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Starbucks continues cutting corporate staff as CEO Brian Niccol pushes ahead with a sweeping turnaround effort that has already reshaped parts of the coffee giant’s business. Loading audio narration… The company announced on Friday that it is eliminating about 300 US support roles and reviewing its international support organization, a…
Stockholm has become one of Europe’s hottest startup hubs, producing fast-growing AI companies like Lovable, Legora, and Sana Labs. Loading audio narration… Yet, Paul Graham says ambitious founders should still go to Silicon Valley.”Should I go there?” the Y Combinator cofounder asked during a speech to founders in Sweden last…
Jensen Huang is known for many things: leading the world’s most valuable company, his trademark leather jacket, and his love of street food. Loading audio narration… The Nvidia CEO was spotted eating noodles on a Beijing sidewalk on Friday after accompanying President Donald Trump on his state visit to China.”It’s…
Silicon Valley’s hottest livestream this week is a humanoid robot clocking in for a warehouse shift. Loading audio narration… It began Wednesday, when Figure AI CEO Brett Adcock set out to prove to skeptics that his robots could complete an eight-hour stretch of autonomous labor. Within hours, Figure AI had…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Shanon Morris, a 34-year-old entrepreneur in Ithaca, New York. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I’m a Navy veteran, Marine Corps spouse, and the CEO of Trimester Abroad, where I develop solutions that elevate the travel and…
Anthropic said the US can cement a one- to two-year AI lead against China — but only if it acts fast. Loading audio narration… The company laid out two possible scenarios for the AI landscape in 2028 in a lengthy Thursday post: one in which the US restricts China’s access…
We’ve all heard that we should eat more vegetables, yet the CDC estimates only 1 in 10 US-based adults actually meet the daily recommended serving. Loading audio narration… Even as a vegetable lover, I struggle to eat them as often as I’d like, usually settling for the lettuce on a…
Nobody likes seeing headlines about Big Tech layoffs, but some smaller companies are taking advantage of access to a fresh pool of top-tier talent. Loading audio narration… Paul Jaeschke, chief product officer at PitchBook, told Business Insider that the private-market data platform was “definitely a beneficiary” of recent cuts across…
Growing up, when I pictured college, I imagined Friday nights straight out of Katy Perry’s “TGIF” music video, freshman year roommates who’d become bridesmaids, and hot dates every Saturday night. Loading audio narration… As a now graduating senior, I can say that instead of the happiest four years of my…
Watch fans have turned a busy Times Square sidewalk into a campsite for Swatch’s drop with luxury watchmaker Audemars Piguet. Loading audio narration… When the two watch brands at opposite ends of the price spectrum said on Saturday that they were teaming up, some people jumped at the chance to…
