If Iran Wins The Strait Of Hormuz, The US Economy Stays Steady

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'Big Short' Michael Burry says unshakable AI positivity reminds him of dot-com, housing bubbles

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Michael Burry from "The Big Short" has some concerns.

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Council Post: Why AI Agents Fail In Production And What The Execution Gap Means

Asen Lei, Founder & CEO of Actionbook, building AI agents for browser automation.

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During an AI demo, the room nods after seeing an agent log into a dashboard, pull a report and file a ticket autonomously.

Keydous Unveils Its Ultimate Gaming Keyboard With Magnetic Switches

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The Keydous NJ80-CP V3 HE gaming keyboard uses next-generation Hall-Effect magnetic switches, delivering an ultra-low latency that can be set with customized actuation points.

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A gaming keyboard is a completely different animal from the standard office keyboard. While you can certainly type a report with a gaming keyboard, a regular office keyboard can’t deliver the kind of elite-level gaming performance needed to win an esports tournament.

Coinbase's CTO says the company's AI coach gives him the 'best feedback' of his career

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Coinbase CTO Rob Witoff said he's getting some of the best advice he's ever received in his career.

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YouTube Raised Its Monetization Bar. Some Filmmakers Do Not Rely On It

The YouTube Shorts (Photo by Nikolas Kokovlis/NurPhoto via Getty Images).

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YouTube announced on Monday the first significant changes to its YouTube Partner Program, or YPP, since 2018. From February 1, 2027, new applicants will need 8,000 qualified watch hours over the previous 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views over the previous 90 days, to share in advertising and Premium subscription revenue. Both figures are double YouTube’s current thresholds. The subscriber requirement remains 1,000.

Council Post: Every Business Process You Run Is Already Legacy

Jakob Freund is the CEO of Camunda, a software company innovating end-to-end process orchestration and automation with agentic AI.

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If you designed your most critical business process from scratch today, knowing what AI can actually do, would you build it the way it currently runs? For almost every process in almost every enterprise, the honest answer is no.

Wholesale prices were flat in July, below expectations for 0.2% increase

Wholesale prices were flat in July, below expectations for 0.2% increase

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Wholesale costs for goods and services were flat in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday in the latest positive sign for inflation.

Council Post: When Payment Infrastructure Stops Caring What Form Money Takes

Divyarani Raghupatruni, Senior Director of Product, Data and Orchestration, Alacriti Inc.

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​Payment infrastructure is moving toward a future where it no longer depends on a single form of digital money. Instead, it is being built to support multiple forms of regulated digital assets simultaneously.

New federal rules could end mortgage escrow interest for some homeowners. States are suing to block them

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A legal battle is brewing over new federal rules related to accounts that hold money to pay homeowners' property taxes and insurance payments.

Ten state attorneys general filed a lawsuit on Tuesday seeking to invalidate a pair of Office of the Comptroller of the Currency rules that allow certain banking institutions under its supervision to sidestep state laws requiring them to pay interest on mortgage escrow balances. The federal lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Oregon, names the OCC and Comptroller Jonathan Gould as defendants.