There’s no two ways about it: Yesterday’s midterm election results were nothing short of a massive victory for the Democrats (a “blue tsunami,” indeed). The Democrats will now control both chambers of Congress by a wide margin, radically altering the balance of power in Washington.

There was a time when executives could hide behind a brand. Not anymore. Today, people want to know the humans behind the companies they buy from, work for, and invest in. They also expect them to sound like people, not talking points with the life edited out of them.

I’ve known hundreds of software developers during my career in financial services. Maybe even thousands. What nearly all of them share is the pride and respect they have for the craft. Good code takes time, discipline, and judgment.

In 2023, the National STEM Challenge launched with a goal of attracting students to technical fields—including those who wouldn’t have necessarily seen themselves as traditional science types. 

Midterm elections often fail to bring the enthusiasm that surrounds a general election, but this was no ordinary year.

On our video call, Shreyas Narlanka holds up a 3-inch square screen called Meadow. It looks like a thick, equilateral iPhone 13 mini. It would easily fit in my jeans’ front pocket. 

Many call the development of artificial intelligence the Fourth Industrial Revolution, but I disagree. I would say AI is the first, and the last, intelligence revolution.

For five years, the former Meta employee had been feted as a high performer by her managers. She had even received a rare equity award in recognition of her performance, which had never fallen below an “exceeds expectations” rating. 

What happens to all of your online accounts—credit cards, merchants, news subscriptions, social media, streaming services—after you die? How will your heirs know how to access these accounts or understand what you want done with them? Most people haven’t considered these questions, and this lack of planning can create significant headaches for next of kin.

It is trite to say that we work in a global economy, but over the past decade more companies have begun to hire workers from different regions of the world and have them work in teams that are separated by large distances. Through video conferencing and messaging platforms, it is easy to share information among remote teams, but there are still significant challenges in enabling these teams to work well together.

Less than a year ago, Texas Governor Greg Abbott stood beside Sundar Pichai, the Google CEO, to celebrate the company’s $40 billion investment in the state’s cloud and AI infrastructure. Three new data center campuses would help make Texas, Abbott declared, the “epicenter of AI development.” 

For a device with such a straightforward name, the iPad Mini has had many lives over its 14 years. Yes, it’s always been a small iPad. But at various times, it’s also been a cheap iPad with a lesser display, an iPad as technologically sophisticated as any you could buy, and a midrange iPad.

The midterm elections have the potential to upend everything from politics to business to the stock market. But the person most impacted by Tuesday’s results could be President Donald Trump, and that, in effect, could determine the course of his final two years in office.

Hinge users may soon have access to a more affordable subscription tier. The app’s parent company, Match Group, announced on November 2 that it’s testing a new feature geared toward women.

Yum Brands, the parent company of Taco Bell, KFC, and The Habit Burger & Grill, reported higher-than-expected third-quarter earnings on Tuesday, driven in part by KFC’s global expansion and higher revenue from its franchises.

A startup wants to fill the night sky with ultrapowerful beams of redirected sunlight. What could go wrong?

Whether or not Tuesday’s midterm elections deliver a so-called blue wave, one thing is for certain: More volatility will likely ripple through financial markets.

U.S. employers ramped up their job postings in September as stronger economic growth may be encouraging more hiring. Yet voters are headed to the polls Tuesday, largely gloomy over an economy beset by higher prices.

A battle over abortion rights is playing out in several states Tuesday as voters decide 145 proposed laws and constitutional amendments, including some that could affect voting for future elections.

The ballot measures provide a political undercard for a high-profile midterm election that will determine which party controls Congress, state legislatures and gubernatorial offices in many states.

Some measures put President Donald Trump’s priorities to a public test by gauging support for his attempts to reshape congressional districts, limit transgender athletes in sports and strengthen voter identification requirements.

In the 20 years I’ve been a TV producer, media executive, and speaking coach, I cannot count the number of times I’ve seen people literally cringe upon hearing their own voice. Sometimes it’s a slight scrunch of the nose and sometimes it’s an audible sigh. Why do we hate our own voice? And what can we do about it?