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Remote job scams are on the rise as more people seek flexible work options.Scammers often exploit inexperienced job seekers by masquerading as appealing offers.Experts told BI that caution, careful research, and networking can help you avoid falling for scams.Portia Moore had already been working from home for five years before the COVID pandemic made flexible…

Can you smell the testosterone? Suddenly, America's top CEOs seem to be taking their cues from Logan Roy, Rambo, and, most conspicuously, Donald Trump.Jiujitsu-fighting, MAGA-fied Mark Zuckerberg went on Joe Rogan's podcast to bemoan corporate culture for becoming "neutered" and called instead for "aggression," saying "masculine energy" is "good" and criticism of it had gone…

Anduril said it is considering plans to open a factory in the UK.The plans come as the EU looks to increase defense spending after the US paused aid to Ukraine.The UK government recently awarded Anduril a £30 million contract to supply drones to Ukraine.Autonomous drone maker Anduril says it will consider manufacturing in the UK…

Welcome back to our Sunday edition, where we round up some of our top stories and take you inside our newsroom. Wonder what it was like to attend Nvidia's annual developer festival, where the party started with pancakes in the parking lot? Our reporter Emma Cosgrove was on the ground for the so-called "Super Bowl…

Nvidia's GTC featured its first-ever Quantum Day, highlighting the next-gen field.Jensen Huang said the event was an apology for his previous comments dismissing the tech.Some panelists weren't convinced of his contrition — and the impact on the market was already done.During Thursday's Nvidia GPU Technology Conference, CEO Jensen Huang described the company's first-ever Quantum Day as…

ChatGPT may increase loneliness in power users, according to studies by OpenAI and MIT Media Lab.Researchers analyzed millions of interactions and found that high usage was linked to loneliness.Voice interactions initially helped loneliness, but the benefits faded with prolonged use.AI, like social media, might be just another in a long line of technologies that make…

Reid Hoffman says everyone should be able to find a way to make AI useful for them.Hoffman told The Economist podcast he uses AI for learning and informing potential investments.Despite the hype, a recent Pew Research Center survey said 81% of US workers are "non-AI users."Reid Hoffman has some advice for anyone not finding AI…

This Women's History Month, we're celebrating inventions made by women.Nancy Johnson created the first hand-cranked ice-cream maker in 1843.Famous American chef Julia Child developed a shark repellent while working as a CIA assistant.This Women's History Month, we looked back at some of the most famous inventions made by women throughout history, and how they came to…

Grace Hopper Hopper's achievements included creating the first computer compiler and working on UNIVAC. Bettmann/Getty Images Hopper was a computer scientist and mathematician who worked on the Universal Automatic Computer (UNIVAC I), one of the first all-electronic digital computers.She received a degree in mathematics from Vassar College, where she also taught, and her master's and…

DoorDash has partnered with Klarna to offer new payment options to customers.Customers can "Pay in Full," "Pay Later," or pay in four installments.Some online users called the partnership a "recession indicator."The "Buy Now, Pay Later" model is coming to DoorDash, of all places.DoorDash has partnered with Klarna, a Swedish fintech company, to offer US-based customers…