Apple’s latest mobile operating system update, iOS 27, rolled out last week, headlined by a more advanced version of its Siri assistant. But it also comes with a slew of other useful but less well known features for iPhone users.The software upgrade, which is available for devices dating back to the iPhone 11 from 2019, includes a number of refinements and improvements to make things run faster, such as apps loading more quickly.There are new features powered by Apple Intelligence, but they’re only available on newer devices, starting from iPhone 16, iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max models.…
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As things stand, any American born in 1960 or later can’t access their full Social Security benefits until the age of 67. A new bill is hoping to change that. On Wednesday, Democratic congresswoman Haley Stevens of Michigan introduced the Blue Collar Social Security Fairness Act. The bill would allow workers in “physically demanding jobs” to access their full Social Security retirement benefits at the age of 60. “Michiganders who work with their hands shouldn’t have to work until their bodies give out to retire,” Stevens said in a statement shared on X. “If you put in the work, you…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Schedule recovery like a fixed cost, not a reward. Take the long reset before the business forces it. Build delegation capacity, so rest is structurally possible. Protect small recovery windows. In November, a small-business owner wrote in CNBC about a habit that sounds almost reckless on paper. Every quarter, she shuts her seven-person company down for a full week. No emails, no meetings, no work — for everyone, including her. She built the closure into the business model itself, alerting clients ahead of time and letting automated systems cover the…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Being right and being trusted aren’t the same thing, and a decision can win one while completely losing the other. Before you act on a decision the data supports, test how the people affected will feel about it, not just whether the numbers back it up. When a decision that feels right turns out to be built on incomplete information, reversing it quickly and openly rebuilds trust faster than defending it ever will. I’ve worked with founders who have similar stories about a decision that checked out on paper and…
Scott Bessent, the US treasury secretary, announced that the treasury department would triple its buyback of US treasuries, increasing the operation from $2bn to $6bn. I have clients who can triple that in seconds. Bessent was part of the whole group of what I call “The Club.” They were never traders, they sought only the “guaranteed” trade. They would gang up together to manipulate a market like Russia in 1998. They assumed that the IMF would never allow Russia to default. In 1998, yields on Russian GKOs reached as high as 150% annually due to the country’s severe fiscal issues…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Unlike closed models, open-weight models let organizations control model versions, fine-tuning and deployment while keeping sensitive data within a chosen legal jurisdiction. Open-weight models reduce dependence on a single provider’s API, infrastructure and pricing, making models and accumulated knowledge easier to transfer between providers and projects. Open ecosystems allow businesses to benefit from community contributions and independently test security, while licences such as Apache 2.0 define how models may be modified and used commercially. On July 24, Nvidia joined Microsoft, Meta, IBM, Hugging Face, Mistral and other technology organizations in…
Beginning in 2027, qualified artificial intelligence researchers will once again be permitted to satisfy their military obligations by working in laboratories at major corporations rather than interrupting their careers for conventional military service. This program has effectively been closed to the large conglomerates since 2013. Now, Seoul is bringing it back specifically for AI. That tells you precisely how important artificial intelligence has become to national security. Seoul has concluded that taking highly trained AI specialists out of laboratories and putting them into conventional military service can actually weaken the country. The government will allocate 240 positions for master’s-level AI…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Define the reward before the risk by writing down the three best outcomes, then ask what the worst realistic outcome is and whether the business could survive it. Build flexibility into every major decision — pilot before you commit, enter markets gradually — because the ability to adapt matters more than the original plan. Entrepreneurs are often told that success comes from taking risks. The advice sounds inspiring, but the best leaders rarely take blind risks. They make informed decisions with measured risk.Over the years, my brother Sterling and I…
Israeli Defense Minister Israel Katz has now said something that should disturb anyone. According to The Jerusalem Post, Katz threatened to destroy what remains of Gaza City and forcibly evacuate around ONE MILLION Palestinians if Hamas takes a single Israeli hostage. Think about what is being said. One person is captured and a million people may be driven from their homes while what remains of their city is destroyed. The Jerusalem Post itself acknowledged that such a statement could make Israel’s defense against genocide and war crimes accusations at The Hague more difficult because international law requires proportionality. This is…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways The most expensive mistake happens before the agency does a single hour of work: The agency and client rarely discuss what the business actually needs to look different in six months for the engagement to have been worth it. Your first marketing retainer is a significant bet. The agencies that will serve you best are the ones willing to be held accountable to a number that actually matters to your business. A founder I work with hired a marketing agency eight months into his startup. Solid agency, good reputation, reasonable…