Trump closed a China loophole. Shein and Temu were already prepared.
A Shein pop-up in Manchester, England. Shein and Temu won’t meet an untimely end because of de minimis changes, e-commerce experts say. The logistics world has been expecting changes to the de minimis exemption for a while, and both Chinese e-commerce players have made some changes to their fulfillment strategies that experts say could help…
Tech’s hot new buzzword Move over, “disruptors.” Everyone wants to be seen as “high agency” now.
They used to call themselves “self-starters.” Then it was “disruptors.” Now everyone in the tech set has a new self-description of choice: “high agency.” Over the past year, high agency has become the aspirational character trait of Silicon Valley. Early last year, the analytics site Brandwatch found there was a 500% jump in mentions of…
Doctors in the C-suiteBurned-out physicians are ditching the operating room for the board room
Lisa Shah started telling people she wanted to be a doctor at age 6. She went straight from premed to medical school to her residency at the University of Chicago. But as much as she loved caring for patients, after connecting with dozens each day she “would come home feeling really emotionally drained,” she says.…
LLMs, GPUs, and hallucinations — here’s everything you need to know about AI
Companies of all sizes are looking to hire workers who know how to use AI. It’s becoming increasingly impossible to ignore AI in our everyday lives. Since OpenAI released ChatGPT in late 2022, people have gotten used to using the chatbot — and its many competitors — for everything from automating their tasks at work…
Sam Altman swears to judge that Elon Musk’s claim of OpenAI restrictions on investors is ‘false’
Sam Altman has personally disputed an accusation now at the center of Elon Musk’s federal racketeering lawsuit against him: Musk’s claim that OpenAI investors must agree to a fund-no-competitor “edict.” “That claim is false,” Altman said late Wednesday in a sworn declaration to the judge presiding over Musk’s March lawsuit. The Tesla CEO and DOGE…
Verily enters an agreement to sell its insurance business to Elevance Health
Verily is the life sciences group owned by Alphabet Verily, Alphabet’s life science group, entered an agreement to sell its insurance subsidiary to Elevance Health. In an email to staff last month, Verily CEO Stephen Gillett announced that Granular had entered into an agreement to be acquired by the US health insurance giant. “This is…
I’ve been doing yoga for 25 years. Here are 7 things I wish I knew when I started.
I wish I’d known a few tips and lessons when I started doing yoga 25 years ago. I started taking yoga classes over 20 years ago to work off the last few pounds from my first child. Back then, it was all about weight loss, having flatter abs, and comparing myself to others. However, that…
I work in a research lab and know how to make science fun for kids. Here’s how my family finds science in everyday life.
My own interest in science was sparked repeatedly throughout my childhood through activities like completing building kits with my dad, scuba diving, and various Girl Scouts workshops. Now, I’m a research laboratory technician and have worked in both the microbiology and developmental biology fields. I want to foster a love of science in my children…
We’re a family of 7 living on one salary. Here are 11 things we’re doing to combat the rising prices of groceries.
This week, our mail brought more news of bills and rising prices. Our auto insurance premiums increased by several hundred dollars, and our dental insurance is not covering our daughter’s braces. The basic Netflix account we’ve had forever also jumped in price, and our accountant told us he was increasing his fee by hundreds. It…
