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DNA on towel wrapped around rifle near Charlie Kirk assassination matches the 22-year-old accused in the killing, FBI director says | Fortune
DNA on a towel wrapped around a rifle found near where conservative activist Charlie Kirk was assassinated matched that of the 22-year-old accused in the killing, FBI Director Kash Patel said on Monday.Investigators also have used DNA evidence to link the...
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Professors think students are prepared for the workforce—nearly half of students disagree and feel unready even for entry-level roles in their field | Fortune
While it may be assumed that recent college graduates aren’t ready to take on the AI-burdened job market, the ones prepping them for the workforce feel otherwise.Nearly nine in 10 educators believe their students are prepared to enter the...
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Even professional economists can’t escape political bias
Republican-leaning economists tend to predict stronger economic growth when a Republican is president than Democrats do – and because of this partisan optimism, their forecasts end up being less accurate.I’m an economist, and my colleagues...
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Snowflake tops Fortune Future 50, new CFO highlights AI leadership | Fortune
Good morning. U.S. tech companies, particularly in software, have dominated the 2025 Fortune Future 50 list.Snowflake, a cloud-based data storage company, takes the top spot on the list released this morning, followed closely by data, analytics, and AI provider Databricks. Both...
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Australia’s financial regulator slaps a $160 million fine on ANZ, its largest ever on a single entity | Fortune Asia
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Australia’s ANZ, one of the country’s “big four” banks, has agreed to pay a record fine of $240 million Australian dollars ($159.5 million) over “widespread misconduct”, the financial regulator said Monday.The fine is the largest ever announced by the...
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After his ICE agents arrested hundreds of South Korean workers, Trump says he doesn’t want to ‘frighten off’ foreign investment in the U.S. |...
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President Donald Trump on Sunday said foreign workers sent to the United States are “welcome” and he doesn’t want to “frighten off” investors, 10 days after hundreds of South Koreans were arrested at a work site in Georgia.In a...
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The Federal Reserve is about to have an extremely awkward meeting | Fortune
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Wall Street is looking ahead to a highly anticipated meeting of Federal Reserve policymakers, who are widely expected to lower interest rates for the first time this year amid relentless pressure from the White House and deteriorating employment data.The...
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North Korean hackers used ChatGPT to help forge deepfake ID | Fortune
A suspected North Korean state-sponsored hacking group used ChatGPT to create a deepfake of a military ID document to attack a target in South Korea, according to cybersecurity researchers.Attackers used the artificial intelligence tool to craft a fake draft...
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This housing data is the ‘most critical economic variable’ for predicting recessions, and it’s now at the lowest level since pandemic shutdowns | Fortune
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The housing market is long been seen as an early warning sign for recessions, and one data point in particular has caught the attention of Moody’s Analytics chief economist Mark Zandi.In social media posts on Sunday, he noted that...
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White House wants $58 million security boost after Kirk shooting | Fortune
The Trump administration is asking Congress for an extra $58 million to bolster security for the executive and judicial branches following the fatal shooting of conservative figure Charlie Kirk, according to a White House official.The request to include the...
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U.K. aristocrat and her partner get 14 years in prison for baby daughter’s death
A British woman from an aristocratic family and her partner were sentenced Monday to 14...