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A little over a year ago, the Elon Musk-guided Department of Government Efficiency asked federal workers to explain their jobs. A new document dump offers a peek into their answers. Loading audio narration… Back in February 2025, DOGE asked federal workers to send five bullet points answering one simple question: “What did you do last week?” Musk said ahead of formally announcing the emails that “failure to respond will be taken as a resignation.”Now, we know how workers in the Office of Personnel Management responded, thanks to a document release of around 200 replies to that request in response to…

People walk past an AMC theatre in Manhattan in New York City, U.S., February 25, 2025. Jeenah Moon | ReutersAMC Theatres is bringing live concerts to the big screen.The world’s largest theater company has partnered with Arena One, a live entertainment technology company, to bring real-time concert events to theatrical audiences. AMC has been at the forefront of theatrical music content in recent years, most notably distributing Taylor Swift’s “Eras Tour” and Beyonce’s “Renaissance” filmed concerts. The new partnership marks something of a bridge between a scheduled screening and a simulcast event — and offers customers a fresh reason to go…

Anthropic is rolling out AI agents for finance that promise to do the grunt work of Wall Street — from preparing for client meetings to conducting market research. Loading audio narration… The announcement on Tuesday comes as startups and banks themselves are building similar tools to automate much of Wall Street’s most tedious work, further enmeshing the company behind Claude in an already competitive space.The 10 new agents include a “model builder,” which can create financial models from filings and analyst notes, and a “pitch builder,” which can draft pitchbooks ahead of client meetings, the company said in a post…

Five publishers and bestselling author Scott Turow are suing Meta for allegedly building generative AI models on millions of copyrighted works. Turow is pictured above during the New Yorker Festival in New York City in October 2014. Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker Festival hide caption toggle caption Thos Robinson/Getty Images for The New Yorker Festival Publishing houses Hachette, Macmillan, McGraw Hill, Elsevier and Cengage joined forces with bestselling author Scott Turow (and his own company S.C.R.I.B.E) to file a class-action lawsuit on Tuesday against Meta and its CEO, Mark Zuckerberg. The plaintiffs accuse the tech company of building…

The FDA blocked the publication of several studies supporting the safety of vaccines against Covid and shingles in recent months, a Health and Human Services Department spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. It’s the latest effort by the Trump administration to challenge safe and effective shots in the U.S. and make them harder to access for some patients. Under Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a prominent vaccine skeptic, federal health agencies have softened Covid shot recommendations, cut back research on vaccine development and attempted to overhaul the childhood immunization schedule, among other efforts. FDA scientists worked with data firms to…

If GameStop CEO’s awkward CNBC interview was an away game, his Fox Business appearance the following day felt like a home game. Loading audio narration… Ryan Cohen seemed happier to be on TV during Tuesday’s edition of Fox Business’ “Making Money with Charles Payne,” where the CEO again discussed GameStop’s unsolicited bid to acquire eBay. It was his first televised interview since his bizarre segment on CNBC’s “Squawk Box,” during which his repetitive answers and stated confusion at their questions elicited exhalations and chuckles from the hosts.This time around, Cohen was all smiles. He said it was “good to see…

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink is one of the most bullish people in the world about artificial intelligence, and he just announced another AI bet. Loading audio narration… Speaking at the Milken conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Fink said his firm will announce a partnership with an unspecified hyperscaler later this week to build data centers.”The future is today,” Fink said. BlackRock did not immediately return requests for comment. He has positioned his $13.9 trillion asset manager to provide the financing for the technology’s buildout, with a focus on infrastructure such as data centers and energy investments. BlackRock’s $12.5 billion…

The Lucid logo is shown at the Los Angeles Auto show on Nov. 20, 2025.Mike Blake | ReutersDETROIT — Lucid Group suspended its vehicle production guidance for the year as its incoming CEO evaluates the all-electric vehicle manufacturer’s business operations, including the potential for lower output of EVs.The company on Tuesday also said it needs to lower its “elevated inventory” of vehicles, which for automakers has historically meant decreasing or idling vehicle production. A company spokesman told CNBC that there is currently no plan to idle its sole U.S. plant in Arizona, but incoming CEO Silvio Napoli said he is…

Managers who don’t produce are becoming expendable. Loading audio narration… As tech layoffs roll on and org charts flatten, some industry leaders are sending them a sharp directive: Keep tabs on your reports, but be sure to contribute, too.In a letter to Coinbase staff on Tuesday, CEO Brian Armstrong announced plans to lay off 14% of its workforce and said everyone at the crypto company must be “a strong and active individual contributor.” He also said the changes mean teams will be smaller — in some cases, just one person and their AI agents — and that there will no…

For billionaire Ken Griffin, being targeted by New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani is “triggering the trauma I experienced in Chicago.” Loading audio narration… Griffin, the founder of Citadel and its sister market-making firm, Citadel Securities, ran both companies from Chicago before relocating to Miami following the pandemic due to frustrations with the leadership of the city and the state of Illinois.Speaking at the Milken conference in Los Angeles on Tuesday, Griffin said that after Mamdani filmed a “tax-the-rich” video outside his penthouse apartment, it made his decision to choose Miami over New York “unquestionably” the right one.”Mamdani has made it…