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Unboxing Gifts for the Pet Who Tolerates You

On the holiday gift list, your pet is the only recipient who will neither say “thank you” nor fake delight while quietly calculating the resale value of your choices. Dogs will wag for a box of tissues. Cats will treat a $900 smart gadget with the same disdain they...

Senate Bill Aims to Gather Data About AI’s Impact on Workforce

A bill introduced in the U.S. Senate Wednesday (Dec. 3) would enable the government to gather more data to better understand the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the workforce. The AI Workforce Projections, Research, and Evaluations to Promote AI Readiness...

Dozens of Apple Employees Have Moved to OpenAI and Meta in Recent Months

The recent series of executive departures from Apple has reportedly been accompanied by moves further down the org chart. Those moves include dozens of employees who left Apple for OpenAI and Meta in recent months, the Wall Street Journal reported Friday (Dec. 5),...

Consumers Added to Card Balances Ahead of Holiday Shopping

Overall consumer credit growth slowed in October, but the headline number masks a trend: households are shifting toward revolving credit as they manage day-to-day liquidity and holiday spending. Total consumer credit rose at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 2.2%...

Travel Agencies Complement Human Insights with New AI-Powered Tools

Travel agencies are reportedly equipping themselves with new artificial intelligence (AI) tools to hold their own against larger competitors that are deploying AI agents. The agencies are using their new tools to complement the human insight professional travel...

AI Agents Can Cheat When Operational Pressure Mounts, Research Shows

In the high-stakes world of financial services, the promise of agentic artificial intelligence (AI) is efficiency at scale. But a new study suggests that when the digital pressure cooker heats up, autonomous agents behave like stressed-out human employees, and to meet...

SoFi Aims to Raise $1.5 Billion to Fund Additional Business Opportunities

SoFi Technologies is looking to fund additional business opportunities with an underwritten public offering of $1.5 billion of shares of its common stock. The digital financial services company also plans to grant the underwriter a 30-day option to purchase as much as...

Apple’s General Counsel and Government Affairs Head to Retire

Apple announced some executive transitions Thursday (Dec. 4), saying two executives are preparing to retire. Lisa Jackson, vice president for environment, policy and social initiatives, will retire in late January 2026, while Kate Adams, general counsel, will retire...

Prediction Market Polymarket Begins Rolling Out US App

Prediction market Polymarket said Wednesday (Dec. 3) that it has begun rolling out its U.S. app. The move came nearly four years after the company was shut out of the American market by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and about three months after a...

Target Says Shifting Order Fulfillment to Slower Stores Speeds Delivery and Reduces Costs

Target is reportedly testing new ways to provide next-day delivery. The new models the retailer is testing include shifting fulfillment from busy stores to ones that are less busy, opening a new facility focused on overnight deliveries, and having gig workers handle...

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