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Check your freezer for this Blue Bell ice cream sold at Walmart and Kroger, recalled over serious life-threatening risk

Half-gallons of this frozen treat flavor are being pulled off shelves in 16 states, according to a notice from the FDA.

Texas-based Blue Bell Ice Cream is voluntarily recalling a limited number of half-gallon containers of Moo-llennium Crunch Ice Cream, which may contain nuts, after some were packaged in a Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough carton.

Job hopping was once all the rage, but the days of big salary increases from switching careers might be over

Just a few years ago, Gen Zers were scoring $50,000 payday boosts by jumping from job to job. Today, they’re holding onto their positions for dear life.

This month, the global organizational consultancy firm Korn Ferry declared that we’ve entered a nationwide era of “job hugging,” a term to describe the trend of workers increasingly holding onto their positions for dear life amid economic uncertainty, layoffs, and AI disruption.

This intern’s idea caught Jeff Bezos’s attention. Now he’s the CEO of Amazon Web Services

Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures, speaks with Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman about leadership, AI, and, of course, the cloud. For those of you who are Modern CEO readers, please check it out in your mailbox every Monday morning.

Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures, speaks with Amazon Web Services CEO Matt Garman about leadership, AI, and, of course, the cloud. For those of you who are Modern CEO readers, please check it out in your mailbox every Monday morning.

Quiet firing is spreading, but there are business risks to tactics to push workers out

Businesses looking to cut jobs don’t want to do it through layoffs, but stricter RTO rules and other tactics are pushing workers out.

As more companies demand employees spend more days in their workplaces each week, some critics claim that tightening return to office (RTO) rules in part aim to provoke resignations from employees unwilling to give up their remote or hybrid work arrangements. Data now suggests employer use of that indirect quiet-firing manner of reducing head count is far more widespread than previously suspected — and often involves tactics that go beyond ordering people back to their desks.

Smarter AI is supercharging battery innovation

How ‘physics-informed’ AI is changing the game.

The global race for better batteries has never been more intense. Electric vehicles, drones, and next-generation aircraft all depend on high-performance energy storage—yet the traditional approach to battery R&D is struggling to keep pace with demand. 

How ‘good cause’ eviction laws aim to protect renters from eviction

From Maryland to California, the growing movement requires landlords to base eviction notices on more than just a whim.

Matt Losak got interested in evictions when he was nearly subject to one. He was working for a union, which required frequent travel. One month he accidentally left his rent check on his refrigerator and left. He called the property manager, who told him it wouldn’t be a problem as long as he gave her the check when he returned and paid a $25 late fee, all of which he did.

U.S. Open 2025: Schedule for singles competition, how to watch Coco Gauff and Jannik Sinner matches livestreaming on a TV or phone

It’s time to bust out your best tennis skirts and collared shirts: The 2025 tournament is upon us. Here’s how cord-cutters can catch the action.

It’s time to bust out your best tennis skirts and collared shirts: The 2025 U.S. Open is upon us, with singles play beginning Sunday, August 24.

AI passed the aesthetic Turing Test, raising big questions for art

The aesthetic Turing Test is not just about whether a machine can fool us; it’s a challenge that asks us to decide what we really want from art.

Pick up an August 2025 issue of Vogue, and you’ll come across an advertisement for the brand Guess featuring a stunning model. Yet tucked away in small print is a startling admission: She isn’t real. She was generated entirely by AI.

Why your brand needs an enemy

The companies that break through today aren’t the ones avoiding conflict. They’re the ones brave enough to pick a side and fight for it. 

Most business advice tells you to avoid making enemies. I’m here to tell you the opposite: if your brand doesn’t have an enemy, you’re doing it wrong.

This underused strategy can help with well-being

You’ve heard plenty of solutions for stress from meditation to yoga, the list is long. But according to a sociologist, this one rarely makes the list and it should.

You’ve heard plenty of solutions for stress. From meditation and nature walks to cold therapy and yoga, the list is long. But a less well-known strategy can deliver some powerful results: storytelling. In fact, there is evidence that storytelling is good for your mental health and well-being for multiple reasons.