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Everybody wants to rule the AI world

Everybody wants to rule the AI world

Sometimes, companies pick CEOs based on carefully laid succession plans designed to maximize investor confidence and future performance. Other times, apparently, companies pick CEOs based on a bunch...

Levees can no longer save New Orleans

Levees can no longer save New Orleans

Residents move a boat through a flooded neighborhood after Hurricane Ida in August 2021 in Barataria, Louisiana, near New Orleans. | Brandon Bell/Getty Images This story was originally published...

Did Trump actually help Venezuela?

Did Trump actually help Venezuela?

Demonstrators in Caracas, Venezuela, on January 29, 2026. | Javier Campos/Picture Alliance via Getty Images It’s been four months since the US captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and...

How worried should I be about hantavirus?

The MV Honius cruise ship, where hantavirus has infected and killed multiple passengers. | AFP via Getty Images The details of the ongoing outbreak of hantavirus may sound uncomfortably familiar to...