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• OpenAI announced multi-year partnerships with consulting giants like McKinsey and BCG this week.
• The goal is to get OpenAI's enterprise tools into the hands of more companies.
• Anthropic has made similar partnerships with Accenture and Deloitte.

The biggest AI startups are now using the biggest consulting firms as proxies in their battle

• Several Gulf nations were hit by retaliatory Iranian strikes over the weekend.
• US companies with employees and clients in the region told Business Insider that safety was the priority.
• JPMorgan, Goldman Sachs, and Citigroup have told employees in the region to work from home.

Global US companies with Middle East operations are advising

• Sam Altman and Dario Amodei went viral for refusing to join together in a sign of unity.
• Once colleagues, the two AI CEOs have helped nurse their companies' rivalry.
• Here's how OpenAI and Anthropic finally reached this point.

If you want to know one of the biggest rivalries in AI

This isn’t a Galaxy Note 7 debacle. Oukitel's WP63 is a ruggedized smartphone that’s meant to set things alight. It has a built-in electric igniter, aimed at emergency response and camping, helping to start fires when you forgot matches, but you brought this beastly phone along for the adventure. It’s got several other notable features, like a 20,000mAH battery, a loudspeaker, and even its own

• The public comment period on Trump's student-loan repayment changes has concluded.
• The Education Department will determine whether it will make any changes to its proposal before finalizing.
• Many commenters took issue with the proposed caps on borrowing for advanced degrees.

Long-awaited

• Former MrBeast editor Rachel Kisela started a Discord called EditHers to help fellow women editors.
• The creator economy is booming, but job seekers face challenges.
• EditHers is part job board, part guild, part therapy group, and part skill incubator.

The creato

• A psychology researcher said dating apps are mostly unhelpful for finding a compatible partner.
• He said couples build compatibility, rather than automatically being perfect fits for each other.
• Dating apps make it easier to reject people quickly and label benign behaviors as red flags.

Today's dating

• Nick Leeson's unauthorized trades led to Barings Bank's collapse, a major banking scandal in 1995.
• Leeson battled colon cancer during his imprisonment, undergoing surgery and chemotherapy treatment.
• Post-cancer, Leeson emphasizes that mindset and regular checkups are key

A keyboard is one of those pieces of gear you interact with constantly, yet it’s easy to overlook how much it affects your day-to-day comfort. From firing off emails to long coding sessions or late-night gaming, the right keyboard can make everything feel smoother, faster and less fatiguing.

Some setups call for slim, quiet boards that disappear into a workspace, while others benefit from chunky

• Pittsburgh has historically been known as "the Steel City," but is trying to rebrand as a tech hub.
• Pittsburgh's new mayor is personally cold-calling upwards of 20 founders and CEOs every week.
• The city is home to well-known startups, including Gecko Robotics, Abridge, and Skild AI.

Pittsburgh's new mayor is personally cold-calling upwards

Google Home chief Anish Kattukaran announced several updates to the smart home platform that fix a long list of annoyances and idiosyncrasies. There's also one noteworthy new addition: the introduction of "Live Search" for your cameras.

So, instead of Gemini only knowing about things that have

• The Dallas Fed analyzed employment and wage trends in AI-exposed industries.
• Wages in those sectors are still rising — especially in roles that reward experience.
• Entry-level workers appear to be facing a