Are You Running Your Business — or Is It Running You? How to Escape ‘Founder Mode’ and Learn to Let Go
How the shift from doing to leading unlocked growth and scale.
Exclusive: A record-breaking baby has been born from an embryo that’s over 30 years old
A baby boy born over the weekend holds the new record for the “oldest baby.” Thaddeus Daniel Pierce, who arrived on July 26, developed from an embryo that had been in storage for 30 and a half years. “We had a rough birth but we are both doing well now,” says Lindsey Pierce, his mother. “He…
Leadership, Flexibility, Fulfillment — How Women Are Using Franchise Ownership to Build Entrepreneurial Careers
New research from Kiddie Academy shows that a majority of women who become franchise owners report greater happiness, confidence and balance than they had in prior roles.
23andMe says 15% of customers asked to delete their genetic data since bankruptcy
More than two dozen states have sued 23andMe to block the sale of genetic data without customers’ permission.
Pinterest tests an AI feature that lets advertisers turn their catalogs into shoppable collages
Pinterests is experimenting with “auto-collages,” an AI feature that allows advertisers to quickly turn their product catalogs into shoppable collages.
The Browser Company launches its AI-first browser, Dia, in beta
With its built-in AI interface, Dia hopes to give people an easy way to use AI, cutting out the need to visit tools like ChatGPT, Perplexity, and Claude.
This Intuitive App Delivers Task Management That Keeps up with Your Hustle
With Blitzit you can plan, track, and crush tasks with this all-in-one productivity powerhouse.
Uptime Industries wants to boost localized AI usage with an ‘AI-in-a-box’ called Lemony AI
The Lemony AI device can run large language models, AI agents and automated workflows locally.
The Download: Amsterdam’s welfare AI experiment, and making humanoid robots safer
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. Inside Amsterdam’s high-stakes experiment to create fair welfare AI Amsterdam thought it was on the right track. City officials in the welfare department believed they could build technology that would prevent fraud while…
Standard Nuclear emerges from the ashes of a failed startup
Standard Nuclear was the winning bidder for Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation’s fuel-related assets at a bankruptcy auction.
Why humanoid robots need their own safety rules
Last year, a humanoid warehouse robot named Digit set to work handling boxes of Spanx. Digit can lift boxes up to 16 kilograms between trolleys and conveyor belts, taking over some of the heavier work for its human colleagues. It works in a restricted, defined area, separated from human workers by physical panels or laser…