Trump administration may block another offshore wind farm
President Donald Trump’s administration is reconsidering federal approval of Avangrid’s planned New England Wind project off the coast of Massachusetts, according to a court filing on…
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Wall Street steadies with a boost from Alphabet
Wall Street is steadying on Wednesday as Alphabet and other technology stocks rise. The S&P 500 added 0.3% and was on track to break its two-day losing streak since setting its latest…
Holiday spending is expected to drop this year—led by sharpest decline from Gen Z
U.S. consumers, particularly Gen Z, are likely to spend significantly less on the holidays this year, according to a new PricewaterhouseCoopers survey. For PwC’s 2025 Holiday Outlook, the…
Macy’s sees first increase in same-store sales since 2022
Macy’s raised its expectations for the year and reported the first increase in same-store sales since 2022 after the department store chain intensified its focus on modernizing stores and…
This Robot Only Needs a Single AI Model to Master Humanlike Movements
Atlas, the humanoid robot famous for its parkour and dance routines, has recently begun demonstrating something altogether more subtle but also a lot more significant: It has learned to…
C-SPAN lands a streaming deal with YouTube TV and Hulu
C-SPAN said Wednesday that it had reached a deal to have its three channels air on YouTube TV and Hulu’s live television feed, ending a dispute that had led to a revenue squeeze for the…
Macy’s tops Wall Street expectations with strongest sales in 3 years
Macy’s is coming up for air, topping earnings estimates and delivering the best comparable sales jump in 12 consecutive quarters. With $4.8 billion in net sales, the retail company…
This one line from Google’s antitrust ruling could reshape every Big Tech case
Google dodged a bullet Tuesday when a federal judge ruled the company does not need to sell off the Chrome browser or Android as part of the landmark antitrust case against it. While…
Luigi Mangione appears on Shein as a model for a gentleman’s shirt
On Tuesday night, if you were browsing Shein’s selection of “pastoral style gentleman shirts for every day,” you might have noticed a familiar face modeling the clothing: a smiling Luigi…
Instagram is thinking bigger than the iPhone
There are few apps more synonymous with the iPhone than Instagram. It was one of the earliest defining apps on the smartphone, with an ascent made hand-in-hand with Apple’s App Store.…
“The Paper” Is Old News
The new workplace sitcom from Greg Daniels, who co-created the U.S. version of “The Office,” borrows its predecessor’s mockumentary format—but pales in comparison to what came before.…
Via Transportation IPO: Stock listing date nears for transit tech startup
Via Transportation, a startup that aims to reimagine public transportation, has filed for an initial public offering (IPO), the latest tech-focused company seeking to take advantage of…
Grab’s $20 billion playbook for becoming a super app
Grab is a rideshare service-turned superapp, not available in the U.S. but rapidly growing in Southeast Asia. It’s even outmaneuvered global players like Uber to reach a valuation north of…
Toyota announces $792 million EV investment in Czech Republic
Japanese carmaker Toyota said on Wednesday it will invest 680 million euros ($792 million) on a new production line in the Czech Republic to make a battery electric car. The line will be…
The Download: sustainable architecture, and DeepSeek’s success
Despite decades of green certifications, better material sourcing, and the use of more sustainable materials, the built environment is still responsible for a third of global emissions…
Fantasy football nerds are using AI to get an edge in their leagues this year
This fantasy football season, Aaron VanSledright is letting his bot call the shots. Ahead of the NFL season, the Chicago-based cloud engineer built a custom AI draft agent that pulls…
The Loophole Turning Stablecoins Into a Trillion-Dollar Fight
Crypto advocates see things differently. They claim stablecoin rewards create healthy market pressure and could drive big banks to provide more competitive interest rates in an effort to…
Kids aren’t reading for pleasure—and more than tech is to blame
A quarter-century ago, David Saylor shepherded the epic Harry Potter fantasy series onto U.S. bookshelves. As creative director of children’s publisher Scholastic, he helped design and…
Is Ghosting Inevitable?
Any new technology created for the purpose of human connection also creates an opportunity for novel forms of missed connection: the envelope returned to sender, the unanswered phone call,…
NFL star Josh Allen is rewriting the ambassador playbook
Reigning National Football League MVP Josh Allen met Therabody founder and chiropractic doctor Jason Wersland at his first Buffalo Bills training camp in 2018. Three years later, Allen…
The connected customer
As brands compete for increasingly price conscious consumers, customer experience (CX) has become a decisive differentiator. Yet many struggle to deliver, constrained by outdated systems,…
Building the AI-enabled enterprise of the future
“This is one of those inflection points where I don’t think anybody really has a full view of the significance of the change this is going to have on not just companies but society as a…
How to turn your inner critic into a powerful force for growth
Anxiety and ambition often go hand in hand—but we rarely talk about that openly, especially in the context of leadership. Morra Aarons-Mele, author of The Anxious Achiever and host of the…
How to set AI boundaries at work
AI’s promise was it would liberate us from busywork. Instead, it’s becoming a new dependency. Maybe it’s an email you didn’t feel like writing. A brainstorm you didn’t feel inspired to…