How Sherri Shepherd fought her way to the Hollywood Walk of Fame
As a popular talk show host, Sherri Shepherd’s job is to get celebrities to share their personal stories. But the most fascinating tale might be her own. The host of Sherri, which kicked off its new...
View ArticleWhat’s happening with MoneyGram? Customers left in the lurch as financial...
MoneyGram appears to be in a jam. MoneyGram International—a Dallas-based financial services company, perhaps best known for its payment and money-sending services—has been down for days, apparently...
View ArticleAfter helping pro athletes hone their game, Uplift Labs launches an app for...
Uplift Labs has built a reputation with movement analysis software widely used by college and professional sports teams. With just a pair of tripod-mounted iPhones or iPads, the company’s Uplift...
View ArticleBeyond the rebrand: TELUS Digital’s next chapter
Nearly 20 years ago, TELUS International was established to provide customer service support for its parent company, a major Canadian telecom company. From its lone site in Manila, the company also...
View ArticleCalifornia’s controversial AI bill’s fate will be decided this week
One of the most consequential AI bills the world has seen sitting on the desk of California Governor Gavin Newsom, and its fate could be decided with either a signature or a veto stamp any day now....
View Article10 ways Project 2025 could make your job worse
In late August, Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance told a crowd of union firefighters that he and his running mate, Donald Trump, are “the most pro-worker Republican ticket in history.”...
View ArticleNow anyone (with a subscription) can talk to ChatGPT
OpenAI announced on Tuesday it will begin gradually rolling out its Advanced Voice Mode to anybody with a ChatGPT Plus or Teams subscription. Advanced Voice Mode lets you speak your prompts to ChatGPT...
View ArticleVance vs. Walz: What to know about the VP debate next week
Democrat Tim Walz and Republican JD Vance will face off next week in the only scheduled U.S. vice presidential debate, a chance for each man to reinforce his running mate’s message to voters just...
View ArticleDOJ sues Visa for allegedly monopolizing debit card markets
The U.S. Justice Department has filed an antitrust lawsuit against Visa, alleging that the financial services behemoth uses its size and dominance to stifle competition in the debit card market,...
View ArticleShould you be worried about AI?
I’ve worked in AI for 13 years and I’ve encountered a lot of people worried about it. In my opinion, they are worried about the wrong thing. But their worries generally fall into two categories:...
View ArticleCoca-Cola’s play for Gen Z failed—but an exciting new flavor is coming in 2025
It turns out Spiced Coke is not It. In the latest battle for consumers in the soft drink wars, Coca-Cola said it will phase out its newest flavor, Coca-Cola Spiced, after just six months. But it’s...
View Article3 reasons to transition to sustainable technology
The vast majority of new energy capacity installed in the United States this year will be sustainable, primarily solar and storage. This is not a surprise given the low cost of installing new...
View ArticleTeenagers are stealing strangers’ Nike zippers. Blame TikTok
Teenagers have found a new way to amuse themselves: Stealing people’s backpack zippers. Not just any zippers, specifically Nike Elite backpack zippers. Why? You’ll have to ask a teenage boy that one....
View ArticlePort strike next week appears likely, seaport CEO says
The chief executive over Georgia’s two booming seaports said Tuesday that a strike next week by dockworkers across the U.S. East and Gulf coasts appears likely, though he’s hopeful the resulting...
View ArticleHow orchestration unlocks the value of supply chain data
Leading supply chain organizations are applying orchestration strategies to create opportunities to increase resource utilization, reduce costs, and enable faster and more efficient response to the...
View ArticleVolkswagen’s German union vows to strike if management makes ‘historic...
Union leaders threatened strikes and warned Volkswagen on Wednesday against an “historic mistake” as the two sides started pay talks that will likely determine how aggressively Europe’s biggest...
View ArticleBuilding your brand is about so much more than your product
Starting your brand is the easy part; then comes the legwork, maintaining relevancy, and looking for those breakthrough moments. In a flooded market and a fractured attention economy, it can be...
View ArticleChef José Andrés is launching a luxury hotel brand
It was only a matter of time until José Andrés launched a hotel brand. The renowned chef, restaurateur, and humanitarian has already mastered the hotel restaurant, with time-tested concepts like the...
View ArticleHow this studio is using AI to make video games more immersive
For decades, video games have relied on scripted, stilted interactions with non-player characters to help shepherd gamers in their journeys. But as artificial intelligence technology improves, game...
View ArticleAfter ExxonMobil, can you trust companies’ plastic recycling labels?
Plastic is a fast-growing segment of U.S. municipal solid waste, and most of it ends up in the environment. Just 9% of plastic collected in municipal solid waste was recycled as of 2018, the most...
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