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turner
Ted Turner built the original infinite scroll. The attention economy is running on his playbook 

The CNN founder, who died May 6 at 87, designed the open-loop content model decades before Facebook’s algorithm. The man with the Midas touch.

By Nick LichtenbergMay 12, 2026
klein
SAP CEO: the AI race is being fought in the wrong place 
By Christian KleinMay 12, 2026
longevity
Your employees are going to live to 100. Is your benefits package ready?
By Kate Winget and Anthea Tjuanakis CoxMay 12, 2026
250
America’s true innovation advantage: we don’t just invent technologies — we reinvent how innovation works
By David H. HsuMay 11, 2026
AI strategy
Your company already has an AI strategy. You just didn’t choose it
By Tomas Chamorro-Premuzic, Tami Rosen and Darko LovricMay 12, 2026
drew
I helped build the Pentagon’s AI transformation. Corporate America is making every mistake we almost made
By Drew CukorMay 11, 2026
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calbee
EnergyJapanese snack giant resorts to black-and-white bags of potato chips as Iran War literally sucks color out of the world
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezMay 12, 2026
Musk stands with his arms cross next to Trump who sits a table.
PoliticsElon Musk, Tim Cook and Larry Fink expected to join Trump’s entourage to Beijing this week
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
Sam Altman walks inside a courthouse
LawSam Altman defends himself as a ‘honest and trustworthy businessperson’ in trial testimony detailing his past dealings with Elon Musk
By The Associated Press, Barbara Ortutay and Matt O'BrienMay 12, 2026
An employee pulls out a server rack shelf at the rear of a Trainium3 UltraServer at an Amazon Web Services QA lab in Austin, Texas, on February 3, 2026.
AI‘That doesn’t sound very healthy’: Amazon’s reported tokenmaxxing might gamify AI usage, analyst warns
By Eva RoytburgMay 12, 2026
gamestop
Retail‘Neither credible or attractive’: eBay slaps down GameStop’s $56 billion takeover bid
By Michelle Chapman and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
affleck
LawFlorida cops sue Affleck and Damon for a movie too much like their real life
By David Fischer and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
amazon
RetailAmazon’s promise of 30-minute delivery collides with memories of Domino’s drivers crashing in the late 1980s
By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
cam
PoliticsCameron Hamilton, fired by Trump for defending FEMA’s right to exist, tapped to lead FEMA by Trump
By Gabriela Aoun Angueira and The Associated PressMay 12, 2026
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iran
CommentaryBypassing Hormuz: how technology, not territory, will win the new energy war
By Siddharth MisraMarch 6, 2026
  • blair
    CommentaryI shared the same guru as William Hurt and Elizabeth Gilbert. Here are 3 things I learned — and now tell CEOs — about toxic leadership
    By Blair GlaserFebruary 23, 2026
nicole
CommentaryAI mastered language. The physical world is next
By Nicole FraenkelMarch 6, 2026
The President is surprised by the lack of European support for military action against Iran—he shouldn’t be
EuropeThe President is surprised by the lack of European support for military action against Iran—he shouldn’t be
By Kamal AhmedMarch 6, 2026
khosla
Commentary$3.7 billion whisper: the explosive growth of quiet corporate activism
By Sona KhoslaMarch 6, 2026
rail
CommentaryCongress is about to chase rail freight onto American roads. It risks thousands of deaths
By Michael F. GormanMarch 6, 2026
hormuz
CommentaryHung up on Hormuz: the old-world order of oil was just shattered by the closing of Iran’s key global chokepoint
By Siddharth MisraMarch 6, 2026
  • solomon
    CommentaryGoldman’s board kills DEI — and that’s not a terrible thing
    By Betsy AtkinsFebruary 22, 2026
travis
CommentaryI help manage one of the world’s most constrained supply chains, up close to the defining energy bottleneck of the decade
By Travis EdmondsMarch 6, 2026
shlomo
CommentaryTech billionaire Shlomo Kramer: the cyber selloff proved that Wall Street can’t price tech anymore
By Shlomo KramerMarch 5, 2026
dell
CommentaryTime on his side: Michael Dell the real business icon as Icahn the activist recedes from view
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld and Steven TianMarch 5, 2026
trump
CommentaryThe housing paradox: why banning institutional investors could make affordability worse
By Sean DobsonMarch 5, 2026
vradenburg
CommentaryPoor brain health costs the world economy $5 trillion a year. The world is waking up to the crisis
By George VradenburgMarch 5, 2026
  • jesse
    CommentaryA decade ago, I had a front row seat as Jesse Jackson held big tech firms accountable for being overwhelmingly white and male
    By Brennan Nevada JohnsonFebruary 22, 2026
mossadegh
CommentaryOne key difference on America and Iran, then and now: the CIA had a plan for what would happen in 1953
By Gregory F. Treverton and The ConversationMarch 4, 2026
altman
CommentarySam Altman, Jensen Huang and the other AI kingpins only have themselves to blame for the scare rippling through the economy right now
By Kevin ManeyMarch 4, 2026
wong
CommentaryLegal AI is splitting in two—and most people miss the difference
By David WongMarch 4, 2026
gen z
CommentaryMillennials invented the experience economy and Gen Z is reinventing travel itself
By Nick FilatovMarch 4, 2026
cuban
CommentaryTrump promised lower drug prices. Here’s how Congress virtually guaranteed the opposite
By Tony LoSassoMarch 4, 2026
wolfgang
CommentaryEurope doesn’t lack tech talent. Its leaders lack execution
By Wolfgang OelsMarch 3, 2026
zuck
CommentaryBoards aren’t ready for the AI age: What happens when your CEO gets deepfaked?
By James RichardsonMarch 3, 2026
Why Europe can lead in trusted, industrialized AI
EuropeWhy Europe can lead in trusted, industrialized AI
By Dave McCannMarch 2, 2026
heitmann
CommentaryHere’s how to build something that lasts, from the founder of a $300 million bootstrapped company that’s been growing for 28 years straight
By Tim HeitmannMarch 1, 2026
world's fair
CommentarySomething big is happening in AI, but panic is the wrong reaction
By Peter CappelliFebruary 28, 2026
putin
CommentaryExclusive analysis: we looked at the 400 western firms still in Russia. Their paltry size strips Putin’s bluff bare naked
By Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, Stephen Henriques, Jake Waldinger and Giuseppe ScottoFebruary 27, 2026
roth
CommentaryThe AI resource reallocation challenge: How can companies capture the value of time?
By Erik RothFebruary 27, 2026
will
CommentaryI’m one of America’s top pollsters and I’ve got a warning for the AI companies: customers aren’t sold on ads
By Will JohnsonFebruary 27, 2026
the pitt
Commentary‘The Pitt’: a masterclass display of DEI in action 
By Robert RabenFebruary 26, 2026
david booth
Commentary3 lessons from investing’s ‘moneyball’ moment
By David BoothFebruary 25, 2026
Gen Z’s enthusiasm for all things touchable is resurrecting the analog economy—and costing parents
CommentaryGen Z’s enthusiasm for all things touchable is resurrecting the analog economy—and costing parents
By Luba KassovaFebruary 24, 2026
trump
CommentaryTrump is set to throw another tariff tantrum at the state of the union. Economists know better
By Steve H. HankeFebruary 24, 2026
may
CommentaryThe AI leadership reckoning is here
By May HabibFebruary 24, 2026
trump
CommentaryTrump’s tariffs: a lesson in economic and legal ignorance
By Steve H. HankeFebruary 23, 2026
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