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forbes.com - Chelsea Tobin - 3 Ways Freelancers Can Future-Proof Themselves In The Age Of AI
3 Ways Freelancers Can Future-Proof Themselves In The Age Of AI
Forbes

Freelancer works at a favorite coffee shop, using her laptop. AI is well and truly here, and many freelancers may be concerned about AI taking over their work and losing clientele. In fact, McKinsey research found that, by 2030, up to 30% of hours…

forbes.com - Dr. Stevens Bonhomme - Collaboration To Define The Next Era Of Freelancing
Collaboration To Define The Next Era Of Freelancing
Forbes

Dr. Stevens Bonhomme, D.B.A, M.A, Founder/CEO at Feedcoyote | Tech Entrepreneur | Startup Advisor. Freelancing, a word that often makes people cringe due to its perception as a side hustle, is now becoming an important aspect of the global economy.

forbes.com - Jessica Wong - How To Prepare For A Freelance-First Model In Your Business
How To Prepare For A Freelance-First Model In Your Business
Forbes

Jessica Wong is the Founder and CEO of nationally recognized marketing and PR firm Valux Digital. Work has changed dramatically over the past five years. While flexible working was already a growing trend before the pandemic, restrictions on…

newsnreleases.com - NNR - Umalis Group partners with Bizme.fr, only freelancing platform powered by AI and ChatGPT-5
Umalis Group partners with Bizme.fr, only freelancing platform powered by AI and ChatGPT-5
NewsnReleases

PARIS: Umalis Group, specialist in wage portage, announced the signing of a strategic partnership with Bizme.fr, the only freelancing platform fully powered by artificial intelligence (AI) and integrating ChatGPT-5. Facilitate access to assignments…

thetruthaboutcars.com - Tim Healey - Used Car Of The Day: 2004 GMC Envoy
Used Car Of The Day: 2004 GMC Envoy
Ttac

Published: September 18th, 2025 UCOTD is back -- your humble managing editor was on the road the past few days, working on a future story -- and today we're bringing you this 2004 GMC Envoy. Mostly because it has a bull bar on the front. This V8…

mashable.com - Christina Buff - The Beats Studio Buds are less than $80 at Amazon
The Beats Studio Buds are less than $80 at Amazon
Mashable

Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Learn more about how we select deals. SAVE $70: As of Sept. 18, the Beats Studio Buds are on sale for just $79.95 at Amazon in black and red. That's a 47% drop from their…

cosmopolitan.com - Kelsey Stiegman - Cool Girls Have Been Incorporating This Major Summer Trend Into Their Fall Outfits
Cool Girls Have Been Incorporating This Major Summer Trend Into Their Fall Outfits
Cosmopolitan

Between Netflix's Too Much, the Taylor Swift-led Dôen craze, and Amaya 's iconic mumu moment on Love Island, nightgowns have had the comeback of a century this year. And as we edge toward fall, summer's breeziest trend has only continued to…

gizmodo.com - Ece Yildirim - Fed Chair Powell Says AI Probably a Factor in Concerning Unemployment Rates
Fed Chair Powell Says AI Probably a Factor in Concerning Unemployment Rates
Gizmodo | The Future Is Here

The Fed decided to cut interest rates on Wednesday, citing a weak labor market as the reason. The latest jobs report showed that U.S. employers only added 22,000 jobs in August, down from the 79,000 in July, showing a dramatic slowing in hiring. It…

medium.com - Jerry Grzegorzek - Gentrification
Gentrification
Medium

Gentrification is one of the most debated urban transformations of the past half-century. Traditionally defined as the process whereby wealthier individuals and businesses move into lower-income neighborhoods, gentrification reshapes the economic…

the-sun.com - James Evenden - Popular company wipes out 250 staff in ruthless 'AI-first' gamble
Popular company wipes out 250 staff in ruthless 'AI-first' gamble
The US Sun

A POPULAR company has fired its employees on mass so it can become an 'AI-first company', despite prior warnings of an AI takeover from the CEO. Fiverr, the online marketplace, fired 250 of its employee, in a company notice on September 15, and…

fastcompany.com - Eve Upton-Clark - AI slop shows Springsteen, Dylan, and Robert Plant honoring Charlie Kirk. It never happened
AI slop shows Springsteen, Dylan, and Robert Plant honoring Charlie Kirk. It never happened
Fast Company

We've all seen the AI-generated Jesus cradling the late conservative pundit Charlie Kirk in his arms and carrying him to the gates of heaven, right? According to a number of Facebook posts, everyone from Bruce Springsteen to Bob Dylan supposedly…

mashable.com - Christina Buff - Get 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for zero dollars
Get 3 months of Kindle Unlimited for zero dollars
Mashable

Credit: Mashable Photo Composite / Kindle Unlimited Deal pricing and availability subject to change after time of publication. Learn more about how we select deals. SAVE $35.97: As of Sept. 17, Amazon is offering three months of Kindle Unlimited…

chicagotribune.com - Linda Girardi - Oswego panel not in favor of proposed residential development
Oswego panel not in favor of proposed residential development
Chicago Tribune

For a second time, the Oswego Planning and Zoning Commission has voted to recommend denial of the preliminary and final planned unit development plan for a proposed multi-unit residential project. South Barrington-based Projades LLC proposes to…

theguardian.com - Carl Cullinane - This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It's got worse | Carl Cullinane
This news just in: we hoped the middle- and upper-class capture of the media would lessen. It's got worse | Carl Cullinane
The Guardian

The Sutton Trust has researched the educational backgrounds of Britain's most influential people – and in one sector in particular, that should ring alarm bells. It seems clear that the British media has a social mobility problem. And…

wbur.org - Claire Donnelly - The right wing is coming for Wikipedia
The right wing is coming for Wikipedia
WBUR

The Heritage Foundation says it will 'identify and target' Wikipedia editors over alleged bias. What does that mean for Wikipedia's future? Molly White, Wikipedia editor for around 20 years. Independent writer. Stephen Harrison, freelance…

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