City Officials Forced This Restaurant to Remove Its ‘Stinky’ Signature Dish. Now It’s Fighting Back.
The Golden Leaf restaurant had to stop selling stinky tofu after neighbors complained. The dish accounted for 20% of the restaurant’s revenue.
The Download: gig workers training humanoids, and better AI benchmarks
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. The gig workers who are training humanoid robots at home When Zeus, a medical student in Nigeria, returns to his apartment from a long day at the hospital, he straps his…
‘Low Hire, Low Fire’: New Graduates Are Facing the Toughest Job Market Since the Pandemic — And It’s Not Why You Think
Recent graduates comprised just 7% of new hires in 2024, down a staggering 25% from 2023, according to a report.
How soap opera-TikTok hybrids became a billion-dollar business
Over the past few years, a new category of mobile apps has quietly exploded into a multi-billion dollar business. They’re called “micro dramas” — short-form, mobile-first scripted shows designed to be watched vertically on your phone. Think soap opera meets TikTok, complete with secret billionaire romances, disapproving werewolf mothers-in-law, and cliffhangers engineered to keep users tapping. The leading […]
Harvey confirms $11B valuation: Sequoia triples down
Investors like Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Elad Gil can’t get enough of AI legal tech startup Harvey.
Granola raises $125M, hits $1.5B valuation as it expands from meeting notetaker to enterprise AI app
Granola’s valuation jumped from $250 million to $1.5 billion with this round, and it has added more support for AI agents after users previously complained.
5 Ways Never Taking ‘No’ for an Answer Can Change the World
Persistence is more than grit. It is the force that turns rejected ideas into world-changing innovations.
Meta launches new initiative to support entrepreneurship, drive AI adoption
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said in a memo to staff that small businesses have always been a big part of the company’s business model, and that while tens of millions of entrepreneurs already use its platforms to grow and connect with customers, the company wants to do more in the space.
Leaders Who Excel Don’t Just Talk — They Use These Easy-to-Follow Communication Strategies
Most professionals talk. Few truly influence. Learn how the right questions, timing and tone shape understanding and drive alignment at work.
Nintendo Is Slashing Switch 2 Production by 33% — Here’s Why
Nintendo planned to produce 6 million Switch 2 consoles this quarter but had to scale back after U.S. demand weakened.
You Can Now Let Claude Take Over Your Computer. Here’s Why That’s Both Exciting and Terrifying.
Anthropic’s Claude can now click, scroll and navigate your computer like a human, performing tasks while you’re away.