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Electrician apprentices at work.
A dire electrician shortage is a ‘life-or-death’ threat to the AI data center boom—and an opportunity for Gen Z

By going all in on AI, tech companies like Meta and Microsoft are shaking up white-collar career paths—and creating a huge demand for new electricians.

By Preston ForeMarch 2, 2026
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American schools weren’t broken until Silicon Valley used a lie to convince them they were—now reading and math scores are plummeting
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 1, 2026
Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield
Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
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USAA CEO says Gen Z ‘are not going to be as well off’ as boomers and Gen Xers—they need to take ownership of their success, he urges
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
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Your grandparents are the reason the U.S. isn’t in a recession right now. That won’t last forever
By Eleanor PringleMarch 1, 2026
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BankingTop CD rates from major banks on March 2, 2026: Chase CDs, Bank of America CDs, Citibank CDs, and more
By Danny BakstMarch 2, 2026
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Personal FinanceCurrent price of silver as of Monday, March 2, 2026
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Personal FinanceCurrent price of platinum as of Monday, March 2, 2026
By Joseph HostetlerMarch 2, 2026
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Middle EastHow the Oct. 7 attacks led to a multiyear destruction of Iran’s proxy militias
By Adam Geller, Abby Sewell and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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Law2 years after $3 million deal with bankrupt chatbot firm, LA’s schools superintendent is under investigation
By Jaimie Ding, Julie Watson and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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Real EstateMeet a burned out 28-year-old who pays $168 a month in China’s faux Venice to retire early from her Shanghai finance gig
By Albee Zhang and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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Economy’90s nostalgia seizes the Fed and White House as Warsh and Trump see AI as an internet-style productivity boom
By Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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PoliticsHigh-stakes Texas primary comes down to wire with both Republican and Democratic candidates on edge
By Thomas Beaumont, Sean Murphy and The Associated PressMarch 2, 2026
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AIInside KPMG’s Orlando Lakehouse: the $450 million COVID boondoggle that’s becoming a secret weapon for the AI revolution
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 25, 2026
Virta Health CEO Sami Inkinen
SuccessThe CEO of a $2 billion healthcare firm only felt rich after he paid off $100K in student loans—but that joy ‘disappeared’ in less than 3 days
By Emma BurleighJanuary 25, 2026
SuccessMeet a 23-year-old electrician who was a ‘good student’ but skipped college to join Gen Z’s blue-collar revolution. He makes 6 figures
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 24, 2026
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AIAnthropic’s head of Claude Code on how the tool won over non-coders—and kickstarted a new era for software engineers
By Beatrice NolanJanuary 24, 2026
C-SuiteJamie Dimon’s reality check for ambitious workers: ‘There’s going to be a grunt part to every part of a job. Get over it’
By Jake AngeloJanuary 23, 2026
AICursor used a swarm of AI agents powered by OpenAI to build and run a web browser for a week—with no human help. Here’s why developers are buzzing
By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 23, 2026
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AICEOs at Davos were split on how bad the AI job wipeout will be
By Alyson ShontellJanuary 23, 2026
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Future of WorkAI anxiety is so widespread that veteran Microsoft researchers are having panic attacks because they’re making themselves obsolete
By Patrick Barry and The ConversationJanuary 23, 2026
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SuccessMichelle Obama says friendships are as important as college degrees, job titles, and salary: ‘You’ve got to be really smart and selective about who you let in’
By Emma BurleighJanuary 23, 2026
SuccessAirbnb CEO says Steve Jobs taught him that obsessing over details isn’t about control—it’s about helping people think bigger and move faster. But Gen Z doesn’t agree
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 23, 2026
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CommentaryWhen AI meets healthcare, how should payers react? 
By Shubham SinghalJanuary 23, 2026
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Future of WorkThe real cost of job automation isn’t economic, it’s identity 
By Zack KassJanuary 23, 2026
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BankingNo ‘job apocalypse’: Goldman Sachs CEO denies the AI hiring nightmare is real
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 23, 2026
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CommentaryAI makes human intelligence more important, not less 
By Bob Sternfels and Lucy PerezJanuary 22, 2026
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Future of WorkDeloitte to scrap traditional job titles as AI ushers in a ‘modernization’ of the Big Four
By Jake AngeloJanuary 22, 2026
NewslettersOpenAI’s former head of sales is entering VC. She still calls herself an ‘AGI sherpa’
By Sharon GoldmanJanuary 22, 2026
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SuccessJPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says he welcomes government ban on mass-firing people for AI: ‘We’re going to cure a lot of cancers’
By Preston ForeJanuary 22, 2026
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SuccessDespite promises that AI will create more jobs, 1.2 million jobs were actually slashed last year—a grim throwback to losses from the 2008 financial crisis
By Emma BurleighJanuary 22, 2026
SuccessMcDonald’s CEO shares tough love career advice he’d give Gen Z and young millennial workers: ‘No one cares about your career’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 22, 2026
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Future of WorkWelcome to the ‘skills mismatch economy’: The shift from roles to skills making your résumé—and your job title—meaningless
By Nick LichtenbergJanuary 22, 2026
C-SuiteJamie Dimon says government should have power to intervene in AI-driven mass layoffs
By Ruth UmohJanuary 21, 2026
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C-SuiteThe rise of on-demand leadership in the AI economy
By Ruth UmohJanuary 21, 2026
Future of Work‘AI adoption is accelerating, but confidence is collapsing’: The more workers use AI, the less they trust it. Baby boomers show a 35% drop
By Jake AngeloJanuary 21, 2026
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SuccessNvidia CEO Jensen Huang says ‘a lot’ of six-figure jobs in plumbing and construction are about to be unlocked because someone needs to build all these new AI centers
By Preston ForeJanuary 21, 2026
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CommentaryGoogle Cloud exec on software’s great reset and the end of certainty: we’re shifting from predictability to probability
By Yasmeen AhmadJanuary 21, 2026
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Future of WorkPalantir CEO says AI ‘will destroy’ humanities jobs but there will be ‘more than enough jobs’ for people with vocational training
By Jacqueline MunisJanuary 20, 2026
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NewslettersAt Davos, AI hype gives way to focus on ROI
By Jeremy KahnJanuary 20, 2026
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SuccessTruck driving is among the best jobs to have right now, Indeed says—it pays $160,000, with no degree required
By Emma BurleighJanuary 20, 2026
SuccessForget the four-day workweek: Despite what Bill Gates and Elon Musk predict, the CEO of the world’s largest workspace provider says it’s not happening
By Orianna Rosa RoyleJanuary 20, 2026
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C-SuitePwC’s global chairman says most leaders have forgotten ‘the basics’ as new research shows 56% are still getting ‘nothing’ out of AI adoption
By Diane Brady and Nick LichtenbergJanuary 19, 2026
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