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“If the idea of a mass driver on the moon appeals to you, join xAI,” CEO Elon Musk declared yesterday, following a restructuring that saw a flurry of former executives leave the AI Institute. This is an interesting hiring strategy after the company merges with Musk’s rocket maker SpaceX and the combined company goes through an expected IPO. You might think that xAI employees would be interested in disrupting traditional software companies using deep learning models, or simply using bad wordplay like “macrohard” to achieve AGI. But instead, Elon goes to the moon. After outlining plans to build an AI…
Real estate stocks have become the latest victim of the artificial intelligence threat. Commercial real estate brokers are selling for the second day in a row. CBRE closed nearly 9% lower on Thursday after falling more than 12% in early trading. Jones Lang LaSalle fell 7.6% and Hudson Pacific Properties fell nearly 4%. Additionally, Newmark and BXP both fell more than 4%, and SL Green Realty fell about 5%. “We believe investors are moving away from high-fee, labor-intensive business models that are seen as potentially vulnerable to disruption by AI,” Jade Rahmani, an analyst at Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, said…
The landmark Taipei 101 building and city skyline seen from the Elephant Mountain Observation Deck in Taipei City on April 14, 2025. (Photo: I-Hwa Cheng/AFP) (Photo: I-Hwa CHENG/AFP via Getty Images) Chen Yihua | AFP | Getty ImagesTrump administration officials signed a final reciprocal trade agreement, affirming a 15% U.S. tariff on Taiwanese imports while committing to a timeline for eliminating or lowering tariffs on nearly all U.S. products.The document released Thursday by the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative also commits Taiwan to significantly increase its purchases of U.S. products from 2025 to 2029, including $44.4 billion in liquefied…
U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi appeared before the House Judiciary Committee on Wednesday, delivering the tense and most combative testimony yet from a Trump administration official.Bondi’s hearing comes as the administration and the Justice Department face a series of issues, including the handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case file, the newly reported failure to indict six Democratic members of Congress, and the killing of two protesters by federal agents in Minneapolis.During her testimony, Bondi spoke directly to Epstein survivors sitting behind her, saying she “deeply regrets” the abuse they suffered at the hands of “that monster.”The Justice Department has come…
Glasgow prop Nathan McBeth is set to make his first Guinness 6 Nations start after head coach Gregor Townsend made four changes to his pack ahead of Saturday’s Calcutta Cup showdown with England at Murrayfield.Hooker Euan Ashman, loosehead Pierre Schoeman, second-rower Grant Gilchrist and back-rower Matt Fagerson were all dropped from the side that suffered a disastrous 18-15 defeat to Italy last weekend. The experienced quartet were replaced in the XV by George Turner, Macbeth, Gregor Brown and Jamie Ritchie. Townsend continues to rely on the same backline he had at Rome, meaning there is no place in the XV…
Although the artificial intelligence industry touts AI as replacing entry-level jobs, not all companies are scaling back on hiring for these positions. At IBM, we’re all in. According to a report from Bloomberg, hardware giant IBM plans to triple its entry-level hires in the United States by 2026. Nickle Lamoreaux, IBM’s chief human resources officer, announced the initiative Tuesday at Charter’s Leading With AI Summit. “And yes, all these jobs that AI is said to be able to do,” Lamoreaux said. These jobs will be different from the entry-level jobs that IBM used to offer, she explained. Lamoreaux said she…
fedex The company on Thursday outlined its sales growth forecast over the next three fiscal years, saying it will be driven by digital innovation and new business lines in Europe. The company said third-quarter adjusted earnings are expected to beat Wall Street expectations due to an “unusual” holiday season, and annual sales will increase through fiscal 2029.FedEx announced its updated outlook at the company’s investor day in Memphis, Tennessee. As of Wednesday, Wall Street had expected third-quarter earnings of $3.99 per share, according to consensus estimates compiled by LSEG.The outlook for fiscal 2026 is for sales to be approximately $93.5…
Apple CEO Tim Cook attends the World Economic Forum Annual Meeting in Davos, Switzerland on January 20, 2026.Ludovic Marin | AFP | Getty ImagesFTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson asked Tim Cook to consider the possibility of political bias. apple The news initiative follows allegations that news platforms are censoring conservative news organizations.”Recently, there have been reports that Apple News is systematically promoting news stories from left-wing news outlets and suppressing news stories from more conservative publications,” Ferguson said in a letter posted to X on Wednesday.Apple declined to comment on the letter.A focus on supposedly conservative censorship has been a regular…
listen to this article | 4 minutesinformationPresident Donald Trump appears to have acknowledged that the United States is seeking to further strengthen its military assets in the Middle East, even as it continues to engage in diplomacy aimed at easing tensions with Iran.The US president shared a Wall Street Journal article titled “Department of Defense prepares second aircraft carrier for deployment to Middle East” on his Truth Social platform on Thursday without comment.Recommended stories list of 3 itemsend of listThe article cited US officials as saying the Pentagon had ordered the military to prepare to deploy a carrier strike group…
Manchester United co-owner Sir Jim Ratcliffe claimed that Britain was being “colonized” by immigrants who were draining resources from the nation, saying: “I am sorry that my choice of words has offended some people.”Mr Ratcliffe, founder of chemicals group INEOS, warned in an interview with Sky News that the UK faces serious political, social and economic challenges, including an unprecedented rise in immigration in recent years.”It’s impossible to sustain an economy with 9 million people on benefits and a huge influx of immigrants,” he said. “So Britain is colonized, it costs too much money.”The UK has been colonized by immigrants,…