A blood test may predict if apparently healthy older adults are likely to develop Alzheimer’s symptoms in the next five or 10 years, researchers reported Wednesday.That information could be reassuring or terrifying, but for now it’s a potential tool to speed drug development by helping to identify and enroll high-risk people into studies of possible Alzheimer’s treatments or preventive strategies.Already large clinical trials are testing if certain drugs could prevent or at l...
For generations, Monopoly has let players dream of becoming real estate tycoons. Now, Netflix is turning that fantasy into a $2 million reality competition.
Ikea’s newest collection is designed to move. And move. And move.
New York City is lending its iconic I ♥ NY logo to your lips.
Hidden in a forest south of Bend, Oregon, a first-of-its-kind clean energy project is starting to take shape. Called Project Obsidian, the “superhot” geothermal power plant will deliver 24/7 electricity—and could soon compete on cost with fossil fuels as it pioneers new drilling technology.
Whether you’re grilling one out in the backyard or enjoying one with all the fixins’ at a baseball game, nothing says American summer like a hot dog.
In May, Meta laid off 10% of its workforce, impacting nearly 8,000 employees. On Monday, a group of current and former staffers filed a lawsuit alleging the company used AI to target those with disabilities or on medical or family leave for layoffs.
My kids were finally almost grown, and I was in my late 50s, when my mother started to fall. Not once. A series of falls, each one taking a little more of her, until the word the doctors used was acute. My husband and I drove out into the high desert and hiked, because that is what we do when we can no longer think and have to anyway. Somewhere on that trail I understood the shape of the choice in front of me.
As a kid, I was a perfectionist who had meltdowns if I colored even a little outside the lines. Arguably, my unrealistic standards for myself might have helped me perform better in school. But I still wouldn’t recommend them to anyone. My perfectionism didn’t just make me cranky and hard to deal with. (Sorry, Mom.) It also often prevented me from engaging in the messy but essential process of trying new things, screwing up, and learning from experience.
Call it AV déjà vu: Once again, Waymo’s performance during a major disruption is raising questions about whether it is ready to operate at scale.
Zohran Mamdani just offered to babysit 500 New York City children. Well, kind of.This week, the 34-year-old mayor announced a city-wide Parents’ Night Out. The city-sponsored event will offer free childcare for up to 500 NYC children on Aug. 16 for four hours. “Every parent knows that a few hours to yourself can feel like a luxury. It shouldn’t be,” Mamdani said in a prepared speech introducing the event.
Anthropic’s newest commercial begins with a sharp piano note, and what sounds like recordings of people asking tough questions of our current moment navigating artificial intelligence.
There’s no shortage of drama when it comes to the largest merger in Hollywood history. Earlier this year, Netflix dropped out of its bid to acquire Warner Bros. Discovery (WBD) after Paramount Skydance made an offer that was more attractive to WBD shareholders.
In a recent opinion piece for Fast Company, I wrote about five qualities that will distinguish exceptional leaders in the age of artificial intelligence: IQ, EQ, TQ, WQ, and VQ.
For years, “swivel chair work” was shorthand for a very real problem: employees spinning between applications, copying data from one system to another, and chasing approvals through multiple inboxes. The term stuck because it was accurate.
Shares in PayPal Holdings (Nasdaq: PYPL) are skyrocketing in premarket trading this morning after a report that the legacy digital payments platform has received a joint buyout offer from one of today’s most successful fintech companies and a major private equity firm. Here’s what you need to know.