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Ex-Google chief scientist tells Gen Z the trick is not to master AI—instead, just ‘skim papers’

Jeff Dean, who just left Google after 27 years, says future success belongs to Gen Z students who read broadly and focus on problems with a five-year horizon.

By Preston ForeAugust 19, 2026

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By Emily ForliniAugust 19, 2026

Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors

Unitree, famous for its dancing robots, surges by 460% on its trading debut, lifting valuation to $66 billion, far ahead of U.S. competitors

By Nicholas GordonAugust 19, 2026

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By Joseph HostetlerAugust 19, 2026

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By Lily Mae LazarusAugust 19, 2026

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Home Depot’s $730 million tariff refund was largely offset by rising costs

By Sheryl EstradaAugust 19, 2026

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Nelson Peltz might take Wendy’s private following six straight quarterly sales declines as customers flee its poor franchise models and bad marketing

Nelson Peltz might take Wendy’s private following six straight quarterly sales declines as customers flee its poor franchise models and bad marketing

Peltz spent two decades helping shape Wendy’s into the burger conglomerate it is today. Now he’s considering buying the rest of the struggling chain.

By Tatiana SatauaAugust 19, 2026

Exclusive: Accounting AI startup Rillet reaches unicorn status with $1 billion valuation. Its founder says he wants to give CFOs back their weekends

“Our message is not that we’re coming after jobs,” Rillet CEO Nicolas Kopp told Fortune. “That’s just not correct.”

By Nick LichtenbergAugust 18, 2026

OpenAI data center deal with Nvidia comes in $145 billion lower than reported—signaling concerns of artificial demand for chips

Circular financing concerns revolve around the chip-maker’s investment into OpenAI’s data center lease.

By Joshua HongAugust 18, 2026

Meet the venture capital and crypto billionaires quietly bankrolling the fight against California’s wealth tax

Campaign finance records show at least four billionaires quietly funding the opposition—and the fight is only growing stronger

By Mia OsmonbekovAugust 18, 2026

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One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategy

One of the VC world’s biggest stars is doubling down on sports in a big way, and there’s a compelling tax reason behind the strategy

Thrive Capital founder Joshua Kushner’s $12.5 billion deal with former Disney CEO Bob Iger to buy the Los Angeles Lakers vaults him into an elite club.

By Jason MaAugust 19, 2026

Inside the $8 billion cybersecurity acquisition that rescued ServiceNow from the ‘Saaspocalypse’

The deal for Yevgeny Dibrov’s Armis was Israel’s second-largest tech startup exit ever.

By Lily Mae LazarusAugust 19, 2026

A dropout living in a trailer, he got $1 million from Peter Thiel at 19—now he’s a billionaire who says the American Dream isn’t dead

Billionaire Palmer Luckey sold Oculus to Facebook for $2 billion by 21 years old—and says that kind of break “isn’t happening in China.”

By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2026

AI gets its own “boiler room” scandal

The SEC accuses a Long Island firm of running a $74 million boiler room that sold retirees marked-up shares in Anduril, Anthropic, Perplexity, and SpaceX.

By Allie GarfinkleAugust 18, 2026

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Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips

Tesla asked Las Vegas for 5,000 robotaxi permits. Sin City gave it 10, capped the speed at 45mph, and banned airport trips

Nevada capped Tesla’s fleet at a fraction of its request and kept it away from Harry Reid airport.

By Catherina GioinoAugust 19, 2026

Princeton’s ‘AI Snake Oil’ author says the real fear isn’t thinking machines—it’s that AI exposes who already knows how to think

Princeton’s Arvind Narayanan says his students are “in a bind.” How much should they use AI versus resist it to build up their own skills?

By Nick LichtenbergAugust 19, 2026

OpenAI says it paused AI training for two weeks and announces new security protocols following Hugging Face hack

The AI company says its unreleased Astra model presents a “critical” cybersecurity risk and it has put its largest training runs on hold while it tests new safety procedures.

By Emily ForliniAugust 18, 2026

David Sacks says Anthropic’s Dario Amodei wants a ‘DMV for AI.’ But plenty of industries thrive despite safety regulation

Amodei took to social media to defend his approach to regulation and his discussion of AI risks following criticism from investor Gavin Baker.

By Jeremy KahnAugust 18, 2026

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How the UAE has emerged as a ‘leading light’ for tokenization

How the UAE has emerged as a ‘leading light’ for tokenization

Coinbase’s decision to base its global tokenization hub in Abu Dhabi is the latest sign that the emirate’s bet on regulated digital assets is paying off—with $500 billion in GCC assets predicted to move onto blockchain by 2030.

By Melissa HancockAugust 19, 2026

Meet OpenAI’s ChatGPT for Teens, which doesn’t talk about sex or suicide and gives you homework help instead

OpenAI doesn’t verify users’ ages, but it already uses age assurance to estimate if someone is under 18 based on factors such as their types of queries.

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressAugust 18, 2026

Unitree vs. Shein: How August’s big China IPOs show how AI hype is leaving e-commerce giants behind

Unitree may be smaller and younger compared to Shein. But in the eyes of investors, the robot maker is the more exciting bet.

By Nicholas GordonAugust 17, 2026

AWS’s Asia chief is relocating to Japan as the country scrambles to modernize its legacy IT systems

Last year, Japan began a push to reboot its innovation engine with a plan to channel $2.3 trillion in investments to 17 strategic sectors by 2040.

By Angelica AngAugust 18, 2026

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Data center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%

Data center gas plants to boost U.S. power emissions by 20%

Ninety-nine proposed gas plants to power AI data centers could lift emissions by up to a third, with Amazon and Microsoft among the developers

By Matt Day, Mark Chediak and BloombergAugust 18, 2026

Meta heads to child safety trial facing financial damages as large as $1.4 trillion

Four states want penalties that approach Meta’s market value, but the lasting threat is a court-ordered overhaul of Facebook and Instagram for young users.

By Barbara Ortutay and The Associated PressAugust 17, 2026

Jimmy Wales: ‘AI can generate answers. It still can’t earn trust’

The leadership lesson of Wikipedia.

By Ioanna ThomaAugust 16, 2026

Tether has the gold. Now, CEO Paolo Ardoino is making a bold push into AI

A KPMG audit appears to establish the legitimacy of Tether’s reserves. Meanwhile, the company’s ambitions are scaling far beyond crypto.

By Jeff John RobertsAugust 17, 2026

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SpaceX and Amazon look like tech twins—but their financials tell a very different story

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By Sheryl EstradaJuly 14, 2026

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Meta added a privacy-safety feature to its AI glasses but is reportedly testing a ‘super-sensing’ prototype
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 11, 2026

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By Camila Grigera NaónJuly 14, 2026

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Almost 200 economists warn of AI-driven job displacement

By Andrew NuscaJuly 14, 2026

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Gen Z’s analog obsession is reviving a film camera market that digital killed

By Rotem Rozental and The ConversationJuly 14, 2026

How Adobe’s CMO is preparing for the AI-powered era of brand discovery

By Ruth UmohJuly 14, 2026

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By Nicholas GordonJuly 11, 2026

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Data centers have already hiked electricity prices on the public by $23 billion. Good luck clawing that back

By Theodore J. Kury and The ConversationJuly 14, 2026

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Stolen laptops, data breaches, secret moles, and recruiting-as-espionage. Here are the wildest claims in Apple’s lawsuit against OpenAI

By Emily ForliniJuly 13, 2026

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are accusing each other of scamming investors as SpaceX and OpenAI jockey to lead AI revolution

Elon Musk and Sam Altman are accusing each other of scamming investors as SpaceX and OpenAI jockey to lead AI revolution

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 13, 2026

Europe to social media platforms: make yourself safe for kids under 13, somehow

By Lorne Cook, Kelvin Chan and The Associated PressJuly 13, 2026

Meta’s AI data center cost went from $10 billion to $50 billion in under 2 years—and split the town in two

Meta’s AI data center cost went from $10 billion to $50 billion in under 2 years—and split the town in two

By Sydney LakeJuly 13, 2026

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Columbia Business School professors: What the Balogun red card can teach us about AI and judgment

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‘We are driving in the fog’: Hundreds of economists admit they’re flying blind on AI

‘We are driving in the fog’: Hundreds of economists admit they’re flying blind on AI

By Nick LichtenbergJuly 13, 2026

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Exclusive: Google’s former ‘click fraud czar’ emerges from stealth with an on-device AI shield against AI-powered phishing, deepfakes, and other scams

By Jeremy KahnJuly 13, 2026

Rocket shortage leaves Europe defenseless in space wars

Rocket shortage leaves Europe defenseless in space wars

By Gerry Doyle, Alan Crawford and BloombergJuly 13, 2026

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Millionaires’ playground Marbella wants to become a tech hub

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Why corporate strategy is moving to the CFO’s office

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Valarian raises $50 million to help governments and enterprises escape America’s cloud grip

By Lily Mae LazarusJuly 13, 2026

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By Andrew NuscaJuly 13, 2026

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SpaceX and Amazon are tech doppelgangers worth $4.5 trillion—and they’re headed for a collision

By Amanda GerutJuly 13, 2026

Trinidad and Tobago signs deals with U.S. companies for data centers, despite history of chronic water shortages and intermittent supply

Trinidad and Tobago signs deals with U.S. companies for data centers, despite history of chronic water shortages and intermittent supply

By Anselm Gibbs and The Associated PressJuly 12, 2026

Want to earn nearly $100,000 within 5 years of graduating? Study engineering, Fed research says

Want to earn nearly $100,000 within 5 years of graduating? Study engineering, Fed research says

By Orianna Rosa RoyleJuly 12, 2026

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The U.S. spent $30 billion to ditch textbooks for laptops and tablets: The result is the first generation less cognitively capable than their parents

By Sasha RogelbergJuly 12, 2026

Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich

Peter Thiel and other tech billionaires are publicly shielding their children from the products that made them rich

By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezJuly 12, 2026

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At 18, doctors gave him three hours to live. He played video games from his hospital bed—and now, he’s built a $10 million-a-year video game studio

By Preston ForeJuly 12, 2026

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By Preston ForeJuly 12, 2026

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More tech workers are retiring early because they don’t want to deal with AI-related changes: ‘Many people believe it’s overblown’

By Sasha RogelbergJuly 12, 2026

OpenAI engineer’s ‘LOL’ moment set stage for legal fight with Apple

OpenAI engineer’s ‘LOL’ moment set stage for legal fight with Apple

By Mark Gurman and BloombergJuly 11, 2026

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