One of America’s biggest cable TV companies wants out of the cable TV business
After years of investor anticipation, Comcast Corp. is now exploring the potential to spin off its cable networks into a separate entity, Comcast president Mike Cavanagh revealed Thursday during an...
View Article70% of companies will use AI for hiring in 2025, says new study
When recruiters are tasked with wading through hundreds or thousands of applications for an open position, they often rely on AI-powered tools to screen résumés and make the hiring process more...
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Another hit to Humane: More than 10,000 chargers recalled due to fire hazard
Today, the embattled AI-wearable-building company Humane has taken yet another blow to its already bruised reputation. The company is recalling 10,500 of its Ai Pin charging cases after finding that...
View ArticleDiwali gains recognition in the U.S.
This year Diwali, known as the Festival of Lights, will take place in the U.S. on Thursday, October 31. (The full festival is five days long, and Diwali falls on the third day.) The Indian national...
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How Trump’s garbage truck stunt became a dumpster fire online
Political fortunes can change swiftly, especially at the bitter end of a contentious election. One day, a candidate might be at the top of the heap; the next, they’re down in the dumps. Even so, the...
View ArticleThe ultimate guide to navigating a multigenerational workplace
Much has been said about the challenges and opportunities having four generations (boomers, Gen X, millennials, and Gen Z) in the workplace, but while generational workplace dynamics may seem new, but...
View ArticleMarketers in a dying internet: Why the only option is a return to simplicity
There’s a famous saying: “On the Internet, nobody knows you’re a dog.” The quote—taken from a New Yorker cartoon published in, if you can believe it, 1993—made a simple point about the anonymity...
View ArticleWendy’s is closing 140 ‘outdated’ restaurants in 2024, but there’s a silver...
If you’re a fan of Wendy’s, the company announced some bad news when reporting its third-quarter 2024 financial results yesterday: The burger chain will close around 140 stores by the end of the year....
View ArticleHow AI models, including Facebook’s, are spreading election misinformation in...
With just days before the presidential election, Latino voters are facing a barrage of targeted ads in Spanish and a new source of political messaging in the artificial intelligence age: chatbots...
View ArticleNative Americans in swing state Arizona face these hurdles to voting
When Jennifer Juan went to cast her ballot in Arizona’s state primary in July, she spent an hour rifling through documents to convince poll workers she should be allowed to vote. It’s a common problem...
View ArticleI’m a millennial who attended ZCon, a conference for Gen Z creators and...
A quick Google search will show you exactly what the online world thinks of Gen Z: Journalists and brands alike have reduced an entire generation to a monolithic Brat-obsessed, work-avoidant, demure,...
View ArticlePentagon audit reveals eye-watering amount Boeing overcharged the Air Force...
Boeing overcharged the Air Force nearly $1 million for spare parts on C-17 cargo planes, including an 8,000% markup for simple lavatory soap dispensers, according to the Pentagon’s inspector...
View Article‘Level of threat has increased exponentially’: How voting machine staff are...
Staff at U.S. voting machine companies have removed public information about themselves from the internet and have made contingency plans with local law enforcement ahead of the 2024 election, after...
View ArticleIs the new dating app Cheers the future of dating?
A new dating app called Cheers is designed to allow your friends to set you up on dates with their friends. Launched last month as a New York City-focused, invite-only platform and focused for now on...
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Amazon’s health business is coming into focus
In November 2021, Neil Lindsay was named to head Amazon’s health business. It wasn’t because of his medical expertise. He didn’t have any. “The reason I’m in this job is because I know how to build...
View ArticleEmployee in charge of all of Disneys menus arrested for hacking servers
A former worker hacked servers at Walt Disney World after being fired in order to manipulate computer menus by changing prices, adding profanities and altering notifications to wrongly declare some...
View ArticleHow AI helped Apple sell $46 billion worth of iPhones
Apple snapped out of a recent iPhone sales slump during its summer quarter, an early sign that its recent efforts to revive demand for its marquee product with an infusion of artificial intelligence...
View ArticleAre Florida’s devastating hurricanes enough to make residents move out of state?
The news rippled through Treasure Island, Florida, almost like a third storm: The mayor planned to move off the barrier island a month after Hurricane Helene flooded tens of thousands of homes along...
View ArticleBoth Harris and Trump support raising the child tax credit. Who would qualify?
Never before in a presidential election cycle has there been so much discussion of the child tax credit—a tool many Democrats and Republicans have endorsed as a way to lift children and young families...
View ArticleAmazon turns to everyday essentials to compete with Temu and Shein
Amazon‘s push to offer more everyday essentials like toothpaste is hurting its average selling prices, but it is also a guard against rivals such as Temu and Shein that offer rock bottom prices on...
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