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Business news • Apr 16

We asked 12 gig workers how much they made in 2025. The answers varied wildly.

Gig workers — from Uber drivers to Taskrabbit handymen — told us how much they earned in 2025. For some, it was a side hustle, while others worked...

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Business news • Apr 16

The medical AI revolution requires rethinking health care’s architecture

The first era of digital health focused on digitizing medical records. The next era will be defined by something more difficult.

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Business news • Apr 16

Anthropic’s Nuclear Bomb

A few hours before Anthropic announced the launch of its newest model, Claude Mythos Preview, on April 7, I had just completed a six-month analysis of.

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Business news • Apr 16

China’s growth hits 5% despite Iran war

Exports and fiscal stimulus offset a still weak domestic economy in the first quarter.

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Business news • Apr 16

I Spoke to the Man Accused of Trying to Kill Sam Altman

In January, Andy Mills interviewed Daniel Moreno-Gama about his AI fears. On Friday, Moreno-Gama was arrested for allegedly attempting to murder the CEO of...

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Business news • Apr 16

Iran war is hurting U.S. trade partners, threatening the American economy

The conflict's ripple effects have reached nations the U.S. relies on for key imports.

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Business news • Apr 16

Amid wellness craze, FDA weighs lifting peptide restrictions

Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is a self-professed “big fan” of peptides. They have grown in popularity for wellness and antiaging, but many remain...

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Business news • Apr 16

China’s Economy Leans on Infrastructure as Consumers Pull Back

Strong investments in rail lines and other infrastructure offset weak consumer spending and a shrinking trade surplus as the Chinese economy continued to...

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Business news • Apr 16

China's hits economic growth target despite Iran war disruption

China's economy grew faster than expected in the first three months of the year, even as countries around the world feel the impact of the US-Israel war...

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Business news • Apr 16

China's economy grows at 5% in first quarter, shrugging off initial impact of Iran war

China's economy accelerated in the first quarter of this year, expanding 5% from a year earlier as it largely shrugged off impacts from the Iran war so far.

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Business news • Apr 16

VIEW China's first-quarter growth beats forecast despite Iran war risks

China's economy expanded 5% in the first quarter compared with a year earlier, according to official data on Thursday, surpassing analysts' expectations as...

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Business news • Apr 16

China’s Growth Accelerated in First Quarter

The economy grew 5.0% in the first quarter from a year earlier.

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Business news • Apr 16

China economic growth accelerates to 5% in first quarter, beating expectations, on robust exports

Beijing had lowered its growth target this year to a range of 4.5% to 5%, the least ambitious goal on record going back to the early 1990s.

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Business news • Apr 16

Trump threatens to fire Fed chair Powell if he doesn't leave in May

US President Donald Trump has threatened to fire Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell if he does not step aside at the end of his term in May.

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Business news • Apr 16

Stock Market News, April 15, 2026: S&P Hits 7000, Closing at First Record Since January

Surging tech stocks carried the S&P 500 and Nasdaq composite to new records on Wednesday, a milestone in major indexes' rebound from war-fueled losses.

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Business news • Apr 16

Oil prices rise on doubts US-Iran peace talks will ease Hormuz disruption

NEW YORK, April 16 (Reuters) - Oil ​prices rose on Thursday on skepticism that forthcoming peace talks between the U.S. and Iran would be able to ‌resolve...

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Business news • Apr 16

FDA to weigh easing limits on unproven peptides favored by RFK Jr. and MAHA supporters

The Food and Drug Administration will hold a meeting this summer to consider easing restrictions on more than a half dozen peptide injections, a group of...

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Business news • Apr 16

Sneaker Company Allbirds Plans to Pivot to A.I. Yes, A.I.

After selling its business for $39 million last month, the company said it planned to buy powerful computer chips and rebrand itself NewBird AI.

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Business news • Apr 16

How Anthropic Learned Mythos Was Too Dangerous for the Wild

The AI company's own experts warned Mythos could hack the systems beneath most modern computing. Banks and government agencies are racing to gauge the...

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Business news • Apr 16

The AI Cyber Threat Is Here. This Is What You Can Do.

Anthropic's new AI can break into almost any computer system on Earth. A technology researcher who endured a state-sponsored cyberattack explains what comes...

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