You Are Working Harder for Less. Why Payment Disputes Are Worth Less Than Ever
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The Download: engineered microbes for crops, and OpenAI’s culture problem
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Is Amazon Automation a Profitable Passive Income Model — or Just an Overhyped Trend?
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When the Job Market Tightens, Startups Surge — Here’s Why 2026 Could Be the Perfect Time to Launch Your Business
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TriZetto confirms 3.4M people’s health and personal data was stolen during breach
Health tech giant TriZetto has confirmed that more than 3.4 million people had personal and health information stolen in a 2024 cyberattack, which the company failed to detect for almost a year.
Indonesia outlines plan to limit under-16s’ access to social media
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MrBeast Acquired an App to ‘Gamify’ Finance for Teens. Some Are Worried.
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City Detect, which uses AI to help cities stay safe and clean, raises $13M Series A
City Detect, a company that helps local governments prevent urban decay, is in at least 17 cities so far, including Dallas and Miami.
The Download: 10 things that matter in AI, plus Anthropic’s plan to sue the Pentagon
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Quantum scale-up Pasqal plans $2B SPAC listing, promises to ‘remain French’
A SPAC deal that is set to take French quantum company Pasqal public on the Nasdaq values the company at $2 billion pre-money.