Want to Charge Higher Rates for Your Services? New Data Shows Exactly How Much Writing a Book Can Add to Your Value.
Published authors get higher fees, win more clients, and earn more trust than non-authors. But first you have to write the book.
The Download: investigating deaths at the US border’s “virtual wall”
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 US spent billions on border surveillance. Why can’t it catch people before they die? When José Morales Bernal crossed the border into the US in April 2024, the day before…
JPMorgan Is Monitoring Every Keystroke Junior Investment Bankers Make in the Name of ‘Wellbeing’
The bank says the data will not be used in performance reviews.
Stop Fantasizing About Quitting — Why Walking Away Now Could Sabotage Your Biggest Reinvention Yet
Lasting reinvention comes from deliberate, incremental moves rather than big, bold leaps. Here’s how building a portable reputation, clarity and optionality creates more resilient, future-proof careers.
The Number of Americans Worth Tens of Millions Has Exploded. And They’re Not Who You Think.
The ultra-wealthy class has grown faster than the general population, driving up demand for everything from jets to penthouses.
Why hiring the weirdos works
When you’re building at breakneck speed, hiring a trusted team is crucial for an early-stage startup. Bland CEO and co-founder Isaiah Granet has tactical advice on how the company managed to find hidden talent in unlikely places.
A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of iPhones at risk. Here’s what you need to know
Here’s what we know, and what you need to know, about Coruna and DarkSword, two advanced iPhone hacking tools discovered by security researchers. DarkSword has now leaked online.
The Startup Mistake No One Talks About — Until It Shuts You Down
State-by-state complexity and missed deadlines can quietly derail even the most promising startups without proactive systems in place.
How to Make Change Feel Normal — Instead of Threatening — to Your Team
Inspiration alone isn’t the answer for high performance amid change. Routinizing change may be.
Conntour raises $7M from General Catalyst, YC to build an AI search engine for security video systems
Conntour uses AI models to let security teams query camera feeds using natural language to find any object, person, or situation.
Cohere launches an open-source voice model specifically for transcription
Relatively light at just 2 billion parameters, the model is meant for use with consumer-grade GPUs for those who want to self-host it. It currently supports 14 languages.