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'Take the vaccine, please,' a top US health official says in an appeal as measles cases rise

WASHINGTON (AP) — A leading U.S. health official on Sunday urged people to get inoculated against the measles at a time of outbreaks across several states and as the United States is at risk of losing its measles elimination status. “Take the vaccine, please,” said Dr. Mehmet Oz, the Centers for…

Feb 9, 2026

Your Life is the Sum Total of 2,000 Mondays

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We plan our lives like we're editing a movie trailer. The trip to Portugal, or the product launch, or the transformation photo at the gym. The big moment where everything crystallizes into meaning. We accumulate these peaks in our imagination, and then arrange them into a montage that proves our…

Feb 9, 2026

AI Won’t Kill the Software Business, Just Its Growth Story

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Fears that software companies are facing an extinction event are exaggerated, but other dangers are real Feb. 4, 2026 at 11:49 am ET Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang, left, with Marc Benioff, Salesforce CEO, at a conference. David Paul Morris/Bloomberg News Artificial intelligence won’t destroy the software…

Feb 8, 2026

Unsupervised Learning NO. 515 | Maximum Urgency

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Opus 4.6 Finds Vulns the Way Human Testers Do, The SaaSpocalypse, Malicious OpenClaw Skills, New Urgency in Building, and more ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌…

Feb 8, 2026

The Dangers of “Vibe Reporting” About AI - Cal Newport

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Last week, news broke that Amazon would be laying off 16,000 workers. Here was the headline from an article about this news published in Quartz: The implication of this framing is clear: AI is taking jobs. Nothing in the body of this article contradicts this idea. It describes the number of people…

Feb 7, 2026

This week provided more evidence that a softening labor market is the economy's biggest threat

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Evidence is piling up of a weakening labor market that could dampen an otherwise sanguine U.S. economic outlook this year while also paving the way for more interest rate cuts. This week saw a raft of jobs-related data — none of it good: Private hiring was nearly flat in January, according to ADP ,…

Feb 7, 2026

A year in which the major central banks part ways

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Summary ECB, BoE hold ratesRBA delivers first rate hike in two yearsMarkets anticipate more Fed easing LONDON, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Central banks in big economies are parting ways, with Australia this week raising interest rates for the first time in two years, while others are taking a more cautious…

Feb 7, 2026

Your personality has been focus-grouped into mediocrity

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Photo by Sean Sinclair on Unsplash The most interesting people I know aren’t trying to be interesting. Thank God. They’re saying what they actually think and wearing what they actually like, pursuing hobbies that genuinely fascinate them, regardless of whether those hobbies are cool. The most…

Feb 7, 2026

What does the disappearance of a $100bn deal mean for the AI economy?

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Did the circular AI economy just wobble? Last week it was reported that a much-discussed $100bn deal – announced last September – between Nvidia and OpenAI might not be happening at all. This was a circular arrangement through which the chipmaker would supply the ChatGPT developer with huge sums of…

Feb 7, 2026

Amazon leads Big Tech’s $1 trillion wipeout as AI bubble fears ignite sell-off

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In this article GOOGLAAPLAMZNMSFTNVDAORCLMETA Big Tech companies have seen over $1 trillion wiped from their market cap over the past week, as fears over AI spending sparked a sell-off. Microsoft, Nvidia, Oracle, Meta, Amazon and Alphabet all saw their shares fall in the week up to market close on…

Feb 7, 2026

Flawed economic models mean climate crisis could crash global economy, experts warn

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Flawed economic models mean the accelerating impact of the climate crisis could lead to a global financial crash, experts warn. Recovery would be far harder than after the 2008 financial crash, they said, as “we can’t bail out the Earth like we did the banks”. As the world speeds towards 2C of…

Feb 6, 2026

Climate change is already shrinking your salary | BBC Science Focus -…

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Try GOLD - Free We use cookies to provide and improve our services. By using our site, you consent to cookies. Learn more about our privacy policy Climate change is already shrinking your salary BBC Science Focus | February 2026 No matter where you live, a new study has found warmer temperatures are…

Feb 6, 2026

Poland to probe possible links between Epstein and Russia, PM Tusk says

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WARSAW, Feb 3 (Reuters) - Poland will launch an investigation into possible links between the late sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and Russian intelligence, as well as any impact on Poland, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday. The U.S. Justice Department's recent release of millions of internal…

Feb 5, 2026

Microsoft plunges, Meta rallies as investors demand AI payoffs

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SummaryCompanies Microsoft faces pressure over AI spending and OpenAI concentration riskMeta's AI investments boost revenue and ad targetingTesla plans to double spending on AI and autonomous vehiclesMeta gains 10%, Microsoft drops a similar amount Jan 29 (Reuters) - Big Tech earnings so far this…

Feb 1, 2026

Exclusive | The $100 Billion Megadeal Between OpenAI and Nvidia Is on…

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At the time, the ChatGPT-maker expected the deal negotiations to be completed in the coming weeks, people familiar with the plans said. But the talks haven’t progressed beyond the early stages, some of the people said. Now, the two sides are rethinking the future of their partnership, some of the…

Feb 1, 2026

Trump names former Federal Reserve governor Warsh as the next Fed chair, to replace Powell

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WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Friday that he will nominate former Federal Reserve official Kevin Warsh to be the next chair of the Fed, a pick likely to result in sharp changes to the powerful agency that could bring it closer to the White House and reduce its longtime independence…

Jan 31, 2026

Massive AI Chat App Leaked Millions of Users Private Conversations

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Chat & Ask AI, one of the most popular AI apps on the Google Play and Apple App stores that claims more than 50 million users, left hundreds of millions of those users’ private messages with the app’s chatbot exposed, according to an independent security researcher and emails viewed by 404 Media.…

Jan 30, 2026

How AI assistance impacts the formation of coding skills

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Research shows AI helps people do parts of their job faster. In an observational study of Claude.ai data, we found AI can speed up some tasks by 80%. But does this increased productivity come with trade-offs? Other research shows that when people use AI assistance, they become less engaged with…

Jan 30, 2026

Personal AI Agents like Moltbot Are a Security Nightmare

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This blog is written in collaboration by Amy Chang, Vineeth Sai Narajala, and Idan Habler Over the past few weeks, Clawdbot (now renamed Moltbot) has achieved virality as an open source, self-hosted personal AI assistant agent that runs locally and executes actions on the user’s behalf. The bot’s…

Jan 30, 2026

Microsoft weighs on Wall Street as gold's price suddenly snaps back

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NEW YORK (AP) — The worst day for Microsoft in years is yanking the U.S. stock market away from its record heights on Thursday. The fever in the gold and metals markets may be breaking, meanwhile, as prices pull back following their jaw-dropping runs. The S&P 500 dropped 1.1% after flirting with its…

Jan 29, 2026

Software stocks enter bear market on AI disruption fear with ServiceNow plunging 12%

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In this article MSFT-58.29 (-12.10%)IGV-5.77 (-5.94%)NOW-15.14 (-11.68%) ServiceNow Inc. signage during the Nvidia GPU Technology Conference in San Jose, March 20, 2025. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Software stocks on Thursday slid deeper into an ongoing intense sell-off this year as…

Jan 29, 2026

Layoffs are piling up, heightening worker anxiety. Here are some of the biggest recent job cuts

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NEW YORK (AP) — As layoffs pile up, workers are feeling increasingly anxious about the job market. In the U.S., economists have said that businesses are largely at a “no-hire, no fire” standstill, leading many to limit new work, if not pause openings entirely amid economic uncertainty. Hiring has…

Jan 29, 2026

Brandon Sanderson’s Literary Fantasy Universe ‘Cosmere’ Picked Up by Apple TV (Exclusive)

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Logo text Could the next great fantasy screen franchise be here? Apple TV believes so. The streaming giant has closed what has been described as an unprecedented deal to land the rights to the Cosmere books, the fictional literary universe by fantasy author Brandon Sanderson. The first titles being…

Jan 29, 2026

AI Agents Are Bringing Back Browser Insecurity

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Robert Lemos, Contributing WriterJanuary 21, 2026 5 Min Read Source: CoreRock via Shutterstock Browser security is far from perfect, but technologists and cybersecurity researchers have built a security model that, for the most part, works. However, artificial intelligence (AI) agents could be…

Jan 28, 2026

Gold rises after topping $5,000 for the first time in 'breathtaking and profoundly scary' rally

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Gold (GC=F) continued to rise on Monday after breaking above $5,000 an ounce earlier than Wall Street expected. Futures hit the major milestone on Sunday, raising questions about the stunning speed of the rally in precious metals. Gold's surge has become a hallmark of the “debasement trade,” with…

Jan 27, 2026

Why the Japanese bond drama matters for the global economy

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3 hours ago - Economy Neil Irwin Add Axios on Google Add Axios as your preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Add Axios on Google Illustration: Rae Cook/Axios The financial headlines overnight were full of speculation about currency interventions by the Japanese and U.S. governments.…

Jan 27, 2026

‘This is what fascism looks like’: terror in Minneapolis reminiscent of civil war

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Wearing helmets, gas masks and camouflage fatigues, the federal agents took aim and prepared to open fire. “It’s like Call of Duty,” one could be heard saying via a TV mic, referring to a first-person shooter military video game. “So cool, huh?” This was the scene on the streets of Minneapolis on…

Jan 25, 2026

The Math on AI Agents Doesn’t Add Up | WIRED

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Listen•8 minutes 00:00/07:48 The big AI companies promised us that 2025 would be “the year of the AI agents.” It turned out to be the year of talking about AI agents, and kicking the can for that transformational moment to 2026 or maybe later. But what if the answer to the question “When will our…

Jan 25, 2026

AI CapEx Now Hinges on Deus ex machina

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When I published AI’s $600B question a year ago, the question was whether AI could ever generate enough revenue to justify the money being put in the ground. Now, with talk of 100 GW or even 250 GW of energy buildouts for AI data centers, we’ve reached a new high water mark. AI’s $600B question…

Jan 24, 2026

‘We could hit a wall’: why trillions of dollars of risk is no guarantee of AI reward

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Will the race to artificial general intelligence (AGI) lead us to a land of financial plenty – or will it end in a 2008-style bust? Trillions of dollars rest on the answer. The figures are staggering: an estimated $2.9tn (£2.2tn) being spent on datacentres, the central nervous systems of AI tools;…

Jan 24, 2026

Is AI dulling our minds? — Harvard Gazette

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A recent MIT Media Lab study reported that “excessive reliance on AI-driven solutions” may contribute” to “cognitive atrophy” and shrinking of critical thinking abilities. The study is small and is not peer-reviewed, and yet it delivers a warning that even artificial intelligence assistants are…

Jan 24, 2026

Microsoft CEO warns that we must 'do something useful' with AI or they'll lose 'social permission' to burn electricity on it

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Share by: Share this article 55 Join the conversation Follow us Add us as a preferred source on Google Conversation with Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft | World Economic Forum Annual Meeting 2026 - YouTube Watch On In a conversation at this year's rich person convention—aka the World Economic…

Jan 24, 2026

Young will suffer most when AI ‘tsunami’ hits jobs, says head of IMF

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Artificial intelligence will be a “tsunami hitting the labour market”, with young people worst affected, the head of the International Monetary Fund warned the World Economic Forum on Friday. Kristalina Georgieva told delegates in Davos that the IMF’s own research suggested there would be a big…

Jan 24, 2026

Why the Tech World Thinks the American Dream Is Dying - WSJ

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In other words, the bridge is about to be raised for those chasing the American dream. And everyone is worried about being left on the wrong side. It’s the kind of FOMO that on first blush seems to require a huge suspension of disbelief. But the idea’s mere existence helps explain some of the…

Jan 24, 2026

Microsoft Gave FBI Keys To Unlock Encrypted Data, Exposing Major Privacy Flaw

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Microsoft says it will provide encryption keys for Windows PC data protected by BitLocker where it has access to them and it's received a valid warrant. getty Early last year, the FBI served Microsoft with a search warrant, asking it to provide recovery keys to unlock encrypted data stored on three…

Jan 24, 2026