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William Chen, the cofounder of Sapient Intelligence, spoke about how he got the best of both worlds while studying in China. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with William Chen, the 26-year-old cofounder of Sapient Intelligence, a Singapore-based AI lab building AGI. It has been edited for length and clarity. I grew up in Shenzhen, China, a very modern city. I moved to Michigan for high school, where I worked on a lot of robotics-related projects. I'd always dreamt about becoming an inventor when I was a kid, and have always been very interested in designing stuff. I met my cofounder, Guan Wang, in high school. We worked on a lot of projects together related to robotics and autonomous driving, and we were getting increasingly interested in AI before college. When it came time to apply to college, I received offers from schools in the US, such as Georgia Tech and Carnegie Mellon, as well as Tsinghua University in Beijing. China has a reputation for being hyper-focused on grades and tests. Chinese students get into college through the competitive Gao Kao college entrance exam, which gives them the momentum to keep pushing academically.

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The leaders of the two largest political parties in British Columbia were in the election battleground of Surrey on Wednesday pitching plans for businesses and the economy as the campaign

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Michael Smith has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for a streaming fraud scheme that prosecutors say brought him more than USD $8 million in royalties. US District Judge John G. Koeltl handed down the sentence in Manhattan federal court on Tuesday (October 6), the US Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York announced. Smith, 54, of Cornelius, North Carolina, pleaded guilty in March to one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Global recorded music trade body IFPI said in a statement today (October 7): “This result sends a clear message that streaming fraud is a crime and has serious consequences. But enforcement is only one part of tackling streaming fraud – we also need to prevent, detect and disrupt fraudulent activity. “The global music industry is collectively doing just that through the Streaming Integrity Initiative which protects artists, rightsholders and fans and strengthens trust in streaming.”According to prosecutors, between 2017 and 2024 Smith used thousands of fake accounts on services including Spotify, Apple Music, Amazon Music, and YouTube Music to stream hundreds of thousands of AI-generated songs billions of times.

BusinessThe Weston family holding company Wittington Investments said Wednesday that it will purchase the U. K. chain Boots for $8.9 billion US, including debt, from private equity firm Sycamore Partners. Boots is one of Britain's most prominent retailers. U. K pharmacy chain Boots is one of Britain's most prominent retailersTara Deschamps · The Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 07, 2026 10:40 AM EDT | Last Updated: October 7Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. A sign outside a Boots location is seen in London on May 16, 2011. The family behind Canada's biggest pharmacy and grocery chains is growing its empire with the acquisition of the U. K. drugstore. (Luke MacGregor/Reuters)The family behind Canada's biggest pharmacy and grocery chains is growing its empire with the acquisition of U. K. drugstore Boots.

Harvard Business Review LogoOctober 7, 2026Andriy Onufriyenko/Getty ImagesSummary.   Corporate sustainability may have fallen out of favor in some executive and political circles, but the business case remains strong: Companies continue to invest because sustainabilityCorporate sustainability appears to be in a bit of a slump. ESG has become a political liability, sustainability teams are shrinking, and many executives have shifted their attention to AI, economic uncertainty, and regulatory fragmentation.

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LondonMayoral candidate Josh Morgan is pledging $60,000 in city funding for a proposed tariff response service if he is re-elected, along with zoning changes to allow some low-risk food businesses to operate from home. Mayoral candidate also promises zoning changes for low-risk home-based food businessesCBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2026 5:26 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 7Listen to this articleEstimated 4 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. Nicole Albert of The Cookiery said tariffs have forced her to pass on some added costs to U. S.-based customers while absorbing the rest. (Andrew Lupton/CBC News)Nicole Albert is an expert at making the cookie cutters her business sells but she's also had to learn how to navigate U. S. tariffs in a fierce and fast-changing trade war. AnalysisIt's not the tariffs, it's the chaosOntario businesses express mixed reactions to new U. S. tariffs, alcohol banAlbert owns The Cookiery, a London business that takes online orders for custom cookie-cutters and makes them using 3D print technology.

British ColumbiaB. C. provincial party leaders hit the campaign trail on Wednesday, presenting a slew of economic promises to voters as election day nears. NDP promises interest-free loans, as B. C. Conservatives pledge to slash red tapeCBC News · Posted: Oct 07, 2026 5:21 PM EDT | Last Updated: October 7Listen to this articleEstimated 3 minutesThe audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results. B. C. Green Party Leader Emily Lowan was among provincial leaders who made promises to businesses on Wednesday, as the campaign before the Oct. 24 election rolls on. (Nav Rahi/CBC)As B. C. faces unprecedented economic headwinds, provincial party leaders made competing pitches to voters at a flurry of campaign stops on Wednesday. B. C. NDP Leader David Eby, speaking outside a locally-owned grocery store in Surrey, presented his party's latest promise to offset the effects of U. S. tariffs.

Published: October 07, 2026 at 4:46p.m. EDTLululemon Athletica Inc.’s chief executive is marking her first month on the job with a slew of leadership changes she says will make the business even more competitive. The Vancouver-based apparel company has appointed ex-Athleta chief executive and president Maggie Gauger as Lululemon’s president and chief product officer. Former Walmart Canada executive Joseph Godsey is becoming chief operating officer. Lululemon is searching for candidates to fill the chief brand and chief technology officer roles as well as someone to become its next chief communications officer. Latest updates on company news hereChief financial officer Meghan Frank, who ran Lululemon while the brand waited for Heidi O’Neill to take on the top job, will remain in her current role but also fulfil some of the duties of a chief brand and chief technology officer. Heidi O'Neill, the incoming chief executive of Lululemon Athletica Inc. is shown in this undated handout photo. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Handout — Lululemon Athletica Inc. (Mandatory Credit) Heidi O'Neill, the incoming chief executive of Lululemon Athletica Inc. is shown in this undated handout photo.

Claude Code creator Boris Cherny gave three tips for prompting AI. The days of the "prompt engineer" seem to be fading away. Boris Cherny, who created Claude Code for Anthropic, said that there's no need for long, formulaic AI prompts anymore. As models have gotten better, the need to perfect your prompt has diminished, he wrote in a Tuesday X post. "Talk to Claude the way you would a coworker," Cherny wrote. "There's no secret to prompting. There's no need to be overly scaffolded or prescriptive for most tasks. "Not long ago, AI users were passing around their favorite added clauses and sentences to get an AI chatbot to do their bidding. Anthropic's Claude was memed with a common prompting line: "Make no mistakes. "Now, Cherny said that users should prompt the model with three basic things:What you want it to doHow much effort you want it to spendHow it should verify that it did the right thingCherny also shared one of his prompts. It was casual, calling a podcast episode "really amazing" and asking Claude to build an artifact based on it. Claude should "use lots of tokens" and make the visuals better than a New Yorker or New York Times data visualization, he wrote.

Customer choice starts with clarity. With more than four years to go, now is the right time to understand what changes are coming at the end of 2030 and what they mean in practice. The dates for SAP Business Suite 7 maintenance have not changed: mainstream maintenance remains available through December 31, 2027, followed by optional extended maintenance through December 31, 2030.

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Conservative Party of BC leader Lorne Doerkson while stumping in Surrey on October 7 once again slammed NDP leader David Eby for imposing an unnecessary provincial election. “I will continue to say this, there was no need for this election,” Doerkson said. “David Eby has called what I am calling an absolutely cynical election.