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No room this summer on David Geffen’s mega-yacht, Rising Sun? Oligarchs and moguls needn’t worry, there’s always July in Sun Valley – Allen & Co.’s annual leadership retreat for media and tech barons in Idaho. The “billionaire summer camp” has long been the scene for trust falls and starry panels, while the real gamesmanship of … Read more
In many organizations, fostering a “helpful culture” has become a cornerstone of leadership strategy. From mentorship schemes to cross-functional collaboration, helping behaviour is widely assumed to strengthen teamwork and boost productivity. But emerging research suggests that this assumption is only partially correct. It is not simply the act of helping that matters, it is also … Read more
For years, supercapacitors have occupied an awkward middle ground in energy storage. They can charge and discharge in seconds, survive far more cycles than most batteries and deliver huge bursts of power, but they have usually fallen short on the one metric that matters most for many real-world devices: how much energy they can actually … Read more
James Blood Ulmer, the innovative guitarist who fused avant-garde jazz with funk and the blues, died on June 3, according to a statement his family published via DownBeat. A cause of death was not immediately available, but his family said Ulmer died “peacefully.” He was 86. Known for a unique approach to improvisation and his … Read more
Anthropic, maker of the Claude artificial intelligence (AI) models, made the most powerful version of its technology available to the general public on Tuesday while restricting its use in sensitive areas. Dubbed Fable 5, the model is the first to be made widely available from the company’s new Mythos class — its most advanced lineup … Read more
Long-running New York City band Interpol have announced their first album in four years, “This Mirror Weighs a Ton,” which arrives Aug. 28 and also will be their first for Partisan Records, the Brooklyn-based indie currently riding high with Geese and others. The album was produced by Andrew Wyatt (Rosalia, Charli xcx) and mixed by David … Read more
Sturgill Simpson’s latest album as Johnny Blue Skies, Mutiny After Midnight, is a disco-fried country rock meditation on all things sex and politics. It offers up the theory that sex is the cure for all that ails us, as individuals and as a society, and does so with genuine sincerity, but also lots of freaky … Read more
Canada’s artificial intelligence sector is entering a new phase. After years of leadership in machine learning and generative AI, attention is increasingly shifting to “agentic AI”. These are systems capable not only of producing outputs but also of autonomously taking actions, coordinating workflows, and pursuing defined goals. This transition is already reshaping the country’s innovation … Read more
There’s love in the air in the Emmy race for original song. Variety has exclusively confirmed that “Sounds Pretty Good to Me,” the original song featured in the Season 4 finale of the Netflix docuseries “Love on the Spectrum,” has been ruled eligible and is officially submitted for Emmy consideration in the outstanding original music … Read more
President Donald Trump sometimes seems to fancy himself a king, so it’s not surprising that he treats his Cabinet like a royal court. In his second term, the president has filled his top posts with courtiers who compete to offer the most extravagant praise in marathon Cabinet meetings. And that’s how we should look at … Read more