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70% of full-time working parents juggle work and child duties simultaneously, and moms feel it most

Here’s a look what full-time working parents want, according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center.

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The unchanging playbook to build a high growth company

This two-time Inc. 5000 company CEO follows the same strategy each time.

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Karthik Ganesh

World Cup fans devastated after ticket resale purchases fall through

The vast majority seem to be about StubHub, but buyers for SeatGeek and Vivid Seats have also reported issues.

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Boards stopped giving new CEOs time to find their footing

Here’s what it takes to lead from day one.

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Meredith Rosenberg

Researchers say one childhood vaccine is preventing hundreds of cancer deaths

Researchers credit widespread HPV vaccination for a historic milestone that could reshape the future of cancer prevention.

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Taylor Hatmaker

Trump unveils the new Air Force One, a converted Qatari jet

The administration formally accepted a luxury Boeing 747 jet from Qatar last year, despite concerns.

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America just buried a message for people living in 2276. Some of the items inside are wild

The 900-pound capsule contains more than 200 items, from AI predictions and gambling chips to whale bones and Olympic memorabilia.

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Taylor Hatmaker

Americans celebrate Juneteenth as Obama’s presidential center opens in Chicago

This is the fifth year since Juneteenth was designated as a federal holiday.

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One person has died. Now a major cheese recall is growing across multiple states

A recall that initially affected ricotta products now includes all Clover Hill Dairy cheeses after a Listeria outbreak sickened nine people and killed...

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Michael Grothaus

Kroger is giving away 100,000 free pints of ice cream. But you have to act fast

The grocery giant is celebrating the summer solstice by giving away 100,000 free pints of ice cream, but the offer is only available for a limited...

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Michael Grothaus

‘Toy Story 5’ taps into white-collar fears of obsolescence in the age of AI

The Pixar franchise’s latest installment arrives as debates about technology, screen time, and the future of Hollywood itself have never been louder.

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Shannon Cudd

The journey to a no-compromise foldable smartphone

Diverse form factors recognize the different ways users want to rely on their phones.

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Fang Fei

Public media is struggling under Trump. L.A.’s KCRW may have found the way forward

Amid budget cuts, KCRW has doubled down on community events and the personal connection between host and audience—and more subscribers are showing up.

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Joe Berkowitz

How to take a vacation as a solopreneur

One recent survey found one-third of solo business owners never take time off. Here’s how to change that.

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Anna Burgess Yang

Claude is becoming more agentic. Amanda Askell is thinking through what that means

The Anthropic researcher is focused on one of AI’s hardest problems: how to make models that are helpful, safe, and responsive to human values as...

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Rebecca Heilweil

15 must-read business books by black authors that will help you thrive professionally

Invaluable advice for whatever career stage you’re in.

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Brennan Nevada Johnson

The marketing funnel is dead. Here’s what replaced it

AI-native B2B buyers finish their evaluation before your sales rep says hello. The funnel is now fiction. Here’s what winning companies do instead.

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Jon Gluck

How Roku became way more important than you realize

The soon-to-be arm of Fox spent its early years in search of a business. Then a twist of fate turned it into streaming’s quiet giant.

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Harry McCracken

Waffle House is winning the World Cup

International tourists are boosting ‘Americana’ brands.

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Rob Walker

BYD will pay every last cent for any damage caused by its autopilot

You’re next, Tesla.

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Jesus Diaz

Conservatives are dying at higher rates than liberals. A new study points to mistrust in medicine

The health divide emerged over the last decade and has widened since 2020, according to research that links ideology to outcomes from heart disease,...

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Eve Upton-Clark

Are stores open on Juneteenth? Holiday hours for Walmart, Costco, stock markets, banks, and more

The newest addition to the federal holiday calendar is Friday, June 19, marking the end of slavery in the United States. Some services won’t be...

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Shannon Cudd

World Cup or not, high performers get these 3 things wrong about pressure

The mental habits we rely on most often fail us at exactly the wrong moment. Here’s how to fix that, according to science.

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Justin Anderson

Fable 5 crossed a line the world was not ready for

The pullback of Anthropic’s next-gen model marks the moment frontier AI moved from technical promise to political and operational reality.

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Pete Pachal

What if the office is actually a workplace perk?

A growing number of professionals worry they’re missing opportunities by staying remote. The smartest employers are responding by making office time...

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Aytekin Tank

How this street duck became Mexico’s unofficial World Cup mascot

¡Vamos merlin!

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María José Gutiérrez Chávez

Meta CTO: Company morale is among the ‘worst it’s ever been’ after layoffs

After 10% of Meta’s workforce was laid off, Andrew Bosworth said the tech giant is working toward improving employee morale, according to reports...

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Ella Chakarian

Google AI leader Noam Shazeer leaves company for OpenAI

His decision is the latest example of top tech talent being poached to work at AI companies.

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Ella Chakarian

Knicksmania transformed NYC for 2 blissful weeks

Basketball as an urban experiment.

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María José Gutiérrez Chávez

Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian spoke up about that UFC fighter’s controversial Michelle Obama comment

Josh Hokit’s remark, made after he won the White House UFC bout on Sunday, drew major internet backlash and criticism from UFC president Dana White.

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Jennifer Mattson

Why were Waymo cars driving into active construction zones?

Nearly 4,000 robotaxis are being recalled after more than a dozen incidents of the driverless vehicles entering hazardous areas.

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Jude Cramer

Can ‘Applied Creativity’ be the next ‘Design Thinking?’

A new report from Accenture Song uncovers the secret sauce that makes Lego, Ikea, and Rivian creative powerhouses.

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Grace Snelling

Regulators back Trump’s plan to power AI data centers faster with grid connections

FERC members voted unanimously to direct six regional grid operators to work with AI data centers and other large power users.

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GoFundMe confirms campaign for dog shot by LAPD is authentic as fundraising nears $190,000 mark

The fundraiser was created shortly after a tragedy unfolded in Los Angeles, as a woman was celebrating the New York Knicks’ NBA Finals victory.

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Sarah Bregel

Trump keeps kneecapping the U.S.’s most promising AI models

A sudden 90-minute ultimatum from the Trump administration last week led to Anthropic shutting off access to the world’s most powerful models.

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Mark Sullivan

Instagram is allowing users to add captions to individual slides. Here’s how it works

Instagram owner Meta Platforms has been adding oft-requested features to the social network. The latest will make Instagram more accessible.

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Jennifer Ward

U.S. jobless claims drop to 226,000 as unemployment rate stays at a historically low 4.3%

Analysts had predicted 225,000 new unemployment claims for the week ending June 13.

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Corporate America isn’t built for moms

More than 100 working mothers shared how corporate America is making it harder to succeed at work and at home. Their stories expose a broken system.

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Vsingh

Adobe is rolling out agents for its Creative Cloud apps. It will be a lifesaver for creatives

Photoshop, Illustrator, Premiere, and InDesign are getting extremely practical agents that will save creatives hours of time and hundreds of clicks.

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Jesus Diaz

The Obamas are celebrating their presidential museum with this star-studded guest list

President Trump is not included in the list of announced guests.

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Hollister is making a comeback in an unexpected place: Target

The former mall giant is launching nearly 60 dorm, home, and sleepwear products as it continues its resurgence.

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Sarah Fielding

Will America still be here in another 250 years? More than a third of us don’t think so

Birthday blues: A decisive 64% of Americans now believe the country could be heading for failure.

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Sarah Bregel

‘There will be history’: NYC is celebrating the Knicks with a ticker-tape extravaganza

Mayor Mamdani predicts it could be one of the biggest in New York City’s history.

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Memory shortage crisis: Apple CEO confirms higher prices are on the way; chip stocks keep soaring

High demand for RAM and the storage chips used by AI servers could mean you’ll pay more for your next iPhone.

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Michael Grothaus

Sleep Number Corporation stock will be delisted from Nasdaq after Chapter 11 bankruptcy; shares plummet

The embattled mattress and bedding confirmed that its stock will no longer be publicly traded after next week. Here’s what it means for shareholders.

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Sarah Fielding

Elizabeth Minor wants humans to stay in control of AI weapons

As head of policy at Stop Killer Robots, she is pushing for international rules to limit autonomous weapons before they become normalized in war.

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Rebecca Heilweil

Rajiv Dattani is bringing insurance to the AI agent boom

Dattani’s company, AIUC, is creating insurance standards for agent providers, giving enterprises a new way to assess risk and trust.

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Mark Sullivan

Daniel Danker on how Walmart solves customer problems with AI

The retail giant executive is bringing AI to shopping, store operations, Scan & Go, and behind-the-scenes logistics.

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Steven Melendez

Chelsea Finn wants robots to get better at learning

The Stanford professor’s work gives autonomous systems new frameworks for tackling complex tasks.

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Mark Sullivan

Kari Briski is making sure Nvidia can handle the agentic AI boom

Briski’s work helps Nvidia’s technology stack process the flood of tokens powering tomorrow’s AI agents.

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Mark Sullivan