Iran is asserting control over the Strait of Hormuz even as the U.S. and Israel continue to bombard the country, first by bringing traffic to a near standstill with attacks on ships and then by choosing who can travel through…
A parent wants to see their kid make it in life. Maybe that’s going to a good school. Maybe it’s curing some disease or making it to the big leagues. And a parent wants to help with that journey—after all,…
Chuck Norris, dead at 86, was a certain type of hairy 1980s American man. For the uninitiated, here are a few jokes that Gen Xers and millennials used to make in middle school about the all-American martial arts star of…
The Middle East’s thriving luxury sector isn’t immune to the war in Iran, and CEOs of top brands have their eyes on the region. “Clearly, we look close and every day on the situation,” Hugo Boss CEO Daniel Grieder said…
White-collar tech roles have faced waves of layoffs in recent months, as companies like Amazon, Meta and Oracle trim headcounts in the name of efficiency. But the same firms culling workers are running into a roadblock with their AI ambitions:…
It all began with an anonymous Twitter handle named “Ivan the K.” The self-appointed “Lead Independent Director of Finance Twitter” had a dark theory in the depths of the pandemic. In 2020, they asked the universe, “Why is no one…
Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday’s show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy…
The White House on Friday released its framework for how it wishes Congress will address the issue of artificial intelligence. The legislative blueprint, released on its website, outlines a half-dozen guiding principles for lawmakers to keep in mind when developing…
The age of the mega-IPO is upon us and, for venture capital, it could create as many problems as it solves. As rumors swirl that SpaceX, OpenAI, and Anthropic may hit the public markets in 2026, this trio would mark…
Oil declined to $109 per barrel after Israel’s Benjamin Netanyahu said his forces would no longer target Iran’s energy infrastructure. Netanyahu also said Iran’s ability to enrich uranium had been destroyed—a key war goal. “This war [is] ending a lot…