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It’s been a rough year for American workers. Unfortunately, 2026 isn’t looking all that much better. The year began with tariffs—just as inflation was finally starting to cool—followed by AI anxiety and headline-grabbing layoffs, before ending with America’s longest ever government shutdown. Surveys suggest many American workers didn’t get a raise in 2025, and mostContinueContinue reading “American workers had a rough 2025. Will 2026 be any different?”

AI is not your friend, and that needs to be made clear before it becomes your enemy source https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/opiate-for-the-masses-you-can-now-tell-your-openai-chatbuddy-to-be-less-mean-to-you/91282068

JetBlue’s new BlueHouse lounge, now open at JFK airport, is designed as a hyper-local respite for the airline’s most loyal travelers. source https://www.inc.com/fast-company-2/jetblue-adds-lounge-access-how-it-compares-to-competitors/91282476

As AI data centers spring up across the country, their energy demand and resulting greenhouse gas emissions are raising concerns. With servers and energy-intensive cooling systems constantly running, these buildings can use anywhere from a few megawatts of power for a small data center to more than 100 megawatts for a hyperscale data center. ToContinueContinue reading “Google is betting on carbon capture tech to lower data center emissions. Here’s how it works”

Fluorescent lights that softly hum. Magazines nobody reads. A television mounted in the corner playing cable news as a receptionist mispronounces my last name. I am at my first of several doctors appointments intentionally scheduled during the winter holiday season. Not because I’m sick. Because it’s the only week of the year when nothing work-relatedContinueContinue reading “I’m a founder: here’s why I spend my holidays at the doctor’s office”