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Health plans could soon reduce coverage for preventive care

Sdi Productions | E+ | Getty Images Tens of millions of Americans could be impacted The ACA’s preventive services mandate covered most people who have private health insurance, either through their employer or from the public exchange, Donovan said. Around 100 million people with private insurance got preventive care required …

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The most in-demand tech skills companies are hiring for right now

The only thing standing between you and a pay bump of almost $40,000 could be a certificate in machine learning.  U.S. workers with advanced tech skills earn about 49% more than workers who don’t use tech skills in their jobs, according to newly released research from Gallup and Amazon Web …

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Social Security cost-of-living adjustment may fall with inflation rate

Zamrznutitonovi | Istock | Getty Images New government inflation data shows inflation is cooling — and that could point to a lower cost-of-living adjustment, or COLA, for Social Security beneficiaries next year. The Consumer Price Index for all Urban Consumers, or CPI-U, rose 5% from a year ago and 0.1% …

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AWS launches Bedrock generative AI service, Titan LLMs

Amazon is introducing a cloud service called Bedrock that developers can use to enhance their software with artificial intelligence systems that can generate text, similar to the engine behind the popular ChatGPT chatbot powered by Microsoft-backed startup OpenAI. The announcement indicates that the largest provider of cloud infrastructure won’t be …

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Massachusetts lawmakers are latest to try and make 4-day workweek reality

A pair of Massachusetts lawmakers are the latest to try and make the four-day workweek a reality. Rep. Dylan Fernandes of Falmouth and Rep. Josh Cutler of Duxbury filed legislation this week to create a voluntary program, the “Massachusetts Smart Work Week Pilot,” that would create a tax credit for …

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The Fed’s efforts to fight housing inflation has backfired

The Federal Reserve’s “sole method” to fight inflation by hiking interest rates has “backfired,” CNBC’s Jim Cramer said Wednesday. In its fight to curb housing inflation in particular, the Fed has been trying for months to not just slow inflation but reduce the value of housing and the cost of …

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Ether rises after the Shanghai upgrade, bringing year-to-date gain to more than 65%

Ethereum coin Jakub Porzycki | NurPhoto | Getty Images The price of ether climbed on Thursday, after investors put uncertainty surrounding the long-awaited Shanghai upgrade behind them. Ether rose more than 4.5% to $1,989.02, according to Coin Metrics, while bitcoin gained more than 1%. After a two-year lock up period, …

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EU should make its A.I. regulations more sweeping: experts

Timnit Gebru in 2018. Kimberly White | Getty Images A group of prominent artificial intelligence experts called on European officials to pursue even broader regulations of the technology in the European Union’s AI Act. In a policy brief released on Thursday, more than 50 individual expert and institutional signatories advocate …

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Alibaba shares tumble after Softbank reportedly sells most of its stake

Alibaba Cloud, the cloud computing subsidiary of Alibaba, unveiled its ChatGPT-style product Tongyi Qianwen during the 2023 Alibaba Cloud Summit on Tuesday morning. Bloomberg | Bloomberg | Getty Images Alibaba shares dropped nearly 3% in after-hours trading after regulatory files revealed that Softbank has sold a majority of its stake …

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Least expensive states to start a business: SimplifyLLC ranking

Geography probably isn’t the only reason a startup succeeds or fails — but it often plays a role, especially when it comes to the costs of starting a business. Your location can affect how much you’ll pay on office space and taxes, or your ability to find and hire talented …

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