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American schools weren’t broken until Silicon Valley used a lie to convince them they were—now reading and math scores are plummeting

Neuroscientist Jared Cooney Horvath warns the U.S.’s $30 billion bet on laptops in schools has made Gen Z less cognitively capable than their parents.

By Sasha RogelbergMarch 1, 2026
Slack cofounder Stewart Butterfield
Slack cofounder says workers and CEOs can get stuck doing ‘fake’ work like pre-meetings and slide shows
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
Young dejected worker on phone
USAA CEO says Gen Z ‘are not going to be as well off’ as boomers and Gen Xers—they need to take ownership of their success, he urges
By Emma BurleighMarch 1, 2026
An older man wears an American flag.
Your grandparents are the reason the U.S. isn’t in a recession right now. That won’t last forever
By Eleanor PringleMarch 1, 2026
Gamers celebrating
Meet the Gen Z college students who turned Excel into a competitive esport—they’re competing in spreadsheet challenges and it’s helping them land jobs
By Preston ForeFebruary 28, 2026
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EnergyDow futures fall 350 points on U.S.-Iran conflict, but oil prices pare gains as Trump hints at sanctions relief for new leadership
By Jason Ma and Amanda GerutMarch 1, 2026
AsiaAsian aviation stocks plunge as Iran conflict forces airlines to cancel flights over Middle Eastern airspace
By Angelica AngMarch 1, 2026
Middle EastThis American tourist stranded in Dubai due to Iran’s bombardment doesn’t think she’ll be back — ‘the universe was trying to tell us something’
By Brian Melley and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
AsiaAt least 22 people killed and more than 120 injured in Pakistan after Iran supporters try to storm U.S. Consulate
By The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
Middle EastUAE stock markets to close for two days amid Iran strikes
By Sherif Tarek, Omar Tamo, Farah Elbahrawy and BloombergMarch 1, 2026
A veiled Iranian woman holds her cellphone displaying a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei,
CybersecurityCyber retaliation from Iran is a problem for U.S. companies — ‘It’s in the hands of a 19-year-old hacker in a Telegram room,’ ex-NSA operative says
By Amanda GerutMarch 1, 2026
Middle EastTrump says he plans to speak with Iran’s new leadership as military reveals B-2 stealth bomber attack on ballistic missile facilities
By Matthew Lee, David Klepper and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
basketball player celebrates on the court
EconomyNBA star’s partnership with a prediction market raises new questions for a troubled sports betting landscape
By Carlos GarciaMarch 1, 2026
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HealthThe CEO behind the world’s top sleep and meditation app says most leaders are operating at ‘about 20%’ without a ‘fully recharged’ battery
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 19, 2025
Future of WorkThe new American Dream has parents easing up on college expectations for their kids: 35% are now open to trade school instead
By Sydney LakeDecember 19, 2025
C-SuiteAn AT&T exec manifested his C-suite position when he was earning his MBA: ‘I literally came up with a plan to become a CISO’
By Brianna Monsanto and IT BrewDecember 19, 2025
RetailWalmart’s women truckers surge thanks to $115,000 starting pay and other perks bringing in nontraditional candidates
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 18, 2025
unemployed
CommentaryThe AI efficiency illusion: why cutting 1.1 million jobs will stifle, not scale, your strategy
By Katica RoyDecember 18, 2025
Joe Anders and Kate Winslet
SuccessHer two Gen Z children have starred in her films, but Oscar award-winning actress Kate Winslet says nepo baby allegations are ‘silly’
By Emma BurleighDecember 18, 2025
David Kostin
SuccessAs graduates face a ‘jobpocalypse,’ Goldman Sachs exec tells Gen Z they need to know their commercial impact 
By Preston ForeDecember 18, 2025
Future of WorkLinkedIn CEO says it’s ‘outdated’ to have a five-year career plan: It’s a ‘little bit foolish’ considering the pace AI is changing the workplace
By Sydney LakeDecember 18, 2025
Woman working on laptop in airport.
SuccessNew York rent is so expensive this hybrid-working intern commuted by plane once a week—and it saved her thousands
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 18, 2025
Muddu
CommentaryIT service is reaching its breaking point. At Salesforce, we see 3 tipping points
By Muddu SudhakarDecember 18, 2025
small business
CommentaryOur data shows that companies of 500 and fewer workers mostly avoided the AI layoffs. They’re making AI work for them
By Gabby BurlacuDecember 18, 2025
Sophia Romee is the General Manager of the GenAI Studio at the College Board
CommentaryGen Z is on the fence about AI in the classroom. That’s a good thing
By Sophia RomeeDecember 18, 2025
Businesswoman discussing ideas with colleagues in meeting at tech startup office
SuccessWant a job in AI-era tech? Forget prestigious degrees—tech leaders want to see your GitHub projects and internships
By Preston ForeDecember 18, 2025
SuccessExclusive: This Chanel chief launched her 40-year luxury career off the back of a failed teaching exam and a chance encounter at a student forum
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 18, 2025
Zohran
EconomyMamdani gets 74,000 resumes in sign of New York City’s job-market misery
By Georgia Hall and BloombergDecember 17, 2025
Future of WorkNew year, new job? Not so fast—more than half of employers aren’t planning to hire in Q1
By Paige McGlauflin and HR BrewDecember 17, 2025
Gen Z in military uniform
SuccessBritain’s defense chief calls on Gen Z grads leaving university to skip corporate jobs and join the military as war with Russia becomes a growing risk
By Emma BurleighDecember 17, 2025
layoffs
CommentaryThe AI layoff wave is just beginning — and it’s by design
By Kevin OakesDecember 17, 2025
SuccessTech CEO Bryan Johnson says he’ll make humans immortal by 2039—first he just needs to sort out ‘buggy’ issues like ‘mistakenly causing cancer’
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 17, 2025
Norbert Jung
CommentaryFactory 2030 runs on more than code. As a CEO, I see the power of agentic AI—and the trust gap that we must close
By Norbert JungDecember 17, 2025
A group of three robots waiving hello to the audience from a stage.
NewslettersGoogle researchers unlock some truths about getting AI agents to actually work
By Jeremy KahnDecember 16, 2025
AIIBM, AWS veteran says 90% of your employees are stuck in first gear with AI, just asking it to ‘write their mean email in a slightly more polite way’
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 16, 2025
Arnab
AIAccenture exec gets real on transformation: ‘the data and AI strategy is not a separate strategy, it is the business strategy’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 16, 2025
Matt Garman speaks on stage in front of a screen showing colorful concentric circles on a black background.
Future of WorkAWS CEO says replacing young employees with AI is ‘one of the dumbest ideas’—and bad for business: ‘At some point the whole thing explodes on itself’
By Sasha RogelbergDecember 16, 2025
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Arts & EntertainmentReese Witherspoon says, ‘I don’t think my career would be possible’ in the age of AI and social media: ‘It’s a different world’
By Sydney LakeDecember 16, 2025
Chris Kempczinski
SuccessAs millions of Gen Zers face unemployment, McDonald’s CEO dishes out some tough love career advice for navigating the market: ‘You’ve got to make things happen for yourself’
By Preston ForeDecember 16, 2025
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Big TechYou can make up to $200K working in Trump’s new ‘Tech Force’—and you don’t need a degree or work experience
By Dave SmithDecember 16, 2025
Justina
Future of WorkCan’t get a job? Blame AI? Train in ‘power skills,’ IBM exec says: ‘You can’t hire a college student now to just come in and create a spreadsheet’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 16, 2025
Little girl held in the arms of a man wearing a graduation cap and gown
Future of WorkThe job market is so bad, people in their 40s are resorting to going back to school instead of looking for work
By Sydney LakeDecember 16, 2025
AIActor Joseph Gordon-Levitt wonders why AI companies don’t have to ‘follow any laws’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 15, 2025
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