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- The Trust FactorFor venture capitalists, investing in climate tech isn’t a leap of faith
- Fortune CryptoBlackRock could be the break crypto desperately needs
- BroadsheetEx-Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says her experience as a startup founder is inspired by her former Google bosses Larry Page and Sergey Brin
- CHRO DailyTaco Bell’s solution to retain workers amid staffing shortage: Create 260,000 T-shirts
- Term SheetCAVA’s IPO was a ‘break in the clouds’ for the icy IPO market, says one of its early investors. Will others follow?
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MagazineNicola Mendelsohn battled an incurable cancer on her way to becoming a top Meta exec. Now she’s trying to solve the Facebook parent’s growth crisis
The head of Meta's global business group was promoted amid Meta's "efficiency" layoffs, its first year-over-year drop in revenue, and a grim economy for advertisers. Can she turn things around?
June 5, 2023
Commentary
- A.I.Why we can’t open-source a solution to A.I.’s ethical issues
- successI pitched Xbox to Microsoft–and got laughed off. Here’s how the hit console that revolutionized gaming came to be
- energyWhy we can’t let nuclear energy become the next supply chain crisis
- A.I.CEOs may not realize it, but they already know what to do about A.I.
- RailroadsRailroad critics don’t see the full picture–and how much safer rail is becoming
- The WorkplaceCompanies are spending big money to cover up bullying and discrimination in the workplace–it’s time for shareholders to know exactly how much
Topics
Asia
Xi Jinping calls Bill Gates an ‘old friend’ as he welcomes him to China—as Beijing matches his foundation’s $50 million gift to Chinese research
China calls Google’s hacking claims ‘far-fetched and unprofessional’
Blockbuster ‘Spider-Man’ movie abruptly vanishes from theaters in many Muslim-majority countries
Environment
The world just blew past the Paris climate talks’ maximum temperature threshold: ‘I feel like I am watching a global train wreck in slow motion’
Why we can’t let nuclear energy become the next supply chain crisis
Railroad critics don’t see the full picture–and how much safer rail is becoming
Europe
UN chief rips IMF and World Bank for ‘glaring failure’ during pandemic—and ‘bias and injustice built into the current international financial architecture’
Harry and Meghan are consciously uncoupling with Spotify after less than a year of podcasting
The world just blew past the Paris climate talks’ maximum temperature threshold: ‘I feel like I am watching a global train wreck in slow motion’
Finance
Ex-Goldman banker says he ‘panicked’ in recorded conversation used in insider trading trial: ‘It has to be deleted’
The secret cause of America’s homelessness crisis is hiding in plain sight: Landlords can evict whoever they want now the pandemic is over
UN chief rips IMF and World Bank for ‘glaring failure’ during pandemic—and ‘bias and injustice built into the current international financial architecture’
Health
Whether by infection or vaccine, 96.4% of Americans had COVID antibodies in their blood last September, massive survey finds
We’re still learning just how badly America handled the pandemic—’excess deaths’ jumped nearly 85% in 3 years, study finds
The best time to day to work out? It differs for men and women and depends on your goals, researchers say
Leadership
The world’s two richest men had lunch in Paris as Elon Musk’s grand tour of Europe continues
Reddit CEO defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums: ‘We made a business decision that we’re not negotiating on’
Xi Jinping calls Bill Gates an ‘old friend’ as he welcomes him to China—as Beijing matches his foundation’s $50 million gift to Chinese research
Lifestyle
Blood residue on caveman weapons over 13,000 years old reveals how humans hunted mammoths, giant sloths and other megafauna during the Ice Age
Pew Research Center is tired of blaming Gen Z and millennials for everything—it’s retiring the whole concept of generational framing
Video game streamers are rebelling against Twitch’s lower revenue split and moving to a 4-month old platform run by a crypto casino operator in Australia
Personal Finance
A recession is ‘at our doorstep,’ but investors are falling for a goldilocks scenario, Wells Fargo says. It ‘isn’t going to end all that well’
There won’t be a true recession anytime soon—but a ‘growth recession’ is still on the menu next year, BofA warns
America’s latest inflation wave is all about corporations ‘using excuses’ and ‘cover’ to increase profits, says top UBS economist
Politics
Daniel Ellsberg, whistleblower who leaked Pentagon Papers exposing U.S. government’s deceit about Vietnam War, dies at 92
Fox News fires longtime Tucker Carlson producer responsible for calling Biden a ‘wannabe dictator’
Xi Jinping calls Bill Gates an ‘old friend’ as he welcomes him to China—as Beijing matches his foundation’s $50 million gift to Chinese research
Retail
Sustainable meat startup that raised $169 million and sells through Safeway and Target files for bankruptcy
Joe Biden just hosted Eva Longoria to screen her Flamin’ Hot Cheetos movie even though it’s probably based on a lie
I pitched Xbox to Microsoft–and got laughed off. Here’s how the hit console that revolutionized gaming came to be
Success
Pew Research Center is tired of blaming Gen Z and millennials for everything—it’s retiring the whole concept of generational framing
CEOs are using return-to-office to fight an ‘erosion’ of culture—but it’s a ‘recipe for resentment’ if done wrong, warns workplace strategist
Video game streamers are rebelling against Twitch’s lower revenue split and moving to a 4-month old platform run by a crypto casino operator in Australia
Tech
Elon Musk ‘didn’t think anyone would actually agree’ to the A.I. pause he called for
Reddit CEO defiant as moderator strike shutters thousands of forums: ‘We made a business decision that we’re not negotiating on’
Popular A.I. services for creating images are legal minefields for artists seeking payment for their work