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The growth of Web3 depends on crypto wallets—and how we choose to use them
fortune.com > crypto...On the other hand, today"s web/mobile applications also face a steep adoption curve because so few are incorporating wallets.... ...And the abandonment rate increases when you add them to fresh apps that haven't yet demonstrated market viability....

A.I. moving ‘faster than real life’ is widening a skills gap workers need to keep up with, says CEO of the world’s biggest education company...
fortune.com...Reskilling and upskilling are good business, Andy Bird, CEO of education giant Pearson Education, told Fortune's Peter Vanham in a Fortune Connect... ...executive session last week.... ...corporate growth at Workday, wrote for Fortune.... ...The “we” in question is extraordinarily broad; Bird says employees across sectors, including in government and medicine, opt in for Pearson"s online...

Gen Z and millennials aren’t just rebelling by swapping meals for snacks—they want an ‘experiential’ snack they can TikTok, expert says...
fortune.com > well...“What we've really seen is because they are big snackers, they want variety and diversity,” Nick Graham, global insights and analytics chief at Mondelez... ...Even then, millennials and Gen Zers want their snacks to taste good, be nutritious, and feel like a whole experience--and better if the snacks are... ...When it comes to snacking, TikTok is the top platform for Gen Zers seeking ideas for what items to purchase, according to a survey by the social... ...Graham noted that social media marketing of snack brands like Mondelez factor into whether products become popular among younger generations....

China’s ban on Micron chips is ‘economic coercion’ and won’t be tolerated, says Gina Raimondo...
fortune.com...Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo said the US “won't tolerate” the recent decision by Chinese authorities to ban chips by Micron Technology Inc. in... ...The latest technology tensions between the two global powers kicked off last Sunday, when the Cyberspace Administration of China warned operators... ...potential visits to China by Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and further direct talks between Biden and President Xi Jinping. ... ...Wang"s commerce ministry said in a statement over the weekend that he had met South Korea"s Trade Minister Ahn Duk-geun on Friday and that they had...

High-school sweethearts with good jobs, a baby on the way and a $600,000 budget can’t find a house after 2 years of hunting. ‘It is just so demoralizing, depressing, and defeating’...
fortune.com...Connor Hughes and his wife Brieanne both grew up outside Philadelphia.... ...suburbs of Princeton, New Jersey.... ...Both in their early 30s and expecting a baby girl next month, Hughes, who"s a NFL reporter, told Fortune they"ve been looking for a house for two... ...Hughes recalled one humbling bid they made, in Mount Laurel, on a house smaller than they would have liked that was listed at $450,000....

Biden and McCarthy have a debt ceiling ‘agreement in principle’
fortune.com...Biden and McCarthy have a debt ceiling "agreement in principle" President Joe Biden and House Speaker Kevin McCarthy reached an “agreement in principle... ...speaker said.... ...Their new discussion Saturday by phone came after Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen told Congress that the United States could default on its debt... ...The Republican House speaker had gathered top allies behind closed doors at the Capitol as negotiators pushed for a deal that would raise the nation"s...

Colorado high schooler wants to graduate with a sash that’s half-Mexican, half-American. Judge says that speech isn’t free....
fortune.com...A federal judge ruled Friday that a rural Colorado school district can bar a high school student from wearing a Mexican and American flag sash at... ...her graduation this weekend after the student sued the school district.... ...An attorney representing the Garfield County School District 16 countered that Native American regalia is required to be allowed in Colorado and... ...Attorneys for Naomi Peña Villasano argued in a hearing Friday in Denver that the school district decision violates her free speech rights....

DeSantis takes on Trump directly now that he’s a candidate: ‘I don’t know what happened to Donald Trump’...
fortune.com...Florida Governor Ron DeSantis studiously avoided even mentioning Donald Trump"s name for months, instead making veiled references to the “culture... ...of losing” in the Republican party. ... ...“I don't know what happened to Donald Trump,” he told WWTN radio in Nashville.... ...The first, with Twitter Inc. owner Elon Musk, was overshadowed by technical glitches that marred DeSantis"s long-awaited entry into the race....

IBM CEO Arvind Krishna points to declining populations to calm fears about A.I. taking jobs
fortune.com...IBM CEO Arvind Krishna is soothing nerves about artificial intelligence stealing jobs by pointing to declining working-age populations.... ...Wall Street Journal CEO Council Summit in London on Wednesday.... ...MIT economics professor Daron Acemoglu told the Financial Times this week that while the Industrial Revolution did lead to progress, “you also had...

Democratic veterans from 2 decades of budget wars say the national debt isn’t worth holding the U.S. and global economy ‘hostage’...
fortune.com...In 1989, New York real estate developer Seymour Durst commissioned Manhattan"s now-famous National Debt Clock.... ...and the White House scrambling for a solution.... ...Talks between President Joe Biden and Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to raise the debt ceiling so the government can continue borrowing... ...Sheiner, policy director of the Brookings Institution"s Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy, a center-left monetary and fiscal policy...