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Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs

Microsoft-backed spreadsheet competitions are turning Gen Z college students into job-market standouts.

By Preston ForeFebruary 28, 2026
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Something big is happening in AI, but panic is the wrong reaction
By Peter CappelliFebruary 28, 2026
The week the AI scare turned real and America realized maybe it isn’t ready for what’s coming
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 28, 2026
She joined Block to build AI. Weeks later, AI cost her job.
By Sheryl EstradaFebruary 28, 2026
Have good taste? It may just get you a job during the AI jobs apocalypse, says Sam Altman
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezFebruary 27, 2026
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PoliticsPentagon chief blocks officers from Ivy League schools and other top universities, including partners on AI and space
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastTrump calls death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the ‘single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’
By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastDubai’s worst nightmare unfolds as Iran strikes Gulf neighbors
By Dana Khraiche, Fiona MacDonald and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastFBI raises terrorism alert over fears of retaliation by Iran
By Myles Miller and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastIran’s missile barrage tests whether U.S. has enough interceptors
By Gerry Doyle and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastIsrael seeks Iran’s decapitation while U.S. hits military targets as Trump backs report of Supreme Leader Khamenei’s death
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
AIAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei says ‘we are patriotic Americans’ committed to defending the U.S. but won’t budge on ‘red lines’
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastIran is now on ‘death ground’ amid existential threat from U.S. attacks and could ‘go big’ in retaliation, former NATO commander warns
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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EconomyThe record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
Workers using AI on desktop
Success Last year, Accenture trained 550,000 workers in AI—now it’s warning senior staff to use it or don’t get promoted
By Emma BurleighFebruary 23, 2026
SuccessOlder adults are heading back to school and represent the ‘new majority student’ as they seek up-skilling or a career change
By Cheyanne Mumphrey and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
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SuccessNot all degrees are a waste of time: MBA graduates from Harvard, MIT, and Wharton are making over $245,000 just three years after graduating
By Preston ForeFebruary 22, 2026
Happy Dutch woman out of work for the day
SuccessForget 40 hours: The Dutch get their work done in just 32 hours a week—and women made it possible
By Emma BurleighFebruary 22, 2026
SuccessMeet the retired Olympic champions starting second careers at Goldman Sachs with zero financial expertise and no office experience
By Emma BurleighFebruary 22, 2026
Man wearing a suit awkwardly takes a video call on a laptop
Future of WorkRecruiter reveals broken Zoom interview etiquette: bathrobes, yoga, and outsourcing thinking to AI
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyNew Fed report proves Milton Friedman and Joe Biden understood something vital about immigration—and explains why growth may sputter under Trump
By Shawn TullyFebruary 22, 2026
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CommentaryFormer IRS Commissioner: Here’s how we used AI to create immediate value when taxpayers scrutinized every dollar
By Danny WerfelFebruary 22, 2026
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Success40% of Stanford undergrads receive disability accommodations—but it’s become a college-wide phenomenon as Gen Z try to succeed in the current climate
By Preston ForeFebruary 21, 2026
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AIYou have 18 months to figure out your office job, $1 billion CEO says. But it’s not going away
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 21, 2026
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Future of WorkElon Musk bans résumés and cover letters in hiring for his chip team. These are the 3 bullet points he’s looking for instead
By Jake AngeloFebruary 20, 2026
Left: Jeff Bezos. Right: Reid Hoffman.
SuccessBillionaire bosses like Jeff Bezos and Reid Hoffman denounce work-life balance—and some think working nonstop is key to success
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2026
Former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein
SuccessFormer Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein says Peter Thiel is wrong: College is worth it because it makes you a ‘complete person’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 20, 2026
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CommentarySomething big is happening in AI, but that’s the only thing Matt Shumer got right
By Neil Chilson and Kevin FrazierFebruary 20, 2026
SuccessThis math graduate applied to over 1,000 jobs and still didn’t hear back—so he moved to Austria
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 20, 2026
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InvestingTroubled Nvidia ally Supermicro pledged to hire a new CFO ‘immediately.’ That was 14 months ago. 
By Amanda GerutFebruary 20, 2026
A woman hugs her senior mother.
Personal FinanceTens of millions of Americans care for loved ones up to 6 hours a day while working a job—and don’t get any extra money for it
By Cathy Bussewitz and The Associated PressFebruary 19, 2026
A woman stands as a group of her colleagues speaks.
AIEntry-level tech and finance workers in Ireland are losing their jobs thanks to AI. Could that be a warning sign for the U.S.?
By Jacqueline MunisFebruary 19, 2026
Sam Altman speaks into a microphone
AISam Altman says the quiet part out loud, confirming some companies are ‘AI washing’ by blaming unrelated layoffs on the technology
By Sasha RogelbergFebruary 19, 2026
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AISam Altman says not even the CEO’s job is safe from AI as it will soon perform the work better than ‘certainly me’
By Jake AngeloFebruary 19, 2026
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SuccessJust 5% of workers have this skill, according to Google, and they’re 4.5 times as likely to have a higher salary
By Preston ForeFebruary 19, 2026
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CommentaryThe billion-dollar justification: why AI giants need you to fear for your job
By David StoutFebruary 19, 2026
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AIFed governor lays out 3 AI scenarios, including one with a giant population of ‘unemployable’ workers
By Catherina GioinoFebruary 19, 2026
SuccessDespite a $400 million net worth and Hollywood career, Reese Witherspoon tells young people to stop chasing their dreams—and do this instead
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 19, 2026
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AIAI doomsday where many workers are ‘essentially unemployable’ is totally possible, Fed governor says
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 18, 2026
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AIDeutsche Bank asked AI how it was planning to destroy jobs. And the robot answered
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 18, 2026
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SuccessShocked Zillow CEO says even senior hires don’t do their homework for interviews: ‘They’re asking pretty basic questions that you could answer in 10 minutes on Google’
By Emma BurleighFebruary 18, 2026
Person happily leaving for new job
EconomyJob hopping for better wages no longer pays off the way it used to, ADP analysis says
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 18, 2026
C-SuiteCEO hopefuls have a new rival for the top job: their own board directors
By Ruth UmohFebruary 17, 2026
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Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your jobAn image of a popular article
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 27, 2026
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Walmart exec says U.S. workforces needs to take inspiration from China where ‘5 year-olds are learning DeepSeek’An image of a popular article
By Preston ForeFebruary 27, 2026
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Iran is now on 'death ground' amid existential threat from U.S. attacks and could 'go big' in retaliation, former NATO commander warnsAn image of a popular article
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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