‘Positive Momentum’: Inflation Hit a Four-Year Low in April. Here’s What It Means for Interest Rate Cuts.
The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics released its April consumer price index report on Tuesday.
Multiplier, founded by ex-Stripe exec, nabs $27.5M to fuel AI-powered accounting roll-ups
Multiplier raised Series A and seed funding from Lightspeed and Ribbit Capital.
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Why Strong Leadership Today is Narrative Warfare — And Speed is Your Sharpest Weapon
In today’s high-stakes market, CEOs are judged not by how they respond to crises, but by how quickly—and proactively—they move before anyone else does.
McDonald’s Is Hiring Hundreds of Thousands of Employees. Here’s Why.
The company also said it will open 900 new McDonald’s restaurants in the U.S. within the next two years.
Apple Music introduces Sound Therapy, songs for focusing, relaxing and sleep
Apple Music is introducing a new “audio wellness” collection of songs called Sound Therapy. Designed in partnership with Universal Music Group (UMG), the feature combines songs that subscribers already know with other sound waves that promote focusing, relaxing, or sleeping. Songs may include auditory beats or colored noise, sound waves where the intensity varies at […]
Trump admin officially rescinds Biden’s AI diffusion rules
After a week or so of rumors, the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC) formally rescinded the Biden Administration’s Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule days before it was set to go into effect. The Artificial Intelligence Diffusion Rule, which was introduced by former president Joe Biden in January and set to come into force on May 15, […]
House GOP wants to cut parts of the Inflation Reduction Act while sparing others
House Republicans’ axe has fallen in places both expected and surprising.
Left-wing Twitch streamer Hasan Piker says he was detained and questioned at airport
Hasan Piker, one of the most popular left-wing political creators in the U.S., says he was detained and questioned at the Chicago O’Hare Airport upon returning to the U.S. after a trip to France. In a stream in which he addressed the experience, Piker claims that he was questioned about his views on Trump, Hamas, […]
Audible is expanding its AI-narrated audiobook library
Audible, Amazon’s audiobook service, announced on Tuesday that it’s partnering with select publishers to convert print and e-books into AI-narrated audiobooks. This initiative aims to quickly expand its catalog as it competes with Apple, Spotify, and others in the rapidly growing audiobook market. Audible is leveraging Amazon’s AI capabilities to assist publishers in producing audiobooks. […]
Government email alert system GovDelivery used to send scam messages
The state of Indiana attributed the scam emails to a compromised contractor’s account.
Everyone’s Preaching ‘Workforce Efficiency’ — Translation: More Layoffs. Here’s a Better Solution
Across-the-board job cuts make a business less efficient. To make smarter workforce decisions, companies should connect the dots between people and business results.