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Day: April 8, 2025
Shopify CEO Says Staffers Need To Prove Jobs Can’t Be Done By AI Before Asking for More Headcount
Shopify CEO Tobi Lutke is changing his company’s approach to hiring in the age of AI. Employees will be expected to prove why they “cannot get what they want done using AI” before asking for more headcount and resources, Lutke wrote in a memo to staffe…
Cybersecurity’s gender issue: Why women are kept out of leadership
How can leaders, both male and female, better support women as they navigate this traditionally male-dominated industry?
Trump administration withdrew 11 pieces of ADA guidance. How will it affect compliance?
President Donald Trump’s administration has withdrawn 11 pieces of guidance related to the Americans with Disabilities Act.
US could be bombing Iran by weekend if Tehran doesn’t fall in line
Donald Trump’s threats to bomb Iran should not be dismissed as empty words, an expert has said
The good, the bad and the ugly in Trump’s coal plans
While wealthy Western countries have been weaning themselves off coal for the last two decades, Donald Trump is now trying to take the US in the opposite direction.
US trade rep says Trump tariffs are getting results, but things may be ‘challenging’ for awhile
The nation’s top trade representative says that President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs are already getting results, bringing other countries to the negotiating table to discuss reducing their trade barriers.
Rain, which offers an employer-integrated personal finance and earned wage access app, raised a $75M Series B led by Prosus at a $340M post-money valuation (Jagmeet Singh/TechCrunch)
Jagmeet Singh / TechCrunch:
Rain, which offers an employer-integrated personal finance and earned wage access app, raised a $75M Series B led by Prosus at a $340M post-money valuation — Rain, a startup offering employer-integrated e…
Death toll tops 100 in roof collapse at nightclub in Dominican Republic
The roof of the Jet Set nightclub in Santo Domingo collapsed on a crowd, killing at least 184 people and leaving many others injured or trapped under rubble.