One word: Whoa. A wise reader of these ramblings recently stumbled onto a discovery that still has me doing a double-take. It’s a seemingly secret website that lets you watch any YouTube video ad-free anytime—without paying a dime. It sounds too good to be true, I know—but get this: It’s actually an official Google-owned website. It just isn’t designed for public knowledge or meant to be used in quite this way, by regular ol’ YouTube-watchin’ schmoes like us. But it works, all right. And while these sorts of discoveries usually stay within my private Intelligence Insider Community, where this treasure…
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Fox and Roku are about to enter uncharted territory together. On Monday, Fox announced that it will spend $22 billion to acquire Roku, whose smart TVs and streaming players are in 100 million homes worldwide. If the deal goes through in 2027 as expected, it’ll be the first instance of a major media company having full control over a major streaming TV platform. While the two companies obviously see this as great news for them and their shareholders, they’ve left a lot of questions unanswered about what the deal means for Roku, its business, and its users. Here are a…
There’s no shortage of scams trying to get us to turn over our login information, payment details, or other critical data. But recently, bad actors online seem to be refocusing their attention on Apple users. First, it was the “iCloud storage is full” scam. Now there’s another, designed to trick not just iCloud users, but anyone with an Apple account. It’s become known as the “Apple High Alert” scam. Here’s what you need to know about it—and how to protect yourself. What is the Apple High Alert scam? Apple High Alert is the latest phishing scam targeting people with Apple…
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. Based on our analysis of the Zillow Home Value Index, U.S. home prices—including single-family and condos—rose 0.8% between May 2025 and May 2026. That pace is about the same as it was a year ago, back in May 2025, when the national year-over-year home price growth rate was 0.4%. And it’s up slightly from the recent year-over-year low of -0.01% in August 2025. In the first half of 2025, the number of major metro area housing markets seeing year-over-year declines climbed. That count…
Below, Melissa Swift shares five key insights from her new book, Effective: How to Do Great Work in a Fast-Changing World. [Photo: Wiley] Melissa is the founder and CEO of the consulting firm Anthrome Insight. She has held consulting leadership roles at Capgemini, Mercer, Korn Ferry, and Deloitte. Her quarterly columns in MIT Sloan Management Review often rank among their most-read articles, and her writing has also been featured in the New York Times, The Washington Post, and Newsweek. What’s the big idea? Many of the problems we blame on ourselves at work are actually rooted in how our jobs, tools, and organizations are designed. When…
I’ve built leadership programs at Amazon, Microsoft, and other companies. One mistake I often see is thinking that knowledge flows only from the top down. Senior leaders teach, junior employees learn, and expertise moves in just one direction. Traditionally, knowledge moved from senior leaders to new employees and from mentors to mentees. That approach still has value, but it’s no longer enough. Some of the most useful knowledge now belongs to those just entering the workforce. It’s not about being smarter; they simply grew up using tools like AI agents, generative workflows, and automation. Younger employees are comfortable with these…
If you work full-time, a significant chunk of your week is bound up with your work life. Not only are you engaged eight or more hours a day, but you’re likely to think about things going on at work even when you’re doing other things. So, while your job doesn’t need to be your primary source of life satisfaction, you will be happier overall if your job is one that you find fulfilling. Up front, it is worth pointing out that your ultimate aim should probably be satisfaction at work rather than happiness. Happiness is a momentary state that reflects…
If you’re serious about your career, then chances are you’re constantly on the hunt for resources to help you prosper at work. The most successful leaders are readers, and it’s a no-brainer that books offer the most useful guides on how to reach your professional goals. No matter what stage you’re at in your career, the list of the top 15 business books by Black authors that follows will help you navigate the workplace, reach your market, become more confident, start a business, embrace failure, boost productivity, and stay inspired while building your dream. Becoming – by Michelle Obama If…
This Sunday, June 21, is the Summer Solstice in the Northern Hemisphere, which officially marks the first day of summer. To celebrate the arrival of many people’s favorite time of the year, the supermarket giant Kroger is giving away 100,000 free pints of ice cream. But if you want one, you’ll have to act fast today. How do I get my free ice cream from Kroger? Kroger and its subsidiaries are giving away 100,000 pints of ice cream through a coupon system. Today, Friday, June 19, beginning at 12 p.m. ET, Kroger will give away the 100,000 coupons on a…
As people gather across the U.S. to celebrate Juneteenth on Friday, former President Barack Obama’s presidential center is opening its doors to the general public for the first time. Located on a sprawling campus on Chicago’s South Side, the center honoring the nation’s first Black president has been designed to inspire people to make the change they want to see in their own communities. It’s the kind of contemplation that also comes as Americans gather for Juneteenth, which celebrates the end of slavery in the U.S. The holiday marks June 19, 1865, when Union troops arrived in Galveston, Texas at the end of the…