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‘It’s only when you see 49-ton trucks in China running on batteries that you realize how serious electrification is’: Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson on Europe’s incumbency problem

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The Pentagon and Britain are bracing for the power to go out. The ultrawealthy got there first, with backup generators, escape homes, and stockpiles

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Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and water

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‘It’s only when you see 49-ton trucks in China running on batteries that you realize how serious electrification is’: Octopus Energy CEO Greg Jackson on Europe’s incumbency problem

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The Pentagon and Britain are bracing for the power to go out. The ultrawealthy got there first, with backup generators, escape homes, and stockpiles

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Pentagon orders bases to plan for 90 days without the grid as Britain urges families to stockpile food and water
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University of Kentucky administrator David Durman is the first Humanist to be granted an AI use exemption under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

By Mia OsmonbekovOctober 30, 2026
Cisco chief found a 27-year-old ex-founder ‘buried away in the organization doing something unstrategic’—now he’s upgrading 98% of its code

Meet Paddy, the 27-year-old Cisco’s president calls an “energizer bunny.” The Gen Z ex-founder has been given unlimited AI tokens and told to “go nuts.”

By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 30, 2026
Mark Cuban says Gen Z should think more like Jeff Bezos and stop chasing the perfect job: ‘Just get a job’—even at McDonald’s or Dairy Queen

Billionaire Mark Cuban started out selling trash bags. Now, he says Gen Z should stop chasing the perfect job and get working—even in fast food.

By Preston ForeOctober 29, 2026
Which Gen Z will show up for the midterms: the socialist rebels or the ones who reelected Trump?

Gen Zers talk like socialists and bet like capitalists. Two years after they helped reelect Trump, a nation turns its lonely eyes to them.

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Billionaires say the next jobs could be on the Moon. NASA’s newest astronauts may get there first—on a salary on par with a mid-career desk job.

By Orianna Rosa RoyleOctober 29, 2026
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There’s a hidden weakness in the labor market for employers who aren’t investing in developing women leaders.

By Ted Kitterman and Great Place To WorkOctober 28, 2026
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Billionaire OpenAI CEO Sam Altman says AI will upend jobs—but students who embrace entrepreneurship could turn disruption into opportunity.

By Preston ForeOctober 28, 2026
Dolores Huerta, who turned ‘Sí, se puede’ into a rallying cry for generations, dies at 96

The United Farm Workers co-founder spent decades fighting for labor, women’s and civil rights, and inspired Obama’s famous “Yes We Can” slogan.

By Susan Montoya Bryan and The Associated PressOctober 28, 2026
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The AI boom made the chief AI officer an essential hire. As quantum computing moves closer to commercial use, a new executive hire could be on the horizon.

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Waters took one-and-a-half years to develop its new AI tool, which it says will cut manual drug-testing work performed by scientists by 95%.

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It’s a record high for China’s richest person, and the rankings included a record 1,529 people worth more than $750 million.

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Cisco CMO Carrie Palin is betting on a better digital experience and live events to drive more revenue from a largely unchanged marketing budget.

By Ruth UmohOctober 27, 2026
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Brian Chesky, the cofounder and CEO of $103 billion short-term-rental giant Airbnb, says managers need to do more than meetings to stay afloat in the AI era.

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Every day, each person chooses how much of their energy, creativity, and discretionary effort to bring to work. They’re not obligated to give their best.

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Many retail workers also say they think their employers placed a higher priority on inventory safety than worker safety.

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