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- This founder made millions when LinkedIn bought his start-up—but the stress landed him in the hospital. Now he’s built another $825 million brand
Rahul Vohra says transcendental meditation and a healthier lifestyle helped him avoid “existential dread” when selling his second company to Grammarly.
- FDR’s lesson for AI regulation
Like the financial industry of the 1930s, the AI industry is currently largely unregulated, heightening fears that it could do widespread harm.
- America’s budget, the bond market and the national debt at 250: Gradually, then suddenly
America’s debt is rising by the trillion. Congress is still refusing to face the bill.
- Gen Z can’t control the future, so they’re paying witches and tarot readers to make it feel more manageable
A fragmented $2.3 billion industry is turning tarot, astrology, and spell work into personalized guidance for an uncertain generation.
- I place the world’s top software engineers and interviewed over 10,000 job seekers. The difference on paper and in person is wider than ever
AI has made hiring noisier, but the basics of standing out have not changed.
Technology
- Milt Windler, NASA flight director who helped save Apollo 13, dies at 94
"...we were making history."
- The dawn of the age of the exoskeleton
The devices continue to show noticeable benefits for users in various real-world tasks.
- Apple changes full-disk access permissions to curb abuse from AI agents
Meta says FDA isn't sufficient to Muse reading messages. Apple begs to differ.
- Someone got Doom in an SQL database
1,300 lines of SQL querying renders accurate bitmapped views of Hell at 35 fps.
- Amazon’s $1B plan to combat data center backlash draws more backlash
Amazon praised for ending NDAs but slammed for downplaying data center pollution.
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