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Gen Z can’t control the future, so they’re paying witches and tarot readers to make it feel more manageable
A fragmented $2.3 billion industry is turning tarot, astrology, and spell work into personalized guidance for an uncertain generation.
Russia’s Finance Ministry pays wages in digital rubles for first time
Work on the introduction of the digital ruble to the budget process is being carried out by the Bank of Russia together with the Ministry of Finance.
I place the world’s top software engineers and interviewed over 10,000 job seekers. The difference on paper and in person is wider than ever
AI has made hiring noisier, but the basics of standing out have not changed.
‘They call every week’: the phishing attacks targeting past victims
Scammers reuse personal details harvested from fake Esta websites – and texts and calls can keep arriving for monthsWhen the British actor Lisa Riley was preparing to travel to th…
Ministers explore how to stop regional leaders misusing planned new spending powers
Labour wants to make sure mayors and council chiefs in England can be held to account for extra revenues devolved to themMinisters are mulling over how to ensure that England’s re…
UK car industry faces ‘difficult trade-off’ between Chinese and EU markets
Britain under pressure to put tariffs on cheap Chinese vehicle imports ahead of protectionist trade measuresBritain’s car industry is grappling with a “difficult trade-off” betwee…
‘We are in a kind of war’: row over viral Amsterdam chip shop lands in court
Neighbours say crowds drawn by TikTok to Fabel Friet are clogging the picturesque canal street and attracting litter, gulls and ratsPeople living in one of Amsterdam’s most exclus…
Mormon leader decries explosion of gambling and blasts prediction market wagers — ‘Or even, if you can imagine, the timing of the Second Coming’
“For us as Latter-day Saints, overarching all other concerns is the fact that gambling is morally wrong. Gambling is built on the desire to obtain something for nothing.”
Trump teases more inflationary money for voters ahead of midterm elections, now promising $90 payments after touting $500 and $5,000 checks
That pledge — which would require approval from Congress — would likely cost more than $1 trillion, adding to the deficit.
Iran’s currency is getting obliterated as the regime is about to run out of oil to sell and can’t even get its money from customers
"We can't even get our own money out of a country to which we've supplied goods, let alone using those funds to pay someone else in another corner of the world."
OpenAI safety leader quits, warning AI company’s culture is ‘broken’
David Robinson joins other insiders in urging industry to take more care over rapidly developing technologyA safety leader at OpenAI has quit the company, warning that its culture…
Zohran Mamdani says ‘you have to luck out in some big way’ to achieve the American Dream now—and many people see better odds of winning the lottery
"People think that they have better odds playing the lottery than making it in their own life. What does that say about the country that we live in?"
U.S. debt is increasingly at the mercy of the market as interest costs surge while elections add more risk to the debt ceiling, ratings agency warns
"This trajectory points to an unsustainable medium-term fiscal path and leaves the sovereign increasingly exposed to shifts in market sentiment and financing conditions."
Chainalysis Used AI to Trace the $387M Bitget Hack Back to North Korea
The firm says the Sept. 24 breach pushed North Korea's 2026 crypto haul past $1 billion, and detailed how it used in-house AI to trace the stolen funds across four blockchains in …
Argentina’s golden passport will be so popular that ‘really wealthy Americans will be embarrassed’ not to have it, top advisor says
Nuri Katz helped create the citizenship-by-investment program, but he sees it as the first to combine a safe haven with a huge business opportunity.
OpenAI Banned PewDiePie Twice While He Built Ajax, an Uncensored AI That Will Run on Your PC
The YouTuber says OpenAI suspended his account twice while he trained a small, uncensored model built to run on your own computer.
Crypto job postings triple to over 1,200 in September, but applications fall
Finance, engineering and trading led hiring demand, while Bitcoin, Ethereum and Solana were the most frequently requested blockchain skills.
Payments firm OpenPayd targets year-end Nasdaq listing to fund U.S. expansion and acquisitions
CEO Iana Dimitrova said OpenPayd aims to launch in the U.S. by April 2027 and is eyeing deals to add licenses and technology.
FlyDubai co-pilot used cockpit’s crash axe to try seizing control of flight and was barred from flying by Oman due to concerns over extremist views
The co-pilot has been identified as Hamam al-Hammami.
Trump Is Hosting Yet Another Meme Coin Dinner: Here Are the Details
The TRUMP meme coin project is inviting its top 185 holders to a Nov. 22 gala dinner with President Trump two weeks after ethics disputes over his crypto interests helped stall th…
Dolly Parton’s book program reaches 1 in 7 U.S. kids under 5. How much longer?
Funding challenges have arisen in at least four states, and Parton's foundation now carries the program.
Cathie Wood says smart investors need to start watching where AI agents spend money
As AI agents evolve from answering questions to spending real money, investors and tech giants are scrambling to control the financial networks powering machine-driven commerce.
Meet the air traffic controller who flies to work via powered paragliding and has to call the control tower to let his colleagues know he’s coming
“I’m very small and I don’t show up on radar,” Hutzler said, “so they’ll want to kind of keep track of my location and get updates on my progress.”
Private capital is transforming sports, challenging the press box to upskill into financial forensics
ESPN owns the NFL's network and a Red Sox owner controls the Boston Globe. The Clippers case, broken by a podcast, shows what investigators can find.