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The crypto IPO wave that many investors were counting on appears to be losing momentum. With trading volumes soft and macro pressures mounting, several firms that had been eyeing public listings are now stepping back, watching AI-linked stocks capture the attention and capital they were hoping to attract.
That AI dominance isn't just reshaping markets — it's reshaping how people think about their own futures. A candid conversation on Hacker News has thousands of tech workers and beyond asking a question that used to feel distant: what do you do when your job is the next thing AI makes redundant? Even workers in physical, hands-on roles say the confidence they once felt is starting to erode.
And in New York City, a data breach at the public hospital system has exposed the personal information, medical records, and biometric data of roughly one point eight million people. Among the most alarming details — fingerprint and palm print scans were taken, and unlike a password, those can never be reset or replaced. Health systems storing that kind of data carry a responsibility that this incident makes painfully clear.
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