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Travis Kalanick says he wouldn’t do ‘anything different’ about the missed Uber-Lyft acquisition
Uber and Lyft were just not meant to be, says Travis Kalanick. In an Andreessen Horowitz interview released on Friday, the former Uber CEO said he has no regrets about how he handled a potential acquisition of Lyft. “I wouldn’t do anything different. And it’s easy to say now, but I got a lot of
Law Roach says he tries not to be friends with his clients: ‘I want to get paid’
Law Roach is careful not to let client relationships get too personal. Speaking on SiriusXM on Saturday, the celebrity stylist said he tries to keep clear boundaries with the people he works for. “I always had a rule not to become friends with clients,” Roach said. He described his relationship…
A granola for breastfeeding mothers has been recalled over Salmonella contamination
A Montauk-based granola brand has recalled its granola intended for breastfeeding mothers due to a potential risk of Salmonella. The Hampton Grocer announced in a Friday statement on the Food and Drug Administration’s website that it had recalled its 8-ounce packs of “Lacnola Lactation Granola”…
I left my desk job to take over my grandparents’ Wagyu farm in rural Japan. It changed how I define success.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Masashi Nakamura, 29, who is running Nakamura Farm, a small Wagyu farm in Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan. His words have been edited for length and clarity. I was working at a meat processing facility in Tasmania when my interest in Wagyu began. It…
Nutella’s empire is making a multibillion-dollar play for America’s snack market
Baby Ruth, Butterfinger, Froot Loops, Frosted Flakes. They are all now owned by the same Italian company. Best known for Nutella and Ferrero Rocher chocolates, Ferrero has spent much of the past decade buying established American food brands and investing in US manufacturing. The privately held…
We vacationed just an hour from home. It was more relaxing than our bigger trips.
My family had an exceptionally busy spring. This year, we threw in an early college graduation, a high school graduation, and a wedding. Each week was full of senior events and wedding plans. I was tired. My kids were tired. As much as we wanted a family vacation, the idea of planning something…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the way for AI to win over the public is to ‘actually’ cure cancer
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei says the best way to win over AI skeptics is to deliver on the hype. In a rare post on X on Saturday, Anthropic’s CEO acknowledged the public’s mistrust of AI and said the industry can only change that by delivering tangible scientific breakthroughs. “At this point…
As an only child, I’ve been on many trips with my parents. Traveling one-on-one with each changed how I see them.
As an only child, I really lucked out. My parents have always been there for me, not just as role models, but as friends, too. Growing up, our family trips were always just the three of us, so I always saw my mom and dad as a unit. But in my early 30s, I started
I’m 23 and live on a remote island off the coast of Alaska. There are more conveniences than people expect.
There are more conveniences to living on a small Alaskan island than I imagined. Arwa Moore Last year, I moved to a remote island in Alaska, and it’s been more convenient than I anticipated. I may be in the middle of nowhere, but I still have reliable internet and see familiar faces daily…
How Dropbox’s co-CEO decides which meetings to skip
It can be hard to stay focused on your priorities when constant pings and competing projects are pulling you in different directions. That’s why Dropbox co-CEO Ashraf Alkarmi developed a simple system for keeping his biggest priorities front and center. His most basic productivity hack is to…