A Franchise Attorney and 20-Year Industry Expert Weighs in on How the Election Will Impact Small Businesses

August 15, 2024

We asked an attorney and franchise veteran what the industry should be looking for as election day approaches — and how franchise businesses can protect themselves during uncertain political times.

Embrace Being ‘The Only’ in the Room — 3 Strategies Successful Founders Use to Grow Their Companies

August 15, 2024

I’ve helped many founders grow and scale their companies, and I’ve noticed that top business leaders often make a few key decisions early on.

She Batched a Beloved Product at Home, Inspired By a Black-Owned Business From the 1960s. Then It Became a Multimillion-Dollar Brand: ‘We’d Never Intended This.’

August 15, 2024

Arsha Jones, founder and CEO of Capital City Mambo Sauce, wanted to satisfy a very specific craving — and it led to a seven-figure business.

Squeeze Learning into Your Commute with Headway Premium

August 15, 2024

Headway Premium gives you summaries of bestselling ideas and concepts.

This Leader Shares How Curb Is Innovating Urban Mobility

August 15, 2024

Vishal Dhawan, chief product and technology officer at Curb, is using technology and product development to help transform the taxi industry.

The Download: facial recognition for migrant children, and Japan’s megaquake

August 15, 2024

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. DHS plans to collect biometric data from migrant children “down to the infant” The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) plans to collect and analyze photos of the faces of migrant children at…

What Japan’s “megaquake” warning really tells us

August 15, 2024

MIT Technology Review Explains: Let our writers untangle the complex, messy world of technology to help you understand what’s coming next. You can read more from the series here. On August 8, at 16:42 local time, a magnitude-7.1 earthquake shook southern Japan. The temblor, originating off the shores of mainland island of Kyūshū, was felt…

Returning to Work After a Long Career Break? Remember These 5 Truths to Bounce Back With Confidence.

August 15, 2024

Many of us have taken time away from work over the last four years. There are reasons to be anxious about returning, but there are even more reasons to be excited and confident. Here are five of them.

The US government is still spending big on climate

August 15, 2024

This article is from The Spark, MIT Technology Review’s weekly climate newsletter. To receive it in your inbox every Wednesday, sign up here. Friday marks two years since the US signed the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law. Now, I’m not usually one to track legislation birthdays. But this particular law is the exception,…

Happy birthday, baby! What the future holds for those born today

August 15, 2024

Happy birthday, baby. You have been born into an era of intelligent machines. They have watched over you almost since your conception. They let your parents listen in on your tiny heartbeat, track your gestation on an app, and post your sonogram on social media. Well before you were born, you were known to the…

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI