How To Evaluate Franchisor Support Without Falling For The Sales Pitch
Franchise support is often sold as a promise, but experienced operators know it must be evaluated through systems, structure and consistency.
AI agents are not your “coworkers”
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Southwest CEO Reveals the Surprising Reason Why a Top Job Candidate Didn’t Make the Cut
The rejection had nothing to do with the interview or the applicant’s résumé.
AI datacenter startup Fluidstack in talks for $1B round at $18B valuation months after hitting $7.5B, says report
Fundraising is reportedly flowing for Fluidstack after it secured a $50 billion deal to build data centers for Anthropic.
Redefining the future of software engineering
Software engineering has experienced two seismic shifts this century. First was the rise of the open source movement, which gradually made code accessible to developers and engineers everywhere. Second, the adoption of development operations (DevOps) and agile methodologies took software from siloed to collaborative development and from batch to continuous delivery. Now, a third such…
Someone planted backdoors in dozens of WordPress plugins used in thousands of websites
Dozens of WordPress plugins were allegedly hijacked to push malware after they were sold to a new corporate owner.
Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump administration on Mythos
In an interview at the Semafor World Economy summit this week, Anthropic co-founder Jack Clark explained why the company was still engaged with the U.S. government while simultaneously suing them.
Anthropic co-founder confirms the company briefed the Trump adminstration on Mythos
The AI giant’s co-founder confirms that Anthropic briefed the Trump administration on its latest model, Mythos, which it claims has powerful cybersecurity capabilities.
London gets closer to its first robotaxi service as Waymo begins testing
Waymo’s commercial service will eventually follow testing if the UK government approves.
YouTube livestreams will now hold back ads during peak engagement to protect the vibe
Until now, the only way to avoid seeing ads was by paying for a YouTube Premium subscription.
Max Hodak’s Science Corp. is preparing to place its first sensor in a human brain
Human trials on the hybrid sensor are expected to begin in the years ahead.