Walmart Just Issued a Worse-Than-Expected Outlook — Here’s What It Says About the Economy
The retail giant’s shares dropped 7% amid fears consumers will spend less now that tax refund season has ended.
The Download: coding’s future, the ‘Steroid Olympics,’ and AI-driven science
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Anthropic’s Code with Claude showed off coding’s future—whether you like it or not At Anthropic’s developer event in London this week, Code with Claude, attendees were asked if they’d shipped code…
Google I/O showed how the path for AI-driven science is shifting
During Tuesday’s Google I/O keynote, Demis Hassabis, the CEO of Google DeepMind, proclaimed that we are currently “standing in the foothills of the singularity.” It was a striking statement—the singularity is the theoretical future moment when AI rapidly exceeds human intelligence and dramatically transforms the world. But what struck me as I listened in the…
The Enhanced Games fit right in with the rest of 2026’s longevity vibes
This Sunday, a group of 42 athletes will gather in Las Vegas to compete in a somewhat unusual sporting competition. Participants in the inaugural Enhanced Games are being encouraged to take performance-enhancing drugs. The goal is to “push the boundaries of human performance.” The games’ organizers have said that competitors will only be taking substances that…
Finnish phone-maker HMD bundles Indian AI chatbot onto new smartphone in push to reach local market
HMD is pre-loading Sarvam’s Indus chatbot app, which supports 22 Indic languages
7 Decisions That Determine Whether Your Merger Succeeds or Fails in the First 100 Days
Most mergers don’t fail on strategy — they fail in the first 100 days when leaders avoid hard decisions around culture, ownership and what the new company will actually become.
What Ted Lasso Understands About Leadership That Most Founders Get Wrong
As Ted Lasso returns this summer, its leadership lessons offer founders a practical blueprint for leading under pressure with clarity, trust and impact.
If You Own the First Hour of Your Day, You Own Everything That Follows
There is a shift happening in how companies are being built; focus is moving upstream into behavior, specifically the first hour of the day.
Why CEOs Often Push Back on Marketing Investment — and the Language Shift That Gets Budgets Approved
The gap between marketing dashboards and boardroom decisions is behavioral, not strategic. Here’s how to close it.
Why a High-Performance Leadership Team Is Your Most Powerful Business Asset
If your business is underperforming despite strong talent, the real culprit may be hiding in plain sight.
7 Decisions That Determine Whether Your Merger Succeeds or Fails in the First 100 Days
Most mergers don’t fail on strategy — they fail in the first 100 days when leaders avoid hard decisions around culture, ownership and what the new company will actually become.