Exclusive: The next wave of AI drive-thrus is here—and a16z and Arc think it finally works

In Greek theater, a deus ex machina arrives when a protagonist is hopelessly trapped — and a golden chariot descends...

From service to skilled trades: America’s most overlooked workforce pipeline

For many U.S. military veterans finding stable, well-paying civilian employment is a challenge after their military contract ends. In a...

America turns 250. Its greatest innovation wasn’t the car or the computer — it was learning to share risk

The United States was not built on ambition alone. It was built on a willingness to share risk. “We mutually...

Ex-Google engineer turned $7.2 billion AI CEO gets thousands of job applications a day but still can’t find candidates with a strong work ethic

Millions of Gen Z graduates are convinced they’ve drawn the short straw of the labor market: ghosting is rife in...

Markets rejoice as deal to reopen Hormuz nears, but U.S. forces conduct ‘self-defense strikes’ on Iranian missile sites and boats laying mines

Stock futures jumped while oil prices and bond yields tumbled Monday evening on reports that a deal to reopen the...

As the U.S. and Europe pull back from global climate aid, can Asian funders fill the gap?

Shaun Seow, who heads the Philanthropy Asia Alliance (PAA), has a theory on why the new generation of Asian philanthropists...

Rosewood Hotels institutes a global 16-week paid parental leave policy as Asia grapples with crashing birth rates

Hong Kong’s fertility rate has sunk to roughly 0.8 children per woman, far below the replacement rate of 2.1 needed...

Star Wars won the weekend. Nobody’s quite sure whether to celebrate

After nearly seven years away from the big screen, a new Star Wars movie drew healthy but not record-breaking crowds...

For 60 years, nobody knew where the Muppets were made. Now you can go see

Deep in a cavernous New York City warehouse, the artisans behind some of the world’s most beloved children’s characters have...

A country of 2.9 million people on Russia’s border just had 600,000 national records stolen

Lithuanian authorities are on high alert after a massive data leak involving more than 600,000 entries from national data registers,...

Pope Leo called AI an ‘instrument of domination, exclusion and death.’ Anthropic was in the room

Pope Leo XIV called Monday for robust regulation of artificial intelligence and for its developers to work for the common good...

Memorial Day is 161 years old — and its true origin was buried almost immediately

Memorial Day is a U.S. holiday that is officially about mourning the nation’s fallen service members, but it has come...

America’s largest oil export hub is so starved of water that it’s been illegal to have a green lawn for 2 years

Corpus Christi, Texas, home to the nation’s largest oil export hub, and its surrounding Coastal Bend area are in a...

Trump called Cornyn ‘very disloyal.’ Now a 5-term Texas Senator is fighting for his career