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Why Car Dealers Are Losing Their Shine
Shortages supercharged profits and cut costs, aided by cheap loans, but now that is reversing.
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Hard-Core Sleepers Obsess Over Their Snoozing Stats
Getting a good night’s rest becomes a new sport with spreadsheets, strategies and efforts to conk out…the competition
That Travel Deal You Found Online May Be a One-Way Ticket to Misery
Booking flights and hotels through third parties can save time and money, but check twice before making that vacation reservation.
Crypto Entrepreneurs Are Pivoting to AI. Here’s One Founder’s Experience.
Chris Horne’s startup, Filta, shifted to an AI-powered product after his initial NFT idea faltered.
Opinion | Germany Searches Its Soul on Anti-Semitism
A senior Green Party politician warns about hatred of Jews on the left.
How an Academic Uncovered One of the Biggest Museum Heists of All Time
When a Danish dealer named Ittai Gradel blew the whistle on stolen British Museum antiquities showing up online, it was the culmination of a yearslong antiques whodunit.
The Wall Street Journal on Advertising
Ad Firms Predict Slower Advertising Growth for 2023
Consumer-packaged goods and finance marketers could see flat ad spending in 2023, while entertainment, travel and betting will enjoy tailwinds, according to a forecast from media investment firm…
The Wall Street Journal on Artificial Intelligence
The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader
The CEO behind ChatGPT navigates the line between developing artificial intelligence on the cutting edge and pushing technology to dystopia.
The Secret History of AI, and a Hint at What’s Next
Artificial intelligence is already a big part of our daily lives.
The Wall Street Journal on Business
Big Tech Struggles to Turn AI Hype Into Profits
Microsoft, Google, Adobe and other companies are experimenting with an array of tactics to make, market and charge for AI.
That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost
In an uncertain economy, companies post ads for jobs that they might not really be trying to fill.
The Wall Street Journal on Career
If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means
Some Gen Z professionals are saying no to hustle culture. “I’m not going to go extra.”
Can You Get Ahead and Still Have a Life? Younger Women Are Trying to Find Out
Women assessing their careers say they are determined to advance while keeping work-life boundaries intact.
The Wall Street Journal on Crypto
The Risky Business of Sam Bankman-Fried
The FTX founder’s approach to risk fueled his rise to the top of the crypto world. Then came the catastrophic fall.
Andreessen Horowitz Went All In on Crypto at the Worst Possible Time
Partner Chris Dixon, who was one of the earliest evangelists for the blockchain technology powering cryptocurrencies, says he has “a very long-term horizon.”
The Wall Street Journal on Deepfakes
A New Way to Tell Deepfakes From Real Photos: Can It Work?
Instead of detecting fakes, this effort aims to authenticate and track online images from the start; Adobe’s chief trust officer on the strategy
Fraudsters Used AI to Mimic CEO’s Voice in Unusual Cybercrime Case
Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive’s voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of funds in March in what cybercrime experts described as an unusual…
The Wall Street Journal on Elon Musk
The Real Story of Musk’s Twitter Takeover
In an exclusive excerpt from his new biography ‘Elon Musk,’ Walter Isaacson offers a behind-the-scenes look at one of the most surprising and controversial decisions of the mogul’s career.
Elon Musk Is Planning a Texas Utopia—His Own Town
The entrepreneur is laying plans for a new community outside Austin next to Boring and SpaceX facilities, dubbed Snailbrook. Entities tied to Mr. Musk’s companies or executives have purchased at least…
The Wall Street Journal on Europe
Europe to ChatGPT: Disclose Your Sources
Proposed legislation would require developers to list copyright material used in generative artificial-intelligence tools.
Opinion | Europe Learns Its Electric Cars Will Be Made in China
The EU can’t afford the subsidies that the U.S. can, and it has more free-market scruples.
The Wall Street Journal on Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Makes Big Bet on Bitcoin
Founders Fund, the venture-capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has bought large sums of bitcoin that are now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Tech Luminary Peter Thiel Parts Ways With Silicon Valley
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is relocating his home and personal investment firms to Los Angeles from San Francisco and scaling back his involvement in the tech industry, people familiar with his…
The Wall Street Journal on Retirement
Cut Your Retirement Spending Now, Says Creator of the 4% Rule
The combination of high inflation and high market valuations could require revisions to the retirement rule-of-thumb.
What to Know About RMDs and Retirement Planning
People planning for retirement need a game plan for required minimum distributions. Do it right, and they’ll keep more savings in their pockets—and less in the government’s.
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The Age of Emotional Overstatement
From social media to job applications, the pressure to declare our feelings in public is turning us into gushing adolescents.
The NASA Engineer Who Made the James Webb Space Telescope Work
Greg Robinson, whose boss calls him “the most effective leader of a mission I have ever seen,” turned a $10 billion debacle into a groundbreaking scientific undertaking. Every moonshot is the result…
Two Philosophers Found Purpose in the World of Work
For Ludwig Wittgenstein and Simone Weil, deep thought and physical labor belonged together.
Saying Goodbye to My Parents’ Library
Finding new homes for a cherished collection of rare books brings back a family’s complicated love affair with reading.
The Ragtag Army That Won the Battle of Kyiv and Saved Ukraine
Citizen volunteers teamed up with soldiers to turn the tide in the most consequential European battle since World War II.
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