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Coinbase acquires investment platform Echo in $375 million deal
Crypto heavyweight Coinbase said on Tuesday it has bought investment platform Echo in a nearly $375 million cash-and-stock deal, aiming to bring fundraising tools to its platform. Dealmaking within...
How to prepare for major disruptions like the recent AWS outage, according to experts
A major Amazon Web Services outage disrupted scores of online platforms on Monday — leaving people around the world unable to access some banks, chatting apps, online food ordering...
‘I want it to be a community’: Brian Chesky on Airbnb’s AI and social reinvention
Brian Chesky, the CEO of Airbnb, still admires Facebook. Not the Facebook of today, but the Facebook circa 2005. When it pretty much just told you someone’s birthday and...
Yelp’s AI assistant can now answer questions about local businesses
Yelp users looking to learn more about restaurants, businesses, and other locations on the platform can now get information from an AI-powered Yelp Assistant. When logged-in users on Yelp’s iOS...
Are you the ‘office parent’? The downsides of being the workplace caregiver
While most teams have managers and team leads, many also have something less official, but just as recognizable: the “workplace parent.” They’re the go-to for advice . . ....
How to get a job in AI if you know nothing about AI
As tech companies shell out millions for top AI talent—even reportedly billions—regular rank-and-file employees are left wondering how to get in on the action and land a job in...
What AI reskilling really requires
When Accenture announced plans to lay off 11,000 workers who it deemed could not be reskilled for AI, the tech consulting giant framed the decision as a training issue:...
So long, 9-to-5. Hello, 996
So long, nine-to-five. There’s a new work schedule that’s taking over. The grueling “996” schedule—which stands for 9 a.m. to 9 p.m., six days a week—is gaining momentum across...
Want AI to make you more productive? Here’s the right way to use it
AI is often sold as the ultimate productivity hack. Just imagine: the report you dreaded writing, drafted in seconds. The spreadsheet you didn’t want to touch, analyzed instantly. The...
Visa wants to chart a safe course for e-commerce’s AI revolution
E-commerce continues to eat up an ever-increasing share of the U.S. retail market: Americans bought more than $3.3 billion worth of items online every day in the second quarter...
