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- Data SheetYou can’t blame investors for being skeptical of Meta’s enormous AI outlay
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Magazine
How the oil earnings of Saudi Aramco, the world’s most profitable company, are helping the Saudi monarchy shake up the global economic order
The oil giant has generated $722 billion in profit since 2016, funding everything from stakes in Tesla and Uber to new mega-cities in the desert.
April 4, 2024
Commentary
- careersBurned out and underappreciated, women’s career advancement had stalled long before the anti-DEI backlash
- supply chainsA new Cold War is brewing at sea–and the West’s security and prosperity are at stake
- EmploymentThe FTC noncompete ruling will narrow the gender gap in entrepreneurship
- TechThe race for human-AI interaction usage data is on—and the stakes are high
- A.I.The AI frenzy could fall flat as companies hoard chips without enough data centers to host them
- gig economy$122 Thai delivery and $26 to-go coffees: New wage laws meant to help gig workers are backfiring big-time
Topics
Environment
Biden administration’s tough new EPA rules would force coal-fired power plants to capture emissions or shut down
Bird flu fragments are in pasteurized milk now, but the FDA—and many other government agencies—still considers it safe
After overshadowing climate talks, the myth of ‘circularity’ looms over the UN plastics treaty
Finance
High interest rates aren’t helping banks as they did before—just ask NatWest, whose profits fell 27% in the first quarter
Betting that Trump’s Truth Social will flop has been very profitable for a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors
Minneapolis imposes $15 a pack minimum for cigarettes—$2 more than NYC—to curb smoking
Health
Minneapolis imposes $15 a pack minimum for cigarettes—$2 more than NYC—to curb smoking
New York outlaws sales of diet pills and muscle-mass builders to children
Superbugs could lower your life expectancy by nearly 2 years, report says. What to know about antimicrobial resistance
Leadership
FCC brings back net neutrality—’broadband is a necessity, not a luxury,’ chair says
An athletic director used AI to fake a high school principal’s racist tirade, and police say state laws need to catch up
Burned out and underappreciated, women’s career advancement had stalled long before the anti-DEI backlash
Lifestyle
How to watch the 2024 NFL Draft for free—and without cable
PBS launches free retro channel, with programs from the ’80s and ’90s
Unilever and LVMH have one common bright spot—people love spending on beauty, and it’s outshining their other products
Personal Finance
New York outlaws sales of diet pills and muscle-mass builders to children
FCC brings back net neutrality—’broadband is a necessity, not a luxury,’ chair says
Burned out and underappreciated, women’s career advancement had stalled long before the anti-DEI backlash
Politics
Antony Blinken visits Beijing as U.S. and China spar over trade and Taiwan: ‘There is no substitute… for face-to-face diplomacy’
Betting that Trump’s Truth Social will flop has been very profitable for a hardy band of mostly amateur Wall Street investors
Biden’s labor secretary touts auto union’s win in the South: ‘That choice belongs to the workers’
Retail
New York outlaws sales of diet pills and muscle-mass builders to children
American Airlines CEO fumes at Boeing’s failures—’Get your act together’
Hertz is done gambling with EVs: It took a first-quarter $195 million hit on Teslas that just keep losing value and can’t sell them fast enough
Success
Burned out and underappreciated, women’s career advancement had stalled long before the anti-DEI backlash
Biden’s labor secretary touts auto union’s win in the South: ‘That choice belongs to the workers’
Meet the ‘professional namer’ who directed Accenture’s $100 million name change: ‘It’s the best job in the world’
Tech
Alphabet and Microsoft’s revenue surge sends a clear message to investors: Our AI spending is paying off
Amazon should be forced to disclose how Jeff Bezos and others were instructed to use the Signal disappearing-message app, FTC says
FCC brings back net neutrality—’broadband is a necessity, not a luxury,’ chair says