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Ford gets a huge new headquarters for an ambitious new era
After more than 70 years, the Ford Motor Co. finally has an architectural centerpiece. The automaker’s new global headquarters has officially opened in Dearborn, Michigan, just outside Detroit and...
AI is killing privacy. We can’t let that happen
In a perfect world, my job wouldn’t exist. I’m a consumer privacy advocate, which means I spend my days fighting for something that should be automatic: your right to...
The NFL spent millions to transform Real Madrid’s stadium for a single game
New locker rooms. Rows of seats removed. Every last Real Madrid sign hidden from sight. These are just some of the measures the National Football League took to transform...
Yeti just did the unthinkable: Hire an ad agency
Outdoors brand Yeti dropped its new holiday commercial, and it has a lot of what you’d expect from a seasonal spot. “Bad Idea” outlines all the reasons you probably...
This week in business: Shutdown chaos, AI jitters, and a penny farewell
This week’s biggest business news is perhaps that the U.S. federal government shutdown finally ended; however, that ending didn’t come without more than a few noteworthy concessions. Meanwhile, a...
Ethics: My new employee refuses to do some parts of her job. Should I fire her?
A reader writes: I have a new employee who is refusing to do some parts of her job. She hasn’t done this with me directly, but when I left for...
Housing market shift: 21 major markets seeing the strongest move toward buyers
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Generally speaking, housing markets where inventory (i.e., active listings) has returned to pre-pandemic 2019 levels have experienced...
Can AI unlock a new generation of human creativity?
When the camera was invented in 1826, many people thought painting would die. But it didn’t. Instead, painters found new ways to express themselves. Painters reinvented expressionism, impressionism, and abstract...
What Ken Burns learned by making ‘The American Revolution’
Legendary documentarian Ken Burns is set to release his long-awaited series after a decade in development. In the lead-up to the premiere of The American Revolution, Burns shares key...
3 SeatGuru alternatives for finding the best airline seats
Frequent flyers and travel hackers who visited SeatGuru on October 31 were met with an unpleasant surprise: a shuttered website directing them to Tripadvisor’s homepage. After nearly a quarter-century...
