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Fat Bear Week 2025: Here’s what to know and how to vote for your favorite chunky contender
Get your popcorn (and maybe a plate of salmon sashimi) ready: Fat Bear Week, the annual competition to crown the rotundest brown bear at Alaska’s Katmai National Park, is...
Nissan’s latest comeback attempt: self-driving vehicles equipped with Wayve’s technology
Japanese automaker Nissan is developing vehicles with self-driving technology as it works to turn around its struggling auto business.In a recent demonstration of the technology developed by British company...
Rimowa is making leather handbags now
Rimowa—the iconic luggage brand famous for its grooved aluminum suitcases—is stepping into a new category: leather handbags. Today, the brand launches the Groove Collection, four leather bags that come...
Trump’s steep new fees on H-1B visas are causing U.S. tech shares to drop
Shares of U.S. technology companies slipped on Monday after President Donald Trump unveiled steep new visa fees as part of his immigration crackdown, raising concerns over higher labor costs...
This is how Gen Z is ‘AI-proofing’ their careers
The conversation around AI is deafening. Headlines shout disruption, executives debate productivity, and experts argue endlessly about timelines. But in the middle of all that noise, Gen Z’s response...
Your company’s next CEO might be a ‘multihyphenate’
Hello and welcome to Modern CEO! I’m Stephanie Mehta, CEO and chief content officer of Mansueto Ventures. Each week this newsletter explores inclusive approaches to leadership drawn from conversations...
Loneliness can be deadly for cancer patients. This app helps foster connections
Amaya Matos was 19 years old when she was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia. She’d just graduated high school, but instead of heading off to college or hanging out...
I gave ChatGPT $500 of real money to invest in stocks. Its picks surprised me
When OpenAI launched its new GPT-5 model in August, the company bragged loud and hard about how GPT-5 is its “smartest, fastest, most useful model yet” and how interacting...
Ikea’s outgoing CEO on succession, sustainability, and knowing when to move on
After eight years at the helm of Ingka Group, the operating entity behind home-furnishing giant Ikea, CEO Jesper Brodin is stepping down. Brodin explains why now was the right...
5 time-saving Outlook features you’re probably overlooking
I’m a big fan of efficiency, mostly because I’m also a big fan of doing as little work as possible while still getting things done. Thankfully, Microsoft Outlook is...
The real workplace revolution isn’t AI, it’s human happiness
We are living through an AI revolution. Boards are green-lighting pilots and buying AI licenses to maximize employee productivity. However, the most powerful performance lever in the modern workplace...
Use the 2-7-30 rule to radically improve your memory
This is a column about a helpful trick that will radically improve your memory with minimal effort so you can learn faster. But before I get to the science...