Asking AI to disagree with you may improve your work
Instead of asking AI to do your work, consider asking it to challenge your work. Evidence suggests that heavy reliance on generative AI can reduce critical thinking and erode job skills. The problem...
View ArticleVoting rights protests: List of October events calling on Amazon, Target, and...
The May Day Strong coalition is calling on corporations, particularly those with ties to President Donald Trump—such as Amazon, JP Morgan Chase, Target, and Palantir—to defend voting rights ahead of...
View ArticleTailgating is losing ground to a new game-day tradition
Any American sports fan knows that watching a game is a daylong affair, with celebrations starting hours before kickoff. Yet despite being a staple of the game-day experience, America’s beloved social...
View ArticleIt’s time to invest in women, who hold up half the sky
A single mother walks into a bank hoping to get a loan for the small business she wants to start as a caregiver. Her business will add value to her community, but she doesn’t have enough collateral to...
View ArticleG7 nations to release 100 million barrels of oil and diesel fuel to curb high...
The Group of Seven wealthy democracies said Friday that they plan to release 100 million barrels of oil and fuel products in the coming weeks, starting with “substantial” amounts of diesel after the...
View Article11 mysterious cameras were watching Florida drivers. Officials don’t know who...
Florida’s St. Lucie County recently discovered that its residents were being surveilled by mysterious cameras installed in secret and unconnected to any state or local agency. The county found the...
View ArticleEmployers have a bizarre new job interview problem: Figuring out if they’re...
The recruitment process has become so frustrating lately that more than 1.2 million recruiters and candidates alike take to Reddit each week to peruse a subreddit appropriately called...
View ArticleAI agents can now erase the evidence of what they’ve done
The scale of unauthorized or previously unknown actions by AI agents keeps getting bigger by the day. More than 100 organizations have now received a metaphorical knock on the door from OpenAI after...
View ArticleThis AI-generated video got an Arizona manslaughter sentence tossed, likely a...
An Arizona man’s 10-year manslaughter sentence has been tossed in a case where a video generated by artificial intelligence portrayed the deceased victim addressing a judge before the punishment was...
View ArticleWhy solopreneurs should plan in 90-day cycles
When I was on the executive team at a tech company, I was used to setting annual goals. It was an exercise the company went through every January, with monthly and quarterly comparisons against what...
View ArticleAT&T issues urgent warning to some iPhone 18 Pro Max owners to update their...
Owners of the new iPhone 18 Pro Max who are using the phone on AT&T’s network, take note: The telecom giant has issued an urgent warning instructing users to update to the latest version of iOS...
View ArticleEnergy bills for U.S. households will go up an average of $6,500, with these...
Households in the contiguous United States will pay thousands of dollars more for energy through 2040 because of federal policy changes since President Donald Trump returned to office, according to...
View ArticleSocial media users are gaming the algorithm to protect Cornell’s Jane Doe
Jane Doe. Across social media, people are posting in solidarity with the young woman implicated in a sexual assault case that has horrified the country. The details of the case are chilling: In...
View ArticleU.S. unemployment ticks up to 4.2% as Labor Department releases disappointing...
U.S. employers added a disappointing 29,000 jobs and the unemployment rate ticked up last month, the government reported Friday, a month before voters go to the polls in pivotal midterm elections at a...
View ArticleExpanded pasta recall impacts Walmart’s Bettergoods brand as Listeria...
Last month, a recall was initiated for select lots of a pasta product sold at Walmart stores nationwide. The recall stemmed from concerns that the product could be contaminated with Listeria...
View ArticleThe archer’s paradox: Why trying harder makes you perform worse
At 18, one of us—Juan Carlos—arrived at the Spanish indoor archery championship expecting to win. He was shooting better than he ever had. But he was an outsider in the Spanish archery community and...
View ArticleJoanna Gaines says she and Chip lost sight of Magnolia’s purpose. 1 decision...
Every founder is subject to burnout, even the founders of a massive lifestyle, retail, and media brand. Joanna Gaines, co-founder of Magnolia, launched the brand alongside her husband, Chip, nearly 25...
View ArticleHow small teams move the needle faster
Independent agencies are claiming a growing share of the industry’s recognition. This year, Rethink was named Ad Age’s 2026 Agency of the Year and won both Independent Agency and Independent Network...
View ArticleYour CRM was built backwards
When I led global customer success at HubSpot, the customer base grew from roughly 70,000 to more than 220,000 in just four years. Growth at that scale stress-tests every assumption you make about...
View ArticleNike layoffs loom as its stock price hits punishing new lows
Shares of Nike Inc. are tumbling to fresh lows Friday morning after disappointing first quarter results and layoff plans. The athletics company reported $11.21 billion in revenue, down 4% year over...
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