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‘If you take your foot off the pedal at all, you will start to stall’: Women in C-suite roles have stagnated, and the reasons go beyond the pipeline
Women’s share of roles in both the C-suite and at the board level has stalled at about 30%, marking the first decline in women’s board representation in more than a decade.
Publicly owned rail is popular. But is it making the trains run on time?
Meeting travellers' expectations could be challenging, experts warn.
Heating oil customers face tough winter despite shake-up promise
Heating oil customers facing soaring bills are promised better regulation of the sector by the government.
I earn £120,000 a year making social media videos go viral
Social media "clippers" make short, vertical videos that appear on the likes of Instagram and TikTok.
Susan Collins’ allies spent $25,000 attacking her rival in the Oregon version of Portland: ‘They can’t even find it on a map’
"Good luck convincing Mainers you know what’s best for them when you don’t know which Portland they live in," blasted her Democratic rival.
AI Will Hit 40% of Jobs, IMF Warns. Young People Are First in Line
IMF chief Kristalina Georgieva says AI investment is holding global growth near 3%, with Asian chipmakers winning big, while warning of a 'slow-moving tsunami' for young workers.
LinkedIn is piloting a school to teach workers how to become their own bosses–no degree required
As AI reshapes work, LinkedIn is betting its “Academy of Economic Opportunity” will matter more than another diploma
Standard Chartered Will Hold Ripple's Stablecoin in Dubai—And Let Clients Trade With It Without Moving It
The bank's Dubai branch now offers custody for Ripple's RLUSD stablecoin and plans a link with LMAX that lets institutions post it as trading collateral while the coins stay put.
FTX’s crypto mining venture is now used to advance AI
The defunct exchange acquired a 20% stake in Genesis Digital Assets before FTX declared bankruptcy in November 2022.
Meta's New Muse Wonder Finally Puts Zuckerberg in the Frontier AI Race
Meta's new flagship beats GPT-6 Astra and Claude on memory, legal and marathon coding tests, but independent rankings still put Anthropic's Opus 5.5 on top.
Exclusive: Microsoft’s departing science president plans to join Mercedes F1 team as AI advisor
Peter Lee spent 16 years at Microsoft shaping its science and research efforts.
Dario Strangelove, or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the AI Bomb
You don’t need a weatherman to know which way the AI doomsday wind blows.
Fortune’s AIQ Summit: the conversation has moved from experimentation to execution
The strongest companies aren't simply distributing AI tools but redesigning workflows, developing talent, strengthening governance and building discipline.
From GTA V on iPhone to Free Photoshop: This AI Tool Is Upending Software
REA, a free toolkit that hands AI agents the keys to reverse engineering, crossed 100,000 GitHub stars in a week as AI-decompiled game mods, console ports, and Adobe clones flood …
Satya Nadella went from an H-1B worker to Microsoft CEO. The Trump administration just shut that path for his employees
Vice President JD Vance accused Microsoft of replacing laid-off Americans with “foreign indentured servants” and suspended it from the PERM green card program
Airlines raised fares as fuel costs surged, but Delta’s CEO says those higher ticket prices could be here to stay as long as demand holds up
Oil prices are more than 70% higher than they were a year ago.
Solana Treasury Firm DeFi Development Keeps Buying SOL as CHAD Preferred Stock Hits Record
The Nasdaq-listed company now holds about 2.59 million SOL, but its weekly purchases keep shrinking.
Crypto PACs report $2.7M spending blitz on House races as midterms loom
With just 22 days until the US midterm elections, a crypto-aligned committee has announced another major ad expenditure to support “pro-crypto” candidates in 2026.
‘Medicare for All’ to ‘Take on Big Pharma’: What’s Behind Healthcare Slogans
Healthcare is a top voter concern in 2026. Here’s what candidates mean when they promise to make healthcare more affordable.
US accounting overhaul could make stablecoins more attractive to corporations: Tempo
A Tempo report examines how proposed US accounting rules could change corporate stablecoin holdings, with direct redemption rights determining which tokens qualify as cash.
Election odds are coming to your TV this fall. 60% of Americans oppose betting on elections
Networks are adding prediction-market prices to their midterm coverage, a new Reuters/Ipsos poll shows most of the public draws a line at wagering on politics.
Ripple-Backed Evernorth Hits Nasdaq Holding 473 Million XRP Worth Far Less Than It Paid
Evernorth's XRPN shares began trading Monday after its SPAC merger closed, but 80% of SPAC investors cashed out first and its XRP stash is worth roughly 40% less than at signing.
When AI is subject to less regulation than your fridge, something is startlingly wrong | Richard Hermer
Let’s be clear: the risk to humanity is unprecedented. Without an urgent public debate and robust use of international law, we will lose control of the futureIn my two years as at…
Stellantis and Renault back UK to get EU car industry protection
Bosses of Citroën owner and French carmaker also urge UK government to consider limiting imports from ChinaStellantis and Renault have backed the UK car industry for inclusion in …