Oil little changed after U.S. reimposes naval blockade on Iran, launches more airstrikes

Drone view of oil tanker HELGA berthed at one of Iraq's southern offshore oil terminals near Basra as it prepares to load crude oil, becoming the second vessel to arrive since the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, April 24, 2026.

What smart people are saying about IBM's AI warning and SaaSpocalypse fears

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NYT Connections Hints And Answers: Wednesday, July 15

Find the links between the words to win today's game of Connections.

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Not the Connections game you’re looking for? Here are the hints and solution for Tuesday’s game.

Executive Summary Addiction: How Leaders Can Overlook Key Insights

Busy leaders face constant pressure to work faster but relying solely on scannable executive summaries doesn't always lead to better decisions.

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Mark Cuban says AI can expose where employers are getting 'ripped off' by health insurers

Council Post: The Warehouse Is The Brainstem For The Modern Supply Chain

Gurdip Singh is Chief Product Officer at Blue Yonder, a leading AI company for end-to-end digital supply chain transformation.

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​Distribution hubs previously moved inventory, but now they move data, decisions and the bottom line.

New York Halts Large Data Centers Being Built For A Year

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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul will sign an executive order on Tuesday halting all new data-center construction in the state for up to a year, making it the first state to enforce a ban as backlash grows against AI infrastructure and its impact on the environment and on utility prices.

Russia Is Adapting Their Strategies For Their Geran (Shahed) Drones

Russian military trucks carrying Geran-2 drones roll along Borovitskaya Square next to the Kremlin after a rehearsal for the Victory Day military parade in Moscow, Russia, on Tuesday, April 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Pavel Bednyakov)

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Trump Repeats Claim ‘Vandals’ Damaged Reflecting Pool—As It Gets Drained Again (Photos)

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President Donald Trump said the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool was drained Monday, as he doubled down on his administration’s claims that the floor of the pool had been slashed by “vandals.”

Council Post: Are LLMs Becoming Too Expensive? How You Can Fight Back

Komninos Chatzipapas (Κομνηνός Χατζηπαπάς), Founder of Omicron AI Software.

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​With the release of Fable 5 (which is essentially Mythos 5 with guardrails), it's becoming increasingly apparent that frontier AI labs are willing to disregard pricing in order to squeeze every little bit of power out of their large language models (LLMs). Even though most of the cost is subsidized, there are still reports of agentic developers going through up to 50 times more than what they had spent on their flat subscriptions.