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AI can’t be managed by any existing department, so EY is creating a new one.The Big Four firm is setting up a new function called the “AI Value Realization Office” to centralize its AI spending and ensure the technology delivers measurable impact.Dan Diasio, EY’s global consulting AI leader, told Business…
TikTok is shuttering its Nashville office in early October and laying off 250 staffers.Last week, the company told impacted workers they’d remain on payroll for the next couple of months before the office officially closed. After that, employees are being offered one month of severance pay plus an additional month…
Free the kneeShorts at the office. Appropriate or not?It’s a heated and long-running debate across much of corporate America, one that Instagram boss Adam Mosseri recently planted his flag in. He said he was “pro” shorts in the workplace, with caveats.”Not all shorts are created equal,” he said. Somewhat dangerously,…
In 2026, you can show up to work in jeans, eat a slopbowl at your desk while working through lunch, and enjoy wine on tap later in the day. If you dare to show a little knee, though, you might stun your colleagues.Adam Mosseri reignited the debate over wearing shorts in…
Gold decorations in President Donald Trump's Oval Office.Evelyn Hockstein/REUTERSPresident Donald Trump is redecorating the Oval Office in his second, non-consecutive term.He’s added numerous gold furnishings, some taken from Mar-a-Lago and the White House collection.He has also added portraits of past presidents, military flags, and a new rug.Gold eagles. Gold cherubs.…
OpenAI has built a super app for work.On Thursday, the company announced it is now merging its popular Codex AI coding tool into its ChatGPT desktop app, a move to turn the flagship AI app into a one-stop shop for engineers and other professionals. OpenAI also revealed a Work setting…
Jimmy Carter famously worked as a peanut farmer before becoming the US president.Mikki Ansin/Getty ImagesSome US presidents had unexpected jobs before they got to the White House.Abraham Lincoln worked as a postmaster in New Salem, Illinois.John F. Kennedy was a journalist and reported on the end of World War II.While…
Nearly all of the Pentagon’s drone programs will now exist under one office, giving its officials major power over the future of uncrewed systems in the US military.The consolidation will accelerate the procurement and fielding of drones, US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth said in a memo, a major priority…
The US Department of Defense’s independent office for testing weapons has been gutted, leaving its remaining staff with more work, according to a new Congressional watchdog report.Last year’s workforce cuts to the Office of the Director of Operational Test and Evaluation, or DOT&E, led to several organizational changes, including the…
In my early 20s, I moved my life from the bustling metropolis of London to a quiet, scenic town in the mountains of Japan. I had been offered a job as an English teacher in a high school, and I was eager to take advantage of what I imagined would…
