As the person who helped Mark Zuckerberg recruit Sheryl Sandberg to Facebook, I take no joy in the news that Sandberg is leaving her post as chief operating officer.
I first encountered Sheryl Sandberg when she was chief of staff to Treasury Secretary Larry Summers during the Clinton administration. Sandberg reached out to introduce me to Bono, who later became my business partner. Sheryl…
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OceanGate said it has halted all exploration and business operations, just a few weeks after five people were killed in a company-owned submersible on an expedition to see the wreck of the Titanic.
A banner on the company’s website announcing the news offered no further details.
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In 1950, the English computer scientist Alan Turing devised a test he called the imitation game: could a computer program ever convince a human interlocutor that he was talking to another human, rather than to a machine?
The Turing test, as it became known, is often thought of as a test of whether a computer could ever really “think.” But Turing actually intended it as an illu…
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Amazon’s biggest sale of the year, Amazon Prime Day, starts Tuesday, July 12. What started as a one-day sale has morphed into a two-day event, running through July 13, giving bargain hunters more time to search for deals.
Amazon Prime Day can be a little overwhelming, with lots of items on sale and many popular ones selling out quickly due to limited inventory and high demand. It ca…
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On March 9, the major U.S. credit card companies, Visa, Mastercard, and American Express, announced that they were not going ahead with implementing a new code that identifies purchases from gun stores as different from purchases from big-box or other outdoor stores. The code, approved in September 2022 by the International Organization of Standardization (ISO), which regulates the internationa…
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It’s not hard to see how the COVID-19 pandemic, supply chain disruptions, and the war in Ukraine have slowed down efforts to make companies and economies greener and less reliant on fossil fuels.
However, Piyush Gupta, the CEO of Singapore-based multinational bank DBS, believes these factors will ultimately accelerate sustainability efforts.
Speaking at the TIME100 Leadership …
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The subject line of the email from his employer was enough to whip Gus Azusenis into a frenzy. “UPDATE,” he read, a lump forming in his throat as he noted the urgency in all the capital letters. Then came the word he had been dreading for months: “RETURN.”
Even without reading the message, Azusenis knew what it would say—that after more than a year, employees…
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A Starbucks logo is seen as members and supporters of Starbucks Workers United protest outside of a Starbucks store in Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C., on Nov. 16, 2023.Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images
Starbucks workers at unionized cafes will receive the pay hikes that their nonunion coworkers first …
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Terran Orbital's banner above the New York Stock Exchange on March 28, 2022.Terran Orbital
Lockheed Martin submitted a bid to acquire spacecraft manufacturer Terran Orbital, the defense giant revealed in a securities filing on Fri…
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Rivian CEO RJ Scaringe reacts at an event to unveil a smaller R2 SUV in Laguna Beach, California, U.S., March 7, 2024.Mike Blake | Reuters
Shares of Rivian Automotive surged 13% on Thursday as the EV maker unveiled three new vehicles and announced m…
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