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A viral band on Spotify is probably AI — but there’s no label to tell you
AI slop songs are flooding Spotify — and the latest hit is by an indie rock band called The Velvet Sundown. The track’s success has intensified the ongoing debate...
Rite Aid store closures: Latest list of doomed locations brings grim total to more than 1,000 pharmacies
The number of Rite Aid stores marked for closure just hit a grim milestone. In a bankruptcy court filing last week, the ill-fated pharmacy chain disclosed another 123 locations...
Your leadership playbook needs an AI update
As organizations embed artificial intelligence into business operations, the demands on leaders are changing. Today’s teams aren’t made up of people alone—they’re increasingly hybrid, with humans and AI working...
The sneaky way to to deal with public Wi-Fi restrictions
On a recent flight home to Cincinnati, I found myself in a Wi-Fi pickle. Delta was offering free in-flight Wi-Fi for all SkyMiles members, but only after logging in...
Is this Hollywood’s moment of AI reckoning?
For some in Hollywood, as Silicon Valley’s AI models have become impossible to ignore, it’s better to have a seat at the table as these new technologies emerge, rather...
Trump’s anti-EV rules aren’t stopping California’s electric truck boom—yet
This story was originally published by Grist. Sign up for Grist’s weekly newsletter here. Wes Lowe uses so much Claritin that he started an Amazon subscription to avoid running...
Traditional business planning doesn’t cut it anymore. Here’s what leaders should embrace instead
In 2019, a midsized company used a familiar tool: the classic 2×2 scenario matrix. They mapped two axes of uncertainty: economic stability and technological innovation. From that, they built...
The race to make AI as multilingual as Europe
The European Union has 24 official languages and dozens more unofficial ones spoken across the continent. If you add in the European countries outside the union, then that brings...
These three underrated features make ChatGPT way better
Often lost in the generally breathless coverage of generative AI, ChatGPT sports a few genuinely useful features that aren’t quite so obvious. These options don’t get splashy demos or...
Start your day right with these digital productivity tools
This article is republished with permission from Wonder Tools, a newsletter that helps you discover the most useful sites and apps. Subscribe here. Curious about my actual tech tool kit? I’m sharing...
How to make ‘workcations’ work
Summer is here, and “workcations,” a blend of business and personal travel, are on the rise. According to data from Engine, a group travel startup, nearly two-thirds (65%) of...
The housing market is shifting—here’s where it’s happening most rapidly
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. A few days after I launched ResiClub in October 2023, I wrote an article titled “The key housing...