Somewhere in Auburn, California, a robotics startup called Satyress looked at the two great religions of modern robotics—the bipedal humanoid and the robot dog—and decided that both were not quite right. So they created Threehalves, a machine standing roughly two meters tall with a humanoid torso grafted onto a four-legged locomotion base, an angular horned skull with illuminated eyes, and power tools where its hands should be. It is, quite literally, a centaur. It’s also the stuff of nocturnal horrors. So much so, that you might think it’s a joke (Satyress did not respond to a request for comment by…
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Meta just gave investors a preview of how expensive the AI race really is, and Wall Street isn’t thrilled. The company missed earnings estimates and issued weaker-than-expected revenue guidance, sending shares down as much as 11% after-hours, CNBC reports. The real shock is that free cash flow collapsed to $784 million this quarter, down from $8.55 billion a year earlier, as Meta pours money into AI. Next year could be worse. Analysts expect Meta to burn through more than $20 billion in cash in 2027, based on $174 billion in projected spending. Deutsche Bank thinks that figure could reach $215…
Bernard Arnault has spent millions trying to change his image. It may have taken one sarcastic tweet to actually pull it off. The LVMH chairman, long nicknamed “the wolf in cashmere” and “the Terminator,” funded museums and underwrote the Paris Olympics over the past decade to soften his reputation, with little effect, the New York Times reports. Then came a three-page open letter responding to a critical Le Monde investigative series, posted to X. Instead of disagreeing with the reporting, Arnault poked fun at it, joking about details like being accused of making Hermès-tie-wearing visitors change clothes. The letter has…
Salads – along with other fresh produce – are some of the healthiest foods you can eat. Leafy greens are rich in vitamins A, C and K, folate, potassium and magnesium. They also contain lots of fiber, which supports a healthy gut microbiome, promotes fullness, helps regulate blood sugar, and may contribute to healthy aging and better cognitive function. But an ongoing 2026 outbreak of cyclosporiasis, caused by the cyclospora parasite, has sickened more than 11,500 people across the United States with explosive diarrhea and other gastrointestinal symptoms and has put a damper on salad consumption. A poll released on…
TGI Fridays is forging a path forward after a headline-grabbing bankruptcy raised doubts about its future nearly two years ago, but fans of the casual dining brand in the United States might still have harder time finding one these days. The restaurant chain has lost almost 200 locations since the beginning of 2024, according to its most recent franchise disclosure document. Some states, including New York, New Jersey, Florida, and Virginia, have seen net location losses in the double digits over that period. Reached for comment by Fast Company, a spokesperson confirmed that TGI Fridays currently has 76 U.S. locations. Its…
AI has an optics problem. For years, surveys have shown that public perception of AI is largely negative. When the Pew Research Center polled thousands of U.S. adults in 2024, only 17% of them thought the technology would have a positive impact in the years to come. Most of them were especially concerned with job losses, with 64% of respondents saying they believed AI would eliminate jobs in the near future. A Gallup poll this week indicates that Americans have actually grown more skeptical of AI, even as they have become more familiar with the technology. While over half of…
A week before Meta officially released its new Kylie Jenner-embossed smart glasses in June, 23-year-old Allison Oh had already made up her mind about them. Oh, a lifestyle and travel influencer, with more than 100,000 followers on TikTok, attended a marketing event in NYC targeting potential consumers just like her. She says she felt like a small presence in a room filled with hundreds of other content creators who she recognized as having millions upon millions of followers. “The vibes were very upscale,” she says, describing different interactive rooms demonstrating the glasses. Peggy Gou was DJing. Oh, who already owned…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Like the Ship of Theseus, entrepreneurs change over time, but many continue chasing goals designed for a version of themselves that no longer exists. They continue towards a destination they selected (or one that was selected for them) years ago and don’t question whether it still deserves the journey — because momentum feels productive and questioning their direction feels uncomfortable. Step back and ask whether the life you’re building still reflects what matters most to you now, not what you were told mattered 10 or 15 years ago. More than…
QUESTION #1: Why are you always against sanctions on Russia or Iran? WH QUESTION #2: Marty; you said the American people are more often than not anti-war. Was that limited to Vietnam? Paul ANSWER #1: Look, historically sanctions ALWAYS lead to war. Joe Biden imposed sanctions on Russia 10 months BEFORE the Ukraine-Russia War began. His administration was in the hands of the Neocons. FDR imposed sanctions on Japan BEFORE Pearl Harbor. There is no instance where sanctions were imposed that did not lead to military action. The United States imposed sanctions on Cuba BEFORE the 1962 missile crisis. The…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI adoption is not the real conversation anymore — capability is, and the gap between people using AI at the surface and those going deep is compounding into fundamentally different levels of output within the same company. The instinct to standardize AI enablement through committees and best practices breaks down at this pace of change — what actually works is protected, facilitated time (three hours minimum, no multitasking) where every operational group experiments in the context of their own work and shares what they learned. AI is not rolling out…