Cursiveâs unlikely AI-fueled comeback, explained
Learning to read and write cursive was once a rite of passage for practically every American schoolchild. Until the early 20th century, children in the U.S. were generally taught to…
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The Medicare GLP-1 discount is here, so why are some sick people excluded?
In January, Jeff La Marca got a prescription for the popular weight loss drug Zepbound. But he couldnât afford the $750 monthly price tag. Then Medicare launched an 18-month pilot…
The Trump administration proposes $103,000 fee for H-1B visas that DHS itself estimates would paralyze 76% of small businesses
Mere months after a federal judge knocked down a six-figure price tag on H-1B visas, the Trump administration is taking another stab at it, proposing a $103,265 surcharge for companies…
Over 1 million people clicked LinkedInâs âseems like AI slopâ button as the platform fights to keep âdead internet theoryâ from becoming reality
Years after the âdead internet theoryâ became popular to describe the apparent takeover of online spaces by AI, LinkedIn is taking steps to avoid an early grave by slopification. Last…
Bosses are convinced Gen Z fakes Wi-Fi outages and sick days to sneak off in summerâbut 1 in 2 senior managers are guilty of the same thing
It wasnât just Gen Z and young millennials sneaking out of work and secretly taking some time off over the summer months. Bosses have been at it too. New research…
Four firms control more than half of the worldâs seed supply. Italian farmers are fighting back and returning to the bartering system
A farmhouse in the Marche hills doesnât look like the front line of a fight against four of the worldâs biggest agrochemical companies. But thatâs what it became on Aug.…
Jamie Dimon and his wife, Judith, donate $12 million to 12 HBCUsâbetting theyâre the âspringboard to successâ for the next generation
Jamie Dimon is well-known for his historic career as CEO of JPMorgan, the worldâs largest bank, and for his hot takes on the economy, work culture, and geopolitics. Less well…
Harvardâs $699 startup bootcamp has professors who never sleepâbut thatâs because theyâre AI clones
The newest Harvard Business School professor never sleeps, can hear the same pitch 50 times and technically isnât an instructor at all. The school is now putting AI versions of…
What Anthropicâs Dario Amodei can learn from the airline industryâs painful lesson about marketing and the concept of safety
Anthropic co-founder and CEO Dario Amodei believes AI carries big potential risks, and he keeps talking about them. He also has tried to position Anthropic as the AI company most…
How Washingtonâs interest bill on the $40 trillion national debt exploded 14% in just 9 months
If you thought last yearâs national debt numbers were chilling, you havenât seen anything yet. In the second week of August, the CBO released its Monthly Budget Review giving year-to-date…