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Bridging the LGBTQ+ wealth gap

From parental estrangement to mortgage discrimination, members of the LGBTQ+ community face consistent and systemic obstacles to building wealth.

In many ways, the world is a much friendlier place for members of the LGBTQ+ community on this, the 56th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, than it was a lifetime ago.

Why your brain matters more than ever in the AI age

Now is not the time to be lazy, cognitively speaking

It can be enthralling to watch artificial intelligence models progress toward a mastery of deep learning. But are we as equally invested in our own abilities to think and learn? The human capacity to think deeply, find meaning, and apply wisdom is what makes us unique. Yet, it is increasingly tempting and easy to rely on the fast, accessible answers that AI provides.

These two game-changing breakthroughs advance us toward artificial general intelligence

Does new research out of three universities—Duke, Surrey, and Hamburg—represent a tipping point in the development of artificial general intelligence?

The biggest technology game changers don’t always grab the biggest headlines. Two emerging AI developments may not go viral on TikTok or YouTube, but they represent an inflection point that could radically accelerate the development of artificial general intelligence (AGI). That’s AI that can function and learn like us.

This accuracy-obsessed weather app does one thing oh so well

Precip is like having your own personal rain gauge on the ground.

Whether weather is always on your radar or merely a passing front of occasional interest, having an on-demand eye on the world around you is one of the most powerful slices of sorcery you can set your sights on today.

The first-ever cultivated-meat fish just got FDA approval. Its CEO talks about how Wildtype got there.

According to Justin Kolbeck, CEO of the company Wildtype, growing salmon in a laboratory is a bit like brewing beer. He explains how the company went from lab experiments to fish on plates at restaurants.

For the first time ever, you can eat a real fish that was never alive.

WhatsApp just got banned on Capitol Hill. Here’s how you can make the Meta messaging platform more secure

The Office of Cybersecurity deemed WhatsApp to be “high-risk to users.” (Meta, of course, disagrees “in the strongest possible terms.”)

The U.S. House of Representatives’ Chief Administrative Officer (CAO), Catherine Szpindor, informed congressional staffers this week that WhatsApp is now banned from government phones. The move came after the CAO’s Office of Cybersecurity deemed the Meta-owned app to be “high-risk to users”—a claim that WhatsApp quickly rebutted.

No one wants to be a leader. Here’s why it’s still a great role.

Leadership used to be a role people aspired to. But today, employees are increasingly avoiding leadership positions or even stepping out of leadership roles. In fact, 40% of leaders have considered leaving their role to improve their work-life balance and well-being according to a survey of almost 11,000 leaders by DDI. A comprehensive survey by […]

Leadership used to be a role people aspired to. But today, employees are increasingly avoiding leadership positions or even stepping out of leadership roles. In fact, 40% of leaders have considered leaving their role to improve their work-life balance and well-being according to a survey of almost 11,000 leaders by DDI. A comprehensive survey by Rand across 34 countries involving 27,000 adults found that 39% didn’t want career progression and 57% would reject a job if they thought it would have negative effects on their work-life balance. And according to a separate survey by DDI, Gen Z is 1.7 times more likely than other generations to consider leaving leadership roles because they want to protect their well-being. 

How to transform a boring speech and improve your public speaking skills

Levity is the ultimate high-wire act of public speaking.

Bill McGowan is the founder and CEO of Clarity Media Group. He is a two-time Emmy Award-winning correspondent who now coaches everyone from CEOs to celebrities on how to captivate audiences. Juliana Silva is a journalist with vast experience in global media brand strategy who acts as a communications specialist at Clarity Media Group. As a media coach, she has transformed experts from a variety of professions into on-air network contributors.

Scientists engineer bacteria to turn plastic waste into painkillers

Genetically modified E. coli converted broken-down plastic bottles into acetaminophen, the active ingredient in Tylenol and Panadol.

Tales of turning water into wine or weaving straw into gold are one thing, but a new study shows that scientists can transform trash into . . . Tylenol?

California Gov. Gavin Newsom sues Fox News for $787 million over defamation

Newsom alleges the network lied about a phone call with Trump, mirroring the damages paid to Dominion Voting Systems last year.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom filed a lawsuit against Fox News on Friday, accusing the conservative news network of defamation.