The computer is warning of chaos ahead. If there is ever an election to be challenged, this is it. Under House rules, a Member-elect can challenge another Member-elect’s right to be sworn in. If a challenge is made, the challenged member steps aside while the rest of the House is sworn in. The seated majority then votes on how to handle the challenge, which could include referring it to committee, effectively delaying seating. Some conservative lawmakers, like Rep. Keith Self (R-Texas), have floated using this maneuver to block Democratic Socialists from being seated, arguing their platform is incompatible with the…
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Let’s try a little thought experiment in technology-fiction: what would have happened if Larry Page and Sergey Brin’s PageRank, back in 1998, had failed to attract its first investors? Google didn’t invent the search engine: there were plenty of them before, from AltaVista, Excite, Lycos or others who were counting words on pages and selling their results page to the highest bidder, to catalog or portal concepts such as Yahoo! or AOL, that attempted to capture the users’ attention as much as they could to be able to serve them advertising, the more the better. Imagine if these concepts would…
On Sunday, November 1, the Big Apple will be taken over by running enthusiasts. The TCS New York City Marathon is back for the 50th anniversary of its expanded course. Here’s everything you need to know, from the history of the race to road closures, as well as how to tune in and cheer from the comfort of your couch. A brief history of the NYC Marathon One hundred and twenty-seven runners began the first New York City Marathon on September 13, 1970. Fifty-five finished the race located in Manhattan’s Central Park, which was put on by the New York…
New York City is gearing up for another big weekend. This year, there are just eight hours between the end of the Halloween parade and the start of the marathon. Organizers of the former expect 80,000 participants in costume and 2 million spectators, while the latter will host 60,000 runners and 2.5 million fans on the sidelines cheering them on. The two routes don’t intersect, but the streets will be unusually busy. And preparing them for the crowds and their aftermath will involve an army of hundreds of sanitation trucks and workers. “I think the great thing about New York…
Eight years ago, Otter.ai’s pitch for its transcription app was pretty straightforward: The Mountain View, California-based startup would turn audio into readable text in real time. And it would do it for free. But in 2026, the company is now competing against a chorus of competitors that all leverage AI to provide real-time transcription. Otter’s answer to that challenge amounts to changing the channel—to go beyond transcribing to extracting insights from all that banter. “As our CEO Sam [Liang] has shared a number of times, a transcription was never the end goal,” says Otter’s new CMO Alex Gay. “The opportunity…
When the Eames Institute of Infinite Curiosity released renderings of its new museum last week, it aimed to show how a museum campus could encapsulate the legacy of the 20th century’s most famous design couple, Charles and Ray Eames. The architectural project—helmed by museum design heavyweight Herzog & de Meuron, along with local firm EHDD and landscape architecture firm Field Operations—is meant to be more a celebration of the Eameses’ philosophies and ideas than an Eames theme park. “We try to ask as frequently as possible, ‘What can only happen here?’” says John Cary, the institute’s founding president and CEO.…
There’s a lot to love about iOS 27 and macOS 27, the new operating systems released for iPhone and Mac last month. The Liquid Glass design language now has a fluidity and polish that it lacked when introduced last year in iOS 26 and macOS 26. But as much as I love the new operating systems, there’s one thing that has driven me crazy ever since I updated my devices: the “Write with Siri” tool, which appears as a popover floating toolbar on the Mac and a big button above the keyboard on iPhone. The tool, part of the new…
Healthcare costs are a major concern for Americans, and health insurance premiums are a primary fuel for that anxiety. Shrinking federal subsidies for Affordable Care Act plans led to large premium increases for millions of Americans in 2025, causing many people to drop coverage. With premiums expected to rise further and Medicaid work requirements set to begin in January 2027, many Americans are left scrambling for affordable options. We are health economists who study public policies aimed at expanding health insurance coverage. When it comes to our own health insurance, we are fortunate: We are among the roughly 160 million…
Would you be as proud to tell someone your child is an electrician as you would be to say they are a business major? We rely on these workers to build our infrastructure, power our industries, and keep essential systems running. Yet we still talk about their careers as if they’re somehow less ambitious. The result? A persistent shortage of skilled-trade workers at a time when too few young people see technical careers as first-choice options. Many keep talking about this as a skill shortage. But there’s actually a mismatch between where demand is concentrated and the specific skills employers…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Discover seven surprising ways AI can help you build and run a one-person business. See how to turn a business bottleneck into a clear assignment for an AI specialist. Explore app building, customer recovery and AI teamwork without hiring staff or writing code. What could you build if your one-person business had the capabilities of a team? A working app, a customer-recovery campaign or a clearer picture of what’s driving revenue could start with an assignment you give AI. In the video above, I demonstrate seven practical possibilities, including AI…