"“California and Silicon Valley often take a different view than much of the rest of the world and believe that the general diffusion of knowledge from one company to another creates tremendous value—for this reason we have strong laws and policies prohibiting noncompete agreements,” said Berger, adding that he spends “a lot of time jumping between New York and Silicon Valley, and the gap of tha..."
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"The question is simply one of personal values: Is taking this position more important to me than the potential consequences, even if they affect my bottom line?Every artist must exist in two realms: as the art maker, who thinks and ponders and creates work of radical honesty (an activity that one could argue is inherently political), and as the art mover, who, however reluctantly, must be part ..."
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"“As the market continues to evolve, it will be essential to monitor these factors closely to gain a comprehensive understanding of the housing landscape in the coming year.”Subscribe to the CFO Daily newsletter to keep up with the trends, issues, and executives shaping corporate finance."
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"Other experiments show that when people delegate decision-making to AI agents—something they are increasingly likely to do, from having LLMs draft emails to tasking drones with military targeting—it can obscure moral responsibility and encourage unethical interactions with other people."
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"Just as the technology has blurred the line between human-created and computer-generated text and images—upending how people work, learn, and socialize—AI tools are accelerating and refashioning some of the basic elements of science.Read the full article.What to Read NextEarlier this week, OpenAI and Axel Springer—the media conglomerate behind publications such as Business Insider and Politico—..."
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"The captain of industry seizes upon improved tools as means to increase production, and now he finds the channels of trade clogged with more goods than can be sold; his wife uses them to produce leisure, of which she can never have too much.The average woman is not very familiar with the complexities of economics, but it seems to me that she has ordered her household economy upon a more solid b..."
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"Wonka’s attempts to win over crowds with free samples angers a trio of candy CEOs (played by a preening Paterson Joseph, a doltish Matt Lucas, and Matthew Baynton as a man who gags if he even hears the word poor) who wage a business war against their newest rival.King has essentially created a stealth Paddington sequel in his framing of the story: Wonka, like that little talking bear, absorbs s..."
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"A 2021 research paper cited numerous barriers that Black and Hispanic high school students encounter as they try to make their way: “counselors who encourage or discourage students from taking advanced courses along racial lines”; school officials who dole out “information about advanced courses unevenly by race and socioeconomic status”; and administrators who apply “prerequisites (whether sta..."
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"It’s likely that watching their parents navigate finances as a single adult amid economic crises like the Great Recession or the pandemic shaped younger generations’ attitude towards talking to their partner about money—especially since divorce became more common as zoomers and millennials grew up; spats about finances have even put pressure on boomers who have later-in-life divorces."
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"As hundreds of videos and photographs hit the internet, some shot by Hamas during its attack, or by Gaza residents in devastated neighborhoods, international media organizations began emailing Clarity for help in weeding out deepfakes, according to Matias, who declined to let Fortune reveal his clients."
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"The numbers ticked up to about 580,000 in the 2020 count and held relatively steady over the next two years as Congress responded to the COVID-19 pandemic with emergency rental assistance, stimulus payments, aid to states and local governments and a temporary eviction moratorium."
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"“With California’s annual renewable energy additions exceeding Diablo Canyon’s output, there is zero reason to keep it running,” he added in a statement.Subscribe to Impact Report, a weekly newsletter on the trends and issues shaping corporate sustainability."
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"“California and Silicon Valley often take a different view than much of the rest of the world and believe that the general diffusion of knowledge from one company to another creates tremendous value—for this reason we have strong laws and policies prohibiting noncompete agreements,” said Berger, adding that he spends “a lot of time jumping between New York and Silicon Valley, and the gap of tha..."
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"Instead, Bezos spoke more about his own leadership approach at Blue Origin, saying that the “primary reason” he resigned a few years ago as CEO at Amazon—where he’s now executive chairman—was to add a “sense of urgency” to the space business he founded 23 years ago."
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"The Los Angeles County Department of Medical Examiner said in the autopsy report that Perry also drowned in “the heated end of his pool,” but that it was a secondary factor in his Oct."
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"It’s likely that watching their parents navigate finances as a single adult amid economic crises like the Great Recession or the pandemic shaped younger generations’ attitude towards talking to their partner about money—especially since divorce became more common as zoomers and millennials grew up; spats about finances have even put pressure on boomers who have later-in-life divorces."
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"Penn’s president, Liz Magill, stepped down on Saturday amid a backlash over her testimony at the congressional hearing on antisemitism, where she, Gay and MIT leader Sally Kornbluth failed to clearly condemn calls for genocide of Jews as a violation of school policy."
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"But that would require a big shift in behavior: According to the NIRS, only around half of Gen Xers are actually participating in a workplace retirement plan, a statistic that may be difficult to improve with the rising cost of living and other financial headwinds (many Gen Xers are also likely to be caring for both children and older relatives)."
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"Now they’re facing a wave of legal battles Inside long COVID’s war on the body: Researchers are trying to find out whether the virus has the potential to cause cancer Access to modern stoves could be a game-changer for Africa’s economic development–and help cut the equivalent of the carbon dioxide emitted by the world’s planes and ships Melinda French Gates: ‘It’s time to change the face of pow..."
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"When countries develop, fertility falls for this and other reasons.Talk Anti-therapyMy colleague Derek Thompson argues that the way we talk about mental health online is doing more harm than good:We may have overcorrected from an era when mental health was shameful to talk about to an era when some vulnerable people surround themselves with conversations and media about anxiety and depression, ..."
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