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Less than 10 years after dropping out of New York University and then starting what would become the prediction market Polymarket in the bathroom of his Lower East Side apartment, Shayne Coplan has been crowned the youngest ever self-made billionaire. trib.al/Nq5nSqF
Why the New York Stock Exchange just crowned a Gen Z billionaire: Shayne Coplan figured out a society that gambles on everything | Fortune
Coplan, 27, started Polymarket in the bathroom of his Lower East Side apartment.
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AI is shaking up the browser market, with companies beginning to incorporate new generative and agentic AI capabilities directly into the web navigation tool. That in turn is sparking a fierce new war for users. trib.al/zXcTJO8
Browser wars, a hallmark of the late 1990s tech world, are back with a vengeance—thanks to AI | Fortune
Google has integrated Gemini into Chrome, while Perplexity and Opera have launched AI-native browsers too.
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Some government-funded museums and facilities have closed, and those that haven’t, such as the Smithsonian’s National Zoo and the National Air and Space Museum are operating with reserve funds until Saturday. Starting on Sunday, the real pain begins. trib.al/jXbLfEm
The government shutdown couldn't have come at a worse time for D.C. Its $11 billion tourism industry is bracing for impact | Fortune
Fall is a peak season for conferences and business travel, said the president and CEO of the city’s nonprofit destination marketing organization.
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Some jobs can be paused or slowed. Other jobs can’t be rescheduled but could be redirected to another data center where the local power grid is less stressed. Data centers would need to be flexible in this way less than 2% of the time, Sivaram says. trib.al/wmdUUHS
Companies like OpenAI are sucking up power at a historic rate. One startup thinks it has found a way to take pressure off the grid | Fortune
Emerald AI, which launched in July, is trying to solve the problem of powering the data centers that all AI companies need.
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Federal Reserve Governor Chris Waller said Friday he had a “great interview” to potentially succeed Jerome Powell as chair of the central bank, while warning the U.S. labor market is so weak it may actually be contracting. trib.al/I64Uxt8
Fed's Chris Waller says he had a 'great interview' to succeed Jerome Powell and the labor market is 'weak' and 'not doing great' | Fortune
"There was nothing political about it," the Fed governor told CNBC. "Just serious economic discussion."
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Repairing relations with front-line workers was key for REI CEO Mary Beth Laughton, especially as the brand struggled. But in the last week, Laughton has made moves that could complicate those efforts and revive tensions. trib.al/QSlxeJT
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Shark Tank star Kevin O’Leary acknowledged that President Donald Trump’s tariffs are headache and increase input costs, but said entrepreneurs have not only survived in similar environments but also thrived. trib.al/SBh1aVj
Kevin O'Leary says the best time to start a business is during chaos | Fortune
"If you look for the path of least resistance, you want to find big opportunities because of disruption."
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Regulators were circling. The stock was sinking.

This is the inside story of how Charlie Scharf took the toughest job on Wall Street, and got a legendary corporation back on track. trib.al/2USrfQv
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A new study by researchers at Harvard University, Brown University, and the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) shows workers still value remote work so much, they’d be willing to take a massive pay cut in order to get it. trib.al/lT9TUsX
The remote work fight isn't over: Workers are willing to take a major pay cut up to 25%, according to new Harvard study | Fortune
Harvard, Brown, and UCLA researchers found workers would be willing to take a massive pay cut to work from home.
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