House votes 219-212 to halt Trump’s attacks on Iran. “Donald Trump is not a king,” says top Dem on Foreign Affairs Committee
“Donald Trump is not a king, and if he believes the war with Iran is in our national interest, then he must come to Congress and make the case,” said…
Gen Z women are the new face of unemployment—and it’s not because they’re too choosy: Low grades and bad health are to blame, new research warns
Female unemployment has been drifting downward since the mid‑2010s (aside from the COVID spike), but that progress is now reversing. In 2024, the jobless rate for young women jumped from…
Can Anthropic’s CFO sell Wall Street on an AI firm Washington calls a ‘risk’?
Good morning. AI startup Anthropic is at odds with the U.S. Department of Defense, and the dispute could complicate the company’s path toward a blockbuster IPO and large enterprise deals.“They…
Exclusive: NYSE parent company invests in crypto exchange OKX at $25 billion valuation as part of push into blockchain-based stocks
Last summer, Haider Rafique flew out to Atlanta to meet with the chairman of the company that owns the New York Stock Exchange. What was supposed to be a 30-minute…
Time on his side: Michael Dell the real business icon as Icahn the activist recedes from view
“Time will tell.” The vacuous cliché is a common if pointlessly used idiom of journalists and business executives, traced back to the Greek playwright Euripides, who is usually translated as…
Asia faces an energy shock from the Iran war and a closed Strait of Hormuz, as governments halt exports and draw down stockpiles
Asia’s biggest economies are bracing for fuel shortages and higher prices after Iran shut the Strait of Hormuz, a key artery for oil and gas shipments from the Middle East. “Asian…
Why Leopold Aschenbrenner’s AI hedge fund is betting big on power companies and bitcoin miners to fuel the ‘superintelligence’ race
Less than two years later, Aschenbrenner is running a multibillion-dollar hedge fund based on the principles in that essay. And according to the fund’s most recent filings, released in February,…
Mark Zuckerberg, Adam Mosseri’s words used against them in never-before-seen videos airing in addiction trial
New Mexico prosecutors are billing depositions from Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg and Instagram leader Adam Mosseri as centerpieces of the state’s case against Meta, which owns Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp.…
Google Gemini was a deadly ‘AI wife’ for this 36-year-old who resisted its call for a ‘mass casualty’ event before his death, lawsuit says
“AI is sending people on real-world missions which risk mass casualty events,” said the family’s attorney Jay Edelson, in an interview Wednesday. ”Jonathan was caught up in this science fiction-like…
Why women’s earnings plateau in their 30s while men’s just keep growing through their 40s: It’s not just motherhood
While male earnings climb steadily throughout their 40s, women’s earnings essentially plateau in their late 30s — a divergence that compounds year after year into a 25% gender pay gap…
