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One CEO’s Radical Fix for Corporate Troubles: Purge the Bosses
Bayer Chief Executive Bill Anderson is throwing out the corporate playbook for a management plan that shifts more decisions to workers.
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Can Warner Bros. Uncancel J.K. Rowling?
The studio’s new boss, David Zaslav, sees his mission as salvaging a rocky relationship with the creator of Harry Potter.
Essay | I Always Knew I Was Different. I Just Didn’t Know I Was a Sociopath.
Given the stigma of sociopathy, especially for women, I want to be open about my experiences.
WSJ News Exclusive | After a Year, Amazon’s $1 Billion Logistics Venture Fund Is Off to a…
In April 2022, Amazon.com launched a $1 billion venture-capital fund to invest in logistics startups, a burgeoning technology sector with the potential to disrupt how the e-commerce giant ferries goods across the globe. Just over a year later, the Amazon Industrial Innovation Fund has made only a few new investments and has deployed roughly $110 million.
Apple Turns to Longtime Steve Jobs Disciple to Defend Its ‘Walled Garden’
Former Chief Marketing Officer Phil Schiller has frequently made it clear that Apple doesn’t intend to yield to developer criticism.
It’s the End of the Web as We Know It
AI is changing how we use the web at the same time that it floods the world with questionable content.
The Wall Street Journal on Artificial Intelligence
The Contradictions of Sam Altman, AI Crusader
The CEO behind ChatGPT navigates the line between developing artificial intelligence on the cutting edge and pushing technology to dystopia.
The Secret History of AI, and a Hint at What’s Next
Artificial intelligence is already a big part of our daily lives.
The Wall Street Journal on Business
That Plum Job Listing May Just Be a Ghost
In an uncertain economy, companies post ads for jobs that they might not really be trying to fill.
WSJ News Exclusive | Disney Proposal to Restructure, on McKinsey’s Advice, Triggered Uproar From Creative Executives
Tension boiled over plans to take control of marketing and other decisions away from content chiefs at Disney.
The Wall Street Journal on China
Apple Makes Plans to Move Production Out of China
Burned by Covid lockdowns and worker protests at Foxconn plants, the iPhone maker is looking to diversify the supply chain that has powered its growth.
China’s Solar Dominance Faces New Rival: An Ultrathin Film
As renewable energy becomes a geopolitical tool, Japan looks to recover its technological edge.
The Wall Street Journal on Deepfakes
A New Way to Tell Deepfakes From Real Photos: Can It Work?
Instead of detecting fakes, this effort aims to authenticate and track online images from the start; Adobe’s chief trust officer on the strategy
Fraudsters Used AI to Mimic CEO’s Voice in Unusual Cybercrime Case
Criminals used artificial intelligence-based software to impersonate a chief executive’s voice and demand a fraudulent transfer of funds in March in what cybercrime experts described as an unusual…
The Wall Street Journal on Facebook
Facebook Knows Instagram Is Toxic for Teen Girls, Company Documents Show
Its own in-depth research shows a significant teen mental-health issue that Facebook plays down in public. Part 2 in a series offering an unparalleled look inside the social-media giant’s failings—and…
The Wall Street Journal on Media
Facebook Knows It Encourages Division. Top Executives Nixed Solutions.
The social-media giant internally studied how it polarizes users and how it might address the resulting harms, then largely shelved the research.
People Are Sick and Tired of All Their Subscriptions
Consumers are rethinking their relationship to subscriptions—and so are companies.
The Wall Street Journal on Peter Thiel
Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund Makes Big Bet on Bitcoin
Founders Fund, the venture-capital firm co-founded by Peter Thiel, has bought large sums of bitcoin that are now worth hundreds of millions of dollars.
Tech Luminary Peter Thiel Parts Ways With Silicon Valley
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel is relocating his home and personal investment firms to Los Angeles from San Francisco and scaling back his involvement in the tech industry, people familiar with his…
The Wall Street Journal on Quiet Quitting
If Your Co-Workers Are ‘Quiet Quitting,’ Here’s What That Means
Some Gen Z professionals are saying no to hustle culture. “I’m not going to go extra.”
First It Was Quiet Quitting, Now Workers Are Facing Off With Their Bosses
Employee frustrations impact productivity and worker retention, Gallup says.
The Wall Street Journal on Retirement
Cut Your Retirement Spending Now, Says Creator of the 4% Rule
The combination of high inflation and high market valuations could require revisions to the retirement rule-of-thumb.
What to Know About RMDs and Retirement Planning
People planning for retirement need a game plan for required minimum distributions. Do it right, and they’ll keep more savings in their pockets—and less in the government’s.
The Wall Street Journal on Technology
Google to Stop Selling Ads Based on Your Specific Web Browsing
The Alphabet company said that it plans next year to stop using or investing in tracking technologies that uniquely identify web users as they move from site to site across the internet.
Big Tech Struggles to Turn AI Hype Into Profits
Microsoft, Google, Adobe and other companies are experimenting with an array of tactics to make, market and charge for AI.
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The Age of Emotional Overstatement
From social media to job applications, the pressure to declare our feelings in public is turning us into gushing adolescents.
The NASA Engineer Who Made the James Webb Space Telescope Work
Greg Robinson, whose boss calls him “the most effective leader of a mission I have ever seen,” turned a $10 billion debacle into a groundbreaking scientific undertaking. Every moonshot is the result…
Two Philosophers Found Purpose in the World of Work
For Ludwig Wittgenstein and Simone Weil, deep thought and physical labor belonged together.
Saying Goodbye to My Parents’ Library
Finding new homes for a cherished collection of rare books brings back a family’s complicated love affair with reading.
The Ragtag Army That Won the Battle of Kyiv and Saved Ukraine
Citizen volunteers teamed up with soldiers to turn the tide in the most consequential European battle since World War II.
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