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Two girls look at a white laptop placed on a desk.
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
Latest Stories
EnergyDow futures plunge nearly 400 points as U.S. attack on Iran sends oil prices soaring, while Trump warns more American casualties are likely
By Jason Ma and Amanda GerutMarch 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
PoliticsSuspect in Texas shooting that FBI is investigating as potential terrorism wore ‘Property of Allah’ clothing and Iranian flag emblem
By Jack Myer, Alanna Durkin Richer, Eric Tucker, John Seewer and The Associated PressMarch 1, 2026
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AI‘But is that real work? It’s not’ Business leaders still don’t trust AI agents, Harvard survey shows
By Patrick Kulp and Tech BrewDecember 9, 2025
Gen Z engineering apprentice
SuccessWith millions of Gen Zers unemployed globally, the U.K. is investing $965 million to get young people working in AI, hospitality, and engineering
By Emma BurleighDecember 9, 2025
Man carrying a cardboard box
EconomyThe ‘forever layoffs’ era hits a recession trigger as corporates sack 1.1 million workers through November
By Nick Lichtenberg and Eva RoytburgDecember 9, 2025
jobs
CommentaryThere is a simple fix for America’s job-quality crisis: actually give workers a piece of the business 
By Pete StavrosDecember 9, 2025
Jon Rosemberg
CommentaryThe cult of productivity is killing us
By Jon RosembergDecember 9, 2025
interview
EconomyAI isn’t the reason you got laid off (or not hired), top staffing agency says. You don’t have the right skills
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 9, 2025
worker
AIHBR: Only 6% of companies fully trust AI agents to handle core business processes
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 9, 2025
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SuccessSkills are the new hiring currency: 86% of employers say certificates show real job readiness
By Preston ForeDecember 9, 2025
AIAI’s reliance on patterns can lead to ‘somewhat mediocre’ results, warns CEO of design consultancy IDEO
By Andrew StaplesDecember 9, 2025
SuccessCEO says he’s started giving job candidates live feedback in the interview—and if they ‘freeze up’ or ‘get offended’ they’re not fit for the role
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 9, 2025
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SuccessPresident of $200 billion Shopify says some of the greatest workers he knows only clock in 40-hour weeks: ‘You don’t have to work 80 hours’ 
By Preston ForeDecember 9, 2025
Cursor CEO Michael Truell
AICursor developed an internal AI help desk that handles 80% of its employees’ support tickets, says the $29 billion startup’s CEO
By Beatrice NolanDecember 8, 2025
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang
SuccessNvidia CEO Jensen Huang says people need to find success in traditional factory jobs again: ‘Every successful person doesn’t need to have a PhD’
By Emma BurleighDecember 8, 2025
Google.org
CommentaryNonprofits are solving 21st century problems—they need 21st century tech
By Maggie Johnson and Shannon FarleyDecember 8, 2025
Future of WorkAI is rewriting the rules of work. Our job is to shape what comes next
By Jacqui CanneyDecember 8, 2025
Justin Hotard, CEO of Nokia
CommentaryNokia CEO: The workforce is becoming AI-native. Leadership has to evolve
By Justin HotardDecember 8, 2025
Future of WorkJamie Dimon says even though AI will eliminate some jobs ‘maybe one day we’ll be working less hard but having wonderful lives’
By Jason MaDecember 7, 2025
business
C-SuiteInside the Fortune 500 CEO pressure cooker: Surviving is harder than ever and requires an ‘odd combination’ of traits
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 7, 2025
Tamera Fenske, chief supply chain officer at Kimberly-Clark
SuccessKimberly-Clark exec is one of 76 women in the Fortune 500 with her title—she says bosses used to compare her to their daughters when she got promoted
By Emma BurleighDecember 7, 2025
AINvidia’s CEO says AI adoption will be gradual, but when it does hit, we may all end up making robot clothing
By Marco Quiroz-GutierrezDecember 6, 2025
Timm Chiusano
SuccessAfter he ‘fired himself’ from a Fortune 100 job that paid up to $800k, the ‘Mister Rogers’ of Corporate America shows Gen Z how to handle toxic bosses
By Jessica CoacciDecember 6, 2025
Construction workers are getting a salary bump for working on data center projects during the AI boom.
AIConstruction workers are earning up to 30% more and some are nabbing six-figure salaries in the data center boom
By Nino PaoliDecember 5, 2025
Steve Jobs holds up the first iPod Nano
Big TechApple is experiencing its biggest leadership shake-up since Steve Jobs died, with over half a dozen key executives headed for the exits
By Dave SmithDecember 5, 2025
SuccessElon Musk and Bill Gates are wrong about AI replacing all jobs. ‘That’s not what we’re seeing,’ LinkedIn exec says—the opposite is happening
By Orianna Rosa RoyleDecember 5, 2025
Future of WorkThe workplace needs to be designed like an ‘experience,’ says Gensler’s Ray Yuen, as employees resist the return to office
By Angelica AngDecember 5, 2025
Gen Z
EconomyAmerica, meet your alienated youth: ‘Gold standard’ Harvard survey reveals Gen Z’s anxiety and distrust, defined by economic insecurity
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
Photo of Geoffrey Hinton
Success‘Godfather of AI’ says Bill Gates and Elon Musk are right about the future of work—but he predicts mass unemployment is on its way
By Preston ForeDecember 4, 2025
Factory worker on assembly line.
SuccessNearly 4 million new manufacturing jobs are coming to America as boomers retire—but it’s the one trade job Gen Z doesn’t want
By Emma BurleighDecember 4, 2025
work
Future of WorkAI is reshaping the rhythm of the workweek–and leaders need to pay attention
By David ShimDecember 4, 2025
personalized
AIGoogle VP says the AI revolution is just a matter of time: ‘The younger generation is really feeling like it’s a native part of how they work’
By Nick LichtenbergDecember 4, 2025
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