Make this simple mindset shift to reject negativity and stay focused on success
We all love the summertime. The long days. The warm evenings. The wind in the trees. The opportunity to visit faraway places. We love the summer until everything we love about it is driven from our...
View ArticleThe case for (and against) mandatory retirement
In 2021, plane manufacturer Boeing was dealing with myriad challenges. The COVID-19 pandemic was continuing to disrupt air travel and plane production, and multiple crashes of the company’s...
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How to handle compounding disasters in the face of climate change
Most Americans will remember 2020 as the year when the pandemic changed everything. But for Lake Charles, Louisiana, and its neighbors along the Gulf Coast, it was also the year of record-setting...
View Article4 simple ways to engage and inspire your people
As a gardener, I know that August (not January or February) can be the most challenging time for growing things. The heat just makes all plants look a little . . . tired. At work, it’s easy to see the...
View ArticlePolling on Harris shows that sexism is prevalent in American politics
Since President Joe Biden exited the presidential race on July 21, 2024, and endorsed Vice President Kamala Harris as the Democratic presidential nominee, Harris’s campaign has generated widespread...
View ArticleHow to find your power as a Black entrepreneur
For generations, the conventional wisdom for Black professionals was simple: Get a good job and keep it. It’s what most of our parents drilled into us. Mom and Dad’s wisdom didn’t account for a few...
View ArticleWhat to know about America’s first national strategy to reduce plastic pollution
Plastic waste is piling up at a daunting pace around the world. The World Bank estimates that every person on the planet generates an average of 1.6 pounds (0.74 kilograms) of plastic waste daily. To...
View ArticleHow to turn your ‘wish idea’ into an actual side hustle
As a communications expert, I work with people to help them communicate their ideas in a way that motivates their audiences to take action. But in many of my conversations with clients, I hear about...
View ArticleHere’s why VP Harris wants price gouging banned
With inflation and high grocery prices still frustrating many voters, Vice President Kamala Harris on Friday proposed a ban on “price gouging” by food suppliers and grocery stores, as part of a...
View Article‘Near certain lockout’ at Canadian rail networks could soon impact U.S....
Canada’s two largest railroads are starting to shut down their shipping networks as a labor dispute with the Teamsters union threatens to cause lockouts or strikes that would disrupt cross-border...
View ArticleRobberies, car theft, shoplifting are targeted in California’s new...
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Friday signed a bipartisan package of 10 bills that aims to crack down on smash-and-grab robberies and property crimes, making it easier to go after repeat shoplifters...
View ArticleHow deepfakes are radically shifting the creator landscape
Deepfake technology and the malicious use of AI is causing widespread anxiety, especially as we approach November’s U.S. election. Adobe chief strategy officer and EVP of design and emerging products,...
View ArticleThis Fox, ESPN and Warner Brothers joint sports venture is a no-go, for now
The launch of Venu Sports will be delayed after a federal judge granted FuboTV’s motion for a preliminary injunction against the planned sports streaming venture by ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros....
View ArticleCanada’s Couche-Tard offers to buy Japan’s Seven & i
Canada’s Alimentation Couche-Tard has sounded out Japan’s Seven & i about a potential takeover, the two companies said on Monday, making the 7-Eleven owner the largest-ever Japanese target of a...
View ArticleBurgerFi International warns of possible bankruptcy, joins growing list of...
As 2024 continues to be a rough year for restaurant chains, yet another well-known brand appears to be teetering on the brink. In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Friday,...
View ArticleSan Francisco sues AI websites that make nude deepfakes of women and girls
Nearly a year after AI-generated nude images of high school girls upended a community in southern Spain, a juvenile court this summer sentenced 15 of their classmates to a year of probation. But the...
View ArticleX closes its Brazil operations as Musk’s feud with a Supreme Court justice...
Social media platform X said Saturday it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest its legal representative in Brazil if...
View ArticleUber pushes back against Kenyan drivers setting their own fares
In eight years of working as a taxi driver in Kenya‘s capital, Judith Chepkwony has never seen business this bad. A bruising price war between ride-hailing companies Uber Technologies, Estonia’s Bolt...
View ArticleWhy video game performers want their work protected from AI
For hours, motion capture sensors tacked onto Noshir Dalal’s body tracked his movements as he unleashed aerial strikes, overhead blows and single-handed attacks that would later show up in a video...
View ArticleTrouble in paradise: How the summer of overtourism is impacting locals
The doorbell to Martinho de Almada Pimentel’s house is hard to find, and he likes it that way. It’s a long rope that, when pulled, rings a literal bell on the roof that lets him know someone is...
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