Latest News
Teen AI Founders Have More Money Than Ever — and Less Room to Fail
AI tools let founders start companies in their teens, but investors now demand growth in months, not years — and every s...
Apple and Samsung push leasing and subscriptions as phone upgrade cycles stretch to four years
Apple and Samsung are betting on leases and subscriptions as people hold onto phones longer. Who the math favors, and wh...
Textile Exchange Sets 2027 Deadline for Mohair Standard Transition
Textile Exchange is folding its Responsible Mohair Standard into the new Materials Matter Standard, with certified selle...
Textile Exchange Opens Nominations for 2026 Climate and Nature Impact Awards
The textile sustainability group is accepting nominations until July 3, 2026, spotlighting prior winners in direct cotto...
Japan's Environment Ministry Sets Social Media Rules for Its Official Accounts
Japan's environment ministry says its X and Facebook accounts will run as one-way information channels, with user inquir...
Japan’s Environment Ministry: A Guide to Its Six Policy Divisions and Mandates
A look at how Japan’s Environment Ministry is organized — from regional decarbonization targets and pollution control to...
States Tighten Scrutiny of AI-Based Insurance Pricing Fairness
Colorado, New York, D.C. and Washington state are moving to govern how insurers test pricing models for bias — and actua...
Nationwide: Cattle Values Are Rising Fast and Farm Coverage Needs to Catch Up
Cattle numbers are low, inflation is broad and protein demand is strong — a combination that is lifting herd values and,...
2026 GMC Hummer EV H3X Review: Big, Fast, Flawed and Hard to Dislike
The 2026 GMC Hummer EV H3X Pickup pairs 1,160 hp with a 9,063-lb curb weight, a $131,770 price tag and plenty of rough e...
German Unemployment Passes Three Million Again as July Data Swells
Germany's jobless count returned above three million in July, lifting the unemployment rate to 6.4 percent — though most...
Missed the July 31 Tax Deadline? You Can Still File — and Likely Get a Refund
The July 31 deadline has passed for most German taxpayers, but the Finanzamt rarely punishes a first late filing — and 8...
DB CEO Palla Denounces 'Organised Irresponsibility' as Punctuality Stays at 58.7%
Deutsche Bahn's chief Evelyn Palla blames 'organised irresponsibility' for the rail operator's failures — and warns that...
Annuity Growth Now Hinges on Life-Insurance Back-Office Modernization
Record $464.1B annuity sales and an aging population raise the stakes for insurers to connect fragmented sales, service ...
For Colorado Small Businesses, Cyber Insurance Is About Proof, Not Just Price
A broker's warning: falling cyber rates mask stricter underwriting, while Colorado's 30-day breach-notice law leaves sma...
WEF’s Global Cybersecurity Outlook 2026 Puts AI, Geopolitics and Cyber Inequity at the Centre
The World Economic Forum’s annual cybersecurity report, produced with Accenture, flags faster, more complex attacks driv...
Space Economy Set to Nearly Triple to $1.8 Trillion by 2035, WEF-McKinsey Report Says
A WEF-McKinsey study projects the global space economy will rise from $630 billion in 2023 to $1.8 trillion by 2035, as ...
ExeMES by Exeplant, Backed by Softline, Named Leader in Russian MES Market by TAdviser
TAdviser ranked Exeplant's ExeMES among the top Russian manufacturing execution systems after reviewing 19 vendors again...
Ukraine's Filling Stations Cap Diesel Sales as Fuel Shortage Deepens
Ukrainian fuel retailers are restricting diesel purchases to 50–100 liters per customer as supply tightens, prices keep ...
Women's Sports Draw Bigger Ad Bets as Marketers Chase a Different Kind of Fan
Rising women's sports viewership is pulling in ad tech platforms and DOOH campaigns, but the data infrastructure to back...
Daniel Vergara: Life Cinemas' Recipe for Standing Out in an Age of Information Overload
LIFE Cinemas' marketing chief Daniel Vergara explains how focus, consistency and popcorn built the chain's 'cinema for p...
Japan's Official Statistics Portal e-Stat and Its Mapping Tool, jSTAT MAP
Japan's e-Stat portal aggregates roughly 700 official datasets, and its jSTAT MAP tool turns them into maps for regional...
School Specialty to Acquire Nasco Education U.S. in K-12 Supplies Consolidation
School Specialty, which supplies five in every six U.S. school districts, is acquiring Nasco Education U.S., uniting two...
COVID School Closures: Five Years On, Student Recovery Remains Uneven
An education news roundup finds uneven academic recovery and lingering developmental gaps five years after COVID-19 clos...
NIH Lasker Scholars Program Offers 10-Year Funding Path for Clinical Researchers
An NIH-Lasker Foundation partnership gives early-career clinical researchers up to a decade of funding and an unusual in...
American University’s New Interim President Biked the Pyrenees and Raised $172,000
David Marchick started his new job on July 1 — then spent six days climbing Tour de France routes, raising $172,000 for ...
Crawl of Mayo Clinic Page Returns Disease Index, Not a News Story
A crawl of Mayo Clinic's site captured a cross-reference index of conditions rather than a news article; here's what the...
Andes Hantavirus on the MV Hondius: The Outbreak Explained
Infectious disease specialists assess the Andes hantavirus outbreak on the MV Hondius, the evidence for human-to-human s...
Non-Opioid Pain Relief Matches Opioids After Minimally Invasive Hysterectomy
A randomized trial found acetaminophen and ibuprofen alone were as effective as an opioid-inclusive regimen after minima...
Progressive's Dr. Rick Flips the Script in New 'Let It Out' Campaign
The insurer's long-running character stops fighting 'Parentamorphosis' and urges young homeowners to embrace their inner...
China Vows Response as US Expands Forced-Labor Import Ban to 187 Firms
Washington adds 43 Chinese companies to its forced-labor import blacklist, prompting Chinese retaliation threats ahead o...