New Alibaba AI framework skips loading every tool, cutting agent token use 99%

A new framework called SkillWeaver tackles AI agent tool routing by skipping full-library loading, cutting token use 99% on ...

How to Automate Your Entire Reporting Workflow with AI

Discover how to eliminate manual data entry and generate automated business reports, charts, and Slack notifications using AI ...
Barron's

Inflation Report: Core Index Decelerates for the First Since April

The Bureau of Economic Analysis released its personal consumption expenditures price index data for September earlier today. Here is the report, at a glance: Core YoY: 2.8% increase, in line with ...
Ars Technica

Pentagon boasts of using AI to write reports mandated by Congress

The US Department of Defense has a lot of congressionally mandated homework to do every year involving hundreds of required reports on various national security topics. But Pentagon officials have ...
CNBC

Consumer prices rose 4.2% annually in May, highest in three years

The consumer price index rose at a seasonally adjusted 0.5% for the month, putting the annual inflation rate at 4.2%, both in line with expectations. The core CPI accelerated 0.2% for the month and ...
Snopes.com

Will Utah data center use 16B gallons of water and span almost 3 Manhattans? What to know

In spring 2026, social media users spread a rumor that a new data center in Utah would use about 16 billion gallons of water a year and that the center would be 2.7 times the size of Manhattan. Utah ...
Barron's

U.S. Adds 172,000 Jobs in May. What the Gain Means for the Fed's Next Move.

The Bureau of Labor Statistics released the May jobs report at 8:30 a.m. Eastern time. Here is what it showed: Payrolls: +172,000, higher than April's rate of 115,000. Unemployment rate: 4.3%, the ...