He Learned Madarin to Tell Jokes in China — What Comedian Des Bishop Can Teach You About Torching Your Comfort Zones
How Des Bishop built a comedy career on three different continents — from scratch.
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…
‘Sorry’ Is the Most Overused Word in Your Inbox — and It’s Costing You Credibility
Reflex apologies like “sorry for the delay” and “friendly reminder” quietly undermine how confident and credible you sound at work — here’s how to write emails that land with clarity instead.
The Biggest Tax Deduction Business Owners Overlook Is Hiding in a Plan They Already Have
Most business owners already have a retirement plan. The problem is that many of them are still using the one set up when their business was a fraction of its current size.
Robert Irvine on How Entrepreneurs Can Overcome Their Biggest Business Challenges
Robert Irvine shares how entrepreneurs can overcome business challenges and turn the impossible into action.
Google’s new Fitbit Air brings Pokémon Sleep to your wrist
Google teamed up with the Pokemon Company to introduce a special-edition Fitbit Air that works with the Pokémon Sleep app.
Fashion startup Atoire raises $9.5M to bring consumers luxury goods without the markup
Fashion startup Atoire announced Thursday a $9.5 million seed round.
Hoomanely’s building a smart feeding bowl and an AI platform to help owners spot when their pup is sick
Hoomanely has developed a smart bowl to measure and record dogs’ feeding data, then tells owners if behaviors change.
Google’s AI Mode can now track flight prices, help book hotels, and more
The updates indicate that Google is looking position to AI Mode as an AI travel agent of sorts, as it’s moving beyond simply helping users find information to actually handling parts of the trip-planning and booking process itself.
He Was a Jail Deputy. She Was an Elementary School Teacher. Here’s How They Became Millionaires.
They were earning steady paychecks but were missing control over their time.
This former PG&E engineer is building a ‘Google Maps for the underground’
The startup just raised a $26 million Series A to grow its customer base and help reduce red tape for utility and construction work.