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Shopify’s chief operating officer has one word to describe employees that will thrive in the AI era: “X-shaped.”On an episode of the “Rapid Response” podcast released on Wednesday, Jess Hertz said that Shopify previously embraced the idea of a “T-shaped person” — someone with broad capabilities but deep expertise in one…
Ukraine’s defense ministry said on Monday that over 430 firms have applied for access to its new catalog of seized Russian weapons and equipment, about two months after its launch announcement.The online repository, called TrophyLab, contains data “for engineers, scientists, and defense technology manufacturers” on weapons such as the Russian…
Jet Li said he had to learn to be a better listener to be a better father.Speaking on the “Daily Stoic” podcast hosted by Ryan Holiday, the martial artist and actor said his daughter’s mental health struggles prompted him to rethink his approach to parenting.Li said he had no father…
Burning Man is transforming Nevada’s Black Rock Desert into a temporary metropolis once again.Thousands of participants began entering the gates at midnight on August 30, hauling the food, water, shelter, and supplies needed to survive a week in the remote playa about 80 miles north of Reno.Roughly 70,000 people are…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dean Chou, a 53-year-old US citizen who moved back to Taiwan to be closer to his aging parents. It’s been edited for length and clarity.I was born in Taiwan, and moved to Los Angeles in 1999 for college.After graduation, I got…
Three-day holiday weekends like Labor Day are a great time to find deals on new cars, according to car-shopping experts. According to an Edmunds review of the best times to buy a car, shoppers should target three-day holiday weekends, like the upcoming Labor Day weekend, to find deals on new…
British Columbia is an adventurer’s playground with impressive natural beauty. It’s hard to get bored with the beautiful Pacific coastline and legendary old-growth forests.Johnstone Strait, a glacier-carved channel between mainland British Columbia and Vancouver Island, is especially beautiful — and you might even see a humpback whale in the water…
Back in 2018, I was finishing my final year of college.It had been far from the best chapter of my life, so I did everything I could to graduate a semester early. I abandoned my plans to apply for a Fulbright scholarship and moved in with my parents temporarily.Now that…
Good Good’s CEO and president are out on Wednesday in the latest twist at the beleaguered YouTube golf collective, according to a memo seen by Business Insider.Nahid Giga, one of the company’s founders and an early investor, will step in as interim CEO, according to a memo shared by Alex…
The US Navy’s top admiral sees laser weapons as a strategic answer to the cost challenge of combating cheap drones.The Navy has been looking to laser and directed-energy weapons as a potentially cheaper means of neutralizing uncrewed systems, preserving limited and much more expensive interceptor missiles for higher-end threats. Laser…
