Are EVs making the ‘forever chemicals’ crisis even worse?
One of the big challenges of the energy transition is to wean humanity off of planet-warming fossil fuels swiftly but sustainably. Many environmentalists worry that in our desperation to solve global...
View ArticleEmployees in high-performing companies are almost 4 times more likely to say...
People make or break a company, something that’s easy to forget with all the hullaballoo over AI. Paycor, a human capital management platform, surveyed more than 7,000 American employees, half of whom...
View ArticleJPMorgan and Bank of America are on track to report weaker profits in Q2
Some of the largest U.S. banks will probably report weaker profits for the second quarter as they earn less from interest payments and set aside more money to cover deteriorating loans, analysts said....
View ArticleNovo Nordisk shares take a hit after a report revealed Eli Lilly’s better...
Shares in Novo Nordisk, maker of the wildly popular obesity drug Wegovy, were down 1.1% on Tuesday after the publication of a data analysis showing rival Eli Lilly’s own treatment Mounjaro leads to...
View ArticleDisney will launch a new cruise ship that sets sail from Tokyo
Walt Disney unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch a new cruise ship that will set sail from Tokyo starting in fiscal 2028, adding a ninth vessel to the brand’s growing fleet. The new ship, to be...
View ArticleFTC report: Pharmacy middlemen rake profits at consumers’ expense
The consolidation of pharmacies and health insurance companies through years of deal making has led to a handful of pharmacy benefit managers exercising outsized influence over prescription drug...
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Arc’teryx’s striking new products were designed with Indigenous artists
Some of the most profitable Canadian brands today—Canada Goose, Lululemon, Arc’teryx—are known for their “technical” garments, engineered to perform under extreme weather conditions. But thousands of...
View ArticleEvolve Bank says a Russia-linked gang stole millions of customers’ data
Evolve Bank & Trust said this week that hackers accessed millions of customers’ personal data during a recent cyberattack. The Memphis-based lender said in a filing with Maine’s attorney general...
View ArticleCounterfeit Olympics merchandise prompt police raids in Paris
In the touristy Saint-Ouen flea market, not far from the Stade de France where athletes will compete in this summer’s Paris Olympics, police officers swarmed in at dawn on April 3 and shut down 11...
View ArticleAI startup funding doubled in Q2, Crunchbase data shows
Investors bet $24 billion on AI companies during the second quarter, new Crunchbase data shows, doubling the amount invested in the burgeoning space in the first quarter. AI investments represented...
View ArticleEtsy is using humans to stand out in an AI-obsessed world
Depending on your outlook, we may be on the cusp of an AI-fueled revolution or robot overlord apocalypse. Either way, our technological future is never far from the headlines. But Etsy’s new brand...
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The head of the U.S. Olympic Committee talks Paris and changes to the NCAA
With 346 events over 17 days at this summer’s Paris Olympics, how do we zero in on the most important events, storylines, and takeaways? CEO of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee Sarah...
View ArticleFrozen chicken recalled over listeria fears: Toss these kebab and patty...
Al-Safa US, an importer based in Mississauga, Ontario, is recalling more than 2,000 pounds of imported frozen ready-to-eat chicken products due to potential contamination with Listeria monocytogenes,...
View ArticleAnti-DEI movement hits a new low with attacks on Kamala Harris
An electoral crisis, unprecedented in modern politics, is currently underway. A significant portion of voters, pundits, and politicians have lost confidence in the incumbent president’s ability to win...
View ArticleGoogle is giving everyone free dark web monitoring. Here’s how to use it
As the number of high-profile data breaches continues to grow, it’s getting harder and harder to keep track of how widely your personal information is spreading on the dark web, the shadowy corners of...
View ArticleDonald Trump threatens to jail Mark Zuckerberg in a Truth Social rant
Donald Trump’s animosity toward Mark Zuckerberg is getting even more heated. In a post on Truth Social on Tuesday, the former president threatened to put “election fraudsters” in jail, name-checking...
View ArticleTexans are using the Whataburger app to track power outages in the wake of...
When the energy company that supplies Houston with power couldn’t keep up with its outage map following Hurricane Beryl’s Monday landfall, some residents checked area outages through a different Texas...
View ArticleDoorDash ramps up efforts to remove dangerous delivery drivers after cities...
DoorDash said Tuesday that it’s stepping up efforts to identify dangerous delivery drivers and remove them from its platform after a flood of complaints from cities. In a letter sent last month to...
View ArticleFed considers rule change that could save big banks billions in capital
The U.S. Federal Reserve is considering a rule change that could save the country’s eight largest banks combined billions of dollars in capital, in a potential long-sought win for the industry,...
View ArticleInside the House’s $25 billion NASA funding proposal
The House unveiled its $25.2 billion fiscal 2025 budget for NASA, shorting the space agency by about $204.1 million compared to its original request. The topline budget included in the draft bill...
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