California just made insulin affordable — without Big Pharma’s help
One of the most vital drugs with a high price tag will get dramatically more affordable next year – if you live in California. California will start selling insulin next year after…
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Powell: Fed ‘should have’ stopped buying mortgage-backed securities sooner as the pandemic housing boom raged on
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Speaking Tuesday at the National Association for Business Economics…
Uber’s latest gig work: Train AI to earn extra cash
Uber’s U.S. drivers and couriers have a new way to earn extra money. The ride-hail app announced on Thursday a new pilot program that will offer gig workers the opportunity to train…
Uber’s newest gig work: Train AI to earn extra cash
Uber’s U.S. drivers and couriers have a new way to earn extra money. The ride-hailing app announced on Thursday a new pilot program that will offer gig workers the opportunity to train…
Federal student loans are disappearing—but only for borrowers who did this one thing
After months of uncertainty, some federal student loan borrowers will soon have their debt canceled. But there’s a hook: You must be enrolled in a very specific program and have made…
Russia, China crank up AI-powered cyberattacks on the U.S., Microsoft warns
Russia, China, Iran, and North Korea have sharply increased their use of artificial intelligence to deceive people online and mount cyberattacks against the United States, according to new…
Stocks drift higher, led by Nvidia, TSMC
U.S. stock indexes are ticking higher on Thursday following an encouraging signal for the artificial-intelligence boom. The S&P 500 rose 0.4%, though trading has been erratic this week,…
Howard Schultz isn’t running Starbucks anymore—but his latest warning should make every CEO listen
It’s been two years since Howard Schultz retired from the board of directors of Starbucks, a company he founded and led for decades, but he still enjoys chatting with customers—as he did…
How ByteDance Made China’s Most Popular AI Chatbot
When Chinese AI startup DeepSeek became a global sensation in January, it not only shocked Silicon Valley but also startled ByteDance, TikTok’s parent company. The Chinese tech giant had…
Take our quiz: How much do you know about antimicrobial resistance?
This week we had some terrifying news from the World Health Organization: Antibiotics are failing us. A growing number of bacterial infections aren’t responding to these…
Unlocking the potential of SAF with book and claim in air freight
In this exclusive webcast, leaders discuss the urgency for reducing air freight emissions for freight forwarders and shippers, and reasons why companies should use SAF. They also explain…
The fantastical effort to put ‘fashion’ back in the Victoria’s Secret fashion show
When the lights finally dimmed at the 2025 Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show last night, the first thing guests saw was a gold light emanating from backstage. Model Jasmine Tookes, nine…
The danger of AI dependency
When my teenage son developed mysterious symptoms, I followed the same path anyone else would: I put his health in the hands of a team of medical professionals. Multiple myeloma is a rare…
Chipmaker TSMC reports nearly 40% surge in its net profit, thanks to AI
Taiwan’s leading computer chip maker, TSMC, said Thursday that its net profit surged nearly 40% in the last quarter, boosted by the surge in use of artificial intelligence. Taiwan…
Nestle, the world’s largest packaged food company, will cut 16,000 jobs
Nestle will cut 16,000 jobs, new CEO Philipp Navratil said on Thursday, as the world’s largest packaged food company seeks to cut costs and win back investor confidence. The jobs being cut…
The Download: creating the perfect baby, and carbon removal’s lofty promises
An emerging field of science is seeking to use cell analysis to predict what kind of a person an embryo might eventually become. Some parents turn to these tests to avoid passing on…
Spit On, Sworn At, and Undeterred: What It’s Like to Own a Cybertruck
Then I got my wife the Model S for Christmas. I started driving that around, and I'm like, I kind of like this. I put an order back in for the Cybertruck and I started building the…
The 4 AI questions every CEO needs to ask to succeed
Every day another industry leader proclaims that everything will change with AI. While there is no question AI is the most transformative tech shift since the industrial revolution, all…
How employers can better support working mothers
There’s no shortage of challenges facing employers and the U.S. workforce. From economic concerns to the impact of AI, both workers and organizational leaders are navigating big changes.…
The problem with Big Tech’s favorite carbon removal tech
While corporations, including tech giants like Microsoft, are betting big on this technology, there are a few potential problems with BECCS, as my colleague James Temple laid out in a new…
The race to make the perfect baby is creating an ethical mess
In August Siddiqui made the controversial suggestion that parents who choose not to use genetic testing might be considered irresponsible. “Just be honest: you’re okay with your kid…
Meet the man building a starter kit for civilization
You live in a house you designed and built yourself. You rely on the sun for power, heat your home with a woodstove, and farm your own fish and vegetables. The year is 2025. This is the…
Smucker goes to court to protect the design of its Uncrustables sandwiches
The J.M. Smucker Co. says it doesn’t have a problem with other companies selling their own prepackaged, crustless sandwiches like its own popular Smucker’s Uncrustables. They just have to…
What are the 2 categories of AI use and why do they matter?
Generative AI is evolving along two distinct tracks: on one side, savvy users are building their own retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) pipelines, personal agents, or even small language…