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Despite his constant travel and packed schedule, Blackstone’s Jon Gray tries to respond to every email before he goes to bed, even if it’s just to say he’ll look at it more carefully later.He advised summer interns that adopting a similar habit will probably serve them well.”Responsiveness is a habit…
Indra Nooyi, the former CEO of PepsiCo, offered up some great career tips during an interview released July 1 as part of the Hoover Institution’s “Only In America” documentary series.Here are the six best pieces of advice she gave:1. Seek opportunityNooyi emigrated from India to the US in 1978 to…
Brian Gordon fell in love with coding. Over a decade later, the industry wasn’t loving him back.In March, Gordon learned that his company would be shutting down, eliminating his frontend developer job in the process. He’d read horror stories online about the job market for programmers. He’d also tried applying…
The internet can’t get enough of Erling Haaland.The 6-foot-5, 25-year-old Norwegian striker has gained over 11 million followers on Instagram since Sunday, when he scored twice to secure Norway’s victory against Brazil in the World Cup. While many of his new followers are clearly there for the football, others may well…
Fans of robotaxis hail the privacy and intimacy offered by a driverless car. But don’t forget: Waymo could be watching.The case has been made clear time and time again — and more recently in San Mateo after Waymo reported two 15-year-old riders to the local police department.Jeanine Luna, a San…
Cue the tiny violins; someone may have stolen something from Apple.It’s a sorry tale, but one the tech giant knows very well. Maybe too well.Apple’s blockbuster lawsuit against OpenAI accuses the ChatGPT maker of orchestrating a campaign to recruit Apple engineers, extract confidential information, and use the company’s trade secrets…
It was only a matter of time before Disney took it all the way back to its first animated theatrical release: 1937’s “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”Sure, Snow White is iconic as the first Disney princess movie, and “Whistle While You Work” and “Heigh-Ho” are permanently part of the…
AI is starting to make some classrooms look a little more old school.The University of Chicago Law School is requiring first-year students to keep their laptops closed in class this fall, as part of a broader strategy to ensure students learn to think independently as artificial intelligence becomes ubiquitous in…
Wingstop recently revamped its chicken tenders, and I was excited to try them out.The chain sells its chicken in various flavors, from original hot to hickory-smoked barbecue and mango habanero. However, I ordered these chicken tenders plain.I ordered a five-piece chicken tender combo at my local Wingstop in Brooklyn, New…
OpenAI has been on a recruiting tear, supercharging its headcount and yanking top AI talent from other tech companies. Now, Apple says the AI juggernaut has been playing dirty with its recruitment tactics.The Cupertino tech giant accused OpenAI of stealing trade secrets in a lawsuit filed Friday that also targeted…
