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LONDON (AP) — British Prime Minister Keir Starmer on Monday appointed economist and former Columbia University president Minouche Shafik as his chief economic adviser. It’s part of a staff shakeup aimed at strengthening the government’s response to a sluggish economy and a heated political debate over immigration.Starmer’s center-left Labour Party government has struggled to boost economic growth and curb inflation, leaving Treasury chief Rachel Reeves facing unpalatable choices about taxes and spending in her budget this fall.Shafik, a former deputy governor of the Bank of England, has held senior academic and civil service roles in Britain, and served a brief,…
Airtable CEO Howie Liu is doing what most bosses wouldn’t: He wants employees to take more time off for play.Specifically, to play with AI, Liu says, and add more tools to their kit.Liu, 36, said in an episode of Lenny’s Podcast that aired on Sunday that he has been encouraging his employees to play around with AI as part of their work.”If you want to cancel all your meetings for a day or for an entire week and just go play around with every AI product that you think could be relevant to Airtable, go do it. Period,” Liu said.”That’s…
Tech giant Alibaba has been fighting a bruising food delivery war in China. But the company’s latest earnings make it clear that artificial intelligence is what investors really care about.On Friday, Alibaba reported a 2% rise in overall revenue to 247.65 billion Chinese yuan, or $34.6 billion, for the quarter ended June 30 — missing analysts’ forecasts of $252.92 billion yuan in revenue. Operating profit dropped 3% to 35 billion yuan.Despite that drag, investors piled in.Alibaba’s New York-listed shares closed 12.9% higher on Friday to $135 apiece, while its Hong Kong-listed stock gained as much as 18% Monday morning.The rally…
SAN DIEGO —Thousands of people across the United States are being advised against water-related activities at beaches and other coastal areas during the Labor Day holiday weekend due to unsafe levels of bacteria.Swimming caution advisories and closures have been issued for numerous beaches along the East Coast — from Maine to Florida — because of water quality concerns caused by elevated levels of fecal contamination. The advisories warn beachgoers to avoid water contact due to potential illness risk from bacteria.Meanwhile, authorities on the West Coast also warned of high bacteria levels at beaches, including in San Diego, where part of…
NEW YORK (AP) — Naomi Osaka eliminated Coco Gauff 6-3, 6-2 at the U.S. Open with a far more confident and consistent brand of tennis Monday to reach her first Grand Slam quarterfinal in more than 4 1/2 years.The No. 23-seeded Osaka was better throughout than No. 3 Gauff, whose repeated mistakes really made the difference in Arthur Ashe Stadium.“I was super locked in, to be honest. I was really locked in,” said Osaka, a 27-year-old who was born in Japan and moved to the U.S. with her family at age 3. “I felt like everyone wanted to watch a…
SYDNEY (AP) — A man has been charged after a SUV hit the gates of the Russian consulate in Sydney on Monday, police said.Police were called at 8 a.m. to the property in the eastern suburb of Woollahra where an unauthorized vehicle was reported parked in the driveway.Police attempted to speak to the driver, but he drove the Toyota Kluger into the gates, a statement said.Two police officers sustained minor injuries and were treated by paramedics. No one else was injured, police said.The SUV came to rest on the lawn near a flag pole on the consulate’s grounds. The vehicle…
MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Miami hadn’t beaten a top-10 team in nearly eight years. The opponent that night was Notre Dame.It happened again Sunday night — and once again, at Notre Dame’s expense.Carter Davis made a 47-yard field goal with 1:04 left for the go-ahead score, Carson Beck threw for 205 yards and two touchdowns in his Miami debut, and the 10th-ranked Hurricanes beat the sixth-ranked Fighting Irish 27-24 in the opener for both teams.“It’s just an unbelievable night,” Miami coach Mario Cristobal said after the Hurricanes snapped an eight-game slide against top-10 opponents. “Unbelievable night for so many…
DARLINGTON, S.C. (AP) — Chase Briscoe shared some history with his second straight Southern 500 victory at Darlington Raceway on Sunday. He hopes to make a bit more this season as he goes after his first NASCAR Cup Series title.Briscoe held off Tyler Reddick on the final lap to become just the eighth driver in stock racing history with consecutive wins at the track “Too Tough To Tame.” The list includes Hall of Famers and greats like Dale Earnhardt, Cale Yarborough, Jeff Gordon and Bobby Allison.“The expectation was to go and contend for wins,” Briscoe said about his first season…
ATLANTA (AP) — Vicari Swain returned a punt 80 yards for a touchdown to break open a close game, LaNorris Sellers threw a 64-yard touchdown pass to Nyck Harbor, and No. 13 South Carolina beat Virginia Tech 24-11 on Sunday in the opener for both teams.Gamecocks coach Shane Beamer used his brand of “Beamerball” to pull away from the school where his dad, Frank Beamer, originated the style of play that emphasizes turnovers and big plays on special teams. The elder Beamer was in attendance at Mercedes-Benz Stadium, wearing South Carolina black.“Thought you’d like a special teams touchdown,” Shane Beamer…
AI is fueling talent wars in Silicon Valley, but one of the most coveted skills in the industry is more than four decades old.Microsoft Excel, first released all the way back in 1985, is still the most cited skill in job listings.Course Report, which tracks the tech education industry, including coding bootcamps, recently reviewed more than 12 million tech job postings on Indeed to identify the most sought-after skills. Excel came out on top, showing up 531,000 times, far surpassing Python, an essential programming language used in AI, which came in at 67,000, and SQL, another programming language used in…