Illustration: Eddie Marshall | Midjourney Brown University eliminated 103 positions months after Alex Shieh, a sophomore at the time, used a combination of AI and public data to launch Bloat@Brown, a website that listed the names and titles of each of the school’s nearly 4,000 administrators. Shieh has since left the school to launch the…
US stocks rose on Wednesday after the US government entered its first shutdown in seven years, putting hundreds of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in output at risk. Meanwhile, key ADP jobs data showed private payrolls declined in September, widely missing estimates but helping to virtually cement bets on near-term rate cuts. The…
SEOUL (Reuters) -U.S. President Donald Trump insisted South Korea will provide billions of dollars in investments “upfront”, despite Seoul’s assertion that it would suffer a financial crisis if it meets the U.S. demands without safeguards. In July, South Korea pledged $350 billion toward U.S. projects, but has balked at U.S. demands for control over the…