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AI’s Top 10 CEOs Who Should Be Fired

Here’s why CEOs like Ford’s Jim Farley—who recently warned that “artificial intelligence is going to replace literally half of all white-collar workers in the U.S.”—might want to stop talking about AI’s job-replacement potential.

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Cybercrime Gang Could Cripple U.S. Air Travel

The U.S. airline industry cartel had billions for stock buybacks, tens of millions for executive bonuses, and gladly covered the cost of branded snacks. But when it came to securing the digital systems that keep their planes—and passengers—moving, they fittingly invested peanuts.

Now the FBI and cybersecurity experts warn that U.S. airlines are at serious risk of being hacked—and air travel could face crippling disruptions.

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Former Delta Execs Unleash AI Gouging at Hertz

Imagine if former Delta executives took over a car rental company. Sadly, it’s not a hypothetical—and as Hertz customers are fast learning, the consequences are real, robotic, and painfully expensive.

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The Salvadoran Deportees Taking Hyatt’s Calls

Think your Hyatt call center rep sounds like they grew up in Chicago, where the company is based? They might have—before getting deported and rehired in El Salvador.
A deep dive into the dark world of corporate outsourcing—and the backgrounds of the people increasingly handling the sensitive personal data of millions of Americans.

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Why AI Could Replace America’s Overpaid CEOs

American CEOs are salivating at the thought of artificial intelligence letting them pink slip legions of workers—freeing up more cash for themselves and their shareholders. But what’s good for the rank-and-file goose might be just as good for the CEO gander.
Some thoughts on why the best artificial intelligence has rightfully placed a bull’s-eye on the backs of many American CEOs.

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The Hacker(s) Who Declared War on Whole Foods

A cyberattack on Whole Foods’ main distributor exposed the fragility of America’s food infrastructure — and shattered the illusion of tech invincibility, even under Amazon’s watch.
If hackers can disrupt my yogurt, what happens when they target a diabetic’s insulin?

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Why Joe Biden Was EV Public Enemy No. 1

U.S. electric vehicle adoption sustained some massive setbacks this week and it’s become undeniable that attempts by Joe Biden, in partnership with GM and Ford, to force Americans to drive EVs was a massive policy failure of unrivaled proportions.

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Elon Musk’s Mistaken Social Security Smear

Elon Musk’s false claims about widespread fraud at the Social Security Administration helped trigger a policy that delayed benefits for more than 140,000 Americans. Internal documents obtained by a federal technology publication reveal that the real problem wasn’t fraud—it was misinformation, weaponized by Musk and Trump administration officials at the expense of vulnerable retirees.

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Texas AG Ken Paxton’s Privacy War on Big Tech

While Washington dithers on privacy protections, Texas AG Ken Paxton is rewriting the rules on corporate data abuse—one billion-dollar lawsuit at a time. From Google to GM, his legal warpath is putting Big Tech and Big Auto on notice: mess with consumer privacy in Texas, and you’ll pay.

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