Tesla offers unprecedented US$1 trillion pay package to Elon Musk
The additional shares Musk could receive would push his stake in the EV maker to at least 25% [AUSTIN, Texas] Tesla proposed a new compensation agreement for chief executive…
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How to build workplace bonds—and why it’s so important that you do
Work is filled with contradictions and disruptions these days, and the uncertainty can make the workplace feel like a constant emergency. As a result, people are stressed, pessimistic, and…
How Can the White House, Congress, and Others Repair Damaged Trust in Official Statistics?
Without independence from political control, official statistics lack credibility and value. Source link
The Week: Trump Loses on Tariffs, Again
Plus: Is the United States at war with Venezuela? Source link
Enough with the Gaza Famine Canard
Food insecurity in Gaza is being exaggerated, and few observing the real suffering there blame Hamas. Source link
Twinless Turns Love Inside Out
A heart-wrenching follow-up to James Sweeney’s stellar debut. Source link
The Right Way to Go After Venezuelan Drug Traffickers
If Trump believes that Venezuela is attacking the U.S. via a narco-terrorist proxy, he should ask Congress to authorize the use of military force. Source link
How AI is creating a crisis of business sameness
As I type, Microsoft Copilot suggests ways to continue, restructure, or even rewrite this very sentence. On the surface, it feels like a small thing, no more remarkable than Gmail…
Trump’s War on Black America Isn’t an Accident—It’s a Strategy
But even if Trump’s goals are not necessarily driven by bigotry, racism is still at play. Trump and his allies have accused Cook and New York Attorney General Letitia James of mortgage…
Armani’s death puts fate of luxury empire in hands of heirs
Giorgio Armani fought for decades to keep the fashion empire he founded independent, as Italian icons like Gucci and Fendi were snapped up by larger luxury chains. It will be his heirs who…
BMW’s iX3 spearheads multibillion-dollar reboot that takes the fight to Tesla, BYD
On Friday (Sep 5), German luxury carmaker BMW launched its second-generation iX3 – and with it, a sweeping reset strategy to catch up to its electric vehicle (EV) rivals. The new iX3, a…
Fox News Coverage of RFK’s Big Meltdown Goes Awry, Backfiring on Trump
At a Senate hearing on Thursday, Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. got massacred by harsh questioning from Democrats and Republicans. They called out his anti-vax…
Putin says organ transplants could grant immortality. Not quite.
On Wednesday, one scientist described how he’d been testing potential longevity drugs on the tiny nematode worm C. elegans. These worms live for only about 15 to 40 days, and his team can…
Apple’s India sales hit record US$9 billion after big retail push
Apple’s annual sales in India hit a record of nearly US$9 billion in the last fiscal year, signalling growing consumer demand for its flagship devices as the company ramps up its retail…
Why Google’s new Nano Banana means you can never trust a photo you see online again
Despite billions of dollars of AI investment, Google’s Gemini has always struggled with image generation. The company’s Flash 2.5 model has long felt like a sidenote in comparison to far…
Asian exporters absorbing about 20% of US tariffs, passing on remaining costs: Nomura
Asian exporters are absorbing about one-fifth of US tariffs and passing on the remaining costs, indicated Nomura’s Asia Economic Monthly report released on Friday (Sep 5). Advanced…
Citi expects global digital asset trades to hit US$2 trillion a day; DBS sees volume surge in H1
In a white paper released this week, Citi projected that in five years, the world will see US$2 trillion in digital assets held or traded in a single day. The figure, which excludes…
How to get your employees to embrace AI — even the ones who hate tech
A few years ago, we had a bottleneck within our organization at Super.com, the membership program focused on saving, earning, and credit building. Every new idea depended on our engineers,…
Tencent-backed Airwallex acquires OpenPay; move pits it against Stripe Billing
Fintech company Airwallex has acquired OpenPay, a San Francisco-based billing platform that provides subscription management, payment orchestration and revenue analytics services. The…
5 ways to use your stress for success
While executives spend billions on meditation apps, yoga retreats, and wellness programs, American stress levels continue to skyrocket. A recent study of 90 workplace wellness…
US tech titans pay homage to Trump at White House dinner
Tech world executives showered Donald Trump with praise on Thursday during a rare dinner that saw the US president host some of the most important players in AI at the White House. “This…
Broadcom to help OpenAI create AI chip to take on Nvidia
Broadcom is helping OpenAI design and produce an artificial intelligence accelerator from 2026, getting into a lucrative sphere dominated by Nvidia. The two firms plan to ship the first…
Starbucks China valued at about US$5 billion by bidders, sources say
Most of the bidders seeking to buy a portion of Starbucks’ China operations have submitted offers valuing the business at as much as US$5 billion, said two people with knowledge of the…
Starbucks China reportedly valued at about US$5 billion by bidders
Most of the bidders seeking to buy a portion of Starbucks’ China operations have submitted offers valuing the business at as much as US$5 billion, said two people with knowledge of the…