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84% of the planet’s coral is now impacted by the worst reef bleaching event ever
Harmful bleaching of the world’s coral has grown to include 84% of the ocean’s reefs in the most intense event of its kind in recorded history, the International Coral...
Apple and Meta hit with millions in antitrust fines as EU enforces Digital Markets Act
European Union watchdogs fined Apple and Meta hundreds of millions of euros Wednesday as they stepped up enforcement of the 27-nation bloc’s digital competition rules.The European Commission imposed a...
José Andrés on AI, crisis tech, and rethinking the food system
As the founder of World Central Kitchen, renowned chef and humanitarian José Andrés has truly mastered the art of leading through crisis. Andrés shares insights from his new book,...
Big Lots store openings update: Full list and map of every location that will reopen under new owner
Fans of Big Lots who were devastated when the embattled retailer filed for bankruptcy last year will be happy to learn that more than 200 locations are expected to...
The Sun Belt housing market is so weak the largest U.S. homebuilder pulls back
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. The 2025 spring selling season isn’t shaping up the way publicly traded homebuilders had hoped. KB Home, a...
Microsoft thinks AI colleagues are coming soon
Artificial intelligence has rapidly started finding its place in the workplace, but this year will be remembered as the moment when companies pushed past simply experimenting with AI and...
Boaty McBoatface submarine takes NATO-backed quantum tech underwater
UK startup Aquark Technologies has used Boaty McBoatface — the internet’s best-loved submarine — to test its quantum sensing technology underwater for the first time. The NATO-backed company put...
The Download: introducing the Creativity issue
How gamification took over the worldIt’s a thought that occurs to every video-game player at some point: What if the weird, hyper-focused state I enter when playing in virtual...
This Houston startup just won $50 million from Elon Musk’s XPrize for Carbon Removal
When Elon Musk’s foundation sponsored the $100 million XPrize for Carbon Removal—a four-year-long competition to find credible ways to eventually remove a billion tons of CO2—Musk might have expected...
Lawtech startup upgrades ‘sovereign legal AI’ amid ‘volatile’ geopolitics
Berlin-based startup Xayn has rebranded itself after its flagship product, “Noxtua” — a “sovereign European legal AI” aimed at law professionals. Alongside its new name, Noxtua has secured €80.7mn...
