As net zero targets have become lightning rods in culture wars and boardrooms alike, many companies are going quiet. Even firms with strong climate credentials have scrubbed climate language from annual reports or delayed decarbonization plans, in a move known as green-hushing.But while politics dominate the headlines, a quieter shift is underway. After more than a decade in which net zero served as the lingua franca of corporate climate ambition, the landscape has fractured. Conflicting claims, shifting methodologies, and rising accusations of greenwashing have eroded trust. Companies now face competing definitions and fragmented reporting systems, with little assurance that anyone…
In today’s column, I examine the innovative and clever use of AI to assess whether another AI is capable of properly giving out mental health advice. The deal is this. We are currently faced with generative AI and large language models (LLMs) that routinely provide mental health guidance to millions…
HIGHLIGHTSCall of Duty: Black Ops 7 arrives this month with innovative co-op campaign and expanded multiplayer featuring 16 6v6 maps plus two massive 20v20 battlefieldsPre-orders are live now across all platforms with Vault Edition offering premium rewards and early access starting November 11Game Pass subscribers get day-one access with Treyarch…
Disclosure: I’m a co-founding partner at Ada Ventures, which commissioned the research referenced in this article.Any investor worth their salt wants alpha returns. Backing a startup that hits stratospheric heights is the pinnacle. But somewhere along the line, venture capitalists got stuck thinking alpha founders had a certain look, voice,…
Professional media and entertainment workflows often require high bandwidth and low latency storage to support rendering, transcoding and many other applications. Many companies provide various types of storage for this industry and cloud storage has been widely used. However, cloud applications and storage can be expensive and many M&E facilities…
Before we get to today’s NYT Mini crossword hints, clues and answers, here are Tuesday’s:Wondering what skill is taught at lifeguard training? Not sure what a means of getting trash to a basement dumpster is? Don’t worry, because I’m here to help you with extra hints and the answers for…
The highly-anticipated free-to-play Battlefield 6 Battle Royale mode launches in mere hours. EA dropped the news on social media Monday. The Battle Royale – awkwardly titled “RedSec” which is short for “Redacted Sector” – launches alongside Battlefield 6 Season 1, meaning gamers will not only have access to a host…
At the prestigious Paley International Council Summit held this week in Silicon Valley, media’s legendary leaders gathered in an intimate ballroom at the Rosewood Sand Hill to discuss the state of the industry with tech titans.Taking the stage were the chief executive officers of many of the largest social media…
Artificial intelligence is reshaping the world, but some of its most important changes are happening offstage. While models become more powerful and capabilities grow, a handful of dominant companies are engineering a new system that lives in the balance sheets and boardrooms.OpenAI, Nvidia, AMD, Broadcom, and CoreWeave are not just…
New York-listed shares of Grindr jumped the most in three years after billionaire George Raymond Zage III and James Lu, the company’s majority owners, offered to buyout the minority shareholders in a deal valuing the LGBTQ dating app at $3.5 billion.Grindr shares climbed 18.9% to $15.06 at the close of…
We’ve come, at last, to Friday and typically that means the easiest Mini Crossword of the week on the NYT Games App. Saturday starts the cycle anew, but I’ll be cycling off the rotation for a couple weeks. You can find my daily Pips and Wordle guides, however, here on…
It’s hard being a patient. In 2006, I received a diagnosis that decimated my outlook on life. This was followed by a second opinion that revived it with an entirely different diagnosis and treatment plan. I felt betrayed and misled by the first so-called specialist who was quick to deliver…
When the AWS outage struck Monday morning October 21st, 2025, it was then that we realized just how many businesses, websites, platforms, and apps are dependent on this single cloud platform (about 2,500 to be precise).Ring doorbell cameras stopped working. Popular games like Fortnite and Roblox froze. My mom’s Peloton…
Updated, Oct. 21 with an industry response to Google’s retreat on user privacy.Apple warns iPhone users to stop using Google Chrome, and Microsoft has issued the same warning for Windows users. Now Google has confirmed more bad news for Chrome’s more than 3 billion users. Is it time to quit…
Each Monday, I pick out North America’s celestial highlights for the week ahead (which also apply to mid-northern latitudes in the Northern Hemisphere). Check my feed every day this month for a daily “comet tracker” with finder charts and tips for viewing Comet Lemmon and Comet SWAN from mid-northern latitudes.…
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Before we get to today’s NYT Mini crossword hints, clues and answers,…
It’s 2XP Friday, which means for all you Competitive Wordle champion fighters…
Yesterday was Wordle Wednesday and I gave you fine Wordlers an extra…
That’s a wrap, folks. September is done. October is here. Time flies…
