After Leaving the Marine Corps, She Spent $20 to Start a Side Hustle. Now Her Business Makes $3M a Month: ‘People Absolutely Loved It.’
Hannah Pollack’s elevated twist on a nostalgic sweet gained fans immediately.
Debates over AI consciousness are a trap
“Runaway” AI, “rogue” agents, and “autonomous” actors—the current rhetoric would have you believe that AI agents are not only awake and aware, but angry at their creators. Prominent tech leaders such as Demis Hassabis, Dario Amodei, and Sam Altman push for regulation of these seemingly “superhuman” systems, while a separate faction, led by policy organizations…
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This Costco Cashier Started Gathering Carts in the Parking Lot for $5.85 an Hour. Now He’s a Millionaire: ‘This Is My Calling’
Tony Barzar has worked at Costco for 40 years. That loyalty has paid off big time for his family’s finances and health.
EU threatens Meta with fines over addictive features on Facebook and Instagram
The tech giant is in breach of the Digital Services Act by focusing on features like infinite scroll, autoplay, push notifications, and the highly personalized recommendation algorithms, the European Commission said.
Mark Zuckerberg Is Spending Hundreds of Billions on AI. His New Strategy in the Race Against OpenAI Is Surprisingly Simple.
Meta’s new developer AI model will reportedly cost far less than rivals as Zuck looks to turn his massive AI investment into a business.
Google Just Broke the Biggest Search Record in Its History Thanks to This One World Cup Moment
AI chatbots were supposed to render Google Search extinct. But Argentina and Lionel Messi had something to say about that.
Florida ransomware negotiator convicted for helping ransomware gang extort US companies
A third ransomware negotiator has been jailed for helping a notorious ransomware group to extort American victim companies into paying the hackers.
Jersey Mike’s Started As a Single Sandwich Shop. Now It Says It Can Become a 15,000-Location Giant.
The franchise says it has room for 15,000 restaurants worldwide as it prepares to go public following its acquisition by Blackstone.
These Top 7 Entrepreneurs Are Rewriting the Rules for Success in 2026
Seven founders reshaping 2026 entrepreneurship — spanning media, energy, AI, ecommerce and solopreneurship — prove that bold vision and consistent execution build lasting business impact.
The Download: Claude’s inner workings and OpenAI’s “super app”
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 found a hidden space where Claude puzzles over concepts The AI firm Anthropic has got the clearest glimpse yet at what’s really going on inside large language models as they…
Sperm donors need limits, says a European fertility group
Ties van der Meer doesn’t know how many siblings he has. The 47-year-old was conceived at a private fertility clinic in the Netherlands using sperm provided by an anonymous donor. After the Netherlands banned anonymous donation in 2004, the doctor who ran the clinic destroyed records that might have identified those donors, he says. He…