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Golden Globe nominations are out: ‘One Battle After Another’ leads the way
Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another scored a leading nine nominations to the 83rd Golden Globe Awards on Monday, adding to the Oscar favorite’s momentum and handing Warner Bros. a victory amid Netflix’s...
Why deep expertise is the secret to success for today’s entrepreneurs
When Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak built Apple in a garage, the incumbents they were up against were slow-moving hardware companies. When Jeff Bezos started Amazon, Barnes & Noble...
Tekpon acquires TNW (The Next Web) brand from The Financial Times
Tekpon has acquired 100% of the TNW media and events brands, which cover and convene the European technology ecosystem, from the FT. The transaction is Tekpon’s largest investment in...
National Park Service drops free admission for MLK Day, Juneteenth, and adds Trump’s birthday
The National Park Service will offer free admission to U.S. residents on President Donald Trump‘s birthday next year — which also happens to be Flag Day — but is eliminating the...
Trump hosts Kennedy Center Honors, praising honorees and slamming his foes
President Donald Trump on Sunday hosted the Kennedy Center Honors and praised Sylvester Stallone, Kiss, Gloria Gaynor, Michael Crawford, and George Strait, the slate of honorees he helped choose, as being “legendary...
The State of AI: A vision of the world in 2030
(As part of this series, join MIT Technology Review’s editor in chief, Mat Honan, and editor at large, David Rotman, for an exclusive conversation with Financial Times columnist Richard...
AI could transform the physical world. To do so, it will need human expertise
The robots won’t be replacing us, but we will increasingly be working side-by-side with artificial intelligence tools that can then learn from our human expertise. That’s one conclusion of...
Mixed nuts are being recalled across several states just in time to ruin your holiday snacks with fears of salmonella
Mixed nuts are a common staple in many houses around the Christmas holidays. Their saltiness is a nice contrast to all the sweet festive treats that our kitchens fill...
Your next job interview could be with an AI. Here’s how to nail it
Five years ago, an algorithm decided whether your résumé ever reached a recruiter. Now, it might be the one asking you the questions. It can feel unsettling to imagine...
4 technologies that didn’t make our 2026 breakthroughs list
The 2026 list will come out on January 12—so stay tuned. In the meantime, I wanted to share some of the technologies from this year’s reject pile, as a...
Want to drive the Wienermobile? Oscar Mayer is hiring 12 Hotdoggers for a year-long road adventure
If you’ve ever dreamed of sitting behind the wheel of a giant hot dog, then you’re in luck. Oscar Mayer’s Wienermobile is in need of Gen Z drivers known...
AKQA CEO Baiju Shah explains how the agency is leveraging AI instead of being disrupted by it
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...