamilton recently appeared in a campaign for Perplexity Computer that showed him using the tool before a race to create an interactive box-breathing guide and curate a music playlist.



“Perplexity is a product that helps him find those extra percentage point improvements to help him be the best in every part of his life,” says Ryan Foutty, Perplexity’s VP of Business. “He’s also separately talked about publicly how he’s using it around his training and running: what should he eat before and after [and] his recovery plan. What you see in the content, it ultimately comes from real use cases that Lewis has had.”



Lawson, who is also a music fan, says he uses AI tools to refresh his playlists and learn how to play music. “It’s just something that’s a lot easier now than it was probably 10 years ago,” he says. “For me, music’s a way to switch off, reset, and unwind more than anything.”



These uses vary widely. Some help teams organize internal information. Some support technical analysis. Some help drivers prepare or unwind. Together, they show why the FIA is trying to define AI’s role before it becomes harder to govern.



As teams adopt more AI tools, Formula 1 will need to decide which uses fit the sport’s competitive structure and which could distort it. Teams will keep looking for small gains. The FIA is trying to preserve the role of human skill, engineering judgment, and operational decision-making.



“It’s just the philosophy of maintaining a sporting element rather than machines racing machines,” says FIA’s Harlow. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ Whether your company sells software or provides hands-on accounting services, some things are the same: leadership mistakes. We’re people, after all, and we have our own motivations and understanding of how business works. The good news is that we can learn from other people’s mistakes, so we don’t make them ourselves. That’s the idea behind what you’re reading now. We asked our Fast Company Impact Council members—all insightful and successful leaders in their own right—to share wisdom they earned from making or seeing others make mistakes. No matter the industry. The 18 member responses we’re sharing here can shine a light on how to be a better leader at your organization.



1. CONFUSE PERFORMANCE WITH LEADERSHIP POTENTIAL



The leadership mistake I see most often is confusing performance with leadership potential. The person who delivers the best work isn’t always the person who can inspire, develop, and align a team. Too many organizations promote based on output, then wonder why both the new leader and their team struggle. Leadership is about creating a room full of people who can succeed without you. — Emily Kortlang, Yerba Madre



2. SILENCE IS NOT ALIGNMENT



Silence in a global organization means almost nothing, and leaders who treat it as alignment are setting themselves up for failure. People go quiet for hundreds of reasons, and agreement is rarely one of them. Cultural norms, power dynamics, the sense that a decision is already made before the meeting starts—all of it looks identical to buy-in if you are not paying attention. I run a design community of over a thousand people across multiple geographies, and the most important discipline I have developed is creating explicit structures for dissent. If you are not pushing for honest disagreement, you are not leading. You are just broadcasting. — Arin Bhowmick, SAP



3. NOT MAKING A DECISION IS STILL A DECISION



Early in my career in the Coast Guard, I learned that not making a decision is still a decision, and often the riskier one. I see the same thing with AI. Too many leaders are waiting for certainty, a better tool, or a cleaner strategy. Meanwhile, the business keeps moving. The leadership job is to decide where AI can create real value, then change how the company works to get after it. — Todd James, Aurora Insights LLC



4. NOT CONTINUALLY MONITORING WHAT CUSTOMERS VALUE



I believe that a common leadership mistake is not continually monitoring what their customers value. And acting as though it is a fixed state. What customers value is a moving target that evolves as their needs, expectations, and options change. When companies stop actively listening, they lose relevance and market share, resulting in an overall decline in trust. Leadership’s job is to continuously rediscover what delights customers. — Chris Bailey, Bailey Brand Consulting



5. TREAT LEADERSHIP AS A TOP-DOWN FUNCTION



One of the most common leadership mistakes is treating leadership as a top-down function rather than a shared responsibility. We believe the best ideas can come from anywhere, which is why we operate more like a pie than a pyramid—bringing diverse perspectives into the conversation early and often. When people are trusted to help shape outcomes, they become more engaged, innovative, and invested in the organization’s success. — Susan Watts, SPACECRAFT



6. KEEP MARKETING IN SILOS



Siloing marketing from the broader customer lifecycle is a mistake leadership makes when they focus on internal structures instead of the customer. Too often, organizations treat marketing as a front-end function focused primarily on awareness and lead generation, while the rest of the customer journey sits in separate silos like sales, customer success, and renewals. The problem is that customers don’t experience your company that way. They experience every touchpoint as one continuous journey, and when teams operate in isolation, that journey becomes fragmented and inconsistent. — Melissa Puls, Ivanti



7. MICROMANAGE TEAMS WHILE DELAYING IMPORTANT DECISIONS



The most common mistake I see is leaders who micromanage their teams while simultaneously moving too slowly on the decisions that actually matter. When leaders hover over the details, they signal that they don’t trust their people. That erodes confidence, stifles initiative and drives your best talent out the door. The irony is that while they’re focused on controlling the how, they’re often paralyzed on the what. The best leaders do the opposite. They empower their teams to own the execution and reserve their energy for the big bets. In a world moving this fast, indecision is its own decision. Micromanagement is the enemy of scale. — Meredith Rosenberg, NU Advisory Partners



8. HIRE TALENTED PEOPLE AND FAIL TO TRUST THEM



One of the most common mistakes is hiring talented people and then failing to trust them. The best leaders bring in experts who are smarter than they are in specific areas and give them the space to do what they were hired to do. My role is to connect the dots, provide support, and stay close enough to the details to help make strong decisions when needed. — Ben Jeffries, Influencer



9. CONFUSE ACTIVITY WITH PROGRESS



Leaders confuse activity with progress. They fill calendars with meetings, launch initiatives, and publish strategies, then wonder why nothing actually changes. They mistake motion for momentum. The best leaders I’ve seen, ask a deceptively simple question before committing to anything: “What would have to be true for this to matter six months from now?” Most initiatives can’t answer that. And that’s the problem. — Muneer Panjwani, Engage for Good | The Halo Awards



10. FAILURE TO SET UP PLAN



The mistake is not setting a clear three-to-five-year plan, then working backwards to show how to achieve that plan step by step. The double click to this is not linking everyone’s work to the plan (and the mission). — Alex Triplett, You.com



11. MEASURE AI TRANSFORMATION BY TOOLS AND PILOTS LAUNCHED



The pattern I keep seeing is companies measuring AI transformation by tools deployed and pilots launched, not by workflows that moved revenue, reduced cost, or improved throughput. It’s the classic vanity-metric trap. Ask one question: Which three workflows produced measurable financial impact in the last 90 days? If leadership cannot answer, the company does not have an AI program yet. It has activity and possibly a press release. — Andra Vaduva, SafeSpace



12. HAVE A VISION BEYOND THE SHORT TERM



Great leadership requires you to have a vision beyond the short term and beyond your personal incentives. Corporate systems are notorious for rewarding the short term with quarterly goals and annual review structures. Too many leaders fall into the trap of the existing structure. To affect real change and create a lasting legacy, you need a bigger picture that’s beyond yourself and even beyond your company. — Bo Zhao, Baby Gear Group



13. DISMISS EMPATHY AS A LEADERSHIP QUALITY



Empathy is often dismissed as a pleasant but optional quality in leadership. Yet it is one of the most underleveraged and powerful strategic tools in business. It reveals the truth earlier, accelerates change, invites candor, and creates an environment where people are willing to stretch, innovate, and take the risks that both business and personal growth require. Empathy is not about being agreeable; it is about being attuned. It allows leaders to ask better questions. True empathy is strength with understanding, the discipline to care enough to see clearly, and the courage to act accordingly. — Gail Zauder, AbleFly



14. COMMUNICATION PROBLEMS DISGUISED AS OPERATIONS ISSUES



Too often, leaders assume alignment exists because a strategy deck was shared or a kickoff meeting happened. In my experience, people support what they understand and can connect to their own motivations. The majority of execution problems are communication problems disguised as operations issues. — Ran Mullins, Psympl



15. MISTAKE SPEED FOR CLARITY



Mistaking speed for clarity. Under pressure, organizations often reward rapid decisions and constant responsiveness, while neglecting reflection. The result is reactive leadership. Effective leaders deliberately create cognitive space to pause, challenge assumptions, and think beyond the immediate crisis before deciding what matters most. — Ajay Tejasvi, TLEX



16. ACCOUNTABILITY FOR VISION AND BRAND



The mistake: Delegation of ultimate accountability for implementation and evangelism around vision and brand. The CEOs that reap the most benefits from these elements continually shout about them. They mandate that they are integrated into the big and small company things that matter, from objectives and key results, to all-hands rituals, to investor calls. Most do not. — Neil Barrie, 21st Century Brand



17. OVER-OPTIMIZE FOR SHORT-TERM PERFORMANCE



The leadership mistake I see most often is over-optimizing for short-term performance at the expense of long-term brand value. In a world of dashboards and instant attribution, it’s tempting to chase the next conversion, the next quarter, the next efficiency gain. But eventually you hit what I call the “consumer acquisition cost valley of death” where acquisition costs rise, growth slows, and you’ve run out of demand because you stopped investing in the brand. The best leaders understand that brand and performance aren’t opposing forces; sustainable growth requires both. — Vineet Mehra, Chime



18. DECISIONS SHOULD BE CLOSER TO THE CUSTOMER



The mistake: Not pushing decision-making closest to the customer — Larraine Segil, Exceptional Women Alliance Foundation ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ When people talk about leadership education, they still picture balance sheets and strategy decks, the familiar tools of competition and growth. They rarely picture divided communities or fragile institutions, much less the slow work of rebuilding trust after conflict. Yet these are now part of the daily environment in which many organizations operate, from businesses to sports clubs to cultural institutions.



This shift matters because modern leadership no longer happens inside clean, controlled systems. A company can enter a promising market and discover that local tensions and historical grievances shape every partnership, hiring decision, and public message. A brand can launch a campaign meant to inspire and instead reveal how little it understands the people it hopes to reach. The cost of that blindness is not just reputational; it can weaken institutions and alienate key stakeholders, while intensifying instability.



That is why peace, coexistence, and social cohesion belong much closer to the center of education instead of sitting at the margins.



THE MISSING DISCIPLINE



Most advanced business and leadership education still treats peace as a niche subject, something for those in the international realm, such as diplomats and humanitarian workers. Meanwhile, public-facing leaders, including executives and entrepreneurs, make decisions with enormous social consequences. They do so often without any training in conflict dynamics or intercultural dialogue. They may not have the long memory of communities under pressure.



That gap is becoming harder to ignore. Sustainability entered mainstream business education once leaders understood that environmental risk affects operations and regulation, as well as long-term value. Social fragmentation deserves the same seriousness. A leader who can read a financial statement but cannot recognize the early signs of polarization is no longer fully prepared for the world as it is.



This does not require turning every executive into a negotiator or every founder into a peace scholar. It requires accepting a simpler truth: When organizations move through divided societies, they influence more than markets. They influence how people experience belonging and dignity. They also shape how they experience opportunity and trust.



WHERE IT ALREADY SHOWS



Some of the clearest examples appear in places once considered far from peacebuilding. Sport is one of them. A club or major event can become a shared civic language, but it can also magnify rivalry and exclusion when leaders treat identity as a tool instead of a responsibility.



Luxury offers another illustration. On the surface, it is a world of image and exclusivity, a signal of aspiration. In practice, it is also about heritage and labor, about narrative and visibility. Decisions about sourcing and representation, along with storytelling, help determine whose histories are honored. These decisions affect whose craftsmanship is valued and whose voices remain unseen.



Business diplomacy reveals the same pattern. Cross-border deals, investment strategies, and public-private partnerships are never purely technical. They interact with local power structures and political sensitivities, and they move along existing social fault lines. Leaders who understand this can build lasting bridges; leaders who do not may deepen tensions without ever intending to.



FROM COMPLIANCE TO COEXISTENCE



Many institutions already speak the language of responsibility. They produce compliance frameworks and ESG reports and make public commitments to ethics. These tools matter, but they are often designed to reduce liability rather than to build wisdom.



A coexistence mindset asks more demanding questions. Does this project strengthen trust or extract value from a fragile context? Does this partnership widen opportunity or subtly reinforce old exclusions? Does this organization understand how its presence changes the social fabric around it?



These are not abstract moral questions, but strategic ones. Leaders who understand the human terrain around their decisions are better able to anticipate backlash. They can build resilient alliances and operate with legitimacy. In volatile environments, that capacity becomes a source of advantage as well as of ethics.



WHAT EDUCATION SHOULD DO NEXT



If education is meant to prepare people for the world they are entering, then peace literacy should be treated as leadership literacy. That means bringing the study of coexistence into business, management, sports, and international programs, rather than isolating it in specialized corners.



Students should learn how narratives fuel or defuse conflict. They should understand how institutions gain or lose trust. And they should recognize how economic choices can stabilize communities or strain them further. They should examine cases where leadership helped prevent escalation, not only those that celebrate rapid growth. Ultimately, they should graduate with tools to analyze human complexity, not just operational complexity.



The leaders who will matter most in the coming decade will be defined by their ability to keep different kinds of people in the same room, working toward something shared. In a fragile century, that may prove to be the most valuable form of intelligence of all.



Manuel Freire-Garabal is a special advisor-charter member of Gioya Higher Education Institution. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ At the Exceptional Women Alliance (EWA), we enable high-level women to mentor each other. As the nonprofit organization’s founder, chair, and CEO, I am honored to interview and share insights from some of the thought leaders who are part of our peer-to-peer mentoring.



In this conversation, I speak with Michelle Westfort, chief product officer at InStride, a leading provider of strategic education and skilling solutions.



Q: Before we dive in, tell us about your role at InStride and what kinds of companies you work with.



Westfort: I lead product for our organization, which means I spend my days thinking about whether employee education programs and workforce development strategies are working. InStride partners with large employers across industries to offer debt-free education to their workforce. Medtronic, for example, has more than 3,000 employees enrolled in or graduated from its education program, which has generated over $13 million in retention savings.



Q: On the surface, a lot of corporate education programs look similar. Why do results vary?



Westfort: The difference in outcomes comes down to program design. In other words, how well the program connects employee growth to business needs is almost entirely a design question. Here’s what I mean. SSM Health saw 100% retention in some of its most critical clinical roles among employees participating in its education program. That doesn’t happen by accident.



On the flip side, we see programs where employees need HR approval just to enroll, where clawback provisions deter the people who need the benefit most. Mind you, from our data, 62% of top-performing programs require no HR approval at all. That becomes a design recommendation.



Q: Why do so many people plan to use tuition assistance, and then just don’t?



Westfort: Think about what working adults are carrying. A full-time job, a commute, kids, aging parents, and schedules that shift week to week. If getting started feels complicated—options are confusing, or the path to career development isn’t obvious—it’s very easy to think, “I’ll come back to this when things calm down.”



Take Karena, an employee working toward her degree through one of our clients. In her words, “The first time I tried college, I was working three jobs and barely sleeping. I didn’t finish a single class. This time, because my employer is sponsoring my degree, I can take one class at a time. I just ended my first term with a 4.0. It’s not that I wasn’t capable before. I didn’t have the tools, time, or resources. Now I do.”



Access makes participation possible, while program design makes it likely.



Q: You’ve developed what InStride calls a Program Design Score. What is it, and where did the idea come from?



Westfort: The Program Design Score is our proprietary framework for measuring how well employee education programs drive impact. It evaluates more than 20 factors to ensure programs truly connect employee growth to each organization’s business goals.



For instance, does the program tie to business priorities? Is it easy to navigate? How clearly does it connect to career paths? How consistently is it communicated to employees? How is success measured? It’s a benchmark and a diagnostic tool.



Q: And if a program isn’t designed well, what does that cost?



Westfort: More than most leaders realize, and it shows up in ways that are easy to miss.



Consider an employee who enrolled, hit a confusing step, and quietly dropped off. Or a manager who never considered the benefit because nobody explained it to them. Or the company that saw low participation, concluded the program wasn’t working, and cut it when the real problem was the design, not the idea.



Q: How does AI fit into all of this?



Westfort: Our recent survey on AI in the workplace found that 75% of us are concerned about job displacement. That fear has a direct effect on learning. Organizations with AI-anxious workers reported just 15% AI training effectiveness, whereas companies with employees who feel optimistic about AI see three times higher training effectiveness.



The same principles of our Program Design Score apply. Design it around people, connect it to big picture goals, and make it something employees can trust.



Q: If a leader reads this and wants to know whether their tuition program is working, where do they start?



Westfort: Start with a simple question: What is your education program meant to change in your business?



You should design around that goal, whether it’s improving retention, filling hard-to-hire roles, or leadership development. Then you should evaluate whether the program is built to drive that outcome.



The real shift is from asking “Are people using it?” to “Is it delivering results?” One tells you if people are participating. The other tells you if education is working for your workforce.



Larraine Segil is founder, chair, and CEO of The Exceptional Women Alliance. ]]></description>
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<description><![CDATA[ If your social media accounts disappeared tomorrow, would anyone miss them? I ask our team this question every year, not to challenge their work, but to assess whether we’re adding value for our audience. The brands that succeed on social media offer inspiration, education, or a genuine sense of community. They provide leadership when the world feels off course, and levity when it feels too heavy.



A strong brand should be uniquely positioned to offer a distinct perspective or value for their audience, like providing expertise or teaching a new skill. At Intrepid Travel, we think about value creation in three ways.



1. Does our audience feel inspired to travel the world through a more local lens?



2. Did they learn about a new experience, dish, or destination?



3. Did they learn how to travel responsibly?







If our audience answers yes to any of these questions, we know we’re creating value.



Encourage participation



Last year we added a fourth value proposition: does our audience feel part of a community? It is arguably the most powerful pillar in a world where people grappling with loneliness and isolation often use social media to create a sense of belonging and connection.



The challenge with creating a sense of community is that social media teams are largely set up to produce a high volume of owned content. They become a distribution channel for multiple departments and a pipeline of projects and product launches. Most brands are optimizing for output rather than participation.



When we began looked at how we could create a better sense of connection, turn followers into fans, and optimize participation, we realized we needed to rethink our social media strategy. We made these four changes.



1. Create a dedicated social content team







In the past our social media team was responsible for everything from creative to caption writing to community moderation and customer service. Now our social team is solely focused on production and posting across our owned channels. The core objective for these roles is to work within our core content pillars and ensure we have a strong social output 365 days of the year, guaranteeing every piece of content creates value for our audience while driving business outcomes. This is the core objective of most social teams, ours included, and it’s important that we provided dedicated roles and budgets to focus on this space.



2. Encourage customers to share content about us



This unlocked a plethora of content for us. Rather focus only on content created by us, we focused on content about us.  As one of the largest adventure travel companies in the world, we run 1,000 trips in over 100 countries, everything from safaris in East Africa, to food tours in Italy and treks in Patagonia. Our trips are deeply shareable, but travellers weren’t tagging Intrepid or telling their family and friends they were on an Intrepid trip because we weren’t connecting the dots between our customers and our social media team. More than 95% of people on our trips weren’t tagging Intrepid on their posts, while anecdotally we know almost all of them share their travel experiences on social. That was a gap we needed to close.



3. Create a community manager role



We hired a two-person community team under our head of social and community to focus on two primary community groups—our customers and our internal creators. Our social media manager leads the content created by us, and our community manager leads content about us.  Simply asking customers to tag Intrepid Travel when they post on social media made a difference. The community manager ramped up social moderation and built a program that incentivized travellers to share their experiences on social. Each month we give away a trip anywhere in the world to one random traveller who tags us.



This year we are on track to have over 10,000 posts by our customers about Intrepid. This matters because word-of-mouth drives at least 20 percent of our direct customer acquisition. Intrepid customers know other Intrepid customers, and when they share their experiences, it becomes low-cost marketing to highly qualified customers. Plus, consumers trust content by people more than traditional advertising. With social and community working in concert, we can drive much stronger outcomes for the business.



4. Be the facilitator not the focus



Community is something you foster, not force. Creating a community team brought us closer to our customers by ensuring every comment is responded to. We not only like customers’ posts and messages. We also engage with them to create a sense of belonging.



One of our travellers, who lives in Tasmania, Australia, but has travelled all over the world with Intrepid created a Facebook group that has grown to over 8,000 travellers. The magic of this space is that it isn’t run by us; it is run by Intrepid travellers for Intrepid travellers. We have developed a strong relationship with the group’s founders and administrators. We also have a private Facebook group where we offer trip giveaways and early access to trip releases. The group gives us tons of actionable insights and creates a genuine space for connection on our customers’ terms, not ours.



Final thoughts



Social media is in constant flux. It’s noisy and crowded, and increasingly hard to not only attract an audience but to keep it. While gaining attention is hard to achieve, creating a sense of belonging is arguably harder. We see the profound impact of community every day, both in customer engagement and business performance. We still focus on the posts by us, but increasingly, we also measure our success by the posts about us. They offer critical proof, word-of-mouth, and help grow our brand through the customers we’ve worked so hard to acquire.



Social and community are powerful drivers of growth when they work in concert. And if our social channels disappeared tomorrow, I do believe people would miss them. But these days, I believe our customers would continue the conversation without us. To me, that is the ultimate benchmark of not only social success, but community success. 



Mikey Sadowski is vice president of global communications at Intrepid Travel. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
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<title>Income Tax Self Assessment payments through PAYE</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/income-tax-self-assessment-payments-throughpaye</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/income-tax-self-assessment-payments-throughpaye</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Income Tax Self Assessment payments through PAYE is coming in April 2029. In the meantime, you can contribute to the government consultation
The post Income Tax Self Assessment payments through PAYE appeared first on Small Business UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Income, Tax, Self, Assessment, payments, through PAYE</media:keywords>
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<title>Guide to small business funding Northern Ireland</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/guide-to-small-business-funding-northern-ireland</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/guide-to-small-business-funding-northern-ireland</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Tim Adler on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Small business funding in Northern Ireland – a guide to what is currently on offer
The post Guide to small business funding Northern Ireland appeared first on Small Business UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Guide, small, business, funding, Northern, Ireland</media:keywords>
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<title>Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/wimbledon-adds-ibm-ai-tools-for-live-match-coverage</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/wimbledon-adds-ibm-ai-tools-for-live-match-coverage</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The All England Lawn Tennis Club is adding new AI-powered features to Wimbledon’s digital platforms through its ongoing work with IBM. The updates will be available through the Wimbledon app and wimbledon.com as first-round matches begin on Monday. They include an upgraded Match Chat assistant and a new feature called Key Moments. The features will […]
The post Wimbledon adds IBM AI tools for live match coverage appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Wimbledon, adds, IBM, tools, for, live, match, coverage</media:keywords>
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<title>HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hp-accelerates-enterprise-workflows-with-openai-frontier</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/hp-accelerates-enterprise-workflows-with-openai-frontier</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ HP has scaled its OpenAI Frontier integration across global operations to optimise enterprise workflows and accelerate output. The hardware manufacturer initiated testing of the platform in February 2026. Early pilot programs yielded verified operational gains in software engineering and cybersecurity remediation. Expanding these initial trials into an enterprise-wide operating model requires connecting access protocols, contextual […]
The post HP accelerates enterprise workflows with OpenAI Frontier appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>accelerates, enterprise, workflows, with, OpenAI, Frontier</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-deploys-claude-sonnet-5-fable-and-mythos-restored</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropic-deploys-claude-sonnet-5-fable-and-mythos-restored</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic has launched Claude Sonnet 5 and restored access to its Fable and Mythos frontier models following a federal export control review. The decision marks the conclusion of an eighteen-day operational pause triggered by a US government export control directive on June 12, which forced the temporary suspension of Anthropic’s highest-capability systems. Government officials enacted […]
The post Anthropic deploys Claude Sonnet 5, Fable and Mythos restored appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bank-of-england-reviews-ai-rules-for-agentic-ai-in-finance</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bank-of-england-reviews-ai-rules-for-agentic-ai-in-finance</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The Bank of England is reviewing whether existing rules can cover the use of agentic AI in finance, including payments, trading, cybersecurity, and operations. Deputy Governor Sarah Breeden said existing regulatory frameworks were not designed for AI agents that can act without direct human instruction. Speaking at the European Central Bank Forum on central banking […]
The post Bank of England reviews AI rules for agentic AI in finance appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/japans-answer-to-its-worker-shortage-an-ai-model-for-10-million-robots</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/japans-answer-to-its-worker-shortage-an-ai-model-for-10-million-robots</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Japan’s AI robots plan just went from a talking point to a formal national strategy. This week, the government confirmed the numbers everyone’s been quoting: 10 million AI-powered robots deployed across 18 industries by 2040, backed by public funding of up to one trillion yen, or roughly US$6.1 billion, over five years. The headline figure […]
The post Japan’s answer to its worker shortage: An AI model for 10 million robots appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Wed, 01 Jul 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Japan’s, answer, its, worker, shortage:, model, for, million, robots</media:keywords>
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<title>Gemini’s personalized AI image generation is now free for US users</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/geminis-personalized-ai-image-generation-is-now-free-for-us-users</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/geminis-personalized-ai-image-generation-is-now-free-for-us-users</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Google is expanding Gemini’s personalized AI image generation to eligible free users in the U.S., allowing the chatbot to create images based on your interests and data from connected Google apps. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Gemini’s, personalized, image, generation, now, free, for, users</media:keywords>
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<title>Chamath Palihapitiya raises $135M Series A for his AI coding startup, takes CEO role</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chamath-palihapitiya-raises-135m-series-a-for-his-ai-coding-startup-takes-ceo-role</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/chamath-palihapitiya-raises-135m-series-a-for-his-ai-coding-startup-takes-ceo-role</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ VCs remain thirsty to fund AI coding startups. This one, founded by investor Chamath Palihapitiya, is no exception. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Chamath, Palihapitiya, raises, 135M, Series, for, his, coding, startup, takes, CEO, role</media:keywords>
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<title>Vibe coding platform Base44 launches own model as AI startups seek defensibility</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vibe-coding-platform-base44-launches-own-model-as-ai-startups-seek-defensibility</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/vibe-coding-platform-base44-launches-own-model-as-ai-startups-seek-defensibility</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Wix-owned vibe coding platform Base44 has started rolling out its own AI model — with hopes that it will eventually outperform frontier models. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Vibe, coding, platform, Base44, launches, own, model, startups, seek, defensibility</media:keywords>
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<title>The AI jobs debate just got messier</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-ai-jobs-debate-just-got-messier</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-ai-jobs-debate-just-got-messier</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ A new report finds &quot;high-intensity AI adopters” saw headcount increase 10.2%. Among those companies, entry-level headcount rose by 12%, countering the rhetoric that AI kills junior jobs.  ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, jobs, debate, just, got, messier</media:keywords>
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<title>Crypto exchange OKX wants AI agents to hire and pay each other</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/crypto-exchange-okx-wants-ai-agents-to-hire-and-pay-each-other</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/crypto-exchange-okx-wants-ai-agents-to-hire-and-pay-each-other</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OKX is bringing together payments, identity, and reputation into a marketplace for AI agents. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Crypto, exchange, OKX, wants, agents, hire, and, pay, each, other</media:keywords>
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<title>Arkansas defies federal court to launch SNAP candy&#45;and&#45;soda ban Wednesday</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/arkansas-defies-federal-court-to-launch-snap-candy-and-soda-ban-wednesday</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/arkansas-defies-federal-court-to-launch-snap-candy-and-soda-ban-wednesday</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Gov. Sanders is pushing forward under the same framework a judge vacated — and the state&#039;s grocers say they&#039;re not sure retailers are ready to enforce it. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Arkansas, defies, federal, court, launch, SNAP, candy-and-soda, ban, Wednesday</media:keywords>
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<title>Premier League Lacrosse adds Rob Mac, Glen Powell to investors group in historic $100 million funding round</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/premier-league-lacrosse-adds-rob-mac-glen-powell-to-investors-group-in-historic-100-million-funding-round</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/premier-league-lacrosse-adds-rob-mac-glen-powell-to-investors-group-in-historic-100-million-funding-round</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The financing round, led by Ares funds and New York Liberty owner Joe Tsai, also included a minority equity investment from ESPN. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Premier, League, Lacrosse, adds, Rob, Mac, Glen, Powell, investors, group, historic, 100, million, funding, round</media:keywords>
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<title>What the world learned from the American century: The global wealth pyramid turns into a fat diamond spinning top</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-the-world-learned-from-the-american-century-the-global-wealth-pyramid-turns-into-a-fat-diamond-spinning-top</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-the-world-learned-from-the-american-century-the-global-wealth-pyramid-turns-into-a-fat-diamond-spinning-top</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Henry Luce founded this magazine and coined &quot;the American Century.&quot; He was right for 60 years. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>What, the, world, learned, from, the, American, century:, The, global, wealth, pyramid, turns, into, fat, diamond, spinning, top</media:keywords>
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<title>Current price of oil as of June 30 2026</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/current-price-of-oil-as-of-june-30-2026</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/current-price-of-oil-as-of-june-30-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Current, price, oil, June, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>At the heart of Anthropic’s clashes with the U.S. government, a decision not to play by the new rules of Trump’s Washington</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/at-the-heart-of-anthropics-clashes-with-the-us-government-a-decision-not-to-play-by-the-new-rules-of-trumps-washington</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/at-the-heart-of-anthropics-clashes-with-the-us-government-a-decision-not-to-play-by-the-new-rules-of-trumps-washington</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Most tech companies have tried to curry favor with the White House and hired &#039;Trump whisperers.&#039; Anthropic has stood on principle, and suffered the consequences. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>the, heart, Anthropic’s, clashes, with, the, U.S., government, decision, not, play, the, new, rules, Trump’s, Washington</media:keywords>
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<title>Reed draws up plans for a state&#45;owned housebuilder that could borrow on the cheap</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reed-draws-up-plans-for-a-state-owned-housebuilder-that-could-borrow-on-the-cheap</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/reed-draws-up-plans-for-a-state-owned-housebuilder-that-could-borrow-on-the-cheap</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Steve Reed is drawing up plans for a state-owned housebuilder that could borrow more cheaply than private firms, in a radical bid to lift Britain&#039;s stalling housing numbers. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>British Business Bank puts UK scale&#45;ups in ‘fifth gear’ as direct investing tops £600m</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/british-business-bank-puts-uk-scale-ups-in-fifth-gear-as-direct-investing-tops-600m</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/british-business-bank-puts-uk-scale-ups-in-fifth-gear-as-direct-investing-tops-600m</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
The British Business Bank has invested more than £600m into 50-plus UK scale-ups, doubling its direct equity activity in nine months as it targets £400m a year. ]]></description>
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<media:keywords>British, Business, Bank, puts, scale-ups, ‘fifth, gear’, direct, investing, tops, £600m</media:keywords>
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<title>Brexit has left Britain more prone to runaway inflation, says Bank of England chief economist</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brexit-has-left-britain-more-prone-to-runaway-inflation-says-bank-of-england-chief-economist</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/brexit-has-left-britain-more-prone-to-runaway-inflation-says-bank-of-england-chief-economist</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Bank of England chief economist Huw Pill says Brexit has left Britain exposed to &#039;self-sustaining&#039; price rises, making inflation harder to tame and squeezing SMEs. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Brexit, has, left, Britain, more, prone, runaway, inflation, says, Bank, England, chief, economist</media:keywords>
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<title>Bosses ‘can’t afford to pay themselves the minimum wage under Labour’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bosses-cant-afford-to-pay-themselves-the-minimum-wage-under-labour</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/bosses-cant-afford-to-pay-themselves-the-minimum-wage-under-labour</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Rising employment costs are forcing thousands of owner-managers to absorb the bill themselves, squeezing profits, pensions and hiring alike ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Bosses, ‘can’t, afford, pay, themselves, the, minimum, wage, under, Labour’</media:keywords>
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<title>Burnham right to put devolution front and centre</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/burnham-right-to-put-devolution-front-and-centre</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/burnham-right-to-put-devolution-front-and-centre</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
BusinessLDN&#039;s John Dickie backs Andy Burnham&#039;s devolution drive, warning London has fewer powers than New York, Paris, Manchester and the West Midlands. ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Burnham, right, put, devolution, front, and, centre</media:keywords>
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<title>Ford rehires ‘gray beard’ engineers after AI falls short</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ford-rehires-gray-beard-engineers-after-ai-falls-short</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;Mistakenly we thought that by just introducing artificial intelligence ... that would produce a high-quality product.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ford, rehires, ‘gray, beard’, engineers, after, falls, short</media:keywords>
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<title>California law targeting loud streaming ads takes effect on July 1</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/california-law-targeting-loud-streaming-ads-takes-effect-on-july-1</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/california-law-targeting-loud-streaming-ads-takes-effect-on-july-1</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Streaming ads might be getting a lot quieter. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Mon, 29 Jun 2026 14:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>California, law, targeting, loud, streaming, ads, takes, effect, July</media:keywords>
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<title>Flipper Device’s new Busy Bar is a customizable display for productivity</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/flipper-devices-new-busy-bar-is-a-customizable-display-for-productivity</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/flipper-devices-new-busy-bar-is-a-customizable-display-for-productivity</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Flipper Device&#039;s new Busy Bar will retail for $249. ]]></description>
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<title>Pocket raises $11M in bet on rising demand for AI note&#45;taking devices</title>
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<title>The office doesn’t fix loneliness at work</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ People often see the return-to-office debate in black-and-white: In-person work fosters connection, while remote work breaks it down. In 2025, 37% of companies required office attendance, up from 17% the year before. Companies like Amazon, JPMorgan, and AT&amp;T have all issued similar mandates. The idea is simple: Bring people back to the office, and connection and engagement will follow.



But the facts show something else. MIT Sloan Management Review looked at the data and found that these mandates hurt employee engagement and lead to more people leaving, especially top performers. Eight out of 10 companies said they lost talent because of return-to-office rules. The research also found no improvement in financial results from these mandates.



So organizations are losing their best people and not gaining anything in return.



The implicit promise of the office



In our Ally Mindset™ Profile research with over 200 professionals, we asked a simple question: have you felt disconnected from your work in the past month? 



The results surprised me and challenged the usual way of thinking. Office-based workers reported the highest disconnection at 35%. Mostly remote workers came in at 31%. And fully remote workers, the group supposedly most at risk of isolation, reported the lowest at just 21%.



The people commuting to the office every day, sitting among their colleagues, were the most likely to feel disconnected. The people working from home were the least.



The question is: why?



Going to the office comes with an unspoken promise. The commute, dressing for work, and arranging childcare or a dog walker all suggest that something meaningful is waiting for you. You expect to be with people.



But when you get to the office, half your team is on Zoom and the rest are focused on their own work with headphones on. The open floor plan, meant for collaboration, now feels like a library where talking seems out of place. Meetings still happen on screens, even when people are just a few feet apart, because “it’s easier for the remote folks.”



The promise of connection is broken. And having a promise broken often feels worse than never having one at all.



When you work remotely, you understand that connection takes effort. It means scheduling calls, sending messages, and checking in on purpose. There’s no false hope that just being near others will create connection. Remote workers who feel connected have built those relationships through effort. Office workers, on the other hand, are still waiting for the building to make it happen.



Going to work depends on location, but feeling isolated or disconnected does not.



Connection theater vs. real connection



Many organizations haven’t created real connection. Instead, they have created “connection theater”—it looks like people are together, but there’s no real substance.



Mandated office days, open floor plans, Pizza Fridays, and “collaboration spaces” where no one actually collaborates are all examples of structural solutions to a relationship problem. These efforts put people in the same room but don’t give them a real reason to connect beyond just doing their work.



In my book Cultivate: The Power of Winning Relationships, I talk about four types of relationships: Ally, Supporter, Rival, and Adversary. In many return-to-office settings, I see mostly Supporters—people who are friendly and polite but interact only on a surface level. They say good morning and nod in meetings, but no one is having the deeper conversations that build trust: What are you working toward? What’s hard right now? What do you need from me? How are you doing, really?



You don’t need an office for these conversations. You need intention. The real difference isn’t between office and remote work. It’s between making time for real connection and just hoping relationships will happen on their own.



What to do instead



Here’s what you can do: Talk to the people who are in the office. Really! You came in, and maybe half your team isn’t there, but half of another team is—and you might not have spoken to them before. Take this chance. Take off your headphones, walk over, and say hello. Ask what they’re working on. See how your work and theirs might connect, because you’re all part of the same company.



Practice what I call scheduled spontaneity: Make time for the casual conversations that used to happen naturally at the watercooler or in the elevator, but won’t return on their own. Set aside five minutes at the start of meetings for real conversation. Leave a little time between calls so people can chat.



If you work remotely, set up a coffee chat like you would if you shared a kitchen with your coworkers. Even a quick two-minute chat can help someone feel noticed and valued, and make their workday feel more meaningful—no matter if their commute is across the house or across town. You don’t need a rule to connect. You just need to notice the people around you.



Here’s what organizations can do: Measure real connection, not just attendance. The WHO Commission on Social Connection says connection isn’t about being physically close, but about how people relate and interact—the quality of relationships, not just how often people meet. Still, most organizations use office attendance as a stand-in for connection and engagement. That’s like thinking a gym membership means you’re fit. If you want to know if your team is truly connected, ask better questions. Instead of “How many days were you in the office?” ask “Who do you rely on for your success, and who relies on you?” Instead of “Did you attend the team meeting?’ ask “When was the last time someone at work asked how you were doing and really listened?” These answers will tell you more about your team’s health than any attendance report.



Presence isn’t connection. It isn’t even productivity



Your team doesn’t need more required office days. They need someone who notices when they’re quiet. They need a leader who asks how they’re doing and waits for an honest answer. They need coworkers who see connection as essential, not just something extra.



Being present isn’t the same as being connected. It never was. The sooner leaders understand this, the sooner they’ll build teams people want to join, no matter where they work.



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<title>Social media marketers are stuck in a burnout trap. Here’s how to break free</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It’s almost midnight when the phone buzzes—a client text, a comment that needs a reply, a trend that will be stale by morning. For the people who run brand accounts on social media, the workday never really ends.



We’re marketing researchers who study digital and social media wellness and teach the students who go on to fill these jobs. In a study published in September 2025, we interviewed social media marketers in the United States, Ireland, India, Germany, and Australia and saw a profession quietly running on empty: passionate, creative people who are mentally drained by jobs that rarely turn off.



The numbers back them up. More than 40% of social media marketers plan to leave their jobs within two years, and nearly half say they get little support from supervisors for their mental health, according to industry research.



A job you can’t log off from



Plenty of jobs are stressful. What makes this one different is that it’s especially difficult for social media marketers to escape the source of their stress.



The platform is simultaneously their workplace, their tool and often their leisure environment. The same apps they use to create content, monitor engagement, and respond to customers are often the same ones they turn to for entertainment, social connection, and news. As a result, the source of their stress is rarely something they can simply walk away from.



There’s also the time involved. The average person spends about 2.5 hours a day on social media, according to global data. The marketers we interviewed often spend easily double or triple that, because they are both producers and consumers of content.




  @emthesaint i am SO grateful to work with the clients I am right now, truly. This conversation just needs to be had and normalized because from first hand experience, how much your brain is in taking and the pressure to perform is overwhelming on a good day. #socialmediamanagement #smm #communitymanager  ♬ original sound – saint em   




“It is truly 24/7, 365. You have to post on holidays, weekends,” is how one manager described her schedule. “There is always a clock ticking somewhere.”



The strain is starting to show publicly. When Zaria Parvez, Duolingo’s social media manager and designer of its famous owl logo, left the job, she spoke openly about virality, anxiety, and mental health. Even platform industry guides now treat burnout as a fact of the profession.



That matters because decades of research link heavy social media use to anxiety, lower self-esteem and reduced well-being. Researchers usually frame these as consumer problems, and the standard advice is to take a break or do a digital detox. But what happens when scrolling is your job description?



You can’t detox from your paycheck.



The comparison trap and paradox of tools



Our study looked at several forces that drive this burnout. Two stood out.



The first is the comparison trap. To stay current, marketers spend their evenings “doom scrolling” their personal feeds, hunting for trends to use at work. The line between relaxing and researching disappears—and so does the line between watching other creators and measuring yourself against them.



One marketer told us that scrolling felt like “constantly being told I was doing things wrong”—whether at work, where every post invited comparison with competitors, or at home, where lifestyle content told her she was failing there, too. Social comparison is one of the best-documented ways social media erodes self-esteem, and these workers get a double dose: personal and professional, all day, every day.



  










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The second force is what we call the paradox of tools. The industry’s go-to fix is technology: Scheduling platforms let marketers queue posts weeks ahead, and artificial intelligence tools draft captions and reports. These shortcuts help—one of our interviewees called content tools “the primary method for social media managers to combat burnout”—but they also come with a catch.



For example, scheduled posts can backfire when the news turns grim, so someone still has to watch the feed. Algorithms reward constant and fresh engagement, so marketers worry that leaning on AI makes their content sound robotic, a real risk when authenticity is what makes brands work on social media. The tools promise freedom, yet the “always-on” expectation remains untouched.



It’s not a willpower problem



It would be easy to dismiss these as problems of people who need better screen-time habits. Our research suggests otherwise.



Marketers in our study had jobs that bundled strategy, design, customer service, and crisis management into one poorly defined, often junior, position. Stepping back has a direct cost, because time offline shows up in the metrics they’re judged on.



This is also a cultural problem. Americans see round-the-clock availability as dedication to the job. But other countries have pushed back: France, Italy, Spain, and Ireland, for example, have written a “right to disconnect” into law, while Australia recently extended its own version to small-business employees.



A member of our own research team, Kiley Pettit, has experienced this firsthand while working as a full-time traveler. She has balanced clients across multiple countries and time zones, with the workday often stretching from early mornings to late night. The boundaries between work and personal time have become increasingly blurred, she told us.



Addressing the burnout



For the marketers themselves, our findings suggest two ways out of the burnout trap.



First, it’s better to experiment than copy: Disconnection is personal, and what restores one person, such as a radical break, may backfire for another who does better with small habit shifts, such as response windows or boundary scripts for clients (“I reply between 9 and 5”).



Second, we recommend using technology deliberately: Schedule proactively instead of chasing trends in real time, and treat AI as an assistant for routine tasks, not a replacement for the creative work that makes the job worth doing.



That said, individual habits and better tools only go so far. Burnout is built into the job—so the job must change.




  @emilyfromkansassss you’re not lazy, you’re just burnt out from consuming and creating nonstop. so just create even when it’s not perfect &amp; take the pressure off yourself ??#socialmedia #contentcreator #dallascontentcreator #relatable #socialmediamanager  ♬ original sound – emily from kansas   




The deeper fix is structural. In our view, employers need to define social media roles more clearly and staff them realistically, set communication charters with real response windows, and make digital fatigue a normal topic during check-ins rather than a confession. Turnover costs one-half to two times a worker’s salary, so supporting these employees makes good business sense as well.



Social media marketing burnout isn’t a personal failing or ordinary job stress. It’s the predictable result of working in an environment where the workplace, the tools of the trade, and often leisure time all occupy the same space. The brands profiting from that attention, and the employers hiring for it, must decide whether the people behind the screens get to log off, too.





Kelley Cours Anderson is an assistant professor of marketing at the College of Charleston.



Ashley Hass is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Portland.



Breanne A. Mertz is an assistant professor of marketing at the University of Tampa.



This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.


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<title>Does the World Cup favor democratic or autocratic nations?</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It is often said—by FIFA President Gianni Infantino and many others—that soccer is the “most democratic sport.” That sentiment is based in large part on the sport’s global appeal and long history of popularity across class and racial lines.



But whether that axiom applies to the quadrennial World Cup tournament is a different question.



On occasions in the past, authoritarian governments have used the tournament to boost their regimes. Italian fascist leader Benito Mussolini did so when Italy hosted the 1934 World Cup, manipulating the games and handpicking officials to boost the chances for the home team, who went on to beat democratic Czechoslovakia in the final. Likewise, in 1978 Argentina’s dictatorship used both the tournament’s hosting and the national team’s victory to “sportswash” the brutal repression that had accompanied the military junta’s seizure of power.



In each of those notable cases, the team of an authoritarian country won the tournament. But as a political scientist and soccer enthusiast, I was curious to see how countries in authoritarian versus democratic countries had fared in the World Cup over time.



So in the run-up to this year’s tournament, I looked back through the records of the 22 past World Cups; I also cast an eye over the expanded 48 countries represented at the 2026 tournament.



For the World Cups between 1930 and 2018, I turned to Polity data, which looks at how power is concentrated in the political system. On a minus 10 to plus 10 scale, democracies are those with a Polity score of plus 6 and plus 10; autocracies have a minus 6 to minus 10; and anocracies—countries that are “partially free”—have a rating of minus 5 to plus 5.



Many scholars recommend using multiple datasets when analyzing regime type. And for the World Cups from 1974 to 2026, I also used rankings by the nonprofit Freedom House, which produces an annual index of the state of civil and political rights in every country in the world. They measure countries as free, partly free, and not free.



What the data shows



In the first few World Cup tournaments, free countries did not perform particularly well.



From 1930 to 1962, there were two authoritarian champions (Italy in 1934 and 1938), three anocratic winners (Uruguay in 1930 and 1950 and Brazil in 1962) and two democratic winners (West Germany in 1954 and a pre-dictatorship Brazil in 1958).



When it comes to finalists, in the first 32 years, there were six authoritarian countries represented in the final games, four anocracies, and a mere four democracies.



But since 1966—the first World Cup meeting between two democracies, with England prevailing over West Germany—there have been only two authoritarian winners: Brazil in 1970 and Argentina in 1978—the last autocratic country to win the tournament.



The 10 winning countries from 1982 to 2018 have all been democracies. Further, all runners-up since 1962 have been democracies, too.



Looking at the entire 1930 to 2018 period, Polity data shows that 71.4% of participants in final games have been democracies, with less than 20% of finalists being autocratic nations and 9.5% being anocracies.



When using the Freedom House index, I found that free states have made up 23 of the 26 final game participants from 1974 onward, or 88% of the total, and 11 champions.



There’s only been one partly free winner—Brazil in 1994—and one not free winner, Argentina in 1978.



How does this compare with worldwide numbers of regime type over time? In 1930, the year of the first FIFA tournament, Polity data shows that only 21.7% of the world’s countries were democratic, with 44.6% being authoritarian and 33.7% deemed anocratic. By 1966, democracies fell to 20.8%, while authoritarian countries made up 40.8% of the world. During the 2018 World Cup, the world’s countries deemed to be democracies had risen to almost 60, using Polity data, while authoritarian states slipped to 12%. The rest are either anocratic or “transitioning.”



Democracy—a winning formula?



But what about the 2026 World Cup participants? Of the 48 countries represented, 43.1% are “free” nations, according to Freedom House. The “not free” group comprised 26.7% of all countries. This is a near reversal of 1974, the first World Cup year for which Freedom House data is available. Back then, free nations made up 27% of countries in the world, while not free countries comprised 41.4% of world’s nations.



And democracies are tipped for success in 2026. The top 11 FIFA-ranked countries are all “free.” For the top 19 countries, all but 2—Morocco and Ecuador—are free, and they are ranked by Freedom House as “partly free.” Of the lowest-ranked 11 countries in the tournament, more than half are unfree.



Countering the sportswashing



The data shows that democracies are overrepresented at the World Cup and also tend to do better than authoritarian nations—but does that matter? I would argue yes.



At a time when autocratic nations use sport as a propaganda tool, and FIFA seemingly turns a blind eye to the human rights records of hosting nations, the fact that democracies tend to prevail on the pitch feels like a victory for free nations.





John A. Tures is a professor of political science at LaGrange College.



LaGrange College undergraduates Jenna Pittman, Daniel Cody, and Eli Rogers contributed to the research on which this article is based.



This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.


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<description><![CDATA[ In our digital age, services and devices are constantly gathering our data. Exactly how that information is harvested and used, and how transparent a company is about those practices, may not always be obvious.



Shift, an AI training startup, is turning that bargain into a business model.



In return for a free housecleaning, customers allow Shift to collect data filmed by a camera headset on the (human) cleaner’s head. That footage is then licensed out to develop and train AI-powered household robots.



Owned by German data research lab MicroAGI, founded in 2025, Shift began by hiring contractors to don its camera caps and record their own household tasks. That type of data collection has been occurring in the U.S., as well as in Germany, Turkey, and other European countries, for months. (Shift won’t ultimately make the robots informed by this data.)



[Photo: Shift]



Recently Shift launched its cleaning services—offering the free cleanings as a way to get its data collectors into other people’s homes—in New York City as well as across Europe. The company has pitched its cleaning work as a side hustle for college students and the “best work from home side gig.”



“We are very up front,” says Anton Poletaev, cofounder of MicroAGI and co-CEO of Shift. “Yes, we are getting your data, but by doing so you’re finally getting rewarded for it, and you’re not being lied to.”



But even with that honesty, people may not understand exactly what it means to give away this data. Shift’s structure also raises questions about what this AI future means for workers who are involved in training their own replacements.



The need for diverse data



With the expansion of AI, tech leaders are painting a picture of a future filled with humanoid robots. Already, there are robots that can run, flip, dance, and work in warehouses. 



To get to a world where humanoid robots can flawlessly wash our dishes, fix our faucets, and even cook us a meal, tech companies need lots and lots of training data. 



For Shift, it’s important that this data is both high quality and diverse, meaning captured from multiple angles, and in all different home layouts, with different faucets, sinks, and so on. 



“If you were trained to perform a job or a task in one environment only, you might struggle to perform it in different environments,” Poletaev says. “If you’re getting exposed to different lighting conditions, to different kitchen types, different living rooms, different taps that you’re repairing, then you’re able to generalize across different kinds of environments.”








Shift’s camera headset captures a first-person view of the cleaner’s hands; this perspective, called egocentric video, allows for better understanding of the ways hands interact with objects, which helps inform robotics.



Shift isn’t the only company collecting such data: Startups like Claru, Luel, Micro1, Kled AI, and others offer contractor roles for people to either film themselves doing tasks like folding laundry and taking out the trash, or to annotate such datasets. Shift began this way, too, and then its contractors “expressed interest in recording more, and contributing more,” Poletaev says, like by going into others’ homes.



Shift calls these data collectors “operators,” and says they’ve been vetted and trained. In New York, the startup also partners with existing local cleaning services, though it did not name specifics.



Globally, Shift says it has collected hundreds of thousands of hours of data, via dozens of thousands of operators. It has more than a thousand operators in the U.S., and the “vast majority” of those recordings are currently happening in New York. 



De-identified data



To Poletaev, Shift’s format is a “win-win” for customers and cleaners, who are classified as contractors rather than employees. Customers are compensated with a free cleaning, he says, while cleaners are “getting paid extra for wearing our device.” (According to Shift, cleaners earn $20 an hour with “no fixed schedule.”)



The company also says it takes steps to protect customer privacy by blurring names, faces, screens, ID cards, and other personal information before the footage is incorporated into datasets. Under Shift’s platform terms, customers may withdraw consent and request deletion until a recording has been de-identified and made available to others, after which removal is limited.



[Photo: Shift]



Harry Kilberg, Shift’s U.S. general manager, says de-identification can happen within hours or up to a week after the data is collected, depending on processing time, and that the company is improving how it communicates that window. The data is used for MicroAGI’s internal robotics research and may also be shared with “select robotics companies and frontier AI labs,” though Shift says it is never shared publicly or used for advertising.



Potential downstream harms



By being open about this transaction, Poletaev says people have the opportunity to be compensated for data that for the past decade or two has just been used “without their regard.”



What’s missing, though, is a broader understanding of how valuable this data is, and how it could be used. 



“The average person doesn’t think about the downstream harms,” says Veena Dubal, a law professor at the University of California, Irvine, who researches what she calls “precarious work,” including platform workers, algorithmic management, and regulations around AI and work. “And those downstream harms might not even be apparent to us for many, many years, and maybe they’ll be invisible.”



Again, Shift says this data isn’t used for advertising. It’s not the only company collecting such data, though, and not every company may behave the same, or their privacy policies may not be clear. 



Claru’s privacy policy says it may collect personal information, and that it may share it with multiple third-party vendors. Kled’s notes that if another entity purchases the content you submit, it may disclose your biometric information, but that it does not “sell, lease, trade or otherwise profit from your biometric information.”



[Photo: Shift]



The normalization of capturing first-person perspective home data could open the door to allowing companies to sell this data to brokers or retailers. That could, down the line, lead to personalized pricing for things these companies know you have in your home. 



Of course there are many other implications to having someone recording inside your home.What if, for example, Dubal asks, the video captures something unlawful, like drugs? At some point, the police may be able to subpoena companies like Shift as part of a criminal investigation. 



“There’s just so much about us in our homes that we don’t even think about that when this becomes available, either to the public or private sector, kind of willy-nilly, it’s anyone’s guess how it could be used,” she says. 



To Dubal, the fact that this data is being collected inside the home changes the stakes. Tech companies already gather information through phones, laptops, smart TVs, and other internet-connected devices. 



But homes are still “culturally, socially, legally this private space,” she says. Filming inside that space captures data those other devices often cannot: how people move, how they live, and what they do when they are not on a phone or computer.



“It’s a radical shift,” she says. “There is something dramatic about the idea that even this space is open to the market.”



Dubal says she doesn’t find promises of anonymity compelling. In fact, there’s still debate about what, exactly, de-identification means. Even the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation vaguely defines “personal data” as “any piece of information that relates to an identifiable person.” 



“Firms will always say, ‘Oh, well, we’re not using your name,’” Dubal says. “But the reality is that they have so much data that they can figure out who you are without using your name.”



What happens to future workers?



Those concerns deal with the data collected inside customers’ homes. But Shift is also collecting data about the cleaners it hires, and how they work.



That information could eventually help replace those workers. Or, Dubal warns, it could be used to “create software that ultimately controls workers in new ways,” by setting efficiency standards, consolidating jobs, and pushing people to work harder and faster for less, “so housecleaning becomes like an Amazon warehouse.”



Ai-jen Poo, president of the National Domestic Workers Alliance, echoed that concern in a statement to Fast Company: House cleaners’ labor, she said, should be “respected and protected, not treated as background inputs for someone else’s technology product.”



To be sure, the tech industry’s promises of democratization have a mixed record. Uber promised broader access to transportation, but it also displaced taxi drivers, generated data now used to train self-driving systems, and eventually raised prices beyond its early VC-subsidized days. 



So will household robots actually be affordable and accessible to all? That’s far from clear. To Dubal, it’s also the wrong goal. “It’s not that we all need servants,” she says. “It’s that we all need jobs that pay well.”



Poletaev sees it differently, saying the need for the kind of data Shift collects is “born out of the desire to be in a world where everyday goods and services are abundant and accessible.” In the meantime, he insists, his company will “make sure people are compensated throughout this transition.”



The bargain, then, is that people can get paid for their data now, while helping build a future that may ultimately need less of their labor.


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<title>June full moon 2026: Look up to see the glorious ‘Strawberry Moon,’ but don’t expect it to appear red</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/june-full-moon-2026-look-up-to-see-the-glorious-strawberry-moon-but-dont-expect-it-to-appear-red</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ In 1967, John Lennon introduced the world to a whimsical escape in the Beatles’ hit song “Strawberry Fields Forever.” Based on childhood memories, Lennon’s song dealt with themes of identity and belonging. 



Similarly, as June comes to a close, the sky will feature its own fanciful offering with the “Strawberry Moon,” giving the world a collective moment of zen as the moon appears full for the next few days, including tonight.



Here’s everything you need to know about June’s full moon, which hits its peak on Monday, June 29, at 7:56 p.m. ET. 



Why is it called a Strawberry Moon?



June’s full moon gets its name from Native American traditions, not the color of the orb. 



Strawberries typically ripened around its occurrence. Because of this, tribes such as the Algonquin, Ojibwe, Dakota, Lakota, Chippewa, Oneida, and Sioux used the moniker. 



Publication of the Old Farmer’s Almanac helped immortalized this, cementing the name for future generations. Other names include the Rose Moon, Blackberry Moon, and Hot Moon.



How does the Summer Solstice impact the Strawberry Moon?



In 2026, the Strawberry Moon is also the first full moon after the Summer Solstice. This event impacts the moon’s arc, making it low and short. Because the sun is high and the moon is low, the orb appears more amber in color due to the atmosphere.



What is a micromoon?



June’s Strawberry Moon is also a micromoon. This means the full moon takes place when the moon is near its furthest point away from Earth. 



The distance causes the moon to appear smaller and dimmer, but there is an exception to this rule. Even though the Strawberry Moon is a micromoon, the optical illusion of moonrise will make it look grandiose. 



The moon looks bigger when it is near the horizon. According to NASA, this is because our brains compare it to the smaller nearby objects, such as trees and buildings. By comparison, the moon is bigger. 



The Strawberry Moon is a living contradiction. It’s micro, but because of its low arc, it actually appears bigger during moonrise. 



How best to view the Strawberry Moon



Use this handy calculator from Time and Date to discover what time moonrise and moonset occur in your location.



If you can’t make moonrise, peak illumination takes place tonight (Monday, June 29, 2026) 7:56 p.m. ET. The moon will also appear full for a couple days surrounding the event.



It’s human to look for wonder. Lennon offered a musical moment of peaceful escape while the Strawberry Moon continues to shine on in the night sky every June. ]]></description>
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<title>Best business bank accounts for sole traders</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/best-business-bank-accounts-for-sole-traders</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/best-business-bank-accounts-for-sole-traders</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


We’ve rounded up some of the best business bank accounts created with sole traders in mind 
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:26 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Best, business, bank, accounts, for, sole, traders</media:keywords>
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<title>4 ways small businesses can become more environmentally friendly</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/4-ways-small-businesses-can-become-more-environmentally-friendly</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/4-ways-small-businesses-can-become-more-environmentally-friendly</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Jon Sumner on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


The post 4 ways small businesses can become more environmentally friendly appeared first on Small Business UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:23 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>ways, small, businesses, can, become, more, environmentally, friendly</media:keywords>
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<title>Top Card and Contactless Readers for UK Small Businesses (Fees, Features &amp;amp; Reviews)</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/top-card-and-contactless-readers-for-uk-small-businesses-fees-features-reviews</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/top-card-and-contactless-readers-for-uk-small-businesses-fees-features-reviews</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


We’ve compared UK card machine providers to see which is the best for taking in-person payments
The post Top Card and Contactless Readers for UK Small Businesses (Fees, Features &amp; Reviews) appeared first on Small Business UK. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:21 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Top, Card, and, Contactless, Readers, for, Small, Businesses, Fees, Features, Reviews</media:keywords>
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<title>Omio scales travel product development using OpenAI models</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/omio-scales-travel-product-development-using-openai-models</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/omio-scales-travel-product-development-using-openai-models</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Omio integrates OpenAI models across its engineering operations to accelerate travel product development and launch booking interfaces. The multimodal travel platform coordinates operations with over 3,000 transportation providers across 47 countries. Omio explicitly rejects the superficial addition of technology to outdated internal processes. The company’s CTO, Tomas Vocetka, requires all internal functions to completely redesign […]
The post Omio scales travel product development using OpenAI models appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:16 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Omio, scales, travel, product, development, using, OpenAI, models</media:keywords>
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<title>Anthropic drops ‘workplace AI agents’ directly inside Slack</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropicdrops-workplace-aiagentsdirectly-inside-slack</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/anthropicdrops-workplace-aiagentsdirectly-inside-slack</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Anthropic launched a beta version of its Claude Tag feature for Enterprise and Team tiers, shifting its chat model into shared Slack channels. Moving away from traditional isolated chat boxes, users pull the artificial intelligence model into active group threads by typing @Claude.  The integration allows any team member in the channel to delegate a task, review […]
The post Anthropic drops ‘workplace AI agents’ directly inside Slack appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:14 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Samsung opens ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex access after AI restrictions</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/samsung-opens-chatgpt-enterprise-and-codex-access-after-ai-restrictions</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/samsung-opens-chatgpt-enterprise-and-codex-access-after-ai-restrictions</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Samsung Electronics is expanding employee access to ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex, giving staff wider use of AI tools for technical and non-technical work. According to OpenAI, the deployment covers all Samsung Electronics employees in Korea and all Device eXperience employees worldwide. The DX division includes smartphones, consumer electronics, and home appliances. Samsung plans to use […]
The post Samsung opens ChatGPT Enterprise and Codex access after AI restrictions appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:11 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-math-behind-the-openai-jalapeno-chip</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI’s financial trajectory hinges heavily on infrastructure costs, a reality that drove the development of the new custom OpenAI Jalapeño chip. Developed in collaboration with Broadcom, the application-specific integrated circuit (ASIC) represents a direct attempt to mitigate the heavy capital expenditure associated with third-party hardware.  While Nvidia currently commands an estimated 75% profit margin on […]
The post The math behind the OpenAI Jalapeño chip appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>SAP aligns commerce data for AI personalisation</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sap-aligns-commerce-data-for-ai-personalisation</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sap-aligns-commerce-data-for-ai-personalisation</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ SAP aligns fragmented commerce data structures to enable operational AI personalisation at the execution layer. Enterprise leadership routinely establishes objectives to anticipate customer requirements and deliver relevant interactions across digital touchpoints. However, the actual infrastructure running inside these enterprises fails to support systematic execution at the required volume. Recommendation engines display generic product listings because […]
The post SAP aligns commerce data for AI personalisation appeared first on AI News. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Patronus AI lands $50M to build ‘digital worlds’ that stress&#45;test AI agents</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/patronus-ai-lands-50m-to-build-digital-worlds-that-stress-test-ai-agents</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/patronus-ai-lands-50m-to-build-digital-worlds-that-stress-test-ai-agents</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Agent-testing startup Patronus AI, founded by former Meta AI researchers, is experiencing nearly insatiable demand, its investor says. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Patronus, lands, 50M, build, ‘digital, worlds’, that, stress-test, agents</media:keywords>
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<title>YouTube Shorts are getting even shorter with an update that lets you double the playback speed</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-shorts-are-getting-even-shorter-with-an-update-that-lets-you-double-the-playback-speed</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/youtube-shorts-are-getting-even-shorter-with-an-update-that-lets-you-double-the-playback-speed</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ YouTube Shorts is getting a makeover. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>The White House is asking OpenAI to slow roll the release of its new model over safety concerns</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-white-house-is-asking-openai-to-slow-roll-the-release-of-its-new-model-over-safety-concerns</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-white-house-is-asking-openai-to-slow-roll-the-release-of-its-new-model-over-safety-concerns</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ OpenAI reportedly plans to share its newest model, GPT 5.6, with a select group of partners instead of with the broader public. The reason: the Trump administration told it to. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, White, House, asking, OpenAI, slow, roll, the, release, its, new, model, over, safety, concerns</media:keywords>
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<title>Robotaxis drive miles just to get cleaned and charged; this new startup wants to fix that</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/robotaxis-drive-miles-just-to-get-cleaned-and-charged-this-new-startup-wants-to-fix-that</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/robotaxis-drive-miles-just-to-get-cleaned-and-charged-this-new-startup-wants-to-fix-that</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Aseon Labs, which came out of Y Combinator&#039;s 2026 spring cohort, has raised $10 million from Crane Venture Partners and others. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Robotaxis, drive, miles, just, get, cleaned, and, charged, this, new, startup, wants, fix, that</media:keywords>
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<title>Early Bird pricing ends tonight for TechCrunch Founder Summit</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/early-bird-pricing-ends-tonight-for-techcrunch-founder-summit</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/early-bird-pricing-ends-tonight-for-techcrunch-founder-summit</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Save up to $190 on your pass to TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026. Early Bird pricing ends today, at 11:59 p.m. PT, after which rates increase. Register now. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Early, Bird, pricing, ends, tonight, for, TechCrunch, Founder, Summit</media:keywords>
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<title>Morgan Stanley on life after selling your business: a roadmap for entrepreneurs</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/morgan-stanley-on-life-after-selling-your-business-a-roadmap-for-entrepreneurs</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/morgan-stanley-on-life-after-selling-your-business-a-roadmap-for-entrepreneurs</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Selling your company can be the financial win of a lifetime — and one of the most disorienting transitions you&#039;ll ever face. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Morgan, Stanley, life, after, selling, your, business:, roadmap, for, entrepreneurs</media:keywords>
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<title>CFOs are bullish on their own companies—even as they turn bearish on the economy</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cfos-are-bullish-on-their-own-companieseven-as-they-turn-bearish-on-the-economy</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/cfos-are-bullish-on-their-own-companieseven-as-they-turn-bearish-on-the-economy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Even as macro concerns deepen, CFOs are leaning into risk, reshaping talent, and betting on AI to drive company-specific gains. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>CFOs, are, bullish, their, own, companies—even, they, turn, bearish, the, economy</media:keywords>
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<title>The new CMO playbook: how marketers are balancing broader remits and tighter budgets</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thenew-cmo-playbookhow-marketers-are-balancing-broader-remits-and-tighter-budgets</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/thenew-cmo-playbookhow-marketers-are-balancing-broader-remits-and-tighter-budgets</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Marketing leaders at Cannes Lions discuss their expanding list of responsibilities, AI’s threat to creativity and the importance of having a CMO on the C-suite ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The new, CMO, playbook: how, marketers, are, balancing, broader, remits, and, tighter, budgets</media:keywords>
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<title>Shell Foundation CEO: climate tech works. Getting it to a billion people who need it is the hard part</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/shell-foundation-ceo-climate-tech-works-getting-it-to-a-billion-people-who-need-it-is-the-hard-part</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/shell-foundation-ceo-climate-tech-works-getting-it-to-a-billion-people-who-need-it-is-the-hard-part</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The green transition&#039;s real bottleneck isn&#039;t invention — it&#039;s distribution, cost and finance. After 25 years and $10 billion leveraged, he has a blueprint. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Shell, Foundation, CEO:, climate, tech, works., Getting, billion, people, who, need, the, hard, part</media:keywords>
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<title>Current price of oil as of June 26, 2026</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/current-price-of-oil-as-of-june-26-2026</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/current-price-of-oil-as-of-june-26-2026</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Current, price, oil, June, 26, 2026</media:keywords>
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<title>How Much Consumer Data Can SMBs Keep</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-much-consumer-data-can-smbs-keep</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-much-consumer-data-can-smbs-keep</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
For UK small businesses, the question of how long to hold onto customer data is not as simple as picking a number and sticking with it. There is no single fixed retention period under UK GDPR. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>How, Much, Consumer, Data, Can, SMBs, Keep</media:keywords>
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<title>Apple lifts iPad and MacBook prices by up to 25% as AI memory crunch bites</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-lifts-ipad-and-macbook-prices-by-up-to-25-as-ai-memory-crunch-bites</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/apple-lifts-ipad-and-macbook-prices-by-up-to-25-as-ai-memory-crunch-bites</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Apple has lifted iPad and MacBook prices by as much as 25% after warning it can no longer absorb the soaring cost of memory chips driven by the AI data centre boom. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Apple, lifts, iPad, and, MacBook, prices, 25, memory, crunch, bites</media:keywords>
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<title>Next prime minister ‘must back business, not tax it’, warns chambers chief</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/next-prime-minister-must-back-business-not-tax-it-warns-chambers-chief</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/next-prime-minister-must-back-business-not-tax-it-warns-chambers-chief</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
British Chambers of Commerce boss Shevaun Haviland tells the next prime minister to back firms, not tax them, warning that further levies would be a &quot;road to ruin&quot; for growth. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Thu, 25 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
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<media:keywords>Next, prime, minister, ‘must, back, business, not, tax, it’, warns, chambers, chief</media:keywords>
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<title>Around $125bn of ships and cargo lie stranded in the Gulf as Hormuz crisis ushers in a ‘new maritime order’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/around-125bn-of-ships-and-cargo-lie-stranded-in-the-gulf-as-hormuz-crisis-ushers-in-a-new-maritime-order</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ 
Around $125bn of vessels and cargo is stranded in the Gulf as the Strait of Hormuz stays shut. Allianz warns of a &quot;new maritime order&quot; and higher risk premiums. ]]></description>
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<title>Elon Musk loses his trillionaire crown as SpaceX and Tesla shares slide</title>
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Elon Musk Net Worth Falls Below $1tn as SpaceX, Tesla Slide ]]></description>
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<title>Europe is pushing back on Washington’s chip war</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ As ASML CEO Christophe Fouquet told TechCrunch in May, what China can currently buy are older-generation deep ultraviolet tools — gear first shipped about a decade ago — the same machines the MATCH Act would now put off-limits. ]]></description>
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<title>Cellebrite said it cut off Russia, but Russia used its tools anyway</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Security researchers found evidence that Russian authorities hacked the iPhone of a political opponent using a phone-unlocking device made by Cellebrite, even after the company said it would stop selling to Putin’s government. ]]></description>
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<title>Amazon ups India bet with fresh $13B AI infrastructure investment</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amazon’s latest India investment comes as global tech companies race to expand AI infrastructure in the country. ]]></description>
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<title>Adobe acquires image and video enhancement tool maker Topaz Labs</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Adobe said that it will integrate Topaz Labs&#039; tools across its apps. ]]></description>
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<title>Trump admin proposes axing brake pedal requirement for AVs in a boost for Tesla</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/trump-admin-proposes-axing-brake-pedal-requirement-for-avs-in-a-boost-for-tesla</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ The Department of Transportation wants to remove the brake pedal requirement for vehicles &quot;designed to be driven exclusively by automated driving systems.&quot; ]]></description>
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<title>Wendy’s stock price today: WEN shares surge as the fast food burger chain reunites Potbelly’s dynamic duo</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Many fast food chains have had a rough several years. 



Inflationary pressures are prompting consumers to cut back on discretionary spending, which in turn is leading to declining foot traffic. Declining foot traffic puts pressure on profits, which doesn’t do a company’s stock price any favors.



But today, one fast food chain’s stock price is surging. The Wendy’s Company (Nasdaq: WEN) is seeing its shares skyrocket a day after the burger chain announced it was yet again hiring an executive who had recently worked at Potbelly Sandwich Works. 



And this executive has a deep history with Wendy’s new CEO, too. Here’s what you need to know.



What’s happened?



Yesterday, Wendy’s announced the appointment of a new chief financial officer and chief strategy officer for the company. That officer is Steve Cirulis, who previously held the same two roles at the fast casual sandwich chain Potbelly.



Cirulis will replace Wendy’s most recent CFO, Ken Cook, immediately, while Cook will stay on in an advisory role at the company to help with the transition until departing in July. 



Cook himself had previously held a dual role at Wendy’s. Until last month, he was also the interim CEO of Wendy’s, a position he stepped into in February 2024 after Wendy’s previous CEO left to become the CEO of The Hershey Company.



But last month, Wendy announced that Cook was stepping down as interim CEO to make way for the company’s new CEO, Bob Wright. 



And like Cirulis, Wright was also an alumnus of Potbelly Sandwich Works. Wright was Potbelly’s CEO, and Cirulis was Potbelly’s CFO. The two execs worked together at Potbelly in their same Wendy’s positions from 2020 to 2025.



While it’s not surprising that an executive would hire a former colleague, what happened with Wendy’s stock price after the announcement of Cirulis’s appointment is a bit more unexpected.



Why is Wendy’s stock surging?



As of the time of this writing, Wendy’s stock price is currently up over 24% in premarket trading to $7.78 per share.



While investors do pay attention to new CFO appointments, it’s rare that a new CFO announcement causes a company’s stock price to surge so much.



So why then is WEN stock surging?



That surge is likely less due to the fact that Wendy’s just got a new CFO. Rather, it’s that its new CFO has a very successful history working with the company’s new CEO.



You see, at Potbelly, Wright and Cirulis were a sort of dynamic duo. During their tenure together at the sandwich chain, the pair massively boosted Potbelly’s fortunes—and its stock price.



Under their leadership, Potbelly’s average unit volumes saw double-digit growth and, most importantly to investors, a 500% increase in Potbelly’s share price.



Potbelly is no longer publicly traded. It was sold to convenience store chain RaceTrac Inc. for around $566 million in October



Investors are no doubt hoping the duo can work the same magic for Wendy’s as they did for Potbelly.



And Wendy’s needs some magic.



As Fast Company previously reported, the chain is currently shuttering hundreds of stores as part of a turnaround effort. 



The closures are meant to cut costs and stabilize profits. Last year, due to many of the same economic pressures other fast food chains are facing, Wendy’s revenue fell 3.1% to $2.18 billion, with net income declining 15.1% to $165.1 million.



Wendy’s shares skyrocket on CFO news



Needless to say, investors are hoping Wendy’s new hires can turn around the company’s fortunes and stock price. As of this morning, shares are already up over 24% in premarket.



But WEN shares will have to raise significantly more to reverse the company’s most recent stock price declines. 



As of yesterday’s close of $6.26, WEN shares had declined more than 24% since the year began. And over the past 12 months, WEN shares were down over 49%.



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<title>Most businesses are measuring AI wrong, and it’s costing them</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Amazon just shut down its AI leaderboard tracking internal token usage. The gamification was driving more AI-powered tasks but fewer useful results. “Please don’t use AI just for the sake of using AI,” the Amazon SVP instructed his staff.



Amazon is not alone. Uber blew past its 2026 artificial intelligence coding budget in just four months. Google’s CEO, Sundar Pichai, revealed that the company’s token usage has grown sevenfold in a year. Many companies including Meta, Microsoft and Salesforce are reportedly pushing to limit token usage.



It’s unsurprising what happens when you set the wrong incentives: You get the wrong results. You get what you measure.



Hype, these days, is invariably accompanied by jargon. In an attempt to demonstrate corporate progressiveness, boardrooms and C-suites across America scramble to keep up with modern phraseology. They’re throwing around terms like tokens per query, cost per inference, GPU hours, and even model utilization. “Tokens are the new oil for the enterprise” is the latest slogan; tokens are apparently the new measure for AI adoption and productivity, the proof of AI discipline, the real unit for driving AI ROI. “Tokenmaxxing” has topped the charts for weeks.



It all sounds smart, but it’s the wrong conversation.



While companies get better at measuring AI spend, many still have no idea whether their AI investments are driving increased revenue, creating faster decisions, reducing friction, or creating any tangible and measurable advantage at all. With all the token math, they know what the intelligence costs, but not whether the intelligence is useful. And, very quickly, the AI ecosystem is running into unsustainable economics.



The dashboards are getting better; returns are not. Word counts and lines of code are proliferating, but none of that trickles down to the bottom line.



Cost Obsession is Short-sighted



After a decade of cloud overspending, finance leaders are now homing in on everything AI. They’re tracking, to the cent, cost per workload, cost per transaction and utilization rates.



The truth? AI is expensive. Deloitte reports that AI is one of the fastest-growing investments in technology budgets. And, AI inference costs alone are consuming more and more of organizational budgets. But, you cannot confuse costs of managing AI with the value it brings. That is where you lose sight of the potential of the technology.



McKinsey found 64% of organizational leaders believe AI is enabling their innovation, but only 39% can show any impact on operational earnings at the enterprise level. Other studies show basically the same results: heavy investment, limited return, massive experimentation, little in the way of scale.



Basically, companies are becoming increasingly sophisticated about spending, but are still uncertain about what they are getting in return.



Cloud Spending is Not a Comparable Model



With cloud economics, leaders basically believed that spend and return move in tandem. More business activity meant more compute, more IT spend. Not always a perfect map, but the logic was intuitive. AI is a different beast.



A small number of tokens can create an insight that helps close a major account, resolve a high-risk customer issue, or speed up an impactful decision. In contrast, there will be times when a much larger token bill produces mediocre output of no use—‘AI slop’ loves tokens. Same category of spend, but a totally different result.



The question for leaders becomes: What are you optimizing around?



Tokenomics determines efficiency of spend, but are you addressing the willingness to spend in the first place?



Are you looking at how many tokens you can afford, when you should be looking at how this new system is going to help you make consequential decisions?



Are you focused on how your tokens are billed, when you should be looking at how you can execute better, faster actions at scale?



When AI leaders overemphasize token consumption, they end up optimizing around the path of least resistance, not the path of greatest value. That’s at the center of the AI scaling challenge we see today. 



Measure AI Like This



The companies that show the most maturity in AI are those that separate the cost of intelligence from the value of intelligence. The first category is tokenomics. This is where financial discipline belongs. Companies should absolutely manage model mix, caching, batching, routing, infrastructure choices, and vendor economics to know exactly what AI costs and where waste is coming from. It’s the fine-tuning of the cost of adoption.



But, the second category is where ROI exists, and is missing in too many organizations. This is where leading organizations ask a series of questions around their AI investment:




Did AI reduce cost per resolved customer issue?



Did it speed up lead qualification or shorten sales cycles?



Did it improve throughput in a high-friction workflow?



Did it reduce human hours?



Did it expand margins in a specific process or function?



Did it help the company move faster than competitors in meaningful ways?




These are the questions that determine whether AI is actually working. The question needing to be asked is not, “How do we reduce token spend?” but, “For every dollar we spend on intelligence, how much business value are we creating?” It is holistic business value, business case fundamentals, and it represents the heart of adoption. Executives pursuing AI ROI need to begin with questions of value, results, and impact, not cost.



What business outcomes can we directly attribute to AI spend? Which deployments are becoming more valuable over time, not simply cheaper? Where are we overmanaging costs in ways that suppress performance? What proprietary advantage is this investment building in data, workflow, or execution? If token prices rise or fall sharply, what changes for us strategically and what doesn’t?



This line of questioning shifts leaders’ thinking to look at AI as a business system, not simply a technology tool.



What really matters



Tokenomics matters, but don’t let it distract you from the bigger question of whether AI is worth the investment of revenue and time for your use cases. The companies that win will not be the ones who save every penny possible from their AI bills. They will be the ones who use AI to enable faster decisions and lower friction, and create better customer outcomes, all which will compound over time.



You don’t want to be an organization with AI leader charts and magnificent dashboards, and perfectly optimized spending on AI tools that have driven a net zero return. Be the organization that uses AI to its fullest potential, as an overarching business system, delivering tangible stakeholder value.



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<title>Micron earnings preview: Here’s what Wall Street expects as all eyes turn to MU stock and the memory chip rally</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Micron Technology Inc will release its third-quarter earnings after the markets close on Wednesday. 



Despite fears of an AI bubble, Wall Street predicts positive results. Micron could report $35.5 billion in revenue—a 281% jump year-over-year (YOY), according to a Bloomberg analyst consensus cited by Yahoo Finance. 



Its DRAM (memory) and NAND (storage) revenues are expected to grow 288% and 256% YOY, respectively. 



Micron is also predicted by Bloomberg’s analysts to have earnings per share of $20.39, about a 967% increase YOY. However, consensus estimates cited by CNBC expect EPS to range from $20.17 to $20.42.



Micron had a successful year



The earnings report will come just two days after Micron’s shares (Nasdaq: MU) reached a new all-time high of $1,213.56. The stock price is up over 722% YOY and $268 year-to-date (YTD).



Shares of Micron have occasionally dropped alongside those of other chip manufacturers due to fears about over-investment in AI and the infrastructure that powers it.



Just yesterday, shares dropped more than 13% in response to concerns about a stock bubble in South Korea, following a large selloff and losses for both Samsung’s and SK Hynik’s shares. 



In premarket trading on Wednesday, Micron’s stock seemed to be on track to recover some of those losses, up 4% as of this writing. 



More broadly, chipmakers like Micron and Sandisk Corporation (Nasdaq: SNDK) have seen their stocks rise tremendously in response to the growing demand for—and shortage of—memory chips, a necessity for AI data centers. 



Monday’s share price spike came as Micron and Anthropic announced an agreement for the chipmaker to invest in Anthropic, have an enterprise adoption of Claude across the company, and supply memory and storage to Anthropic—among other points.



Boise, Idaho-based Micron is expected to release its third-quarter earnings after the closing bell on Wednesday, June 24, 2026. ]]></description>
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<title>This startup is using AI to close gaps in women’s healthcare</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/this-startup-is-using-ai-to-close-gaps-in-womens-healthcare</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ When Kelly Lacob was 14 years old, her mother was diagnosed with ovarian cancer. After 14 years in remission, the cancer returned during Lacob’s first year at Stanford Graduate School of Business. She graduated and moved home to care for her mother full time, becoming her primary caregiver. The experience gave her a close view of the gaps in women’s health care.



“Even when we have access to great quality healthcare, we still have so many questions of what should we be asking the doctor,” says Lacob. “‘How do we know about the latest emergent research?’ ‘What else are you doing to support my mother’s health?’”



The experience also pointed Lacob to a larger problem. Women’s health remains underfunded and underrepresented, with research suggesting that it accounts for only 6% of private health care investment. That gap has slowed scientific progress and left many women struggling for diagnoses.



[Photo: Xella Health]



Two and a half years ago, the biotechnology executive Adriana Dantas approached Lacob with an idea for a company that could enable earlier detection of conditions affecting women. Lacob was immediately interested.



“Over the next few months, what we ended up doing was, we looked at my mother’s healthcare journey and we said, ‘What are the ways where women’s health could be dramatically improved?&#039;” says Lacob.



Lacob, Dantas, and Jesus Ching, another biosciences executive, went on to found Xella Health, which launched Wednesday morning and is available in every state except New York and New Jersey. The company hopes to expand into those states by 2027.



An AI-powered precision health platform built exclusively for people with XX chromosomes, Xella Health is backed by $4.7 million in funding from investors including Precursor Ventures, Capital F, and Ulu Ventures.



“[We wanted to] make precision healthcare as accessible to as many women as possible, which right now, is so exclusive and elite,” Lacob says.



Xella Health uses proprietary artificial intelligence to analyze billions of data points across clinical inputs and multilayered biomarkers, with the goal of detecting more than 130 conditions that affect women. The platform most commonly looks for polyendocrine metabolic ovarian syndrome, perimenopause, and endometriosis.



The AI operates in two main areas: diagnostics and generative AI. On the diagnostic side, it maps relationships between biomarkers, identifies what may be regulating them, and analyzes how they affect other biomarkers in the body. Rather than focusing on individual biomarkers, as traditional lab tests often do, Xella Health looks at what the entire biological system is indicating. The platform analyzes approximately 100 biomarkers, along with health history, life stage, and female-specific reference ranges.



“By moving beyond isolated lab values and toward whole-system pattern recognition, we’re helping make women’s healthcare earlier, more personalized, and more precise,” says Lacob. “We then layer on clinical guidelines, peer-reviewed research, and expert-developed care pathways to provide personalized recommendations designed to support earlier detection and more informed care.”



On the generative AI side, patients can enter previous health data into the system, which can integrate and interpret that information, then present it back to patients in a way that helps explain what it means.



Xella Health says it complies with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act, and patient data is never sold to third parties or used for advertising. Members can request deletion of their account and all associated data at any time.



The company’s broader goal is to provide women with clarity through advanced testing paired with longitudinal care, a model that is typically available only through exclusive and expensive practices.



Although Xella Health has a 15,000-person waiting list, prospective members are encouraged to sign up. Members begin by completing a questionnaire and scheduling a blood draw at a local partner lab. Results are processed through Xella Health’s dry lab—which is federally certified and accredited by the College of American Pathologists—then translated into a personal health care roadmap. Members are paired with a certified telehealth physician to review findings and determine immediate clinical action plans.



An annual membership costs $499 and is eligible for Flexible Spending Accounts and Health Savings Accounts. The membership includes access to the health platform, testing, personalized reports with clinical and integrative health recommendations, and asynchronous messaging with a dedicated clinical team. Additional screenings are available for an extra cost, including deeper fertility and perimenopausal insights, as well as individual timelines.



“One of the things that’s just really exciting is healthcare for women is going to look so different in the next 12, 24 months,” Lacob says. “Making sure that women don’t feel gaslit anymore, that they have a trusted community, trusted source of truths where they can go to.”



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<title>Tip culture is more confusing than ever. Here’s how much people are actually tipping for a meal in 2026</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ It’s no secret that tipping culture in the U.S. is getting out of hand. 



For the past several years, tipping has turned into a hot button topic on social media, which abounds with stories of patrons confronted with the dreaded tablet touchscreen for everything from self-serve fast food to Airbnb stays. 



This phenomenon, dubbed “tip creep,” can make it difficult to discern what a normal tip even looks like in 2026.



But a new report from the restaurant point-of-sale (POS) company Toast might shed some light on the issue. 



Toast, which served approximately 171,000 U.S. restaurant locations as of late March, has collected quarterly data on tip transactions at restaurants across the U.S. since 2018. 



Its June report on the first quarter of 2026 shows that, despite the insidious effects of tip creep, there are still some clear social benchmarks in place for appropriate restaurant tipping. Here’s what to know:



How much do I really need to tip for food?



Tip creep may mean that customers are faced with a barrage of unexpected choices at waxing appointments, froyo spots, and drive-throughs, but Toast’s data shows that, when it comes to restaurant tips, most guests follow a similar tipping playbook.



Toast splits its data into two categories: full-service restaurants, or FSRs (your typical sit-down experience) and quick-service restaurants, or QSRs (industry lingo for fast-food). 



Per this year’s report, tipping has held relatively steady across both types for the past two years, hovering at an average of 18.8%. 



Generally, full-service guests tip several points higher than quick-service guests, a gap that Toast data has noted since 2018. 



In Q1 2026, the average FSR tip was 19.3%, which represents a jump from a seven-year low of 19.1% in Q2 2025. 



Meanwhile, the average QSR tip was 15.8%, a figure that’s remained flat for six consecutive quarters. 



Overall, QSR tips have noticeably declined from their all-time high of 16.6% in 2018, which may reflect consumers’ fatigue with tipping for less service-heavy interactions. 



Per Toast’s report, “research suggests guests value personal interaction and are less inclined to tip for automated or counter-service experiences, which helps explain the persistent gap between QSR and FSR tip rates.” 



The report’s data sets out a clear rule of thumb: At a standard sit-down restaurant, tipping between 18-20% is the norm, while quick service spots will expect roughly 14-16%. 



Do I need to tip for takeout?



While Toast’s data shows that standard tips still apply at restaurants, there are a few exceptions to the rule. 



If you’re a regular at a restaurant, chances are good that you might be willing to dole out some more extra cash. 



In a Toast survey of 1,500 U.S. adults who dine out or order in at least twice a month, 77% said they tip more at restaurants where they’re regulars, with 37% of those leaving an extra 10-15% on top of their usual gratuity.



Meanwhile, takeout is one area where tipping drops off. Some guests don’t tip at all for takeout, Toast found, and those who do tip an average of 13.7%—more than a full two points less than the average at a quick service joint. 



Tipping culture may also vary based on where you live. 



In Delaware, for example, the average tip tops out at 22.1%, while Californians are only tipping 17.3% on average and New Yorkers are hovering around 18.7%.



As Fast Company wrote back in 2024, tip creep can be a frustrating phenomenon, but it doesn’t mean that you should cut back altogether—especially when service workers, like restaurant wait staff, continue to depend on income from tips. 



“Do you need to tip someone who punched in your order on the touchscreen? No, because that’s something you could’ve done yourself if given the opportunity,” Andrew Herzog, a financial planner in Plano, Texas, told Fast Company at the time. “But do you need to tip someone who cuts your hair, delivers your pizza, or serves your table? Probably yes. The tip should apply to something you were not able or willing to do yourself.” ]]></description>
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<title>Is it too hot to work? Your questions answered</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/is-it-too-hot-to-work-your-questions-answered</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/is-it-too-hot-to-work-your-questions-answered</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


We answer the questions about how to manage your workplace amid heatwaves, how hot is too hot and whether your employees can refuse to work
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<title>11 HR software tools ideal for small businesses</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/11-hr-software-tools-ideal-for-small-businesses</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/11-hr-software-tools-ideal-for-small-businesses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Streamlining your HR functions is key to running an efficient business. Here are seven HR software tools that can help you do just that
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<pubDate>Wed, 24 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>software, tools, ideal, for, small, businesses</media:keywords>
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<title>How to start your own coffee shop</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-start-your-own-coffee-shop</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/how-to-start-your-own-coffee-shop</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Fancy opening your own coffee shop? We explain what you need to know about cash flow, hiring staff and of course, finding the right coffee 
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<media:keywords>How, start, your, own, coffee, shop</media:keywords>
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<title>What the next Labour leader could mean for small businesses</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-the-next-labour-leader-could-mean-for-small-businesses</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/what-the-next-labour-leader-could-mean-for-small-businesses</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ By Anna Jordan on Small Business UK - Advice and Ideas for UK Small Businesses and SMEs


Prime minister Keir Starmer has announced his resignation. We outline what the next potential Labour leader wants for small businesses
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:12 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>Computer vision deployments drive retail productivity gains</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/computer-vision-deployments-drive-retail-productivity-gains</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ Computer vision deployments are driving retail productivity gains as operators automate physical shelf tracking to protect eroding margins. This hardware deployment directly addresses the persistent in-store execution failures currently costing the industry billions. A study authored by Coresight Research – in partnership with technology providers Simbe and RELEX Solutions – calculates the exact cost of […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>e2e&#45;assure introduces Cumulo, the U.K.’s only sovereign, AI&#45;driven, zero&#45;day SOC platform to secure IT and OT environments</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/e2e-assure-introduces-cumulo-the-uks-only-sovereign-ai-driven-zero-day-soc-platform-to-secure-it-and-ot-environments</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/e2e-assure-introduces-cumulo-the-uks-only-sovereign-ai-driven-zero-day-soc-platform-to-secure-it-and-ot-environments</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Built around digital twin technology and customer-dedicated AI models, Cumulo answers the recent announcement by GCHQ for AI Cyber Shield, enabling early identification of threats and vulnerabilities before incidents occur Abingdon, U.K., 19 June, – SOC-as-a-service provider, e2e-assure, today announced the launch of the updated Cumulo, the U.K.’s only sovereign, AI-first, IT/OT connected SOC platform, designed to help organisations defend […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>SAP and Google Cloud deploy agentic commerce architecture</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/sap-and-google-cloud-deploy-agentic-commerce-architecture</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ SAP and Google Cloud are deploying agentic commerce architecture to automate multi-agent marketing and retail operations at enterprise scale. SAP research indicates 78 percent of businesses consider AI essential for retaining customers in 2026. However, the same data reveals fewer than two in five companies share customer data across customer experience (37%) or CRM (39%) […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:07 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>L’Oréal brings Maybelline virtual try&#45;on to ChatGPT</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/loreal-brings-maybelline-virtual-try-on-to-chatgpt</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/loreal-brings-maybelline-virtual-try-on-to-chatgpt</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ L’Oréal has announced a collaboration with OpenAI that will bring Maybelline New York’s virtual makeup try-on feature into ChatGPT. The announcement was made at VivaTech 2026. The partnership covers consumer-facing shopping tools, product discovery, advertising pilots, research, and internal content production. The collaboration also covers L’Oréal’s internal use of AI in research, formulation, content production, […]
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<pubDate>Mon, 22 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Every new iOS 27 feature that’s worth knowing about</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/every-new-ios-27-feature-thats-worth-knowing-about</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/every-new-ios-27-feature-thats-worth-knowing-about</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ While it&#039;s not flashy like Apple’s new Siri AI and Apple Intelligence upgrades, there are still a number of additions to iOS 27 worth looking at. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Nobel laureate John Jumper is leaving DeepMind for rival Anthropic</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nobel-laureate-john-jumper-is-leaving-deepmind-for-rival-anthropic</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Jumper isn&#039;t the only big name leaving Google DeepMind. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:09 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Nobel, laureate, John, Jumper, leaving, DeepMind, for, rival, Anthropic</media:keywords>
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<title>Founders Fund’s outlier bet on humanely killed fish</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/founders-funds-outlier-bet-on-humanely-killed-fish</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/founders-funds-outlier-bet-on-humanely-killed-fish</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ Shinkei makes a refrigerator-sized robot called Poseidon to kill fish quickly and humanely. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>In the Weights is your new AI&#45;centric vanity search</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/in-the-weights-is-your-new-ai-centric-vanity-search</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ So ... what&#039;s your In the Weights score? ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>the, Weights, your, new, AI-centric, vanity, search</media:keywords>
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<title>Signal’s Meredith Whittaker wants you to remember that AI chatbots ‘are not your friends’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/signals-meredith-whittaker-wants-you-to-remember-that-ai-chatbots-are-not-your-friends</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/signals-meredith-whittaker-wants-you-to-remember-that-ai-chatbots-are-not-your-friends</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;These are not your friends. These are not conscious beings. These are not sentient interlocutors.” ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Signal’s, Meredith, Whittaker, wants, you, remember, that, chatbots, ‘are, not, your, friends’</media:keywords>
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<title>NBC’s Tom Llamas climbed from 15&#45;year&#45;old intern to the top anchor chair—and still isn’t satisfied: ‘If you’re not growing, you’re dying’</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nbcs-tom-llamas-climbed-from-15-year-old-intern-to-the-top-anchor-chairand-still-isnt-satisfied-if-youre-not-growing-youre-dying</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/nbcs-tom-llamas-climbed-from-15-year-old-intern-to-the-top-anchor-chairand-still-isnt-satisfied-if-youre-not-growing-youre-dying</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ NBC Nightly News anchor Tom Llamas shares his career advice for Gen Z, work-life balance philosophy, and why success starts with hustle. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Your ‘proteinmaxxing’ is creating a whey shortage that’s ratcheting up prices and leaving snack companies to eat costs or make recipes worse</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/your-proteinmaxxing-is-creating-a-whey-shortage-thats-ratcheting-up-prices-and-leaving-snack-companies-to-eat-costs-or-make-recipes-worse</link>
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<description><![CDATA[ “You&#039;re seeing protein capitalism at play,” David Protein CEO Peter Rahal said. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
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<title>Ezekiel Emanuel: My father lived into his 90s. He understood something many successful men miss</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ezekiel-emanuel-my-father-lived-into-his-90s-he-understood-something-many-successful-men-miss</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/ezekiel-emanuel-my-father-lived-into-his-90s-he-understood-something-many-successful-men-miss</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ The wellness industry wants you obsessing over biomarkers and supplements. One physician&#039;s life offers a simpler—and more effective—blueprint for aging. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Ezekiel, Emanuel:, father, lived, into, his, 90s., understood, something, many, successful, men, miss</media:keywords>
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<title>If you’re surprised by how well the stock market is doing, so is Jamie Dimon—he says there’s a ‘little tsunami’ heading for the economy</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/if-youre-surprised-by-how-well-the-stock-market-is-doing-so-is-jamie-dimonhe-says-theres-a-little-tsunami-heading-for-the-economy</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/if-youre-surprised-by-how-well-the-stock-market-is-doing-so-is-jamie-dimonhe-says-theres-a-little-tsunami-heading-for-the-economy</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;I am surprised because I think that you have Ukraine, Iran, oil, Russia, and our relationship with China. That stuff is really important for the free world, but it&#039;s not necessarily the economy today.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>you’re, surprised, how, well, the, stock, market, doing, Jamie, Dimon—he, says, there’s, ‘little, tsunami’, heading, for, the, economy</media:keywords>
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<title>The U.K. just banned social media for kids under 16. The founder of ‘safe TikTok’ says the U.S. is next</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-uk-just-banned-social-media-for-kids-under-16-the-founder-of-safe-tiktok-says-the-us-is-next</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/the-uk-just-banned-social-media-for-kids-under-16-the-founder-of-safe-tiktok-says-the-us-is-next</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ &quot;These are global dominoes,&quot; Zigazoo&#039;s Zak Ringelstein told Fortune. &quot;The under-16 social media bans are spreading and the next place will be the U.S.&quot; ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 14:00:06 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Tomas Kauer</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>The, U.K., just, banned, social, media, for, kids, under, 16., The, founder, ‘safe, TikTok’, says, the, U.S., next</media:keywords>
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<title>Noubikko Digital Preservation and Digitalization Program 2029</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/noubikko-digital-preservation-and-digitalization-program-2029</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/noubikko-digital-preservation-and-digitalization-program-2029</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ May, 16, 2026 – Prague, Czech Republic - By 2029, the Noubikko Group and its affiliated brands aim to complete a comprehensive Digital Preservation and Digitalization Program, ensuring that every major brand, publication, intellectual property, project, and business operation is digitally documented, archived, and accessible online. ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 13:51:15 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Giulliano Russelli - News Writer and Moderator</dc:creator>
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<title>Aldi banks on £370m store splurge as discounters keep eating the big four’s lunch</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aldi-banks-on-370m-store-splurge-as-discounters-keep-eating-the-big-fours-lunch</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/aldi-banks-on-370m-store-splurge-as-discounters-keep-eating-the-big-fours-lunch</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Aldi will open 16 new UK stores this year as part of a £370m investment, pushing towards 1,500 branches. See the full list of locations and what it means.
Read full article → ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Aldi, banks, £370m, store, splurge, discounters, keep, eating, the, big, four’s, lunch</media:keywords>
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<title>UK unemployment falls to 4.9% as pay growth beats forecasts before Bank of England verdict</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uk-unemployment-falls-to-49-as-pay-growth-beats-forecasts-before-bank-of-england-verdict</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/uk-unemployment-falls-to-49-as-pay-growth-beats-forecasts-before-bank-of-england-verdict</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
UK unemployment fell to 4.9% in the three months to April as pay growth outpaced forecasts, handing the Bank of England fresh data hours before its rate decision.
Read full article → ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>unemployment, falls, 4.9, pay, growth, beats, forecasts, before, Bank, England, verdict</media:keywords>
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<title>Can AI chatbots really pick stock market winners?</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/can-ai-chatbots-really-pick-stock-market-winners</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/can-ai-chatbots-really-pick-stock-market-winners</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
ChatGPT, Claude and Grok are now being put to work picking shares. From a $10,000 trading test to Man Group&#039;s dealing desk, can AI really beat Wall Street?
Read full article → ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Can, chatbots, really, pick, stock, market, winners</media:keywords>
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<title>Weather trumps the World Cup at the till, says Tesco as growth cools</title>
<link>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/weather-trumps-the-world-cup-at-the-till-says-tesco-as-growth-cools</link>
<guid>https://thebusinesseconomic.com/weather-trumps-the-world-cup-at-the-till-says-tesco-as-growth-cools</guid>
<description><![CDATA[ 
Tesco warns the weather matters more to grocery sales than home-nation World Cup wins, as a rainy spring and Middle East jitters halve UK growth to 1.8%.
Read full article → ]]></description>
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<pubDate>Sat, 20 Jun 2026 14:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
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<title>‘Tax break tart’: how hospitality plans to game the summer VAT cut on children’s meals</title>
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Pubs and restaurants are devising &quot;enterprising&quot; menus to exploit the summer VAT cut on children&#039;s meals, branding the Treasury&#039;s scheme &quot;laughable&quot; as the sector demands a permanent 10% rate.
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<title>Every fusion startup that has raised over $100M</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ Fusion startups have raised $7.1 billion to date, with the majority of it going to a handful of companies.  ]]></description>
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<dc:creator>Business Economic Syndicated News</dc:creator>
<media:keywords>Every, fusion, startup, that, has, raised, over, 100M</media:keywords>
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