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Amazon CEO Jassy says AI will lead to ‘fewer people doing some of the jobs’ that get automated
Amazon CEO Andy Jassy said the rapid rollout of generative artificial intelligence means the company will one day require fewer employees to do some of the work that computers can handle. “Like with every technical transformation, there will be fewer people doing some of the jobs that the technology actually starts to automate,” Jassy told […]
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NATO members just committed to hike defense spending – and these companies could reap the rewards
With NATO members committing to a much higher defense spending target, certain companies are expected to see huge boosts to their bottom lines – particularly those headquartered in Europe. NATO announced at its annual summit last week that its members had agreed to drastically ramp up defense spending, with the majority of its 32 member […]
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Stock futures tick lower after S&P 500 notches new record to cap winning second quarter: Live updates
Traders work at the New York Stock Exchange on June 25, 2025. NYSE U.S. equity futures were slightly lower on Monday night after the S&P 500 notched another record to close out a stunning month and quarter. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slipped 53 points, or 0.1%. S&P 500 futures dropped 0.1%, […]
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Mark Zuckerberg announces creation of Meta Superintelligence Labs. Read the memo
Mark Zuckerberg, CEO of Meta Platforms. Artificial intelligence has been an integral focus for the tech giant’s leader amid competition from players like OpenAI, Microsoft and Google. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Mark Zuckerberg said Monday that he’s creating Meta Superintelligence Labs, which will be led by some of his company’s most […]
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Stablecoin issuer Circle applies for a national bank charter
Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE), on the day of Circle Internet Group’s IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. Brendan McDermid | Reuters Stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Group has applied for a national trust bank charter, moving forward on its mission to bring stablecoins into the […]
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Trump rips AT&T service weeks after Trump Mobile licensing deal announced
US President Donald Trump holds an Apple Inc. iPhone during an executive order signing in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, May 23, 2025. Samuel Corum | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump criticized AT&T in consecutive Truth Social posts Monday, writing that the country’s third-largest wireless […]
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Musk shreds Trump’s tax bill as ‘DEBT SLAVERY,’ vows to unseat Republicans who back it
Tesla CEO Elon Musk attends a cabinet meeting held by U.S. President Donald Trump at the White House in Washington, D.C., on April 30, 2025. Evelyn Hockstein | Reuters He may have stopped openly feuding with President Donald Trump, but Elon Musk isn’t backing off his bid to kill Trump’s signature megabill. The Tesla and […]
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Bush, Obama and a tearful Bono fault Trump’s gutting of USAID on agency’s last day
WASHINGTON (AP) — Former Presidents Barack Obama and George W. Bush delivered rare open criticism of the Trump administration — and singer Bono held back tears as he recited a poem — in an emotional video farewell on Monday with staffers of the U.S. Agency for International Development. Obama called the Trump administration’s dismantling of USAID “a colossal mistake.” […]
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Trump administration probe finds Harvard violated civil rights of Jewish students
Harvard University graduates attend the university’s 374th commencement ceremony on May 29, 2025 in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Vcg | Visual China Group | Getty Images The Trump administration on Monday said an investigation into Harvard University found the school had violated the federally protected civil rights of Jewish and Israeli students. In a letter to university […]
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NASA plans to stream rocket launches on Netflix starting this summer
Workers repaint the NASA logo on the Vehicle Assembly Building at the Kennedy Space Center on May 28, 2020 in Cape Canaveral, Florida. Joe Raedle | Getty Images NASA’s live programming, including rocket launches, spacewalks and views of Earth from space, will begin streaming on Netflix this summer. NASA said the move is part of […]
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