Decades after selling Americans on the idea of jumping through transactions with online strangers, Craig Newmark is trying to get them to hold off on clicking through. Last September, the Craiglist founder-turned-philanthropist and tech-policy activist launched Take9, a program pushing a nontechnical response to the complex problems of online scams and frauds. Traditionally, security adviceContinueContinue reading “Craiglist’s founder has some simple rules for not losing your mind—or money—on the internet”
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Google research says successfully forming a lifelong habit comes down to 1 word
Since exercise can make you smarter, less stressed, and happier, Google decided to find ways to help employees exercise more often. The research team assigned employees to one of three groups: People in one group were asked to pick a convenient two-hour window, and to follow a strict routine: something along the lines of “work out at 6 p.m.ContinueContinue reading “Google research says successfully forming a lifelong habit comes down to 1 word”
The Money People Still Won’t Admit We’re In an AI Bubble—And They Never Will
Why venture capitalists and private equity investors refuse to say the quiet part out loud. source https://www.inc.com/joe-procopio/the-money-people-still-wont-admit-were-in-an-ai-bubble-and-they-never-will/91284179
This startup helps enterprising resellers prevent nearly a million pounds of returns from ending up in landfills
Americans are likely to have spent a record $1 trillion-plus this holiday shopping season alone, and about $5.5 trillion in retail sales in all of 2025, according to estimates by the National Retail Federation. That includes many unhappy returns for retailers: And when it comes back to them, a lot of the $850 billion inContinueContinue reading “This startup helps enterprising resellers prevent nearly a million pounds of returns from ending up in landfills”
Why the best leaders treat their wardrobe like a strategic tool
Remember that scene in The Devil Wears Prada when Miranda Priestly silences Andy Sachs with a perfectly delivered monologue about a cerulean blue sweater? Andy had dismissed it as trivial—just another fashion detail. But Miranda’s lesson wasn’t about the sweater. It was about power: When you think you’re outside the system, you’re actually reinforcing it.ContinueContinue reading “Why the best leaders treat their wardrobe like a strategic tool”
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