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As investigators built the suspect’s profile, reporting described Cole Tomas Allen as a highly educated tutor and computer programmer, including a master’s degree in computer science from...

Elon Musk’s claim that retirement saving “won’t matter” because AI will create abundance landed amid a broader workforce shock: major employers are cutting staff while scaling AI capabilities....

A new line of research and commentary is warning leaders that AI can increase burnout rather than relieve it. One account cites an eight-month ethnographic study involving 200 employees in which...

The U.S. Department of Justice charged a U.S. Army soldier tied to bets on Polymarket around the timing of a raid on Nicolas Maduro, intensifying scrutiny of insider-linked trading in prediction...

In her exit interview, Carnegie Mellon Tepper’s departing dean linked retirement systems and financial literacy to a wider educational responsibility—arguing that Americans are being asked to make...

Remento, an AI startup backed by Mark Cuban, is scaling a product that helps families turn conversations with elderly relatives into recorded, AI-generated narrative books. The company sends...

Duke Energy outlined plans to spend $103 billion over five years to expand generation and grid capacity, citing data center demand as affordability pressures intensify. The utility expects to add...

Major AI rollouts are accelerating workforce churn and reshaping how organizations staff professional roles. The tech sector’s latest restructuring push is pairing AI investment with workforce...

At the University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business, a group of faculty delivered a vote-of-no-confidence message to Dean Geoffrey Garrett, citing a “downward trajectory” in...

The U.S. Department of Education acknowledged shifting roughly $1 billion that Congress earmarked for education programs during the early months of President Donald Trump’s second term—either...

New survey findings show pressure on academic research across red states where “divisive concepts” laws and related curriculum restrictions have proliferated since 2021. Ithaka S+R reported that...

As students increasingly rely on AI-supported tools to research colleges, institutions are shifting from click-through marketing to “answer-engine optimization,” aiming to influence whether and...

The Rady School of Management is expanding hands-on learning by placing MBA students in consulting-style engagements with real clients before internships. The Rady Action Project is structured so...

Clara Shih, former Meta and Salesforce AI executive, launched the New Work Foundation to help Gen Z prepare for a job market she describes as dominated by AI agents. Shih’s nonprofit approach is...

A shooting attempt at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton triggered emergency evacuation of President Donald Trump and top administration officials, and it has renewed...

Investigators and reporting have detailed the alleged gunman’s academic and career background, including degrees tied to California universities and a record of tutoring and software development....

A policy and technology argument is pushing for a rewrite of how drones authenticate and interoperate with regulated airspace, citing national security concerns about foreign commercial drone...

A shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner at the Washington Hilton sent President Donald Trump and top officials into evacuation mode Saturday, according to U.S. officials...

Investigators and public records are putting more detail on Cole Tomas Allen’s background after the Correspondents’ Dinner attack. Multiple reports describe Allen as a highly educated tutor and...

USC Marshall is facing a public faculty revolt after 52 business professors sent a letter to Dean Geoffrey Garrett citing a “downward trajectory” in the Full-Time MBA program. The faculty members...