August 10, 2025 How Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole lost control of her business—and took it back BY Robert Safian Pinky Cole, founder of the plant-based food chain Slutty Vegan, shares the details of a recent professional upheaval in which she lost control of her company—and then fought to win it back. She also opens up … Continue reading How Slutty Vegan founder Pinky Cole lost control of her business—and took it back
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Rigetti Computing stock price: Why shares took a quantum leap today
July 16, 2025 Rigetti Computing stock price: Why shares took a quantum leap today BY Sam Becker Shares in the quantum computing firm Rigetti Computing are experiencing what you might call quantum leap. The Berkeley, California, company announced on Wednesday that it “has achieved its mid-year performance milestone of 99.5% median [two-qubit gate fidelity] on its … Continue reading Rigetti Computing stock price: Why shares took a quantum leap today
How Gannett LocaliQ Took AI Voice Agent Conversational
How Gannett LocaliQ Took AI Voice Agent Conversational by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer @lauriesullivan, June 24, 2025 LocaliQ unveiled its next version of a conversational AI Voice Agent on Tuesday, extending Dash’s existing SMS agent function to include voice conversations, creating an omnichannel system designed to engage potential customers through automation. The agent resides in … Continue reading How Gannett LocaliQ Took AI Voice Agent Conversational
Wizards of the Coast slashed 1,100 jobs in 2023 as Hasbro CEO took home $9m
Wizards of the Coast slashed 1,100 jobs in 2023 as Hasbro CEO took home $9m Brian-Damien Morgan / Last Updated: Jan 2, 2024 It’s a long-standing staple of fantasy games that a dragon sits upon a mountain of gold, obsessed with more and more of the glittering metal. Protecting it at all costs. Little … Continue reading Wizards of the Coast slashed 1,100 jobs in 2023 as Hasbro CEO took home $9m
Reed: Magnitude Of Q2 Tech/Telecom Softness Took WPP By Surprise
Reed: Magnitude Of Q2 Tech/Telecom Softness Took WPP By Surprise by Richard Whitman , Columnist, August 4, 2023 WPP CEO Mark Reed told analysts on an earnings call today that while the firm was expecting tech and telecom sector softness in the second quarter the company was surprised at the magnitude of the shortfall in the … Continue reading Reed: Magnitude Of Q2 Tech/Telecom Softness Took WPP By Surprise
10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
By Michael Grothaus July 06, 2023 While it’s too early to call Threads—Meta’s new microblogging platform—a bona fide “Twitter killer,” Mark Zuckerberg’s answer to Elon Musk’s flailing social network is off to a good start. Zuckerberg took to the new platform to announce that within the first four hours of its launch, five million … Continue reading 10 million users joined Meta’s Threads in just 7 hours. It took Twitter 780 days to do that
US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over
Karissa Bell @karissabe There’s never really been a shortage of reasons to spend less time on Twitter. Even before Elon Musk’s chaotic takeover, the platform was long plagued by misinformation, hate speech, harassment and other ills that made it less than welcoming. There’s never been a better time to quit Twitter. The Elon Musk-induced … Continue reading US adults are spending less time on Twitter since Elon Musk took over
A week of Musk mayhem: Here are all the Twitter changes since Elon took over
By Chris Morris November 03, 2022 It’s kind of hard to believe, but Elon Musk has owned Twitter for just one week. He certainly has had an impact, though. In terms of outward-facing changes, not a lot has happened yet, but Musk has issued a series of orders to employees that could result in … Continue reading A week of Musk mayhem: Here are all the Twitter changes since Elon took over
Digital life insurance took off during COVID-19. Ladder wants to keep the momentum going
By Shalene Gupta August 12, 2022 Jamie Hale, CEO and cofounder of digital life insurance firm Ladder, looks like he’s perpetually smiling. Even when he dives into statistics, there’s a smile tucked into his voice. When Hale was 11, his father passed away unexpectedly. His father’s life insurance policy meant he and his mother … Continue reading Digital life insurance took off during COVID-19. Ladder wants to keep the momentum going
The New Second Shift: Study Shows Many Full-Time Employees Took on Freelance Work
Stefan Palios January 11, 2021 More full-time employees are taking a second shift. But it’s not necessarily to care for family. It’s to moonlight as a freelancer. As the pandemic has more people considering freelancing and as big business commit to hiring freelancers, there’s a lot of opportunity on the table. What’s interesting, though, is … Continue reading The New Second Shift: Study Shows Many Full-Time Employees Took on Freelance Work