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A software engineer became X’s main character last week after being outed as a serial moonlighter at multiple Silicon Valley startups. “PSA: there’s a guy named Soham Parekh (in India) who…
All’s fair on Capitol Hill. In response to the Trump administration’s wide-ranging science cuts and grant cancellations, researchers and scientists staged a “science fair” in the lobby of…
Trump’s “big, beautiful bill” has a lot of moving parts, but one thing it won’t do is end taxes on Social Security benefits, as he has claimed. The bill, which passed last week, slashes…
Longtime food and beverage exec Kirk Tanner was appointed as The Hershey Company’s new CEO early on Tuesday. Tanner will be replacing former Hershey’s CEO Michele Buck after she announced…
Are the kids all right? They’re in Waymos, at least, now that the self-driving car company has begun to allow Arizona teenagers in the Phoenix area to ride by themselves through special…
About 600 miles off the west coast of Africa, large clusters of thunderstorms begin organizing into tropical storms every hurricane season. They aren’t yet in range of Hurricane Hunter…
The first-ever treatment for malaria in young babies and infants has been approved. On Tuesday, Novartis announced it had received approval for the treatment, Coartem Baby (known as Riamet…
For decades, Leatherman has defined the multi-tool category and built an obsessive fanbase. So let’s be real: For the launch of its first standalone knife series, announced today, the…
Within hours of taking office in January, President Donald Trump boasted about attracting $3 trillion in new corporate investments to the United States. Since then, Trump has said the…
Megan: And last year, when Michigan's Governor Whitmer announced this new initiative and your position, she noted the need to foster this sort of culture of innovation. And we hear that a…
There’s nothing more American than fireworks, the Fourth of July, and bald eagles. Unfortunately the combination of the first two elements is stressful for all wildlife, including the…
The All England Club, somewhat ironically, is blaming “human error” for a glaring mistake by the electronic system that replaced human line judges this year at Wimbledon. The CEO of the…
On Tuesday, AI lab Moonvalley announced the public release of Marey, a video model designed as a production-grade tool for professional filmmakers. Marey—pronounced “Mary” and named after…
Fast food giant McDonald’s is rolling out two big additions to its menu this week, including an old crowd-pleaser and a new take on a 50-year-old breakfast sandwich. Here’s what you need…
Microsoft and OpenAI announced on Tuesday that they are helping to launch an AI training center for members of the second-largest teachers’ union in the US. The National Academy for AI…
As Elon Musk announced plans over the Fourth of July weekend to establish a third political party, his AI chatbot, Grok, gave a sneak preview of the information ecosystem in that party.…
Recognizing oneself as one really is and not as one appears to others is the major theme of Elizabeth von Arnim’s work. Von Arnim, an Australian brought up in England, married her first…
A proposed solar farm in New Mexico aims to finish construction by 2029 or 2030. But the developer that hopes to build it now plans to buy solar panels for the project early—so it could…
Dishonesty at work can harm both your professional relationships and credibility. And the stakes become even higher if that dishonesty happens with your boss. It’s best not to lie to your…
Every time I read about another advance in AI technology, I feel like another figment of science fiction moves closer to reality. Lately, I’ve been noticing eerie parallels to Neal…
At first glance, the idea of integrating artificial intelligence (AI) into the restaurant experience seems counterintuitive. After all, sitting down for a meal is one of the most…
In the midst of economic volatility driven by inflation, tariffs, and global geopolitical tensions, how do businesses keep up without a crystal ball? As the CEO of Sollis Health, my deep…
Across the U.S. and parts of Europe, science funding is in crisis. In the U.S., a planned $18 billion worth of cuts to federal research have already halted trials, triggered mass layoffs,…
E-commerce has become a powerful driver of global economic growth. In the wake of the pandemic, global online sales surged to an estimated $5.8 trillion USD in 2023—more than one-fifth of…
