Michigan’s bird flu response sparks COVID-era resistance from farmers
Some dairy farmers are resisting Michigan’s nation-leading efforts to stop the spread of bird flu for fear their incomes will suffer from added costs and hurt rural America. The government’s...
View ArticleAmazon Prime Day pushes retailers to release back-to-school deals earlier
While American children may wish summer vacation would never end, retailers want back-to-school season to start earlier than ever — preferably now — and are timing promotions ahead of Amazon’s Prime...
View ArticleHarvey Weinstein could face new sexual assault charges ahead of November retrial
Manhattan prosecutors said Tuesday that they intend to bring new sexual assault charges against Harvey Weinstein as they anticipate a November retrial for the disgraced media mogul. Assistant District...
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Apple TV+ just dropped a show about deadly AI—weeks after debuting Apple...
Rashida Jones’s face-framing bob in the Apple TV+ series Sunny commands viewers’ attention. It looks like many different objects: a bell, a gumdrop, Darth Vader’s helmet. But the show is far less...
View ArticleMost patients taking Wegovy and Ozempic weight-loss drugs stop within two years
Only one in four U.S. patients prescribed Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy or Ozempic for weight loss were still taking the popular medications two years later, according to an analysis of U.S. pharmacy claims...
View ArticleHow to create a purpose-driven business
The word “love” isn’t one we expect to hear used in the corporate world to describe successful business models. But in my experience working with companies across industries and product categories, it...
View ArticleGun ammunition vending machines are appearing at grocery stores. Advocates...
A company has installed computerized vending machines to sell ammunition in grocery stores in Alabama, Oklahoma and Texas, allowing patrons to pick up bullets along with a gallon of milk. American...
View ArticleIntuit to lay off 1,800 employees, labels 1,050 as ‘underperformers’
Global financial company Intuit, which owns TurboTax, Quickbooks, MailChimp, and more, announced Wednesday that it’s laying off 1,800 employees, or about 10 percent of its workforce. Unlike many...
View ArticleMontana might overturn its landmark youth climate change ruling
Montana’s top court is set to hear the state’s appeal of a landmark ruling holding that it was violating the rights of young people to a clean and healthful environment by barring regulators from...
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Why a cartoon crawfish named ‘Mark d’Ballot’ could be the secret to voter...
Every major election year, voter turnout in the U.S. is dependent on a myriad of factors, from the candidates themselves to individual voters’ identities, education levels, and political leanings....
View ArticleFemale entrepreneurs can fundraise 20% faster than men on crowdfunding...
Crowdfunding campaigns fronted by women reach their fundraising targets 20% faster than those promoted by men and couples, according to a new study. Pomme Theunissen at Maastricht University in the...
View ArticleWe need to talk about Climate Inc.
I’m a biotech founder, and folks often assume my company is part of what I call the “Climate, Inc.” movement. By that, I mean startups that put the fight against climate change at the center of their...
View ArticleVW’s Audi factory in Brussels may close due to low demand for EVs
Volkswagen on Tuesday warned it may close the Brussels site of its luxury brand Audi due to a sharp drop in demand for high-end electric cars that has hit Europe’s top carmaker, forcing it to cut its...
View ArticleTextile waste like Cotton is barely recycled in China, where fast fashion reigns
At a factory in Zhejiang province on China’s eastern coast, two mounds of discarded cotton clothing and bed linens, loosely separated into dark and light colors, pile up on a workroom floor. Jacket...
View ArticleSamsung pushes AI features in new foldable smartphones, ring and smartwatch
Samsung Electronics unveiled its latest foldable smartphones on Wednesday, making its priciest flagship model lighter and slimmer and bolstering AI functions as it challenges Apple’s dominance in the...
View ArticleAmazon says it now runs on 100% clean power. Employees say it’s more like 22%
Today, Amazon announced that it had met a goal to run on 100% renewable electricity seven years early. But a group of Amazon employees argues that the company’s math is misleading. A report from the...
View ArticleIn the world’s race for cleaner, faster and cheaper lithium, all eyes are on...
In a dusty plain in northern Argentina’s mountains, black tubes stretching two stories high fill a massive tank with salty brine sucked from deep below ground. The brine contains lithium, a silvery...
View ArticleThree Mile Island was the site of the country’s worst nuclear disaster. Now...
In 1979, a partial meltdown of a reactor at the Three Mile Island nuclear plant along the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania brought America’s nuclear fears to life. For the past five years, that plant...
View ArticleElon Musk doesn’t owe ex-Twitter employees $500 million in severance, the...
In a win for Elon Musk, a judge dismissed a lawsuit claiming that the billionaire owed former Twitter employees upwards of $500 million in severance after buying the social media company and gutting...
View ArticleCalifornia and Oregon wildfire risks continue to rise as extreme heat lingers
Authorities in Western states warned of the rising risk of wildfires as hot conditions and low humidity dry out the landscape amid a protracted heat wave that is expected to bake much of the U.S....
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