‘We are Jerome Powell’: Gen Z finds an unlikely meme hero in the Fed chair via AI songs and fan edits
Memes tend to gravitate toward pop stars, politicians and villains. But this week, the internet found a central banker. Jerome...
Google Meet exec on the knowledge engine hiding in your calendar: meetings become IP
Meetings are the dark energy of business: common, powerful, and largely invisible. The reasoning and judgments that shape a company’s...
‘Star Wars’ gets new chief with Kathleen Kennedy ending lucrative, restless 13 years in rein, Dave Filoni taking over
After more than 13 years at the helm of Lucasfilm, Kathleen Kennedy is stepping down from the “Star Wars” factory...
Why a proposed 10% cap on credit card interest is rattling big banks
Good morning. President Donald Trump’s proposal to temporarily cap credit card interest rates has both supporters and critics. In a...
Coinbase is late to stocks—but CEO Brian Armstrong says it will win in the long run
Brian Armstrong founded Coinbase in 2012. Since then, he has built his company into a dominant crypto brand with products...
In the AI economy, the ‘weirdness premium’ will set you apart. Lean into it, says expert on tech change economics
The word “weird” didn’t always mean strange. In Old English, descended from a mix of Germanic and Norse concepts, it...
Gen Z’s pursuit of the #RichTok lifestyle sends them to social media for investing advice
Gen Z loves #RichTok — and they love being rich. Mash them together and you get a generation that overwhelmingly...
2025 U.S. VC deal value soared to $339.4 billion, says PitchBook. But there’s a catch.
Just because VCs are flooding AI favorites with cash doesn’t mean the industry has made a comeback. That’s what PitchBook...
‘De-dollarization’ is dead: Investors discount Trump’s dramas as they pile into U.S. assets
There is a conflict between Wall Street analysts right now over the right strategy for dealing with U.S. dollar-denominated assets....
Singapore tries to give its flagging stock market a kickstart with a link to the NASDAQ, allowing firms to easily list in both places
Firms will soon get the opportunity to list in both the U.S. and Singapore in a first-of-its kind partnership. The...
Ford CEO Jim Farley says the White House will ‘always answer the phone,’ but needs Trump to do more to curtail China’s threat to America’s autos
Ford CEO Jim Farley has the ear of President Donald Trump—and he has a lot to say about what the...
Protect your agentic AI before you wreck your agentic AI
Artificial intelligence? It’s no mere tool, but a capability. And just like a superhero discovering their powers for the first...
Trump claims all the U.S. automakers are ‘doing great.’ Gretchen Whitmer says ‘this will only get worse without a serious shift’
Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer offered a contrasting view of manufacturing in Detroit Thursday, two days after President Donald Trump defended...
Chubbies cofounder Kyle Hency is back—his new startup Good Day just raised $7 million in seed funding
Kyle Hency started Chubbies in 2011with three Stanford friends as a fun, weekend‑and‑beer‑vibe shorts brand. The irreverent direct-to-consumer clothing brand—one...
Venezuela’s opposition leader doesn’t respond to reporter questions about whether she gave her Nobel to Trump
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado visited the White House on Thursday to discuss her country’s future with President Donald...
