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Ricardo Semler on the prisoner’s dilemma on data centers: trillions of dollars obsolete in just a few years

Communities need safeguards now to avoid a future “Silicon Belt” of stranded assets and broken tax promises.

By Ricardo SemlerSeptember 18, 2026

The same algorithm Gen Z fears is managing its portfolio

Either Gen Z is a generation of giant hypocrites when it comes to AI adoption, or it’s drowning in a sea of misinformation. Or maybe both.

By Catherina GioinoSeptember 18, 2026

College grads shut out of AI-exposed majors since 2022 are ending up in retail and food service instead of the white-collar jobs they studied for

Entry-level hiring dried up after ChatGPT, and graduates who majored in those fields are settling for lower-paying service work instead.

By Catherina GioinoSeptember 17, 2026

Shopify CEO says employees’ ‘slop grenades’ are making more work for everyone else

He said AI is helping workers produce more output, but the quality of it is so bad that their colleagues have to spend more time fixing it

By Mia OsmonbekovSeptember 17, 2026

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Meet Warren Buffett’s son Howard, a former sheriff, war photographer, and now, Berkshire’s new chairman

He received top honors from Mexico, Colombia and Rwanda; he runs a family farm and held elected office.

By Catherina GioinoSeptember 18, 2026

A Home Depot exec is going viral on X for her ‘perfect’ resume. She started out as a cashier and has worked her way up to a $1 million salary

Ann-Marie Campbell joined Home Depot in 1985 to pay for college and help her immigrant family. 40 years later, she’s a top exec earning $1 million.

By Preston ForeSeptember 18, 2026

I tried a 4-day workweek at my company and it failed — for some of my employees

A four-day workweek is not for everyone, it turns out.

By Bjorn ReynoldsSeptember 18, 2026

Amazon is investing $230 million in higher pay, benefits, and college perks for more than 100,000 Whole Foods workers—bumping up hourly pay to $21

U.S. Whole Foods workers will now get healthcare plans starting at $5 a week, college perks, and free Amazon Prime.

By Emma BurleighSeptember 18, 2026

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Warren Buffett abruptly steps down as Berkshire chair as ‘Father Time’ wins, handing role to son Howard who will ‘guard its culture and values’

“Serving as your Chairman has been the privilege of a lifetime, and I have never taken your trust for granted. Father Time always wins. He has, however, been generous with me.”

By Jason MaSeptember 18, 2026

AT&T CFO Pascal Desroches reflects on a nearly 40-year finance career before retiring

Desroches shares the lessons behind AT&T’s $150 billion network bet, a hard dividend call, and why he says he never hesitated.

By Sheryl EstradaSeptember 18, 2026

Waymo to launch robotaxis in Singapore, its first Southeast Asia market, by 2028

Singapore is already one of the world’s most crowded AV markets.

By Angelica AngSeptember 17, 2026

Insilico Medicine’s Alex Zhavoronkov bets China and AI can deliver the drug industry’s next breakthrough

AI drug discovery firm Insilico Medicine is profitable, publicly listed in Hong Kong, and running the drug industry’s most consequential experiment.

By Nicholas GordonSeptember 18, 2026

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Safeguard Global’s four-day workweek looked like a win—until burnout and secret Friday work pushed its CEO to ditch the mandate

Bjorn Reynolds, Safeguard Global’s CEO and founder, shares the lessons he learned from his company’s four-day workweek pilot.

By Mikaela Cohen and HR BrewSeptember 16, 2026

Millennials are winning the AI talent wars—they’re getting 60% of all the top AI jobs and earning $236K salaries. But most of them are men.

The highest-paid AI managers have two things in common: a degree, and being a man. While women and workers without one are stuck in AI’s lowest-paying jobs.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleSeptember 16, 2026

The unpaid ‘work trial’ is the new job-market tax on candidates who can least afford it

Companies are increasingly leaning on work trials to find qualified candidates in a job market flooded with AI-optimized résumés and cover letters.

By Matty Merritt and Morning BrewSeptember 15, 2026

I’m a female founder with a liberal arts degree and my company has raised $280 million. You don’t need a PhD to build a robotics startup

Robotics needs to broaden its pitch beyond hardware to attract women and other talent drawn to solving real-world problems.

By Oana JingaSeptember 16, 2026