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I'm a senior principal engineer. I use AI at work, but some tasks you should do from scratch — here's how I decide.
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I'm a senior principal engineer. I use AI at work, but some tasks you should do from scratch — here's how I decide.

Brandon Pedersen is a senior engineer at GoTo. His tips for using AI at work include not trusting it blindly by verifying the sources of its answers.

Dan Schawbel · 04 Sep, 2026
Rich New Yorkers' incomes have soared, but it means more wealth to tax
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Rich New Yorkers' incomes have soared, but it means more wealth to tax

New York's rich are getting richer, and it's because the bulk of their incomes aren't coming from salaries.

Juliana Kaplan · 04 Sep, 2026
How opposing camps of parents pushed Mamdani to weigh in on AI in school
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How opposing camps of parents pushed Mamdani to weigh in on AI in school

Some New York City parents say AI use in schools is bad for kids. Other say it's necessary. Both lobbied the Mamdani administration in recent months.

Truman Dickerson · 04 Sep, 2026
I own a baklava bakery in San Francisco. Life as a small business owner in a city flush with AI money has been hard.
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I own a baklava bakery in San Francisco. Life as a small business owner in a city flush with AI money has been hard.

Tolgay Karabulut has run a small baklava bakery in San Francisco since 2022. The city's AI boom has made earning a living feel like an uphill battle.

Aditi Bharade · 04 Sep, 2026
Paul Graham says launching a startup is the 'least efficient' way to look cool
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Paul Graham says launching a startup is the 'least efficient' way to look cool

Graham also compared applying to YC to applying to elite universities like Harvard, and said that it is harder in some ways.

Shubhangi Goel · 04 Sep, 2026
Europe is rethinking where it keeps its gold
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Europe is rethinking where it keeps its gold

The Netherlands and France have shifted gold reserves as geopolitical tensions put new focus on where Europe keeps its bullion.

Huileng Tan · 04 Sep, 2026
Inside the Han Kuang — how Taiwan prepares for the world's most consequential war
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Inside the Han Kuang — how Taiwan prepares for the world's most consequential war

A conflict in Taiwan would be the world's most dangerous flashpoint. This is how the island at the center of it all is preparing for war.

Matthew Loh · 04 Sep, 2026
Tesla launches steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxi in Austin
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Tesla launches steering-wheel-free Cybercab robotaxi in Austin

Tesla said on Thursday that public rides in the Cybercab — a two-door, steering-wheel-free robotaxi — is now available in Austin.

Lloyd Lee · 04 Sep, 2026
What smart people in business and tech are saying about AI bans for schools
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What smart people in business and tech are saying about AI bans for schools

The tech world has split opinions on how they feel about the NYC Mayor banning AI use in schools.

Lloyd Lee,Katherine Li · 04 Sep, 2026
Volkswagen plans 50,000 more job cuts amid biggest overhaul in its history
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Volkswagen plans 50,000 more job cuts amid biggest overhaul in its history

Volkswagen, the world's second-largest automaker, is trying to get more nimble. It's planning huge job cuts as Chinese automakers step up competition.

Ben Shimkus · 03 Sep, 2026
Oura takes step toward IPO with S-1 filing, revealing $1.4 billion in revenue
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Oura takes step toward IPO with S-1 filing, revealing $1.4 billion in revenue

Oura took a step closer to becoming a public company by filing its S-1 on Thursday.

Kelsey Vlamis · 03 Sep, 2026
OpenAI does a victory lap for its new AI model: 'Welcome to the AGI era'
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OpenAI does a victory lap for its new AI model: 'Welcome to the AGI era'

OpenAI president Greg Brockman suggests its new model Astra could be AGI, pitching it as a research breakthrough and a shift in delegating work to AI.

Stephen Council · 03 Sep, 2026