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• Mark Cuban said getting fired early in life helped teach him how to become a better entrepreneur.
• The billionaire said jobs he hated taught him valuable lessons about leadership and business.
• Cuban said entrepreneurs only need to succeed once after repeated failure

• US soldrers in Lithuania trained to identify drones by the sound of their buzz overhead.
• The Army exercise also tested combat movement under constant drone presence.
• Troops practiced fighting in skies crowded with drones, jammers, and other sensors.

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• Bill Ackman announced a new investment in Microsoft.
• The billionaire investor said both his hedge fund and new closed-end fund had taken positions.
• Ackman touted Microsoft's ownership of M365 and Azure and the recent slump in its stock price.

Bill Ackman is betting big on Microsoft's success in the AI era.

Billionaire investor Ackman said on Friday

Pershing Square has taken a new position in Microsoft, with the size to be disclosed in a 13F filing later on Friday. The stock is down roughly 16% year-to-date. Bill Ackman has bought Microsoft. Pershing Square’s chief executive said on X on Friday morning that the fund had taken a new position in the software […]

• Data, software, and AI engineering roles used to be "completely different professions," said EY's Dan Diasio.
• The work overlaps much more now, Diasio said, as engineers are able build more quickly.
• The consulting giant is also reshaping its hiring strategy for technical workers in the AI era.

Software engineering roles aren't going

The round, led by Schroders Capital, follows January’s acquisition of Berlin-based StackFuel and 50% year-on-year revenue growth. Customers include the AA, Babcock, and Capital. Multiverse, the London-based AI- and tech-upskilling platform founded by Euan Blair, said on Friday it had raised $70m in primary funding led by Schroders Capital, at a $2.1bn valuation. Existing investors, […]

Donald Trump is currently in China to visit leader Xi Jinping, and the trip has already led to a number of moments worthy of a second look.

In the Late Show clip above, Stephen Colbert offers commentary on everything from the awkward initial handshake between presidents to the crowd of children jumping up and down and cheering as Trump walks by.

"Look at that, those kids are so happy...that they got the day off from the iPhone factory," says Colbert. "That joke is based on a true story that I read on my iPhone."

Colbert then moves on to footage of Trump praising Xi as a "great leader" and declaring, "I only say the truth."

"Congratulations!" says Colbert. "'I only say the truth' was Donald Trump's one billionth lie!"

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A federal judge in San Francisco wanted more detail on lawyers’ fees and lead-plaintiff payments before signing off on what would be the largest copyright settlement in US history. A federal judge in San Francisco declined on Thursday to give final approval to Anthropic’s proposed $1.5bn settlement with authors who say the company trained its […]

AI is forcing the consulting industry to reinvent itself.

The biggest firms are racing to weave the technology into nearly every facet of their businesses — from how consultants execute client projects to how employees are trained, promoted, and measured.

McKinsey, BCG, Deloitte, EY, KPMG, PwC, and IBM Consulting are all now hiring more technical talent, building AI tools