"The ecosystem has realized that if they don't latch on to this next wave, they might end up being digitally colonized." Southeast Asia is racing to build the infrastructure powering the AI boom. Its biggest obstacle isn't regulation or funding. It's the weather. https://bit.ly/4tc1YOQ

"People love to drive. They don't love driving all the time." Pony AI CEO James Peng on why a world with fewer human drivers is "inevitable" — and how he plans to put 3,000 robotaxis on the road by year-end. https://bit.ly/3PvKi2a

“The first time I made real money, I cried in a parking lot,” Emily Lyons, founder and CEO of Femme Fatale Media Group, wrote in a LinkedIn post. “Not because I was happy. Because I was terrified I’d lose it.” https://bit.ly/3NADIqx

Individual tax returns cost American taxpayers a combined $146 billion in time and out-of-pocket expenses this year—roughly $576 per person in labor hours alone, according to a new analysis from Postal. https://bit.ly/47XcqBx

“The people in the suburbs are definitely radicalizing,” said Allison Posner, a freelance actor and mother of two. https://bit.ly/3PIjYSo

Two teenage boys who used artificial intelligence to create fake nude photos of their classmates at a Pennsylvania private school received probation after dozens of victims described the images’ traumatizing effect on them. https://bit.ly/4lSZfYd

The U.S. Postal Service is seeking a temporary 8% charge on certain popular products, including Priority Mail, to help blunt the impact of rising transportation costs. https://bit.ly/3PzJSYu

Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York and Vermont independent Sen. Bernie Sanders introduced a bill that would pause new data centers in the United States until national safeguards are in place to protect workers and consumers. https://bit.ly/4rYubYy

Desk jobs, or as AI scientist Yoshua Bengio called them, “cognitive jobs, the jobs that you can do behind a keyboard,” will be the first casualties of automation. https://bit.ly/3PtcRxf

Despite their historically rocky relationship over tech regulation, executives and lawmakers were aligned that the AI race has become an existential battle, and one source of anxiety emerged in the Hill and Valley Forum: China. https://bit.ly/4sD6pSW

Most working women in the U.S. believe they are disadvantaged when it comes to earning competitive wages, but many men hold a different view, according to a new AP-NORC poll. https://bit.ly/4dLwcDK

Social Security’s math problem is longstanding—and chronically ignored by Congress. The Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget has a solution. https://bit.ly/3O3M4XM

“We’ve been in this airport since 8 o’clock in the morning. Very tired, queuing and queuing and very slow,” Edgaer Fernando, who was traveling to Guatemala, said on Tuesday. https://bit.ly/4rRKVRb

After more than 40 hours of deliberation across nine days, California jurors decided Meta and YouTube were negligent in the design or operation of their platforms, and awarded the plaintiff $3 million in damages. https://bit.ly/4t9ZL6w

Moody’s Analytics raised its recession outlook for the next 12 months to 48.6%, following the same pattern as Goldman Sachs, which now forecasts a 30% risk of recession. https://bit.ly/4dKobiq

“In coming back as CEO, the most important thing was realizing that the industry is different now, the consumer is different, the company is different," said Vail CEO Rob Katz. https://bit.ly/4bNmzBM

Is “tech addiction” real? And if so, what does that mean for the business model that powers the world’s most valuable companies? https://bit.ly/47RYEA8

President Trump is turning to some of the biggest names in Silicon Valley to help guide U.S. policy on AI and other key technologies through a new White House advisory council. Notably absent are OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Tesla CEO Elon Musk. https://bit.ly/3PKcLBf

The White House has rejected an offer from Elon Musk to personally fund TSA workers’ salaries during the partial government shutdown that has thrown airport security into chaos across the country. https://bit.ly/3NHluDO

“I wanted to go build something that can actually bring a billion people on chain, so they can get all the benefits of crypto,” Megapot founder Patrick Lung said. https://bit.ly/4dGhXA8

“There are basically two ways to know you have a future,” said Palantir CEO Alex Karp. “One, you have some vocational training. Or two, you’re neurodivergent.” https://bit.ly/4s1QKLP

Trading pencil skirts for scrubs and pilot uniforms, many women are making waves by taking up space in high-paying industries. https://bit.ly/4uVwDSg

In two back-to-back courtroom losses this week, Meta has been slapped in the face with a harsh reality check: Billions of people may use social media every day, but that doesn’t mean they like it. https://bit.ly/4rZSQeZ

Melania Trump often commands the attention of any room she enters but all eyes — and cameras — were trained on her humanoid companion on Wednesday. https://bit.ly/4lNJKR6

“Polsia is preaching solopreneurship,” said Polsia CEO Ben Broca. “I’m preaching letting go of the ‘99%’ that are not technical, not in Silicon Valley, not in New York, don’t have access to code." https://bit.ly/4uMJG8l

“[Young people] learn by going on a sales call. They learn by seeing you make a mistake. They learn by how you deal with the mistake,” JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon said. https://bit.ly/3PGTcd6

The Miami-headquartered startup XFX aims to make the foreign exchange process more efficient—for fiat and stablecoins—and has drummed up $17 million in a Series A fundraise. https://bit.ly/3Nshze5

"There is literally a sign outside welcoming Meta workers while local families are left wondering where they’re supposed to go,” said Erika James, a mother of two who lives near the Meta data center being constructed. “There is nowhere to go if you can’t pay triple prices.” https://bit.ly/4dLpY6R

Here's how to watch March Madness 2026 for free, and without cable: https://bit.ly/4tdXSWw

Ex-U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak wants AI thinking to flourish on this side of the Atlantic and argues that smaller businesses, which employ most people, will lead many of the advances. https://bit.ly/4lP8TuK

Blossom Health has raised $20 million in seed and Series A funding to bring an AI “copilot” for psychiatry to patients nationwide, Fortune has exclusively learned. https://bit.ly/4szDH5p

While CFOs report productivity gains from AI, revenue-based evidence tells a more measured story—for now, according to a new working paper by researchers at Duke University and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta. https://bit.ly/4rTxkZq

110,000 U.S. financial advisors are expected to retire between now and 2034. https://fortune.com/2026/03/26/ai-personal-finance-investing-services-robinhood-advisors/

“People love to drive; they don’t love driving all the time,” says Pony AI cofounder and CEO James Peng. https://bit.ly/3PvKi2a

For many, the job search has become a full-time job in itself. Some, though, are outsourcing it. That’s where the reverse recruiter comes in. https://bit.ly/4bxwsoD

After years of being squeezed by surging rents and sluggish wage growth, Gen Z had just begun to spend their fun money. Then gas prices jumped 26% and BofA economists are now warning that the recovery could be snuffed out before it takes hold. https://bit.ly/4t9tjRL

Among those already using AI tools, 76% say they’re saving at least 30 minutes a day, and 43% are saving an hour or more, according to new research from Zoom, conducted with Morning Consult across more than 1,000 knowledge workers. https://bit.ly/3PYTX1b

“You won’t be able to AI your way through an oral exam,” says Cornell profesor Chris Schaffer, who introduced the oral defense last semester. https://bit.ly/3PY4gmc

Travelers passing through Philadelphia International Airport on Monday may have expected long security lines. But the longest line was made of cheesesteaks. https://bit.ly/4c1tnND

Iran on Wednesday dismissed an American plan to pause the war in the Middle East and launched more attacks on Israel and Gulf Arab countries, including an assault that sparked a huge fire at Kuwait International Airport. https://bit.ly/4uOIktO

At a moment when “the country is getting poorer and sicker," Centene CEO Sarah London’s version of innovation is all about using technology to keep the social safety net intact. https://bit.ly/4t22nDf

Only 22% of workers worldwide strongly agreed that their job was safe from elimination, according to a new report from ADP Research. https://bit.ly/40SVHLW

BlackRock CEO Larry Fink sees the Iran conflict ending in one of two extremes: Global powers accept Iran, and its goods and services is released onto the world market. Or, the conflict continues, and oil prices stay significantly elevated not for mere months, but for years. https://bit.ly/4rMDtGJ

Goldman Sachs is sounding a cautious note on the U.S. economy, raising its inflation forecast and trimming its growth outlook in response to surging oil prices caused by disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz. https://bit.ly/4sxBCXL

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon is warning the U.S. is moving more like Europe when it comes to defense. https://bit.ly/47lGBlG

“[I am] even more convinced, not just about how much AI is going to change, but how quickly it’s going to change things too,” ex-U.K. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said. Read more of Kamal Ahmed's Letter from London, Fortune Europe's weekly dispatch on global news. https://bit.ly/4rVlrCe

“There will be massive job dislocation” with AI, investor Vinod Khosla said during a panel at the Hill & Valley Forum. “Will there be new kinds of jobs? Maybe, maybe not. I don’t know." https://bit.ly/4lMXMm6

Lawyers for the Department of War and Anthropic sparred in a California federal court on Tuesday over Anthropic’s challenge to the Pentagon labeling it a “supply-chain risk”. https://bit.ly/4uP2KTz

Moldova’s Parliament voted on Tuesday to impose a state of emergency in the country’s energy sector after Russian strikes on neighboring Ukraine’s energy grid disconnected a key power line. https://bit.ly/3PH54f7

“It kind of hurt being in that space with my mom, seeing how much she’s been doing for us,” said Michigan Wolverines Forward Yaxel Lendeborg. That’s when everything changed. https://bit.ly/3NJnDPa