What’s happening with 23andMe? Mass layoffs and restructuring are the latest...
DNA-testing company 23andMe (Nasdaq: ME), once an industry leader that attracted millions of customers, including rapper Snoop Dogg and investor Warren Buffett, has announced significant cuts to its...
View ArticleWhat will Trump’s Day One look like?
President-elect Donald Trump is expected to take a slew of executive actions on his first day in the White House to ramp up immigration enforcement and roll back President Joe Biden’s flagship legal...
View ArticleWall Street bonuses will likely be heftier this year. Here’s why
Wall Street firms are expected to pay heftier bonuses for this year, the first increase since a bumper year in 2021, according to a report by compensation consultancy Johnson Associates. Payouts will...
View ArticleWhy Southwest is offering buyouts to its airport workers
Southwest Airlines is offering buyouts and extended leaves of absence to airport workers to avoid what it calls “overstaffing in certain locations,” which it blames on a shortage of new planes from...
View ArticleMicrosoft and the Vatican unveiled this AI collaboration
The Vatican and Microsoft on Monday unveiled a digital twin of St. Peter’s Basilica that uses artificial intelligence to explore one of the world’s most important monument’s while helping the Holy See...
View ArticleShopify stock price is on fire today after an ‘outstanding’ quarter, boosted...
Shares of Shopify (NYSE: SHOP) are skyrocketing in early-morning trading after the company announced its Q3 2024 results, which beat expectations. As of the time of this writing, SHOP stock is up an...
View ArticleNew York Times Tech Guild workers end strike, but negotiations will continue
The New York Times Tech Guild is ending a week-long strike that started one day before the U.S. presidential election and will return to work on Tuesday, it said in a post on X on Monday. More than...
View ArticleMattel’s Wicked packaging snafu wasn’t AI—just plain ‘ol human error
Something bad is happening in Oz. Last week, fans of Wicked, the musical-soon-to-be-movie, headed to retailers including Target, Walmart, and Macy’s to pick up Mattel’s limited-edition Wicked Barbie...
View ArticleAARP has a new CEO: physician and public health advocate Myechia Minter-Jordan
AARP has tapped Dr. Myechia Minter-Jordan as its new CEO while promising a “new chapter” of advocating for Americans who are 50 and older and their families, the group said on Tuesday. The...
View ArticleNASA explores building the Prius of airliners
If hybrid cars can cut CO2 emissions on the road, can hybrid-electric planes do the same in the air? NASA is exploring that possibility, announcing this week two contracts to aviation startup...
View ArticleTikTok users want to know who their favorite influencers voted for in the...
Influencers have played a big role in this election cycle. Hundreds of typically nonpolitical content creators have been using their platforms to endorse candidates on both sides of the political...
View ArticleCrisis calls to a suicide prevention group for LGBTQ+ youth jumped 700% after...
Donald Trump has yet to take office as president for a second time, but vulnerable groups of Americans are already responding to his election victory. As mental health appointments have surged in the...
View ArticleTrump’s new EPA pick wants to make the U.S. the AI ‘capital of the world’
President-elect Donald Trump’s pick to lead the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) plans to “pursue energy dominance” to “make the United States the artificial intelligence capital of the world,”...
View ArticleCOP29: Countries grapple with raising trillions to fight climate change
United Nations annual climate talks stuttered to a start Monday with more than nine hours of backroom bickering over what should be on the agenda for the next two weeks. It then turned to the main...
View ArticleWhat the Negro League can teach us about our economy
I am a huge baseball fan, so World Series time is one of my favorite times of the year, especially when my Yankees are playing. (Yes—I’m a Yankees fan. Winners can handle the hate.) I went to my first...
View ArticleThe typo make us humna
In our ever-changing and seemingly chaotic world, the typo, that simple yet ubiquitous mistake that everyone everywhere makes occasionally, is still too often deemed as the ultimate death knell for...
View ArticleIndustry 4.0, meet Mobility Ecosystem 3.0
The Fourth Industrial Revolution, fueled by the internet of things (IoT), is dramatically reshaping the manufacturing landscape. This new era, often referred to as Industry 4.0, integrates advanced...
View ArticleElon Musk? RFK, Jr.? Here’s who’s likely to join Donald Trump’s Cabinet
While Donald Trump has announced a few people who will be part of his new administration, when it comes to Cabinet appointees, things appear to be ramping up fast. Trump has named people to several...
View ArticleMeta to offer Facebook and Instagram users in Europe less personalized ads...
Facebook and Instagram users in Europe will get the option to see less personalized ads if they don’t want to pay for an ad-free subscription, social media company Meta said Tuesday, bowing to...
View Article‘He will deliver’: Trump’s plans to save TikTok remain unclear
After a tumultuous year filled with anxiety and a legal battle about its future in the U.S., TikTok may have just been thrown a lifeline by the man who was once its biggest foe: Donald Trump. The...
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