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Apple lost over a dozen AI executives and researchers in 2025, mostly to competitors.
  • Apple has lost over a dozen executives and researchers this year, with others announcing their retirement.
  • Meta hired nine of these former Apple employees.
  • Others left for AI startups, OpenAI, or simply retired.

They're not called the AI talent wars for nothing.

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Pictured is the A340 that Global is leasing from Hifly. Images posted on the airline's Instagram show "Global" written across the fuselage.
  • UK startup Global Airlines acquired its second four-engine jet: a leased 25-year-old Airbus A340.
  • It already owns an Airbus A380 and flew a handful of trips in May, but early reviews were mixed.
  • Industry analysts question Global's strategy

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The NYT Connections puzzle today is not too difficult to solve if you love game night.

Connections is the one of the most popular New York Times word games that's captured the public's attention. The game is all about finding the "common threads between words." And just like Wordle, Connections resets after midnight and each new set of words gets trickier and trickier—so we've served up some hints


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Today's NYT Strands hints are easy if you're a foodie.

Strands, the New York Times' elevated word-search game, requires the player to perform a twist on the classic word search. Words can be made from linked letters — up, down, left, right, or diagonal, but words can also change direction, resulting in quirky shapes and patterns. Every single letter in the grid will be part of an answer. There's



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Alfredo Mercedes.
  • Alfredo Mercedes built an AI-enabled modular recruiting platform after starting his career in defense tech.
  • He runs his platform, which lives inside a VC fund, remotely from Medellín, Colombia.
  • He said he's seeing AI companies struggle with overheated compensation and employee retention.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alfredo Mercedes, the 27


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Welcome to your guide to Pips, the latest game in the New York Times catalogue.

Released in August 2025, the Pips puts a unique spin on dominoes, creating a fun single-player experience that could become your next daily gaming habit.

Currently, if you're stuck, the game only offers to reveal the entire puzzle, forcing you to move onto the next difficulty level and start over. However, we have you



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Industrial giants like Caterpillar are supplying dozens of power generators fueling data centers.
  • The companies making money off the AI boom aren't the ones you might expect.
  • Caterpillar, Cummins, and others have made billions of dollars selling generators to data centers.
  • Some analysts have raised concerns about investors overpaying, while the companies foresee

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  • Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff is rebranding many products under the Agentforce name.
  • Benioff says customers prefer AI agent terminology over cloud, based on recent focus groups.
  • Salesforce might rename the entire company Agentforce, Benioff told Business Insider this week.

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  • Legal tech startup Harvey has raised $760 million this year, reaching an $8 billion valuation.
  • Harvey has been widely adopted by law firms, and lawyers say it helps them deliver work faster.
  • Now the startup needs to prove it can boost law firms' profits.

Legal tech startup Harvey this year has bagged $760 million in funding and soared to a valuation of $8 billion. Now it needs


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  • The Pentagon has a high demand signal for all types of drones and uncrewed capabilities.
  • While startups are seeing success in the small drone market, the defense primes are pursuing more exquisite systems.
  • Many big names like General Atomics are upgrading their older, combat-proven drones.

Silicon Valley disruptors and defense industry