BUSINESS NEWS
- IKEA is spending $1.4 billion to cut prices, joining Walmart and Target in a race to win back shoppers
by Mia Osmonbekov on September 1, 2026 at 6:59 pmThe Swedish retailer joins a growing list of companies lowering prices to help cash-strapped consumers
- OpenAI’s reports on its AI agents’ attack on Hugging Face should be ringing alarm bells—and making all companies rethink how they secure AI agents
by Jeremy Kahn on September 1, 2026 at 6:49 pmUsing AI to monitor agents' "chain of thought" may be insufficient. Access control and monitoring behavior, just as with human employees, is key.
- A crypto fantasy platform has left the Premier League tangled in a $13.5 million U.K. criminal probe
by Camila Grigera Naón on September 1, 2026 at 5:22 pmAuthorities are investigating a payment deposited into one of the league’s bank accounts.
- Bank of America vice president identified as victim in random Times Square stabbing
by Catherina Gioino on September 1, 2026 at 4:40 pmErin Piacenti, 32, died after a woman with a documented mental health history attacked two strangers.
- War knocked Dubai’s airport traffic down 31%. Its CEO says its global hub ambitions haven’t changed
by Inzamam Rashid on September 1, 2026 at 3:12 pmDubai’s global aviation hub credentials have been stress-tested by the Iran war this year. While geopolitical volatility prevails, the speed of its operational recovery suggests those risks may not be sufficient to alter the emirate’s long-term role in global business.
- Apple’s new CEO John Ternus once told Gen Z to ‘never assume’ they know as much as others—he says it’s the mindset hack that will push you forward
by Emma Burleigh on September 1, 2026 at 2:59 pmApple CEO John Ternus shared the mindset hack that steered his 25-year career at the $4.6 trillion tech giant: “Assume you’re as smart as anyone else.”
- Genghis Khan got lucky with the weather. Mark Zuckerberg was lucky too, says the Pulitzer-winning author of ‘Guns, Germs, and Steel’
by Nick Lichtenberg on September 1, 2026 at 11:30 amAuthor Jared Diamond told Fortune that a leader’s impact depends almost entirely on the industry—and utility bosses may be the most replaceable of all.
- Half of remote IT job applications now carry North Korean fraud patterns, startup Endorsed finds
by Amanda Gerut on September 1, 2026 at 10:02 amFake job applications are surging just as Mythos fear narrows the investment field.
- It turns out that Gen Z didn’t quit on careers. The workforce quit on them
by Nick Lichtenberg on September 1, 2026 at 8:01 amMIT’s Paul Osterman found 35% of the workforce has what he calls “disposable jobs” in his new book of the same title. “I mean, that’s a big number.”
- Starbucks is discontinuing a blending powder for drinks after particles went ‘airborne’ and baristas say left them coughing and falling ill
by Sasha Rogelberg on September 1, 2026 at 7:00 amThe coffee chain said it will no longer use the product as it transitions from its summer to fall menu.