A healthy workforce needs more connection, not more apps
The cost of healthcare is reaching a breaking point. The average employer’s healthcare spending is expected to rise by 8.5% this year, well above inflation—and that doesn’t even include the costs...
View ArticleWarren Buffett cautions shareholders AI scams could be the ‘growth industry...
Warren Buffett cautioned the tens of thousands of shareholders who packed an arena for his annual meeting that artificial intelligence scams could become “the growth industry of all time.”Doubling...
View ArticleIs giving Elon Musk a $56 billion compensation package—the most in...
Over the past couple of weeks, Tesla shareholders have been casting their ballots in one of the odder shareholder votes in corporate history: a vote to reinstate a massive $56 billion compensation...
View ArticleFormer Trump strategist Brad Parscale wants to use his AI tools to give his...
Donald Trump’s former campaign manager looked squarely into the camera and promised his viewers they were about to witness a bold new era in politics.“You’re going to see some of the most amazing new...
View ArticleRobinhood’s crypto business is under fire by the SEC. Here’s what that means...
This morning, Robinhood Markets shares dropped more than 2% in premarket trading after the company’s cryptocurrency division was hit with a “Wells Notice.” Filed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange...
View ArticleDemocrats tread carefully when using AI
President Joe Biden‘s campaign and Democratic candidates are in a fevered race with Republicans over who can best exploit the potential of artificial intelligence, a technology that could transform...
View ArticleSam Ash music store is closing every location in a devastating blow to fans
After a century of supplying musicians with instruments and gear, as well as offering a place to gather and play with other musicians, the renowned family-owned retail chain Sam Ash is shutting its 42...
View ArticleRandy Travis’s first song post-stroke used AI
With some help from artificial intelligence, country music star Randy Travis, celebrated for his timeless hits like “Forever and Ever, Amen” and “I Told You So,” has his voice back. In July 2013,...
View ArticleWhy ‘adult gap years’ may not work for the terminally online
Adult gap years are having a moment. Last month, the Associated Press published a story about so-called mini sabbaticals, wherein people are leaving a job or making the most out of long-term...
View ArticleStarbucks founder Howard Schultz shares advice for the company’s sales slump...
Former Starbucks CEO and founder Howard Schultz says the company’s leaders should spend more time in stores and focus on coffee drinks as they work to turn around flagging sales. In a LinkedIn post...
View ArticleChinese EV-maker Nio will unveil its first mass-market car in May, executive...
China’s premium electric vehicle maker Nio is on track to unveil a new model under a mass-market brand by the end of this month and a second smaller EV to be sold in Europe next year for less than...
View ArticleBudweiser is turning Spotify into beer ads
More than 500 songs on Spotify namecheck Budweiser in their lyrics. With a new campaign in Brazil, the King of Beers is turning these tunes into actual ads on the streaming platform. “UninterruptAds,”...
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Commercial real estate foreclosures spike 117% as distress mounts
Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. In March, Blackstone Group President Jon Gray told Bloomberg that commercial real...
View ArticleNetflix is using live comedy as a warmup for live sports—and it’s working
Netflix once foreshadowed the death of appointment television. When the streamer dropped all 10 episodes of its first high-profile original series, House of Cards, at once, it forever changed...
View ArticleSurprisingly, these burned-out workers don’t fear AI—they welcome it
There are plenty of legitimate fears about AI taking over the world. But you know who isn’t so worried? Teachers. That’s not because teachers don’t care if their students use AI to write all their...
View ArticleJack Dorsey and Elon Musk’s tech bromance takes another weird turn
The relationship between Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey is such an on-again, off-again event that it seems like something out of a television sitcom. And after criticizing Musk’s leadership of Twitter just...
View Article1 in 3 Asian Americans report being verbally harassed or called a slur
While we’ve put the masks away and started to move on from COVID, the accompanying acrimony for Asian Americans still lingers. The Asian American Foundation has released its fourth annual STAATUS...
View Article900+ deaths later, Arizona appoints the nation’s first ‘heat officer’ to...
Arizona’s new heat officer said Friday that he is working with local governments and nonprofit groups to open more cooling centers and ensure homes have working air conditioners this summer in a more...
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One Wordle a day not enough? The New York Times opens archive of 1,000-plus...
If you can’t get enough of Wordle, The New York Times might just have a solution to quench that insatiable addiction to the puzzle game. Starting today, the game division of the newspaper will offer...
View ArticleTikTok can detect fake merch in livestream shopping but other tech may struggle
Livestream shopping where buyers and sellers transact in real-time video is growing in the United States while technology to police counterfeit goods has so far not kept up, a situation that makes it...
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