Reese Witherspoon has established herself as a businesswoman committed to feminism. Her media brand Hello Sunshine’s mission is to “put women at the center of every story,” and her much-memed quote that “women’s stories matter—they just matter!” is nearly as recognizable as her roles in Legally Blonde and Big Little Lies. But Witherspoon’s latest Instagram post has social media questioning that image. The actress encouraged women to get educated about AI, lest they be “left behind” as the technology comes for their careers. In her video, Witherspoon described being at a book club with 10 other women and asking them…
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About an hour after the men’s college basketball season ended in Indianapolis with a Michigan Wolverines’ championship on April 6, the team’s coaching staff was already working hard at trying to win the next one. The transfer portal—a digital compliance tool and database to systematically manage the transfer process for student-athletes—opened for Division I men’s basketball players at midnight after the title game, and it set off a firestorm of entries with players seeking massive paydays. However, the public doesn’t actually know for certain who is getting how much money. And in today’s disinformation economy, digital spaces have become a…
It’s been a rough several years for restaurant chains. Many have been facing headwinds on two fronts: consumers who are pulling back on discretionary spending as inflationary pressures bite, and rising operating costs. These pressures have resulted in numerous chains filing for bankruptcy. Now, another chain’s owner has joined those ranks: 801 Restaurant Group, the parent company of the 801 Chophouse chain of steakhouses, has filed for bankruptcy. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Earlier this month, 801 Restaurant Group, owner of several companies that own 801 Chophouse, 801 Fish, and 801 Local, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy…
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is warning restaurants and retailers not to sell or serve recalled shellfish from a Washington State company due to potential norovirus contamination. The recalled shellfish was harvested on March 22 through April 9, according to a safety alert from the FDA. The alert follows an April 10 recall conducted by the Washington State Department of Health, cautioning the FDA about all species of shellstock from the company, Gomez Shellfish, due to norovirus-like illnesses that were associated with the consumption of raw oysters. Norovirus is a contagious virus that causes vomiting and diarrhea and is…
Oil prices dropped more than 10% Friday, and U.S. stocks raced toward another record after Iran said the Strait of Hormuz is open again for commercial tankers carrying oil from the Persian Gulf to customers worldwide. The S&P 500 leaped 1.5% as Wall Street rallied to the finish of a third straight week of big gains, its longest streak since Halloween. A freer flow of oil would take pressure off prices not only for gasoline but also for groceries and all kinds of other products that get moved by vehicles. It could even ultimately help people pay less on credit-card interest or mortgage bills. The Dow…
Most business leaders are laser-focused on the existential threat that AI poses, with many of them citing it as a reason for major layoffs. At an event on April 15, however, Indeed CEO Hisayuki “Deko” Idekoba suggested there’s another force that will wreak havoc on the labor market—one that he argued is more pressing. “Actually, what is happening in all developed countries, including European countries and the U.S. . . . is a big demographic change: an aging labor market,” Idekoba said at Semafor’s World Economy Summit, Business Insider reported. He said the sheer number of people aging out of the workforce…
If you’ve been curious about #vanlife but can’t justify dropping $100,000 on a kitted-out camper, a new patent from a Chinese automaker offers a compromise—but you might not like it. Seres, a prominent EV maker out of China, just secured a patent for an in-car toilet that slides out and tucks away beneath the seat. The patent, first reported outside of China by Autoblog, was filed in April 2025, approved last week, and is currently active. The patented design looks practical enough, with a rail system that allows a compact toilet to slide out from under the seat like a…
Just because a startup fails doesn’t mean it can’t cash out big. According to a report by Forbes, defunct companies are selling their digital footprints to AI companies as training data—and making real money from it. Shanna Johnson, the CEO of now-defunct software company cielo24, told the publication that she was able to sell every Slack message, internal email and Jira ticket as training data for “hundreds of thousands of dollars.” This isn’t a one-off scenario. SimpleClosure, a startup that helps companies like cielo24 shut down, told Forbes that there’s been major interest from AI companies trying to get their…
When Maria looked at herself in the mirror for the first time after her mastectomy, she stood very still. One hand rested on the bathroom counter. The other hovered near the flat space where her breast had been. The scar was raw and angry. The loss was quiet but enormous. Her body felt foreign. In moments like these, people are often urged to be resilient – which can feel like being told to show no weakness, to push through no matter what. Or they imagine resilience as bouncing back: returning somehow unscathed to be the person you were before. But…
AI companies love to make bold claims about healthcare. Alphabet’s Isomorphic tells us that “frontier AI can unlock deeper scientific insights, faster breakthroughs, and life-changing medicines.” Lila confidently markets its AI as a tool for “faster discovery for every field where breakthrough science matters.” And they’re spending as though they believe the hype. Anthropic recently acquired stealth startup Coefficient Bio for $400 million. But there’s only one true test of any healthcare AI: Did it work in humans? Did it create a medicine that saved someone’s life? And bluntly, most companies have not achieved that. Let’s look at the number…