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The age of answers: Why dashboards are no longer enough

It’s not about what you measure. It’s about what you do with it.

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The $100 trillion power shift

AI, wealth, and making labor sexy again.

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Mars teams with Calm for pet-inspired mental health content

A new collaboration marks the first pet-inspired collection on Calm, bolstered by research around the health benefits of dog and cat ownership.

If you’ve ever felt like your pet knows exactly when to pull you away from the stress of your computer screen, you aren’t alone. 

Healthcare innovation could be at risk

It’s not for the reason you think.

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Google’s ‘G’ logo just got prettier

The new logo blurs Google’s colors into a gradient.

Google’s logo just got a little bit blurrier. In a new logo quietly rolled out across iOS and Pixel, the search giant ditches its color-blocked “G” for gradients.

Everything we know about Haemanthus, the blood-testing startup from Elizabeth Holmes’s partner

Reportedly in stealth, the company has taken to social media to reassure investors and the public that it is ‘not Theranos 2.0.’

Billy Evans, the partner of Theranos founder Elizabeth Holmes, is currently in the process of raising money for his own startup. It’s a blood-testing company. 

Going ‘AI first’ appears to be backfiring on Klarna and Duolingo

Klarna is hiring again after replacing employees with AI. Meanwhile, Duolingo is facing blowback on social media from its AI-first strategy.

Artificial intelligence might be the future of the workplace, but companies that are trying to get a head start on that future are running into all sorts of problems.

Fast-food restaurants are still in decline: April traffic slips and McDonald’s, Chipotle sales slump in Q1

According to a new report, fast-food figures have continued to drop in 2025 as consumers battle price inflation and broader economic uncertainty.

Despite a strong start to the year, traffic at U.S. quick-service restaurants, which has been steadily declining month by month, was down 1.7% year over year compared with last April, signaling growing consumer caution or shifts in dining behaviors, according to Revenue Management Solutions (RMS), a company that analyzes data and provides insights about the restaurant industry.

Retail and travel stocks surge after truce in U.S.-China trade war

Big challenges remain in the negotiations with China, but the mood nevertheless was ebullient across Wall Street on Monday.

Shares of many companies that source at least some of their goods from China are surging on Monday as U.S. and Chinese officials announced that they had reached a deal to roll back most of their recent tariffs and called a 90-day truce in their trade war to allow for more talks on resolving their trade disputes.

These 5 free AI-powered Chrome extensions make Gmail so much better

Significantly improve your Gmail experience without breaking the bank.

Email: It’s one of the more evil of the necessary evils. We all spend a significant chunk of our days wading through messages, to the point that it can feel like a never-ending task. Save us, artificial intelligence!