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- Standard Chartered CEO apologizes for calling some workers ‘lower value human capital’ in AI push
Bill Winters, the CEO of Standard Chartered, says about 15% of “back office” corporate function roles will be reduced in the next four years.
- Kevin O’Leary slams people who want work-life balance: ‘I hope they work for my competitors’
The Shark Tank star says he wants employees who go above and beyond, but Gen Z workers say they'd take a $5,000 pay cut to keep that boundary.
- Indonesia jolts China with ‘hostile takeover’ of key commodities in American-influenced move
President Prabowo's new state trading entity — registered a day before the announcement — will control Indonesia's biggest commodity exports by September.
- Netflix’s ‘The Crash’ Shows The Terrifying Power Of Social Media
Netflix’s ‘The Crash’ covers the fatal car crash and murder conviction of Mackenzie Shirilla, her social media footprint sparking online discourse.
- Mexico’s Sheinbaum confirms U.S. asked Iran’s World Cup team to move to Tijuana
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday that she has “no issue” with her country hosting Iran’s World Cup team after its training base was moved from the United States to Mexico for the summer soccer competition. The team will still play its group stage matches in the U.S. but its base has been moved to Tijuana, Mexico, just south of
Technology
- Windows' classic 3D Space Cadet pinball is getting a physical re-creation
But there are some real-world constraints that virtual pinball could easily ignore.
- Rethinking organizational design in the age of agentic AI
Amid rapidly growing adoption of enterprise-level AI agents, there’s a disconnect emerging between ambition and execution. Although 85% of organizations say they want to be agentic within the next three years, 76% say their current operations and infrastructure can’t support that change. They cite a lack of readiness across people, processes, and workflows. The sticky…
- Review: The Boroughs is a smart, pitch-perfect creature feature
Top-notch ensemble cast, smart writing, and an engrossing supernatural mystery make for a winning combo.
- A global brand but local cars is Audi's future, says CEO
We talk with Gernot Döllner, CEO of Audi AG, about where he's taking the company.
- Analyst on China's spent rocket stages: "Things only continue to get worse"
Spent upper stages are the most dangerous kind of space debris.
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