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Much has changed for the EV industry in the past half-decade, let alone in the 16 years since Rivian, the California-based electric vehicle maker, was founded.Legacy automakers, from GM to Volkswagen, have begun to build out their EV platforms. The Biden administration introduced unique measures to supercharge EV adoption, and…
Billionaire Jared Isaacman led SpaceX's Polaris Dawn mission before he was initially nominated for NASA administrator. The Washington Post/Getty ImagesJared Isaacman, once Trump's pick to lead NASA, is back in the news amid the president's feud with Elon Musk.Isaacman is a billionaire CEO who dropped out of high school and…
The companies that best take advantage of AI won’t be using it to replace human labor, said GitHub CEO Thomas Dohmke. Instead, they’ll be upping their hiring of increasingly efficient engineers.”The companies that are the smartest are going to hire more developers,” Dohmke said on an episode of “The Silicon…
If you’re looking to beef up your summer reading, Apple CEO Tim Cook has a list of books that he said left a mark on him.Many major executives are big readers. Warren Buffett would sometimes read 1,000 pages a day when he started his investing career, and he is still…
Albert and Aaron Yang, the two North America CEOs of Din Tai Fung, showed up for our online interview sporting the same combed-back hair, button-down shirts, smiles, and energy.Aaron, 33, said that growing up, they got the question of whether they were twins “almost every day.” He’s the older one,…
In his 1986 book “Engines of Creation,” engineer K. Eric Drexler — often called the godfather of nanotechnology — made a prediction.”The coming era of molecular machines will mean the end of many limits: the limit of scarcity, the limit of slow development, the limit of ignorance enforced by the…
Marine Corps. vet Jim Rowley has been lifting heavy weights for decades, but his first few Pilates classes left him frustrated, sweating, shaking — and eager to go back for more.Rowley is the CEO of worldwide gym franchise Crunch Fitness, and has more than three decades of experience in the…
A British tribunal has upheld former Barclays CEO Jes Staley’s ban from holding senior positions in the financial services industry, finding in a 93-page ruling that he consistently misled the bank and others about his ties with Jeffrey Epstein.Judge Timothy Herrington wrote in his decision that the 68-year-old did not “fully disclose”…
AI agents grading papers, monitoring student performance, learning their interests, and making suggestions to the teacher.That’s what the classroom of the future could look like, according to Khan Academy CEO Sal Khan, a learning environment where AI will act as a powerful aide for teachers, not their replacement.”Imagine if your…
When I was just 4 years old, I often had yard sales with random items from around the house. I’d price everything, set up a “store,” and try to convince people to spend their money. I loved the thrill of selling.I never really fit the mold. Sports didn’t click, and video games…
