Trump admin reverses hydropower layoffs that sparked grid stability fears
The layoffs slashed between 13% to 20% of the four Power Marketing Administrations’ workforces.
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17 Surprising Ways 7-Figure Solopreneurs Are Using AI — And You’re Not
Uncover 17 high-leverage AI strategies designed to scale your solo business, increase profitability and eliminate guesswork.
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Google Play Books purchases on iOS now skirt the App Store’s commission
Google has gained permission to sell its e-books and audiobooks directly to customers through its iOS app, Google Play Books. While iOS apps today can offer access to content previously purchased elsewhere, like e-books bought via a website, developers have to request a specific exception to link their iOS app’s users to the company’s own […]
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Duolingo ‘killed’ its mascot with a Cybertruck, and it’s going weirdly well
Duolingo’s mascot, Duo the owl, is dead. Okay, Duo isn’t really dead (we think), but the language learning app committed so hard to this bit that its CEO, Luis von Ahn, read a eulogy for this beloved green bird on TikTok. As any fiction author could probably tell you, killing everyone’s favorite character is not […]
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Elon Musk staffer created a DOGE AI assistant for making government “less dumb”
A DOGE staffer created a custom AI chatbot that’s supposed to help “eliminate” government waste.
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Apple purges apps without contact info from EU app store, as DSA deadline hits
A change requiring app developers to disclose their address, phone number, and email information to consumers has gone live on the App Store within the European Union. Apple on Tuesday announced it has removed any EU apps that haven’t yet complied with the Digital Services Act (DSA), a regulation that had added a requirement in […]
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How This Luxury Retail Store Builds 100-Year-Relationships with Its Customers
Brent Polacheck, owner of Polacheck’s Jewelers, is proving that in an era of instant gratification, the art of generational relationship-building still drives retail success.
How ‘Girls Trip’ Producer Will Packer Went From Delivering Newspapers to Producing Billions at the Box Office: ‘Everything Is Sales’
In a new interview with Entrepreneur, Packer discusses his book, “Who Better Than You?,” which was released on Tuesday.
Safe Superintelligence, Ilya Sutskever’s AI startup, is reportedly close to raising roughly $1B
Safe Superintelligence, an AI startup founded by former OpenAI chief scientist Ilya Sutskever, could be close to raising more than $1 billion at a $30 billion valuation — a higher valuation than reported just weeks ago. Bloomberg reports that VC firm Greenoaks Capital Partners is leading the deal and pledging to invest half a billion […]
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Amazon, Microsoft, and Exxon want to make scandal-plagued carbon markets more trustworthy
A task force, organized by the Bipartisan Policy Center think tank, is hoping to improve credibility of voluntary carbon markets.
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Why I Use AI in My Sales Hiring Process — and Why You Should, Too
Here’s why my company adopted an AI-powered strategy to hire for all of our Sales roles and how it has dramatically improved efficiency, reduced bias and enhanced the candidate experience.