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This urgent ad shows how climate change visuals are changing

For years, advocacy groups have depicted the effects of climate change with imagery of polar bears and melting icebergs. Science Moms, a nonpartisan climate advocacy group, is trying a different...

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Saudi Arabia’s wild plan to build 11 futuristic soccer stadiums for the 2034...

Saudi Arabia is embarking on a new project that defies belief. In addition to the 10,200-square-mile urban development, Neom, the country now has to finish 11 new soccer stadiums, expand four more,...

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Journalist David Brooks reveals the essential questions to deepen any...

In David Brooks’ latest book—How to Know a Person: The Art of Seeing Others Deeply and Being Deeply Seen—he writes: “In how you see me, I will learn to see myself.”  When I asked who illustrated this...

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Mozilla wants you to love Firefox again

Last month, Mozilla made a quiet change in Firefox that caused some diehard users to revolt. Deep in the browser’s privacy settings, Firefox introduced an experimental “privacy-preserving ad...

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This CEO led KB Home through the 2008 crash—here’s his view about today’s...

Want more housing stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. Over the past two years, housing affordability has become strained to levels...

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The one factor leaders overlook when they focus on KPIs to measure success

What do business transformation teams and sports teams have in common? They are more alike than we think. Both teams working toward a common goal and under huge pressure to deliver strong results...

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This giant Pop-Tart is part of Kellanova’s plan to grow snack sales

A Pop-Tart that’s 75 times larger than what you can get at the grocery store will be available in super-limited editions starting this week. Called “The Party Pastry,” it’s the toaster pastry brand’s...

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Powering next-level customer experiences and greater food traceability

At Wegmans, maximizing customer convenience and helping shoppers make smarter choices have always been top of mind. As one of the first retail grocers to adopt barcode scanning in 1974, they were...

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Big banks are under investigation for Zelle scams

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau is investigating major U.S. banks for their handling of customer funds on the peer-to-peer payments platform Zelle Network, the Wall Street Journal reported on...

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End of an era: Disney Parks no longer the profit juggernaut they once were

Demand for the most magical place on earth is softening.  On Wednesday, the Walt Disney Company released its quarterly earnings reports. The company saw a net positive quarter, thanks to a bump from...

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Nike’s Olympic comeback plan is paying off so far

The summer Olympics is turning out to be a rare win for Nike as the global sporting event has helped boost demand for the sportswear giant’s new launches and edge out competition, website searches...

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Disney could pay another $5 billion for Comcast’s Hulu stake. Here’s why

Walt Disney said on Wednesday it may have to pay up to $5 billion more to buy Comcast’s minority stake in Hulu, if an appraiser were to agree with Comcast’s assessment that the stake should be valued...

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More women got abortions right after Roe v. Wade was overturned, survey finds

The number of women getting abortions in the U.S. actually went up in the first three months of 2024 compared with before the Supreme Court overturned Roe v Wade, a report released Wednesday found,...

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EPA audits biofuel producers’ used cooking oil supply amid fraud concerns

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has launched investigations into the supply chains of at least two renewable fuel producers amid industry concerns that some may be using fraudulent feedstocks...

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Intel passed on its chance to own OpenAI years ago. Now, it has fallen behind

For U.S. chip giant Intel, the darling of the computer age before it fell on harder times in the AI era, things might have been quite different. About seven years ago, the company had the chance to...

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4 reasons you should consider starting a newsletter—and how to make it a success

Whether you’re a knowledge worker with a point of view you want to share with the world, a high-profile executive who wants to build a platform, or a business owner interested in cultivating new...

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Large daily temperature swings can harm human health. These groups get hit...

This summer has shown how quickly high temperatures can pose serious health risks, with record-breaking heat waves claiming thousands of lives around the world. However, it’s not just high and low...

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Jabra’s obsession with design led to its new line of hearing aids

There’s a tweet from a few years ago that’s always stuck with me that reads: “According to most health insurance companies, teeth are luxury bones that I must pay more to continue enjoying. It...

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Can a $4 billion settlement heal Maui a year after the fires?

This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. The one-story home 100 yards from Lāhainā Harbor where Tiare Lawrence grew up was a typical Hawaiʻi plantation...

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White men who are mistreated at work are more likely to notice and report...

White men who have personally experienced mistreatment at work, such as bullying, are more likely to realize that their organization does not always operate fairly. And that makes them more likely to...

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