CEOs have warned that AI will wipe out white-collar and entry-level jobs, but demand for the tools is already creating new opportunities. America’s energy sector is thriving during the world’s latest tech transformation—but there aren’t enough workers to meet the demand. The U.S. power and grid value chain will need around 500,000 additional workers by
Workers are retrospectively adding AI skills to their LinkedIn profiles — while remote-work and DEI language is falling out of favor. That is the finding of a new National Bureau of Economic Research working paper, which analyzed monthly snapshots of 29.4 million US LinkedIn profiles. Nearly a fifth of those accounts had retroactively changed the
As of 9 a.m. Eastern Time today, oil sold for $94.12 per barrel (using Brent as the benchmark, which we’ll get into momentarily). That’s 54 cents lower than yesterday morning and approximately a $26.21 rise over the past year. Oil price per barrel % Change Price of oil yesterday $94.66 -0.57% Price of oil 1
After doing tie-ins with iconic scary movie characters like Chucky and M3gan, Coca-Cola’s Fanta wants to make some spooky personas of its own. Ahead of Halloween, the soda brand is introducing four characters as part of a kickoff to what it’s calling Fanta’s Haunted Universe, which it describes as a collection of products, content, and
Cat Gioino here. Everyone wants safer neighborhoods, right? That was Flock CEO Garrett Langley’s pitch to VCs after he built Flock’s first prototype. The Georgia Tech electrical engineer was not yet 30 when a string of break-ins in his own Atlanta neighborhood convinced him local police lacked the right tools. Recruiting two former colleagues, Matt
Two major events are likely to drive financial markets this week: Nvidia’s second-quarter earnings report and the Fed’s annual Jackson Hole Economic Symposium. Before diving into each of those, let’s take a step back and look at the bigger picture. Perhaps the biggest development in markets over the last week has been the surge in
