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The Bank of Japan held its benchmark rate at one percent this week, and markets barely flinched. Governor Ueda's hawkish tone had already been priced in, leaving the yen carry trade intact and Bitcoin hovering near sixty-four thousand dollars — a reminder of how tightly crypto now tracks global monetary policy.
Across the Atlantic, Microsoft is taking a bruising legal fight all the way to the UK Supreme Court. The question is whether digital software licenses can be resold the same way physical discs once were. Microsoft lost at both the Competition Appeal Tribunal and the Court of Appeal, with judges calling its arguments about icons and clip art producing, quote, odd results. Billions of dollars in potential liability hang in the balance.
And from the workplace, a report worth sitting with. Adults are now spending roughly four hours a week managing their professional reputations online, compared to just two and a half hours actually developing new skills. Researchers describe a shift where visibility is increasingly confused with capability — a dynamic that artificial intelligence and remote work have only accelerated.
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