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Bitcoin opened the new quarter right where it left the last one, stuck in that eighty-two to eighty-five thousand dollar range. A brief climb above eighty-five thousand came on the back of softer inflation data, but buyers couldn't hold the line, and spot ETFs offered little support. Same ceiling, same floor.
From markets to the workplace, a new PwC report finds that nearly one in five UK workers now uses AI daily, up from fifteen percent last year. But the picture is complicated. Many workers say AI is actually generating more tasks, not fewer, and managers are far more likely to be the ones using it. The report's conclusion is pointed: the real opportunity isn't doing more work faster, it's fundamentally redesigning how work gets structured in the first place.
And in a story where technology, money, and politics converge, James Dolan, the man behind Madison Square Garden's sprawling surveillance apparatus, is now backing a Republican candidate in New York's governor race. That candidate supports Flock camera networks, cooperation with ICE, and expanded AI data centers, raising fresh questions about who shapes tech policy and why.
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