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WorkWorkDon't let AI steal your job ChatGPTs most advanced models recently served me a surprising statistic: US productivity grew faster in 2024 than in any year since the 1960s. Half that jump can be linked to generative AI tools that most workers hadn't even heard of two years earlier. WorkHere are the letters that let Apple and Google ignore the TikTok ban A followup later dated April 5, 2025 (the day after Trump gave TikTok another 75-day reprieve), Bondi told the companies that "the Department of Justice is also irrevocably relinquishing any claims the United States might have had against" them "for the conduct proscribed in the Act during the Covered Period and Extended Covered Period, with respect to TikTok and the larger family of ByteDance Ltd. and TikTok, Inc. applications covered under the Act." Work
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WorkWorkWorkFinnish hacker Harri Hursti hacks U.S. voting machine on live podcast Earlier this year, Germany banned the use of electronic voting machines in its elections. The country's Constitutional Court (similar to the U.S. Supreme Court) based its decision on Germany's Basic Law, underscoring the idea that transparency is essential in elections. The ruling emphasized a key principle: all essential election processes must be open to public Work
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WorkWorkThe Tragedy of the Diddy Trial - The New Yorker (No paywall) Sean Combs mouthed thank you to the jurors, his hands clasped in prayer. The intricacies of their deliberations will be revealed later on, in the requisite television interviews, but, as of Wednesday morning, what mattered was that Combs had been acquitted of the racketeering and sex-trafficking charges that would have put him away for life. The diminishment in reputation, the status as pariah or laughingstock, the looming sentencing for the lesser charges (two counts of transportation to engage in prostitution, amazingly, his first conviction)he would work his troubles into a narrative of redemption. As one of Combs's associates said in a Profile of the mogul that ran in this magazine more than two decades ago: Puffy will always come back. He's like nature. WorkWork
WorkWildfire on Crete prompts evacuations and damaged homes A fast-moving wildfire on the Greek island of Crete forces evacuations of homes and hotels. Authorities say the fire, driven by strong winds, has damaged homes and threatens coastal areas near Ierapetra. On Thursday, over 1,500 people were evacuated, with many relocated to safer areas like hotels and an indoor arena. Emergency alerts urged residents not to return to save property. More than 150 firefighters are battling the flames, while aircraft remain grounded overnight. Officials report no serious injuries but some residents were treated for breathing issues. Crete, a major tourist destination, faces a high wildfire risk across the island. WorkWorkWork
WorkWorkBrad Pitt Is Fooling You - Vulture (No paywall) In a recent appearance on Armchair Expert With Dax Shepard, Brad Pitt walks into the room with practiced affability. His graying blond hair is shaved into a buzz cut, evoking his Troy and Mr. & Mrs. Smith era. He wears light-wash jeans and a baby-blue cashmere button-up from his brand God's True Cashmere, which receives a lengthy shout-out. Pitt discusses early career woes and navigating a shifting Hollywood landscape. They talk about truth and honesty and his time in Alcoholics Anonymous (he first met Shepard at a meeting in 2016). I'm afraid to ask you this one, but here we go, Shepard says 46 minutes in, Have you ever heard this Cary Grant quote, Everyone wants to be Cary Grant. Even I want to be Cary Grant. You relate to that at all? Pitt stumbles momentarily, his eyes gazing at the ceiling, Maybe in the early years. I don't know. I don't think much about perception anymore. WorkWorkBumble's CEO Just Gave a Masterclass in How Not to Deliver News About Layoffs - Inc (No paywall) During a company-wide call this week, Bumble founder and CEO Whitney Wolfe Herd told the workers at her dating app firm that some 240 jobs would be cut, with around 140 of the job losses happening at the firm's London, office. The layoffs, representing a 30 percent downsizing of total workforce, some 18 months after Bumble previously laid off around 350 workers, which was also a 30 percent workforce cut.
WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkColombia seizes first unmanned narco-submarine with Starlink antenna The Colombian navy on Wednesday seized its first unmanned narco-submarine, equipped with a Starlink antenna, off the Caribbean coast. No drugs were found, but officials and regional security sources suspect it was a trial run for automated cocaine trafficking, navy and Western sources told AFP. WorkWork 
WorkWorkWorkTariffs can't defeat the fentanyl problem in the US - STAT (No paywall) Bogged down in the courts, President Trumps tariffs, designed to punish trading partners for the traffic in illegally manufactured fentanyl, have been roundly criticized as a threat to U.S. economic power. Yet, amid intense political debate, few critics cite their most damning flaw: As a tool to cajole other governments in desirable directions, fentanyl tariffs are also manifestly ineffective. Work 
WorkWorkWorkWorkWhat have tariffs really done to the US economy? "We're sort of in this stall mode right now in the economy, a kind of wait-and-see mode, that is driven by pretty grave uncertainty and the instability in policy," Ms Sonders said, noting that many firms were responding with a self-imposed "time-out" on hiring and investment. 
WorkWorkWorkWorkA New Framework for Reducing Healthcare Disparities - Harvard Business Review (No paywall) Despite decades of efforts to address healthcare inequities in the United States through programs and policies targeting social determinants of health, disparities persist across racial, gender, socioeconomic, and geographic lines. Systematic reviews of hospital systems initiatives and programs to address social determinants of health (SDOH) have revealed unsatisfactory progress. Some attribute the slow progress to insufficient standardization and sharing of learnings across communities, or the underinvestment in SDOH data and measurement.
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