‘Severance’ director Ben Stiller compares Lumon Industries to Apple but says he’s ‘never once’ gotten a critical note

Ben Stiller discussed his hit AppleTV+ show at SXSW. Ben Stiller, the executive producer and director of the AppleTV+ series “Severance,” said he sees similarities between the fictitious corporation in his show and the real-life global tech giant Apple Inc. “Severance” follows a group of employees at Lumon Industries whose work is so mysterious that…

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This couple’s flight was rerouted midair after the SpaceX Starship exploded. They saw flaming debris out their window.

Mariah Davenport and Dane Siler saw flaming debris out their plane window from the SpaceX Starship explosion.  Mariah Davenport and Dane Siler were over an hour into their flight when they saw it: flaming debris out their window. The young couple, both college students in Wisconsin, told B-17 that they were heading back to the…

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Trump admitted the US is in a ‘period of transition’ but didn’t rule out the possibility of a recession

President Donald Trump said that the US economy will face a “transition” over his tariffs. . President Donald Trump downplayed economic uncertainty over his tariffs, saying a “period of transition” is headed for the US economy as it adjusts. But he notably did not rule out a recession in the near future. Trump paused his 25%…

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I’m a product manager who’s worked at Uber, Amazon, and Meta. I always advise junior employees to be the dumbest person in the room.

A Meta product manager shared four tips that helped him scale his career across Big Tech. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shailesh Chauhan, a product manager at Meta in the Bay Area. It has been edited for length and clarity. B-17 has verified his employment history. I began my career in…

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Anduril beat 9 competitors to snag a $642 million anti-drone contract for the US Marine Corps

Palmer Luckey’s Anduril has secured yet another major contract, this time worth $642 million with the US Marine Corps. Defense startup Anduril clinched a $642 million contract on Friday to help the US Marine Corps fight smaller drones at its bases. Anduril’s new deal is for the Marine Corps Installation-Counter small Unmanned Aircraft Systems program,…

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