Apple fans line up worldwide as the iPhone 16 officially arrives in stores
Long queues and crowds of resellers outside the Apple store in Orchard, Singapore. The new AI iPhone is officially available in Apple stores, hitting shelves in almost 60 countries around the world on Friday. The iPhone 16 is the first phone to launch in Apple’s new era of artificial intelligence. A new Apple Watch Series…
Trump said if he loses, Jews would have ‘a lot to do’ with it
Former President Donald Trump has repeatedly challenged the loyalty or intelligence of American Jews who vote for the Democratic Party. Speaking at a “Fighting Antisemitism in America” event in Washington, DC, on Thursday, former President Donald Trump said that Jews would be partly to blame if he lost in November. “If I don’t win this…
Groundbreaking brain scans explain the ‘mommy brain’ phenomenon
Liz Chrastil looking at an MRI of her brain. For how common the phrase “mommy brain” is, we still don’t know much about how pregnancy, birth, and postpartum alter a person’s brain. “It’s shocking that in 2024, there’s so little information available to us,” Dr. Liz Chrastil, 43, a neuroscientist and associate professor at UC…
The hottest AI startups are raising back-to-back funding rounds. Suddenly, it’s feeling very 2021 in Silicon Valley for a chosen few.
In February, Glean announced a $200 million funding round valuing the AI enterprise software startup at $2.2 billion. Normally, a founder would hop off the fundraising treadmill after such a close. But these are not normal times, and Glean has the kind of meteoric revenue growth that lights up the eyes of VCs, more than…
The good, bad, and ugly of life after rate cuts
Jerome Powell One down. One to go. Wednesday’s interest-rate cut might have marked the end of the Fed’s fight with inflation, but it also signaled the start of another battle with an equally formidable foe: the job market. The central bank’s jumbo cut shows the concern isn’t prices continuing to go up, but the number…
It’s a tough time in retail — and CEO heads keep rolling
Nike just ousted its CEO after struggling to boost sales. John Donahoe is the latest retail CEO to hit the chopping block. The Nike boss is stepping down next month and will be replaced by Elliott Hill, who started in 1988 as an intern and worked his way up the ranks before retiring in 2020.…
What TikTok ban? Advertisers, employees, and creators seem unfazed by its increasingly precarious future
TikTok seems to be losing its battle to stay in the US, but the app’s key stakeholders aren’t panicking. Much like the orchestra on the Titanic, TikTok users, advertisers, and employees appear to be waiting until the last possible minute to abandon ship despite the threat of a ban in the US. TikTok is currently…
Three Mile Island nuclear plant to reopen — to power Microsoft’s AI push
The Three Mile Island nuclear plant could return to return to service in 2028. A nuclear plant at the site of one of the worst nuclear disasters in US history may soon reopen to provide power for Microsoft’s AI push. Constellation Energy has struck a deal to provide Microsoft with nuclear power for the next…
The 10 unhappiest states in the US, ranked
Alaska’s lowest ranking was for workplace environment. While it’s hard to articulate exactly what happiness means to everyone, one of WalletHub’s most recent studies aimed to do just that: measure and compare the population’s happiness across states. The personal-finance outlet compared the 50 states using three categories: emotional and physical well-being, work environment, and community…
