Major League Baseball's average salary broke the $5 million barrier on opening day for the first time, according to a study by The Associated Press.
AI’s ability to enhance productivity and improve the world of work isn’t just affecting legitimate businesses—it’s supercharging criminal activity, too.
The web is being swamped by AI slop—but the swamp is creeping closer to home. Your email inboxes, phone SMS apps, instant messaging, and social media services are all being overtaken by inauthentic content.
We break down all the brand controversies.
Meghan Markle has been teasing the launch of her lifestyle brand, now called As Ever, for a while now, and Markle finally revealed its product line earlier this week. But while followers of the Duchess of Sussex are just now learning what her brand will offer, Markle’s fledging business has already faced its fair share of controversy.
iOS 18.4’s new emoji ‘Face With Bags Under Eyes’ is about to be everywhere.
Apple rolled out its iOS 18.4 update yesterday, and mixed in with new notification tweaks, an expansion of Apple Intelligence features, and some changes to Photos, there’s a hidden gem that’s destined to become an enduring symbol of 2025.
Why buy a dumbphone when your smartphone can be more intelligent about what it shares?
Our phones are making us unhappy, but I’m not sure cutting myself off from humanity’s universe of information with a dumbphone is the answer. It’s kind of like how we know walking is healthier than driving, but it’s a moot point when the average person lives 27 miles from their workplace.
However, maybe our smartphones don’t need a lobotomy. Maybe they just need to respect our boundaries.
Quality often goes out the window in the time of tariffs. Billy May, Brooklinen’s CEO and a retail veteran, believes this is a mistake.
Billy May is now deeply familiar with the intricacies of bedsheet factories. In 2023, May became CEO of Brooklinen. A retail veteran, he’s spent his career in top roles at J.Crew and Abercrombie, before becoming CEO of Sur La Table. But now, as head of a millennial-loved bedsheet brand, he’s learning about the warp and weft of cotton sheets, and...
Companies that abandon it risk being left behind.
In today’s dynamic, diverse, and rapidly changing workforce, organizations’ success is dependent upon creating an environment where different perspectives come together. That’s how we produce the best ideas. Despite the recent attacks on them, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion principles provide a crucial foundation for thriving companies.
The party’s position remains dire. But a judicial victory in Wisconsin and closer-than-expected losses in Florida suggest a once-demoralized Democratic base is animated again.
While almost no Chinese EVs are legally sold in the US, these are the workarounds that could allow eager enthusiasts to get them onto American roads—at a price.
No more listening to crying babies, dealing with dead phones, or suffering through motion sickness — hooray.
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Ludvig Åberg at the 2024 Valero Texas Open. | Photo by Ken Murray/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images
The final PGA Tour event before The Masters is here. Here are the latest odds and our staff picks for the Valero Texas Open.
This year’s Texas Two-Step concludes with the Valero Texas Open at TPC San Antonio, where the winner — if not otherwise exempt — will receive the last invite into the 2025 Masters Tournament next week at Augusta National.
Twenty-seven players in this...
A new wave of research sheds light on how LLMs reason with probabilities, creatively plan ahead, and think in universal concepts—revealing both their potential and their risks.
Why are AI chatbots so intelligent—capable of understanding complex ideas, crafting surprisingly good short stories, and intuitively grasping what users mean? The truth is, we don’t fully know. Large language models “think” in ways that don’t look very human. Their outputs are formed from billions of...
It’s about intentionally making space for what matters most to you.
When it comes to wealth, most of us think about money. You measure your financial wealth by looking at your assets and your debts. But there are other areas in your life where you can be wealthy, including time. Would you consider yourself time-affluent or are you living the life of a time pauper?
Community members have just saved their first property from the speculative market.
On the evening of January 7, the Eaton Fire hit Altadena, destroying more than 10,000 commercial and residential homes and displacing thousands of families. Just a little over two months later, and this historically Black community is facing a new threat.
Like Andrew Carnegie, Gates has reflected a ‘billionaire knows best’ ideology that does good work but only when it lines up with his priorities.
With the release of his latest book, Bill Gates is enjoying fawning profiles meant to set him apart from “other tech billionaires,” such as Elon Musk, Jeff Bezos, and Mark Zuckerberg, who have all come under increased scrutiny for their recent turn to the right. While he may not be using technology to further political divisiveness, Gates...
Marketing sources weigh in on the Apple show’s accuracy, satire, and if there actually could be a Kool-Aid movie.
It’s telling that the plot premise of the first episode for the new Apple show The Studio—episode three drops today—revolves entirely around the notion of a Kool-Aid movie.
Using environmental DNA analysis and traditional fishing techniques, researchers are seeking answers about the current population of axolotls in their natural habitat. The numbers are alarming.
"Three people and I walked out on the spot. Just absolutely disgusting."
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You've been strong – so strong – for surviving this long at your makeshift desk, but maybe it's time to try something new.
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Back in January, Nintendo did us all a solid and told us that the Switch 2 is real and we would hear more about it soon. "Soon" is now.
Nintendo is holding a Nintendo Direct livestream at 9 a.m. ET on Wednesday, April 2 to tell us (presumably) everything we want to know about Switch 2. You will be able to watch it live on Nintendo's YouTube channel. Unfortunately, Nintendo hasn't yet said how long the Direct will be, as it generally does when announcing these things. Given that Nintendo...