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Anthropic to pay $1.5 billion to book authors to settle AI copyright suit
Artificial intelligence startup Anthropic has agreed to pay a record-setting $1.5 billion to a group of book authors and publishers in order to settle a class action lawsuit. The...
This week in business: Markets stumble, gold glitters, and burgers get cheaper
Labor Day usually marks the slowdown. Not this year. From corner offices to checkout lines, businesses are scrambling as shaky markets test prices, patience, and loyalty. Tech is still...
Adding more green spaces to a college campus boosts students’ mental health
Stress on college students can be palpable, and it hits them from every direction: academic challenges, social pressures, and financial burdens, all intermingled with their first taste of independence....
TikTok is obsessed with this guy who bought an abandoned golf course in Maine
Buying an abandoned golf course and restoring it from scratch sounds like a dream for many golf fans. For one man in Maine, that dream is now reality. A...
ICE detains 450 workers at Hyundai’s Georgia plant and South Korean government responds
South Korea on Friday expressed “concern and regret” over a major U.S. immigration raid at a sprawling Georgia site where South Korean auto company Hyundai manufactures electric vehicles.South Korean...
Reclaiming the stack: Europe’s bid for digital sovereignty
The entanglement of tech and politics has become impossible to ignore — especially in the United States, where the lines between Silicon Valley and Washington are rapidly dissolving. At...
How to get your employees to embrace AI — even the ones who hate tech
A few years ago, we had a bottleneck within our organization at Super.com, the membership program focused on saving, earning, and credit building. Every new idea depended on our...
Jobless claims rise and private employers slow down hiring in August
The number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits increased more than expected last week, while hiring by private employers slowed in August, offering further evidence that labor...
Nike has a new slogan, and it’s coming for Gen Z’s cringe culture
Ever since 1988, when Walt Stack ran across the Golden Gate Bridge in Nike’s first commercial, “Just Do It” has been the tagline and philosophy that propelled Nike to...
How Dutch startup Tap Electric is fixing EV charging chaos
Driving electric can be a pleasure, but charging often feels like a pain. Public facilities can be hard to find, prices swing wildly, and hidden fees add up. Incompatible...
Immigrants, women, and Black people are exiting the workforce
The number of immigrant workers in the United States is declining. According to preliminary Census Bureau data analyzed by the Pew Research Center, more than 1.2 million immigrants left...
Oracle lays off thousands—or more—globally amid rapid AI shifts
Employees at tech giant Oracle are facing down a fresh round of layoffs this month, the latest bad news out of an industry that’s either booming or brutal, depending...