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WorkWorkUS Employers Could Offshore Jobs Rather Than Paying H-1B Visa Fees - Business Insider The higher price tag for coveted H-1B visas might drive up employers' costs, but not necessarily their appetite for US workers.That's one possible result of the Trump administration's recent decision to raise the cost of these special visas, meant for skilled workers that employers can't find in the US, to $100,000, researchers who study the issue told Business Insider. WorkIran worries ahead of 'snapback' of UN nuclear sanctions People in Iran increasingly find themselves priced out of the food they need to survive and worried about the future ahead of the reimposition of United Nations sanctions over its nuclear program. Iran's rial currency already sits at a record low, increasing pressure on food prices and making daily life that much more challenging. That includes meat, rice and other staples of the Iranian dinner table. Meanwhile, people worry about a new round of fighting between Iran and Israel -- as well as potentially the United States -- after the 12-day war in June. WorkWorkWorkWorkC.T.E. Looms Over Friday Night Lights Parents revealed conflicting emotions after the finding that a gunman who killed four people in July had the brain disease that has been linked with football and other contact sports. WorkWorkWorkWorkThe Tiny Teams Era Is Here and AI-Powered Startups Are Winning It - Business Insider Quentin Peccoux vibe codes every day. He's one of seven full-time employees at an AI-powered startup. Initially, he feared the technology would replace him. Now, he says it "feels like a superpower."He's not alone in boasting about AI's impact. Shivam Sagar, one of nine full-time employees at another company, said that AI agents can do the work of two to three additional engineers. The productivity boost is invigorating, but work-life balance is still tough to achieve -- for his first six months in the job, he felt like all he did was eat, sleep, and code. WorkWorkWorkThe virtual worlds where AI is making its next big leap - WSJ Today's AIs are book smart. Everything they know they learned from available language, images and videos. To evolve further, they have to get street smart. That requires "world models."The key is enabling AI to learn from their environments and faithfully represent an abstract version of them in their "heads," the way humans and animals do. To do it, developers need to train AIs by using simulations of the world. Think of it like learning to drive by playing "Gran Turismo" or learning to fly from "Microsoft Flight Simulator." These world models include all the things required to plan, take actions and make predictions about the future, including physics and time. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkAn American nurse in Gaza City films a hospital's collapse The health care system in Gaza City is coming under fire and being pushed toward collapse as Israeli troops bear down. Nearly two weeks into Israel's latest ground offensive on Gaza's largest city, two clinics were destroyed by airstrikes, two hospitals shut down after being damaged and others are barely functioning. Medicine, equipment, food and fuel are in short supply. An American nurse volunteering at al-Quds hospital for three months kept a video diary and shared it with the Associated Press. The diary provides a rare record of military operations that pushed the facility toward its breaking point. WorkWorkIs Kamala Harris staging a 2028 comeback? - WSJ PHILADELPHIA--Democrats are ready to move on from 2024. But Kamala Harris isn't done talking about it--as much as some in her party want her to be.Her account of the campaign in her new book, "107 Days," is a more unvarnished look from the typically cautious former vice president than even those close to her were expecting. The candor hasn't just reopened wounds for a divided party still struggling to chart a path forward. It has also left Democrats trying to discern Harris's intent: Is the book the start of an unconventional political comeback, or a no-holds-barred exit from politics? WorkTrump Is Setting the National Parks Up to Fail - The Atlantic This summer, many of Americans' fears about their national parks--that budget cuts and staffing shortages would lead to unsafe, or at least unpleasant, vacations--did not come to pass. Gates and visitor centers were open (with reduced hours) and toilets were usable (mostly). Visitors to the Grand Canyon who developed heat exhaustion were still rescued. To the public, a trip to the national parks must have seemed normal enough, down to tourists getting way too close to bison at Yellowstone. WorkWorkWorkWorkWomen's pro-ballers want more cash - The Economist AT the Barclays Centre in Brooklyn, New York, a spectacle is starting. Fans in seafoam green, inspired by the Statue of Liberty, stream to their seats armed with chicken tenders and beer. A glamorous elephant shimmies around the court to Mary J. Blige, an R&B musician, in a crown and generous layers of mascara. It's the last regular-season home game for the New York Liberty, the city's Women's National Basketball Association (wnba) team, and seats are sold out. "The atmosphere is unbelievable," says Ana Bermudez, a lawyer who has been a fan since the league's launch in 1997. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkWorkHow tech lords and populists changed the rules of power - FT The advantage of indignation is it leaves you with a clear conscience, without any form of further analysis. The words spoken by Elon Musk at the "Unite the Kingdom" rally organised by far-right activist Tommy Robinson this month sparked widespread outrage among politicians. Downing Street condemned the tech boss for using "dangerous and inflammatory" language, after he told the crowd that "violence is coming" and "you either fight back or you die". WorkWorkWorkWorkChina's anti-Japan dramas get a Gen Z makeover - WSJ BEIJING--With blockbuster films featuring survival-game plotlines and microdramas clocking in at several minutes an episode, China's latest cultural productions depicting wartime resistance against Japan are tweaking the formula to grab the attention of a younger generation.The latest and most dramatic example is "Evil Unbound," a big-budget film about an infamous unit of the Japanese Imperial Army that conducted germ warfare and chemical experiments on live humans. The film was released last week to coincide with the anniversary of Japan's invasion of China in 1931. WorkProtesters in Mexico ram gates of military base over Ayotzinapa students who disappeared Protesters who want justice in the case of 43 students who disappeared in 2014 have rammed the gates of a military base in Mexico City with a truck and set the vehicle on fire. The protest Thursday came on the eve of the anniversary of the disappearance of the Ayotzinapa Rural Teachers' College students, a case that for many Mexicans has become emblematic of state involvement in bloodshed in the Latin American nation. Authorities believe the students were abducted and killed by a criminal cartel with ties to government and military officials, and dozens of people have been arrested, including a former attorney general and military officers. However, nobody has been convicted yet WorkHow to future-proof your knees Our knees are arguably one of our most important joints, but also one of the most poorly looked after. Science tells us putting in some work now pays dividends later. WorkWorkWorkWorkWorkChina sends 2,000 workers to build battery power in Europe - FT China is locking in European dependence on its technology by sending thousands of workers to build cutting-edge car battery factories that the continent needs to breathe new life into its auto industry.The large-scale movement of labour, which has echoes of the dispatch of Chinese workers to construct infrastructure in Africa, underscores big gaps in Europe's skills and knowhow in electric vehicle batteries. WorkDonald Trump says other opponents will be targeted after James Comey - FT Donald Trump has signalled that his administration will launch prosecutions against more political opponents, just hours after the justice department filed criminal charges against former FBI director James Comey. Asked about the indictment on Friday morning, the US president said that he had no list of who would be targeted next, but "there will be others" in the crosshairs of federal prosecutors, in a dramatic warning to his perceived foes and critics across America. WorkWhat are TikTok's new owners buying? THE LONG SAGA of who should own the world's favourite short-video app is nearly over. On September 25th Donald Trump signed an executive order allowing the app to continue operating in America, on the basis that its Chinese owner, ByteDance, is to sell most of its stake in TikTok's American operations. ByteDance will own less than 20% of the app, with most of the rest being bought by American investors. The deal, which has 120 days to close, marks the beginning of the end of a years-long saga, marked by threats of bans and tense calls between presidents. Our charts show who and what is on the much-discussed platform. 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