Arick Wierson of The Robin Report tells his readers how Liquid Death sparkling water turned H2O into a billion-dollar elixir. He writes: Liquid Death sparkling water. Now that’s an ominous-sounding name. But it has singlehandedly turned H2O into a billion-dollar elixir. And its packaging seems to take inspiration from something in between Heavy Metal Goth and Mexico’s Día de Los Muertos – even the logo’s font has a sort of Sepultura-esque feel. Newcomers to this product might reasonably expect that inside each can you’d find some concoction of equal parts Jägermeister and gasoline. … [Read more...]
Tesla’s Charging Station Adaptation
In nature, species survive by adapting to their surroundings. The same is true in business. To expand its influence in the market for EVs, Tesla has allowed electric vehicles from other automakers to use its network of charging stations with the help of adapters. At The Wall Street Journal, Joanna Stern explains her experience charging up her Ford Mach-E at a Tesla station. She reports: Last week, I witnessed two small miracles: My Ford Mustang Mach-E charged at 10 different Tesla Superchargers with few technical issues. Not a single Tesla owner threatened to slash my tires for … [Read more...]
Can $7 Trillion End AI Chip Scarcity?
In the rush to develop artificial intelligence, the advanced computer chips best suited to powering the machine learning technologies are becoming expensive and scarce compared to demand. The co-founder of OpenAI, Sam Altman, has a plan to use $5 trillion to $7 trillion in investor money to build enough capacity to revolutionize the world's chip-building market. At Mercola.com, Dr. Joseph Mercola discusses Altman's plans, writing: In the fast-paced world of technological innovation, few figures loom as large as Sam Altman, the chief executive officer and co-founder of OpenAI. Altman's recent … [Read more...]
Apple Ends Its EV Effort
After spending ten years on developing an electric vehicle, Apple has called it quits. Bloomberg's Mark Gurman reports: Apple Inc. is canceling a decadelong effort to build an electric car, according to people with knowledge of the matter, abandoning one of the most ambitious projects in the history of the company. Apple made the disclosure internally Tuesday, surprising the nearly 2,000 employees working on the project, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the announcement wasn’t public. The decision was shared by Chief Operating Officer Jeff Williams and Kevin Lynch, a … [Read more...]
Video: How AI Is Transforming Air-Traffic-Control Towers
Hidden in the base of Heathrow's control tower lies a development lab where high-definition cameras and machine learning algorithms are beginning to redefine how air traffic controllers operate and whether there needs to be a tower at all. WSJ's George Downs explores. Illustration: George Downs/The Wall Street Journal … [Read more...]
Who Will Run Retail?
The Robin Report sits down with Kevin Finnegan to discuss succession planning in the retail industry. Watch their discussion below. The Robin Report introduces the segment like this: The retail environment is moving at lightning speed, making C-suite succession planning more difficult. Case in point? Gap has had a revolving door of CEOs ever since trying to replace Mickey Drexler. Leading the retail industry in a digital marketplace and finding the right talent has become an exercise in art and science. Join Robin, Shelley, and Kevin Finnegan from Global Recruiters of Lowcountry as they … [Read more...]
Turns Out, Robots Need Human Help
The robot takeover isn't going as smoothly as planned. It turns out that sometimes robots need guidance just like humans. Not everything can be automated, yet anyway. Liz Young explains in The Wall Street Journal: Caroline Rutenberg got an alert one day that one of her charges needed help at the Amazon.com warehouse where she works in Windsor, Conn. Rutenberg walked across the warehouse floor and found the crew member covered in white paint and refusing to move after an accidental spill. Rutenberg took a cloth and gently wiped off the worker’s eyes, getting a glassy, expressionless stare … [Read more...]
New Round of Airstrikes Rock Houthi Targets
Patrick Wintour of The Guardian reports that the U.S. military has launched a fourth wave of missile strikes against Houthi-controlled sites. The strikes came after a U.S. bulk carrier, Gibraltar Eagle, was hit by an anti-ship ballistic missile. The U.S. and its allies are focused on protecting the vital trade route in the Red Sea. Wintour writes: The strikes were launched from the Red Sea, hitting more than a dozen sites – the officials told the AP news agency – and came after a drone launched from areas controlled by the Houthis hit a US-owned vessel in the Gulf of Aden. The … [Read more...]
Remembering Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.
The following is the transcript of Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s famous August 28. 1963 "I have a Dream" speech. Also read the BBC account of the day of King's assassination by clicking here. I am happy to join with you today in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our nation. Five score years ago, a great American, in whose symbolic shadow we stand signed the Emancipation Proclamation. This momentous decree came as a great beacon light of hope to millions of Negro slaves who had been seared in the flames of withering injustice. It came … [Read more...]
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