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Gen Z mourns as the 3-year journey of a content creator who documented her cancer ends with her death at 26 | Fortune

Sydney Towle, a social media content creator who projected enduring optimism as she chronicled her life…

DOGE seems to have hallucinated government savings, like $1.7 billion from a contract it never canceled | Fortune

Some of the savings touted by Elon Musk’sDepartment of Government Efficiencyare incorrect or lack supporting evidence,…

Top economists on ‘unexpected turbulence’ in the U.S. jobs market—the plane is coming in low and hitting a rough patch | Fortune

Nonfarm payrolls fell by 23,000 in July, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday, badly missing…

OpenAI's new device is reportedly a $300 portable donut that watches you | Fortune

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Instagram boss Adam Mosseri says he’s ‘definitely pro’ wearing shorts into the office as Gen Z get slammed for dressing inappropriately for work | Fortune

With another sweltering summer pushing office thermostats to their limits, a new workplace debate is heating…

Is Elon Musk's master plan with SpaceX to have rockets replace planes for global cargo delivery? | Fortune

SpaceX launched its Starfall demo mission on June 23, 2026. According to a document from the…

Iranian hackers and America's Achilles heel on water: default passwords | Fortune

The attackers did not try to infiltrate the computers that utility offices use. Instead, they tried…

5 years after NIL began, college coaches still out-earn the athletes they coach | Fortune

A lot has changed since college athletes began earning compensation in 2021. A small percentage have…

Third time's a charm for CDC director as Senate finally confirms Erica Schwartz as new agency head | Fortune

The Senate on Wednesday confirmedDr. Erica Schwartzas director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention,…

A billion SpaceX shares unlock Thursday. Wall Street isn’t worried: ‘You never bet against Elon’ | Fortune

A SpaceX rocket crashed into the moon at 2 a.m. Wednesday, leaving a massive crater and…