Some of the world’s most successful business leaders are voracious readers. Bill Gates told The New York Times in 2016 that he reads 50 books a year. Warren Buffett is said to spend as much as 80% of his working day reading and thinking. In 2000, when a Columbia Business School student asked him how
Apple unveiled a slate of new smart home gadgets at its aptly named “Welcome Home” event today, including its first (and highly anticipated) smart home hub. That flagship announcement came alongside much-needed refreshes for Apple’s HomePod Mini and TV 4K devices, and a selection of new smart home and security accessories designed together with trusted
Apple’s defending its distribution moat by setting up one around your home. At 9 a.m. ET, the company will hold an event — “Welcome Home” — where it’s expected to unveil some smart-home devices as part of its bigger strategy in the space. Details are scant. Apple’s teaser only includes a catchy tune and someone
Elon Musk has handed out at least $276 million to Republican groups since July, The New York Times reports, making him both the party’s top known donor and the biggest established midterm donor. $158 million of that money — one of the largest political donations in American history — has been funneled into the Senate
As important as some of the messages in The Social Reckoning are, the movie has been drastically underperforming at the box office. Per Variety, Aaron’s Sorkin’s follow up to The Social Network only grossed a measly $5.5 million this past weekend against a budget that’s somewhere within the $30–42 million range. That would make it
Forward-deployed engineers are all the rage in AI, and Anthropic is going to other companies to train up top talent. The AI company announced a $100 million investment into an FDE training initiative earlier this month. It’s a quasi-fellowship that engineers from other firms have already begun applying for. They’ll attend four-day on-site intensives and
