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Jordan Novet

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Technology reporter @cnbc.com in San Francisco. jordan.novet@versantmedia.com

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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 8h
Twilio is joining the S&P 500, three months after it celebrated the 10th anniversary of its NYSE listing. stock is up a bit AH
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 13h
Kashkari on AI: "The fruits have not yet borne out. If this ends up being massive investment that is not nearly as productivity enhancing as we assume, then this will have been malinvestment, and then there could be big economic consequences for the economy writ large.” www.cnbc.com/2026/09/30/w...
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Fed's Kashkari says inflation is 'still too high' even after softer-than-expected PCE data, labor market is 'pretty good'
Kashkari sat down with CNBC's Steve Liesman for an exclusive conversation Wednesday night.
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Stefano Maffulli @maffulli.net · 15h
@element.io is a good product. If you try to push it down the throat of people used to calendars integrated in emails, in chat, into documents, they'll call anything s**t. 20+ years of people trained to use Microsoft products following the ECDL: what do you expect? www.politico.eu/article/eu-...
politico.eu
‘Absolute s–t’: EU’s Microsoft Teams alternative draws bad reviews from officials
The U.S. would “instantly” win a hypothetical tech war, an official moaned.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 14h
"I cook, a process that can take anywhere from 30 minutes to two hours. Then I eat, a process that can take anywhere from five minutes to ten minutes." www.grubstreet.com/article/the-...
grubstreet.com
The Case for Cooking (Almost) Everything From Scratch
We’re living through a golden age of convenience eating. I’m still schlepping groceries and turning on my oven. Here’s why.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 30/09/2026
not to be outdone, ..... www.reuters.com/business/ret...
reuters.com
China's AI agents can lie and scheme - just like their US rivals
Chinese-powered AI agents have learnt to deceive, circumvent restrictions and conceal failure, showing the kind of traits in autonomous artificial intelligence that have raised global alarm about U.S....
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 30/09/2026
good HSBC history here www.ft.com/content/bd04...
ft.com
The risks of HSBC’s return to its roots
Doubling down on Hong Kong offers a way to capitalise on wealth flowing out of China, but increases the risks of confrontation with Beijing
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Lewis Wade 🗃️ @wadehistory.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
I simply cannot get my head around the ethics of putting words in the mouth of someone who cannot consent to it.
theguardian.com
SKF advert review – let’s hope this dull AI Greta Garbo is not the future
Swedish-American actor exhumed for bizarre, humourless 99 seconds that give us another reason to resent AI
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 28/09/2026
did not realize swag was a whole job www.janestreet.com/join-jane-st...
janestreet.com
Swag Program Manager, New York :: Jane Street
Jane Street is a quantitative trading firm and liquidity provider with a unique focus on technology and collaborative problem solving.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 21/09/2026
"According to a DEQ consent order, the Microsoft data center on Compass Creek Parkway ran 62 of its emergency backup generators for seven days in the summer of 2025 after a failure at a local power substation. That pushed it over its fuel and emissions limits" www.loudountimes.com/news/environ...
loudountimes.com
Microsoft to pay record $2.5M penalty for violating data center emissions permit in Leesburg
Microsoft will pay $2.499 million in penalties after one of its data centers in Leesburg violated an emissions permit last year.
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jon christian @jonchristian.net · 17/09/2026
NEW: We spent months investigating a little-known media startup called Brown Brothers Media, which buys legit news sites and turns them into AI-powered zombie content farms What blew my mind was its traffic -- it appears to be getting more readers than NPR or CBS News futurism.com/artificial-i...
futurism.com
How Three Brothers Built an AI Slop Empire by Buying Legitimate News Sites and Turning Them Into Zombie Content Farms That They Say Get 50 Million Page Views per Month
Brown Brothers Media is a media empire raking in millions of clicks with AI, fake writers, and plagiarism.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 18/09/2026
guess for Fender the expected hit to brand perception is smaller than the hoped-for benefits from the legal threats? "I’m just not sure I want to be seen playing Fender publicly." - guitarist Carl Verheyen www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
bloomberg.com
Fender Is Making Enemies With a Messy Fight Over Its Iconic Strat
Inside the guitar company’s campaign to claim copyright over the Stratocaster’s shape, and the builders, retailers and players caught up in the battle.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 18/09/2026
"The Small World competition first began in 1975, when it accepted only photography. In 2011, a new and separate contest was created for moving images. This year’s judging panel included award-winning scientists, designers and directors of scientific institutions."
nytimes.com
Microscopic Videos That Show the Invisible Wonders Around Us
The winners of this year’s Nikon Small World in Motion competition showcase the wiggly, feathery, undulating beauty of invisible life.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 18/09/2026
"Less than 1 percent said A.I. or data centers would be the most important issue deciding their vote in November; the economy was by far the leading issue prioritized." www.nytimes.com/2026/09/15/u...
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 17/09/2026
Microsoft is up over 33% in the past 60 trading days, while the SPY has delivered a 4% return in the same period, via our producer Nick Wells.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 17/09/2026
some good background here on the third-party AI evaluators from @haydenfield.bsky.social www.theverge.com/ai-artificia...
theverge.com
Inside the suddenly explosive world of AI safety
AI safety researchers warned that popular models would go rogue. This is only the beginning.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 16/09/2026
Salesforce stock is up fractionally after giving a FY30 revenue target that's almost $4 billion above consensus www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/s...
cnbc.com
Salesforce issues revenue target of $63 billion for fiscal 2030, beating estimates
Salesforce issued some updated longer-term financials at its annual Dreamforce conference.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 16/09/2026
and so it begins > Fed hikes interest rates for the first time since 2023 www.cnbc.com/2026/09/16/f...
cnbc.com
Fed hikes interest rates for the first time since 2023
Markets widely expected the Fed to raise its benchmark interest rate by a quarter percentage point.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 15/09/2026
Gwen Stefani is now performing onstage to kick off Salesforce's Dreamforce conference and the jumbotrons say "ATTENTION PLEASE NO PHOTOGRAPHY OR VIDEO RECORDINGS PERMITTED"
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 14/09/2026
"Accenture ... has agreed to pay $25 million to resolve allegations by the US Justice Department that it took race and sex into consideration when making hiring and promotion decisions." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
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Pavel @spavel.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
For fucks sake Mercury, we've got other shit going on right now
nytimes.com
Mercury Is Shrinking, and Faster Than We Thought
New estimates using the planet’s surface wrinkles show that our smallest planet is growing even smaller, at a faster clip than expected.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 14/09/2026
the Z.ai stock has fallen for 10 sessions in a row
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 14/09/2026
"A research meta-analysis by Michael Riketta of the University of Tübingen and Rolf van Dick of Goethe University finds that on average employees identify more strongly with their work group than with their organisation." www.economist.com/business/202...
economist.com
Are you committed to your company or your team?
Employees have overlapping identities at work. That’s a challenge for bosses
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 09/09/2026
"it's comfortable to hold" but i'm just sitting here thinking about the thumb strain of a passport-sized smartphone
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Harry McCracken @harrymccracken.com · 09/09/2026
“Actually, there is one more thing.”
A man in a dark sweater presents on a large conference screen before a seated audience in a darkened auditorium.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 08/09/2026
"Kavouras estimates the average pour of water in the U.S. is 12 to 16 ounces." www.wsj.com/health/welln...
wsj.com
Ditch the 40-Ounce Water Bottle: You’re Probably Hydrated Enough
You don’t need to make drinking water a part-time job since too much of it doesn’t have any real health benefit.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 07/09/2026
"By mid-August, the median [OpenAI] researcher was integrating agents daily into their work, using more than $600 per day of inference at API prices. The 90th percentile user in our research organization now uses more than $7,000 of tokens per day." openai.com/index/resear...
openai.com
Research acceleration: The view inside OpenAI
Inside OpenAI, coding agents are reshaping AI research. Explore early data on agent usage, experiment velocity, task complexity, and research acceleration.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 04/09/2026
wonder how many people are trying to migrate into the US because of tariffs www.bnnbloomberg.ca/tariffs/2026...
bnnbloomberg.ca
Tariffs have some mom-and-pop manufacturers considering move to United States
A Canadian Muskoka chair maker hit hard by U.S. tariffs is considering moving the bulk of its manufacturing to the United States.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 02/09/2026
oh okay www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Data Center Spending to Reach $31.6 Trillion by 2050 on AI Boom
Global data center spending is set to reach $31.6 trillion through 2050 to meet the world’s growing appetite for AI, an investment boom with no precedent in history, according to PricewaterhouseCooper...
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 02/09/2026
love a good pen show www.kqed.org/news/1209789...
kqed.org
For These Millennial Fountain Pen Fans, Community Is the Real Collectible | KQED
Around 5,000 people gathered in San Francisco in August for an international fountain pen show. Many collectors who grew up digital are remaking the culture, online and IRL.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 02/09/2026
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Steve Balmer's Energetic Dance at the Game
ALT: Steve Balmer's Energetic Dance at the Game
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 02/09/2026
! Microsoft will (finally) start to report Azure revenue in dollars as part of FY27 segment reporting changes www.cnbc.com/2026/09/02/m...
cnbc.com
Microsoft to start disclosing Azure quarterly revenue as company consolidates business units
Microsoft will begin reporting quarterly Azure revenue in dollars for the first time, providing more clarity about its business that competes with AWS.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 02/09/2026
"'The world is awash in debt…and the only way for us to get out of this is to grow our way out of this,' Bessent said at the start of the summit. This is not a credible solution." www.wsj.com/economy/the-...
wsj.com
The Bond Market Issues World Leaders a Failing Grade
Nothing in this week’s G-20 suggested an end to the deficits, inflation and geopolitical disruptions that are roiling investors.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 01/09/2026
"The National Republican Senatorial Committee earlier this month warned top AI companies that data center support is becoming toxic for politicians." www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
AI Billionaire-Backed Group Launches Pro-Data Center Ad Blitz
An advocacy group backed by artificial intelligence industry billionaires is launching a multimillion-dollar ad campaign in election battleground states to try to counter a mounting public backlash ag...
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 01/09/2026
"To support affordability beyond Europe, Ingka Group will also invest EUR 70 million to help offset inflationary and currency pressures in Asia and North America, helping keep prices as low as possible for customers." www.ingka.com/newsroom/ike...
ingka.com
IKEA makes a major investment in affordability, lowering prices on hundreds of products | Ingka Group
IKEA takes a big step to make home furnishing more affordable as many people continue to feel pressure from higher living costs. Ingka Group, the largest IKEA retailer, other IKEA franchisees, and Int...
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 01/09/2026
RIP Berry. "He refused to have a television set, or a computer after they came along." www.nytimes.com/2026/08/31/u...
nytimes.com
Wendell Berry, Writer Who Extolled America’s Agrarian Past, Dies at 92
A Kentucky farmer, he railed against agribusiness and championed small family farms and the environment, winning widespread acclaim.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 31/08/2026
Q2 earnings growth among S&P 500 companies: 53% Q2 earnings growth among S&P 500 companies, excluding Amazon and Alphabet investment gains: 34.5% www.wsj.com/business/ear...
wsj.com
Corporate America’s Profits Are Booming—and Signal More Good Times Ahead
Tariff refunds and the ever-resilient U.S. consumer are fueling the heftiest rise in big-company profits in years
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 31/08/2026
"Investors must download a Windows-only program on PCs and spend at least an hour a day learning the ropes — and the risks — of leveraged trading with virtual cash. Interviews with several Korean retail investors suggest the new requirement, effective Aug. 19, is too cumbersome to meet."
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 28/08/2026
looking forward to this Apollo book from William D. Cohan www.economist.com/business/202...
economist.com
An obituary for the Drexel generation
A new book about Apollo offers a showcase of financial genius and human failure
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 28/08/2026
you know you have too many tabs open when you start a new tab and you can't see it in the bar nor do you see the 10+ tabs to the left
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 28/08/2026
that's four years to go asia.nikkei.com/business/tec...
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SK Hynix CEO dismisses memory chip oversupply risks, sees crunch till end of 2030
Top Nvidia supplier leaves door open to more US investment after Indiana plant launch
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 28/08/2026
homedog needs a translator to bring out English versions stat www.scmp.com/news/people-...
scmp.com
Viral China maths genius’ workbook sells 26,000 in 4 days, sparking mixed reactions
Wei’s venture into supplementary education prompts criticism that he is profiting from his fame at the expense of his academic reputation.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
a bit surreal to see Salesforce show Marc Benioff and Dario Amodei's CNBC appearance earlier today during Salesforce's earnings webcast
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Jack Jenkins @jackjenkins.me · 18/08/2026
I feel like the key takeaway here is worth highlighting: Inadvertently or otherwise, AI is already at least *trying* to write literal federal laws. Laws that, if passed, humans would be required to adhere to. Like, right now. www.politico.com/news/2026/08...
politico.com
AI slop is swamping a House office that drafts US laws
The Office of Legislative Counsel is facing a barrage of new AI-generated bills, many of which are riddled with errors.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
so you can mention your Costco membership on your LinkedIn profile
Costco logo in company AVI spot. title is Executive Business Member. company is Costco Wholesale. freelance arrangement. Aug 2021 through present. location is United States, work is on site. description: An Executive Business member with a strong record of maximizing membership benefits through strategic purchasing, rebate optimization, and efficient resource management.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
i stared at these graphics a lot
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
just catching up to these Sukiya Living rankings of the world's top Japanese gardens. all of the top 50 appear to be located in Japan japantoday.com/category/nat... gardenrankings.com
japantoday.com
Adachi Museum tops U.S. Japanese garden ranking for 23rd year
The Adachi Museum of Art in western Japan said on Tuesday its gardens topped a U.S. magazine's 2025 Japanese garden ranking, marking its 23rd straight year as No. 1. For the list by "Sukiya Livin...
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
an NSA recruiting ad that ran in a 1982 issue of Byte magazine suggests that the agency also could have used a proofreader
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David Ingram @davidingram.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
Incredible exchange
A series of posts on X. In one of them, an X user named Julian says, "I'm sleeping about 60 percent of the time in my Tesla." Then, NBC reporter David Ingram asks for an interview. Julian responds, "Snitchers get stitches."
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 26/08/2026
Mechanical Turk walked so Scale AI could run? www.cnbc.com/2026/08/25/a...
cnbc.com
Amazon service Bezos once called 'artificial artificial intelligence' is shutting down
Mechanical Turk launched in 2005 as a way to farm out tasks that are easy for humans to complete but too challenging for computers.
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Jordan Novet @jordannovet.cnbc.com · 24/08/2026
"Half of men ages 18 to 49 in the US have accounts with a service like DraftKings Inc. or FanDuel, according to a Siena Research Institute survey" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
bloomberg.com
Casinos Look to Sports, Spas and Street Food to Attract Gen Zs
The new mission for casino operators: Look less like casinos.
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