Cancer risk prompts FDA ban on red food dye
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued an order that will ban Red No. 3, a synthetic dye, from food, drinks, and ingested drugs, in the U.S. The additive was first approved for...
View Article‘Just reported my old landlord’: The internet is naming and shaming L.A....
Los Angeles landlords are being named and shamed in an online effort to combat illegal price gouging following Southern California’s historic wildfires. According to Ken Haskett, section chief for the...
View ArticleStarbucks baristas want a say in its new code of conduct and controversial...
The union that represents more than 11,000 Starbucks baristas is responding to the coffee chain’s controversial new code of conduct, which includes a reversal on its open-door policy that allowed...
View ArticleHow Trump’s inauguration could shake up financial markets
Donald Trump‘s inauguration on Monday could herald a more volatile period for markets, with the Republican seen moving quickly on a wide swath of issues including trade and immigration that are...
View Article5 things to know about TikTok replacement RedNote
Earlier this week, the Chinese app Xiaohongshu, known as RedNote, shot up to become the most-downloaded app on the Apple’s U.S. App Store, partly as a “joke’s on you” moment to the American government...
View ArticleWildfires are still ‘just hype’: Trump’s Energy pick stands by his past comments
Chris Wright, an oil and gas executive who’s Donald Trump’s nominee for Energy Secretary, faced questions about his climate change denialism during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday. Throughout...
View ArticleCoca-Cola panders to Trump’s love of Diet Coke. Is this a new era of CEO vice...
It was far from the usual Coke and a smile. The Coke was diet for one thing, and there were two smiles involved. One of them belonged to Donald Trump, seemingly the world’s foremost Diet Coke lover,...
View ArticleCalifornia destruction: Here’s why human-caused wildfires are hard to contain
Investigators are trying to determine what caused several wind-driven wildfires that have destroyed thousands of homes across the Los Angeles area in January 2025. Given the fires’ locations, and lack...
View ArticleHow to break through the messy middle of transformation
Talk to any brand or company leader this year, and there is a good chance that you will find them in the thick of a change initiative, navigating the challenging headwinds of ongoing market and...
View ArticleSephora is giving its 700 stores a major makeover. Here’s why
Sephora’s stores are getting a redesign, Sephora CEO Artemis Patrick announced. Patrick’s announcement from Monday at the National Retail Federation’s annual conference was striking. Many other...
View Article5 ways to close the gap for Black women in STEM
By Tarika Barrett and Meredith Harper STEM jobs are a bright spot in the economy—expected to grow three times faster than non-STEM jobs by 2033—but these careers are not within reach for everyone....
View ArticleWhy future-focused brands win in a short-term world
Conventional wisdom says that long-term thinking prioritizes decisions that secure the future, whereas leaders with a short-term focus prioritize today over tomorrow. I’d argue that conventional...
View ArticleHomeowners should ask these questions about insurance for natural disasters
The wildfires that have devastated large parts of Los Angeles County have drawn fresh attention to the struggles many Americans face insuring their homes. Since 2022, seven of the 12 largest insurance...
View ArticleWhy are we still talking about toilets? Because we must.
In a world where every passing moment brings leaps in digital innovation, creating opportunities to improve life for billions, and promising a world that’s interconnected, I find a small joy in...
View ArticleIt’s time for Apple to press pause on its AI news summaries
Apple should shut off its AI summaries of news alerts until it can prevent them from spreading fake news. Anecdotes of iPhone users seeing weirdly phrased summaries of texts and other content are...
View ArticleHow our food system needs to change for a healthier future
Throughout my career, I’ve worked and served in many of the poorest countries of the world, places that lacked running water, access to fresh foods, refrigeration, air conditioning, sewer systems, and...
View Article3 fintech predictions that will shape 2025
In a year defined by breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and blockchain technology, you might think that all this incredible innovation has made its way into the hands of the people who need it...
View ArticleSubstack is trying to court displaced TikTok creators
“We’re going to rescue the smart people from TikTok!” Substack CEO Chris Best wrote in a Note posted Monday. If you’ve been on your Substack newsfeed lately, you’ve likely seen the platform rolling...
View ArticleGoogle inks a Gemini AI chatbot deal with the Associated Press
Google says its artificial intelligence chatbot Gemini will deliver up-to-date news from the Associated Press in the tech giant’s first such deal with a news publisher.Google announced the deal in a...
View ArticlePresident Biden’s new executive order aims to bolster national security
President Joe Biden issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at strengthening the nation’s cybersecurity and making it easier to go after foreign adversaries or hacking groups that try to...
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