August 26, 2026 Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after 21 years, quietly ending the human-powered platform BY Arshi Qureshi Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk, or MTurk, after 21 years, ending one of the internet’s earliest marketplaces for invisible digital labor—as well as a platform that helped establish the human-data pipeline behind modern AI. The … Continue reading Amazon is shutting down Mechanical Turk after 21 years, quietly ending the human-powered platform
August 21, 2026 GNC has closed hundreds of stores in the last 3 years: See a list of locations that have lost the most BY Christopher Zara Years ago, stocking up on protein powder and herbal supplements meant stopping by your local GNC store, but that option is quickly disappearing for local communities around the country. … Continue reading GNC has closed hundreds of stores in the last 3 years: See a list of locations that have lost the most
July 21, 2026 The effects of big layoffs on a company’s Glassdoor ratings can linger for years BY Ella Chakarian From tech to finance, mass layoffs are rippling through industries this year. Companies including Amazon, Meta, and Oracle have slashed thousands of roles, typically citing AI adoption or broader restructuring as the reason for the cuts. … Continue reading The effects of big layoffs on a company’s Glassdoor ratings can linger for years
July 08, 2026 How Polymarket plans to win back America’s trust after 4 years in exile BY Associated Press After four years in exile, the prediction market platform Polymarket has begun a well-funded campaign to sell a new version of itself to the American public. To do so, the company is trying to convince policymakers, regulators, … Continue reading How Polymarket plans to win back America’s trust after 4 years in exile
Microsoft Has Sought Ad Compatibility For Many Years by Laurie Sullivan , Staff Writer, May 19, 2026 Advertising platforms are by no means identical, but for years, companies have been attempting to give marketers the ability to take their campaign from one company to another without having to change much in terms of size and … Continue reading Microsoft Has Sought Ad Compatibility For Many Years
Former Eastville officer gets three years for elaborate inheritance gambling scam fraud Suswati Basu A former police officer from Eastville, Virginia, is headed to federal prison after admitting he conned friends, coworkers and neighbors out of hundreds of thousands of dollars with a story about a nonexistent inheritance to fund a gambling addiction. … Continue reading Former Eastville officer gets three years for elaborate inheritance gambling scam fraud
February 16, 2026 Aspen is finally getting a second ski base village. It’s over 10 years in the making
January 09, 2026 Why most strategic plans fail just as often as New Year’s resolutions
January 03, 2026 An AI strategist explains why she stopped setting New Year’s goals span>span]:whitespace-nowrap”>Every January, leaders are told to do the same thing: set ambitious goals, map out the year, and commit to executing harder than before. We frame this as discipline or vision, but more often than not, it is a ritual of … Continue reading An AI strategist explains why she stopped setting New Year’s goals
December 31, 2025 New Year’s resolutions for the overcommitted
