Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Growth metrics tell you what is happening, not necessarily why. They tell you where to look. But they don’t necessarily tell you what to fix. The same growth problem can have completely different causes. You need to understand the cause before you can confidently choose the treatment. Analytics can’t always tell you what was happening in a customer’s head when they made a decision. That is where customer interviews can help. Look for the gap between what you expected customers to do and what they actually did. Then try to…
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As news of additional AI model security incidents continues to roll out, Nvidia has unveiled a new security platform it says will prevent AI agents from breaking containment and hacking into other companies. The chipmaker has teamed with more than 100 companies, including Cisco, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, Dell, HPE, Lenovo, Arm, and Intel, on the initiative. OpenAI was not included among the companies participating in the effort. The security launch came the same day Nvidia announced a $150 billion increase to its share-repurchase program, the largest such authorization in U.S. history. The company, now worth more than $5 trillion, has…
The Trump administration on Monday plans to release new fuel economy standards that would relax regulatory requirements for automakers to control pollution from gasoline-powered cars and light trucks.President Donald Trump said on his Truth Social media account Saturday that the less stringent mileage requirements would “take the waste out of building cars in America” and save families “thousands on a new, beautiful and safe car,” while boosting auto production in the U.S.Last December, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration projected that the new standards would set the industry fleetwide average for light-duty vehicles at roughly 34.5 miles per gallon in…
Travelers could be stuck paying high airfares even if oil and jet fuel prices fall, major U.S. airlines and industry analysts say.The price of jet fuel shot up after the Iran war began and retreated sharply in the spring before surging again as the summer went on. Such fluctuations make it harder for airlines to plan ahead and give them a reason to be cautious about lowering ticket prices, according to Brett House, an economist who teaches at Columbia Business School.Jet fuel has risen even faster than oil during the war, reflecting both higher crude prices and tight supplies of…
Employee confidence has hit a 10-year low. According to a new report for September from the Glassdoor Employee Confidence Index, just 42.9% of employees surveyed had a positive six-month outlook for their employer’s business, down from 44.5% last month. The data comes from a Glassdoor survey question that asks employees to rate their company’s six-month business outlook as “positive,” “neutral,” or “negative.” Words of the moment: ‘recession,’ ‘layoffs,’ ‘AI’ “Over the last year, employee confidence has continued to grind lower as anxiety around job security, economic uncertainty, and inflation mount,” the report states. It goes on to say that mentions…
Even the government sometimes freaks out about changes to the terms and conditions. Documents obtained by Fast Company through a public records request show that officials of at least two federal agencies were, at least briefly, anxious about whether Amazon might have been allowed to train its AI using government data. The concerns appear to have been short lived, but the exchange highlights how dependent federal agencies have become on companies like Amazon to host government software and data. It also raises questions about whether officials always understand the terms they agree to when contracting with those companies. The exchange…
The people of northern Virginia have been living with data centers for many years. The area is home to the world’s largest concentration of data centers. In a survey we conducted, we found northern Virginians support development restrictions that could make data centers more transparent and accountable to the public. But they care about some types of regulations more than others. As public concerns about data centers’ electricity demand and effects on the environment and surrounding communities have grown around the nation, organized opposition to their construction is also on the rise—not only around the country but also at the…
QUESTION: I believe you once said that 2032 would be the half-cycle of 4300 years from the Persian conquest of the city of Ur, which prompted Abraham to migrate to Canaan, and that 8600 years ago was the time of Noah and the great flood. Do I remember that correctly? Ellis ANSWER: As far as the cycles are concerned, around 6500BC corresponds to th full cycle of 8600 years back from 2032. The story of the Great Flood exists in many cultures in the West as well as in Asia. The Hindu tradition features the story of Manu, who is…
There is a strange asymmetry in visual culture. Almost anyone can recognize a cinematic image within a second of seeing it. Most of us cannot say why the skin tones feel right, or why light falling through a window seems to breathe rather than overexpose, but we intuitively know. A century of film has trained several billion people to read light with real sophistication. But not many have the means to recreate that movie magic for themselves. Smartphones have been the greatest drivers of creative democratization over the past 15 years, giving millions of people a powerful voice and platform.…
Students across Germany protest against MANDATORY MILITARY SERVICE — 2.5K registered in Hamburg They intend to strike until conscription issue taken off the agenda *Germany MAY reintroduce mandatory military service if there’s shortage of recruits pic.twitter.com/A0VrgJDySo — RTBreaking (@RT_Breaking_) September 25, 2026 Something is happening in Germany that the politicians pushing Europe toward militarization should pay very close attention to. More than 45,000 students walked out of their classrooms across over 100 cities to protest the country’s new military-service system and the possibility that compulsory service will follow. These are the young people Berlin expects to put in uniform, and…