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Early data show wages are rising for AI-exposed jobs that place a high value on a "worker's tacit knowledge and experience", as textbook knowledge loses value (J. Scott Davis/Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas)

J. Scott Davis / Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas:
Early data show wages are rising for AI-exposed jobs that place a high value on a “worker's tacit knowledge and experience”, as textbook knowledge loses value  —  Artificial intelligence's impact on the labor market will depend on whether the technology automates or augments worker tasks.

A Waymo robotaxi stopped in the middle of a road and blocked an ambulance near a mass shooting site in Austin; Waymo confirms it was en route for rider pickup (Nicole Cobler/Axios)

Nicole Cobler / Axios:
A Waymo robotaxi stopped in the middle of a road and blocked an ambulance near a mass shooting site in Austin; Waymo confirms it was en route for rider pickup  —  A Waymo robotaxi picking up a passenger near Sunday morning's mass shooting in Austin blocked an ambulance from reaching the scene, according to a bystander video.

A profile of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is facing a probe in France on a dozen preliminary charges and a Russian criminal case for "aiding terrorism" (Financial Times)

Financial Times:
A profile of Telegram CEO Pavel Durov, who is facing a probe in France on a dozen preliminary charges and a Russian criminal case for “aiding terrorism”  —  The messaging app's founder has become a poster boy for the backlash in Europe over CEO accountability — and a target for Russia

AWS said objects struck one of its data centers in the UAE, impacting its mec1-az2 availability zone, and that connectivity will take several hours to restore (Reuters)

Reuters:
AWS said objects struck one of its data centers in the UAE, impacting its mec1-az2 availability zone, and that connectivity will take several hours to restore  —  Amazon's (AMZN.O) cloud unit, AWS, said on Sunday that power to its data center in the United Arab Emirates was shut down temporarily …

Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP (Om Malik/On my Om)

Om Malik / On my Om:
Block is a poster child for the lack of operational discipline common among mid-tier public tech companies that lived on the largesse of cloud, mobile, and ZIRP  —  Jack Dorsey, CEO of Block (the company formerly known as Square), went on X (the company formerly known as Twitter …