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‘We believe in college’: inside Andreessen Horowitz’s $42m unaccredited academy that will charge Harvard prices without degrees | Fortune

For elite students, college has never looked like a worse deal. Tuition is nearly half a million dollars, AI is threatening to destroy the entry-level jobs a degree used to guarantee, and now in the hottest industry—tech—it’s cool to...

Mortgage rates are nearing 7%, delivering another blow to a housing market already losing buyers and facing stalled sales | Fortune

The daily 30-year fixed mortgage rate soared to 7.24% last week, adding yet another cost for homebuyers already facing the double whammy of high housing prices and inflation squeezing their wallets. Freddie Mac’s weekly average rate also climbed to 6.95%,...

It’s OK if managers step in to help their sales staff – but not too much

Workers in sales might roll their eyes when they deal with a micromanaging boss. But many customers actually appreciate it if a store manager offers to help when they’re mulling over a purchase, whether it’s...

AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society

Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI Source link

Bulls and doomers are both right on AI, says Ray Dalio—it’s ‘miraculous’ for productivity but a ‘devastating’ bubble creating huge wealth inequality | Fortune

There’s a huge divide between how the world’s AI leaders view the transformative technology. Some foresee a huge jobs boom and a new era of economic activity. Others see the end of humanity.Ray Dalio, famed investor and founder of...

Are we developing a distaste for effort?

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Education myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Agatha Christie wrote the intricately plotted novel And Then There Were None because, she later explained, she wanted to attempt something really...

‘You’re a going to be a great one’: Trump tells Mamdani he has ‘potential’ to be a great mayor and floats federal funds to...

President Donald Trump and Mayor Zohran Mamdani held a joint press conference at Gracie Mansion on Monday, the first time a sitting president has visited the mayor’s residence in decades.The two discussed Sunnyside Yards, Temporary Protected Status for...

Paramount agrees invest $1.5 billion in domestic movies and create a board for editorial independence at CNN, CBS as part of deal for Warner...

Movie studio Paramount on Monday agreed to settle an antitrust lawsuit filed by 12 states, the last big obstacle blocking the company’s $81 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery in a deal that would transform the movie industry landscape.In the...

Kremlin-backed forgery scheme moved $6.9bn through global banks

Standard Chartered, Citigroup and other international banks have handled billions of dollars from a Kremlin-backed fintech company that tricked its way into the global financial system with a vast document forgery operation.Hundreds of thousands of files obtained by the...

Paramount reaches settlement to clear path for $110bn Warner Bros deal

Stay informed with free updatesSimply sign up to the Media myFT Digest -- delivered directly to your inbox.Paramount Skydance has clinched a settlement with 12 states that sued to block its $110bn takeover of Warner Bros Discovery, clearing the...
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Watch: ‘Cracking’ heard before Pakistan school roof collapse

More than 30 pupils and a teacher have been killed after a school roof collapsed in the north-western Pakistani...
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