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7-Eleven will close more than 400 stores as the list of struggling retailers...

7-Eleven is closing 444 of its “underperforming” convenience-store locations across North America, as a result of decreased traffic and slower sales, including cigarette purchases. Reached by Fast...

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Hurricanes Helene and Milton demonstrate why employers need to have natural...

Shortly after the devastation of Hurricane Helene—which killed hundreds of people across the Southeast—Florida residents are now reeling from the impact of yet another deadly storm. Millions are still...

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‘I’ve never been more excited about anything’: Why Marc Benioff is all in on AI

Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff says that Microsoft has done the AI industry a “tremendous disservice” by overhyping the capabilities of products like Copilot. Benioff argues that Agentforce, Salesforce’s...

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Anne Hathaway just apologized for an old ‘awful’ interview. She shouldn’t...

Entertainment reporters tend to quickly learn a lot of harsh truths when they start interviewing celebrities for a living. For instance, when a glamorous movie star says, “That’s a great question,”...

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Who gets to own ‘America’ online?

The handle @America is a valuable account name on any social media network—and in many cases, it’s also become a right-wing calling card. As the presidential election looms, America and its imagery...

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Aurora borealis watch: Northern lights may be visible again tonight. Here’s...

If you missed last night’s spectacular northern lights, fear not. There could be another chance to view the aurora borealis on Friday night. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)...

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After Hurricane Milton, here’s how to improve evactuations during disasters

As Hurricane Milton roared ashore near Sarasota, Florida, tens of thousands of people were in evacuation shelters. Hundreds of thousands more had fled coastal regions ahead of the storm, crowding...

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How food prices in the U.S. compare to rest of the world

Though cynics may question her motives, Kamala Harris’s recent call to ban price gouging on groceries has received a lot of attention—and for good reason. The cost of food has been a big concern for...

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Why Russia is recruiting African women to make attack drones

About 200 women ages 18 to 22 from across Africa have been recruited to work in a factory alongside Russian vocational students assembling thousands of Iranian-designed attack drones to be launched...

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What to do if you lose your phone

Phones hold so much of our digital lives—emails, social media and bank accounts, photos, chat messages and more—that if they ever get stolen or go missing, it can cause major disruption beyond just...

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Women can climb glass cliffs and win. This is how we flip the script

President Joe Biden’s endorsement of Vice President Kamala Harris saw Google searches for glass cliff triple, and conversations around this loaded term are back in the headlines. But with Harris now...

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How to use Passwords, Apple iOS 18’s new iPhone password management app

Apple iOS 18, launched in September, is one of the most important updates to the iPhone’s operating system in the device’s history. Why? Because it lays the groundwork for Apple Intelligence, Apple’s...

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This AI can think like an engineer—and it just designed a spaceship engine

Looking at all the stuff surrounding Lin Kayser in his Dubai office, it’s easy to assume he’s a rocket scientist working on a spaceship to escape Earth’s gravity. Drawings, plans, and prototypes...

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Why it’s dangerous to have a company without hierarchy, according to pioneers...

Many entrepreneurs are inspired by romantic conceptions of how great startup life can be, and are looking for an exit path from the typical culture of a big company. They dream about getting rid of...

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What’s the deal with those Strauss decals on MLB batting helmets?

If you’ve been watching the Major League Baseball postseason, you’ve probably been thinking what most of us have: What’s that Strauss decal on the players’ helmets? MLB is historically and notoriously...

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‘It’s very touching’: Hurricane scientist’s ashes released into Milton’s eye

As an award-winning scientist, Peter Dodge had made hundreds of flights into the eyes of hurricanes—almost 400. On Tuesday, a crew on a reconnaissance flight into Hurricane Milton helped him make one...

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Rafael Nadal, 22-time Grand Slam champion, is retiring from tennis

Rafael Nadal’s tennis career will be remembered because of the numbers, yes—the 14 French Open trophies, the 22 Grand Slam titles overall, the nearly two decades in the top 10, and so on—and, without...

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The secret to reading (yes, reading!) podcasts in your inbox

When we talk about email tools, we typically talk about apps or services that help you tame the wild jungle of your ever-overflowing inbox. Today’s tool is a twist. It’s about email, through and...

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Mistakes happen. This is how to reframe getting called out for them

How do we acquire wisdom? We start by acquiring knowledge. But we can’t stop there, any more than we can build a Maserati by simply extracting iron ore from the earth. We acquire wisdom through the...

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Why this personality trait can be one of your best productivity tools

To-do lists, time-blocking, and Pomodoro sprints are all great techniques for getting things done. The best productivity tool, however, may be staring back at you in the mirror. It’s cultivating a...

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