Jack Dorsey Laid Off 4,000 People, Blaming ‘AI Innovation.’ Critics Blame ‘AI-Washing.’
The Block co-founder cut nearly half the company’s staff, claiming AI made them redundant, but analysts say poor management was the real reason.
Roundtables: A Conversation With the Creator of AI-Designed Viruses
Friday, October 16, 2026 Can AI design new life forms? In 2025, Stanford University PhD student Samuel King came up with a preliminary answer when he used a generative AI model to propose genetic blueprints for microscopic viruses. It isn’t yet an example of AI-generated life, but that could be next. Join senior AI reporter…
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From Andean Villages to Antarctica — What Living a Life Built on Adventure Can Teach You About Leadership
Jaclyn Leibl-Cote, President and CEO of Collette, shares insights from leading a 100+ year-old, family-owned travel company.
Forget the Business Plan. This 10-Slide Deck Helped Me Raise Millions
Investors don’t read 40-page plans. Learn how to condense your vision, your traction and your ask into a winning narrative they’ll actually engage with.
A married founder duo’s company, 14.ai, is replacing customer support teams at startups
14.ai also launched a consumer brand to understand how much AI can handle customer support tasks.
Apple speeds up the iPad Air with an M4 upgrade, starting at $599
Apple refreshes the iPad Air with the M4 chip and more memory to make it better for AI use cases.
The Third-Largest Coffee Chain in America Barely Sells Coffee. Here’s Why That’s Smart.
Dutch Bros grinds out $1.6 billion in business selling customizable energy drinks and cold beverages to Gen Z customers who avoid hot coffee.
Apple bakes in AI smarts into its new $599 iPhone 17e
The base model comes with 256 GB of storage, which Apple says is twice the entry storage from the previous generation at the same starting price.
A New Assessment Is Helping Entrepreneurs Identify Strengths They Didn’t Know They Had
Find out your hidden strengths as a professional.
Protecting Your Brand in the Age of AI: What Founders Need to Know Now
Join us for this free webinar to learn about protecting your brand, safeguarding your intellectual property, and navigating the gray areas of AI—before they turn into costly mistakes.
Hackers and internet outages hit Iran amid U.S. air strikes
Users of a popular Iranian prayer app were flooded with phone notifications as U.S. air strikes hit Iran’s biggest cities, killing the country’s leader.