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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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Middle EastIsrael, U.S. stiff-arm U.N. during emergency Security Council meeting
By Edith M. Lederer, Farnoush Amiri and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsThomas Massie among few Republicans to criticize Trump over war powers: ‘This is not ‘America First”
By Lisa Mascaro and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastA month before Iran strikes, Trump told Iranian protesters help was on the way amid a government crackdown
By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsMarjorie Taylor Greene rips Iran strikes as Trump betraying America First: ‘It’s always a lie and it’s always America Last’
By Steven Sloan and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastRussia accuses America of ‘pre-planned and unprovoked act of armed aggression’ against Iran
By Claudia Ciobanu, Sam McNeil, Sam Metz and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastAmerican, Israeli strike on Iran came 2 days after latest talks, as theocracy struggled with nationwide protests
By Brian Melley and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastIranian Supreme Leader Khamenei dies after major attack by Israel and the U.S., Iranian state media confirms
By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, Josh Boak, Eric Tucker and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastTrump says U.S. will bomb Iran uninterrupted ‘as long as necessary’ to achieve peace in Mideast and the world after confirming Khamenei’s death
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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CommentaryAI isn’t a job killer, it’s a job shifter
By Becky FrankiewiczAugust 22, 2025
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Future of WorkThe white-collar job market is frozen—now bartenders and baristas are seeing bigger wage growth than desk workers
By Jessica CoacciAugust 21, 2025
NewslettersWhy winning the AI war will require a new approach to talent
By Emma HinchliffeAugust 21, 2025
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EconomyU.S. unemployment claims surge to nearly 2 million, the most in almost 4 years
By Matt Ott and The Associated PressAugust 21, 2025
AIOpenAI’s chairman says ChatGPT is ‘obviating’ his own job—and says AI is like an ‘Iron Man suit’ for workers
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezAugust 20, 2025
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CommentaryThe Great Resentment: Bosses are lording over workers as revenge for the Great Resignation when they had to hand out once-in-a-generation raises
By Nick Lichtenberg and Ashley LutzAugust 20, 2025
SuccessBillionaire Epic CEO Judy Faulkner built her $5.7-billion-a-year software firm in a basement. She says not getting an MBA was a ‘really good thing’
By Preston ForeAugust 20, 2025
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Future of WorkGen Z wants to have their AI cake and eat it, too: KPMG intern survey reveals a generation that wants to have things both ways
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 20, 2025
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CommentaryAn AI-enabled future is inspiring, but it takes planning and work
By John Nay and Troy A. ParedesAugust 20, 2025
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SuccessA quarter of Gen Zers have followed ChatGPT’s career advice—and just 3% have regrets
By Jessica CoacciAugust 19, 2025
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AIThe AI revolution will cut nearly $1 trillion a year out of S&P 500 budgets, Morgan Stanley says—largely from agents and robots doing human jobs
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 19, 2025
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AIThe ‘shadow AI economy’ is booming: Workers at 90% of companies say they use chatbots, but most of them are hiding it from IT
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 19, 2025
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SuccessWorkers are ‘job hugging’ in a stagnant labor market, but growing resentment means they could bail as soon as the next Great Resignation comes
By Sasha RogelbergAugust 18, 2025
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SuccessDuolingo CEO admits his controversial AI memo ‘did not give enough context’ and insists the company never laid off full-time employees
By Jessica CoacciAugust 18, 2025
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Success‘Quiet cracking’ is spreading in offices: Half of workers are at breaking point, and it’s costing companies $438 billion in productivity loss
By Emma Burleigh and Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 18, 2025
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AIThis CEO laid off nearly 80% of his staff because they refused to adopt AI fast enough. 2 years later, he says he’d do it again
By Nick LichtenbergAugust 17, 2025
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SuccessThese Gen Z and millennial founders dropped out of college, took $200,000 from Peter Thiel, and have now built companies worth over $100 billion
By Muskaan ArshadAugust 16, 2025
SuccessWhile AI wipes out entry-level roles, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says it’s actually ‘the most exciting time to be starting out one’s career’
By Jessica CoacciAugust 15, 2025
Success77% of Gen Z job seekers have brought a parent to an interview—they’re even getting them to negotiate pay rises and take their hiring tests
By Jessica CoacciAugust 14, 2025
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SuccessAs degrees get branded worthless, LinkedIn’s just revealed the universities that give Gen Z the best shot at corner office jobs
By Preston ForeAugust 13, 2025
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SuccessAI is creating billionaire’s at a record pace: There are already 498 AI unicorns—and they’re worth $2.7 trillion
By Jessica CoacciAugust 13, 2025
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SuccessChina’s youth unemployment is so bad that Gen Z job-seekers are paying $7 a day to pretend to work in an office
By Emma BurleighAugust 12, 2025
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SuccessDespite growing up as ‘screenagers,’ Gen Z enjoys working behind a screen from home full-time less than any other generation
By Preston ForeAugust 12, 2025
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SuccessSelf-made multimillionaire behind $4 billion Skims empire says she was ‘using AI like a 42-year-old woman’—until Mark Cuban gave her a wake-up call
By Orianna Rosa RoyleAugust 12, 2025
SuccessGen Z are sharing their unhinged hacks to surviving their toxic jobs, including CCing fake lawyers and being maliciously compliant
By Jessica CoacciAugust 9, 2025
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SuccessCollege used to open doors—now even grads with master’s degrees are sending 60 job applications a month with no luck
By Emma BurleighAugust 8, 2025
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AIAI-driven layoffs are shrinking the job market for recent grads
By Beatrice NolanAugust 8, 2025
AIHere’s everything in GPT-5 that’s new and different from OpenAI’s previous AI models
By Alexandra SternlichtAugust 7, 2025
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SuccessPalantir CEO says working at his $430 billion software company is better than a degree from Harvard or Yale: ‘No one cares about the other stuff’
By Preston ForeAugust 7, 2025
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SuccessSorry Gen X: Boomers are making millennials their successors for CEO jobs instead because they’re down with AI
By Emma BurleighAugust 7, 2025
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