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Global shares are mixed after earnings reports boost Wall Street
European shares opened lower on Thursday after a broad advance in Asia spurred by a rebound on Wall Street.Upbeat economic updates and a steady flow of quarterly reports from...
The Download: how doctors fight conspiracy theories, and your AI footprint
“The opportunistic side of me is realizing that your average accountant won’t be doing this.” —Sal Abdulla, founder of accounting-software startup NixSheets, tells the Wall Street Journal he’s using...
FAA to reveal the 40 airports that will have fewer flights during the government shutdown
Travelers through some of the busiest U.S. airports can expect to learn Thursday whether they’ll see fewer flights as the government shutdown drags into a second month.The Federal Aviation...
Ikea’s revamped 21-piece smart home range is about to make your life a lot easier
Ikea is ready to begin overhauling its smart home products. The Swedish furniture manufacturer began dabbling in smart home products as early as 2012, but in July it announced...
Stop worrying about your AI footprint. Look at the big picture instead.
Just as with climate change, we need to look at this as a system rather than a series of individual choices. Massive tech companies using AI in their products...
Zohran Mamdani actually won two elections
The people of New York have spoken. In electing Zohran Mamdani mayor, they voted for generational change, democratic socialism, and joyful pop-culture politics. The historical significance of Mamdani’s victory...
Inside the quiet takeover of local journalism by AI
The most obvious use case for generative AI in editorial operations is to write copy. When ChatGPT lit the fuse on the current AI boom, it was its ability...
When you’re asked to apply for a promotion—but you’re not sure you want it
Being asked to apply for a promotion is often framed as an unqualified win: validation that your work is seen and your potential recognized. Yet for many high-achieving professionals,...
This hidden pattern could be sabotaging high performers
Matt outworked his peers and risen a rung too high on the career ladder—at least, too high for the good of anything but his insecure ego. Constantly fearing his...
A new ion-based quantum computer makes error correction simpler
Helios is noteworthy for its qubits’ precision, says Rajibul Islam, a physicist at the University of Waterloo in Canada, who is not affiliated with Quantinuum. The computer’s qubit error...
