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Chevron is quietly repositioning itself as the energy backbone of the AI economy. Through a deal called Project Kilby, the oil major is dedicating enough gas-fired power to run more than two million homes entirely to Microsoft data centers in West Texas, making it one of Big Oil's most aggressive pivots toward the digital infrastructure buildout.
Shifting to the future of mobility, Waymo, Tesla, and Zoox are pushing robotaxi operations deeper into American cities even as their autonomous systems still struggle with edge cases like emergency response scenarios. Safety experts warn the companies are scaling now and solving problems in real time, raising questions about whether public deployment is outpacing the technology's actual readiness.
And in a sign of where workforce culture is heading, a growing number of workers are building what they're calling burnout funds — dedicated savings set aside not for retirement or a home, but to finance a deliberate step away from work entirely. As job security erodes and workloads intensify, these funds reflect a fundamental shift in how people are thinking about financial resilience and the cost of staying in the game.
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