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An entrepreneur and technology executive describes a framework for maintaining clear decision-making during emergencies, citing a personal experience on Mount Kilimanjaro when his wife lost her eyesight from altitude sickness. He outlines habits including training the mind to perform under pressure, accepting hard realities quickly, and taking time to recover and reflect after a crisis passes.
An entrepreneur and former teacher writes that principles she used in the classroom now guide how she runs her team, distinguishing 'kindness' from mere 'niceness' in leadership. She argues that kindness means giving honest feedback and clear expectations to help people grow, while niceness only protects feelings temporarily. She also frames personal boundaries as a form of kindness that preserves a leader's judgment and energy.
An Entrepreneur contributor's research tested whether higher-income and more-educated viewers were better at distinguishing AI-edited video from human-edited video. The study found the opposite: those groups performed worse, relying on a consistent but incorrect heuristic that simple editing signals human work and polished editing signals AI.
Verizon has made the Razr Fold (2026), Razr Plus (2026), and the Swarovski edition Razr (2026) available nationwide, months after Motorola launched these devices. The carrier is also bundling the Moto Watch Ultra for free via bill credits when customers buy a Motorola phone or trade in an existing device, provided they add a new watch line. Notably, Verizon's prices for the Razr Fold and Swarovski Razr are higher than the unlocked versions sold directly by Motorola.
The Trump administration is pursuing policies aimed at boosting domestic semiconductor production, including memory chips where the US lags foreign producers. However, proposed tariffs on imported components and materials could raise costs for American chipmakers trying to expand production.
New York Attorney General Letitia James and Governor Kathy Hochul filed a lawsuit against Polymarket's domestic arm, alleging it operates as an unlicensed gambling business and permits underage betting. The suit follows similar actions James has brought against Kalshi, Coinbase Financial Markets and Gemini Titan.
Gwynda Jones, a 30-year PepsiCo executive who survived a heart attack, stroke and a rare cancer diagnosis that doctors said would kill her within months, opened a Hotworx franchise in downtown Chicago in 2023. She funded the roughly $500,000 venture largely with retirement savings built up over 38 years, choosing the infrared-sauna fitness concept because it required a small staff and no in-house instructors.
Google plans to launch a satellite called MVP on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on October 1, carrying four tensor processing units powered by roughly one kilowatt of solar energy. The satellite will process simple AI queries for a year as part of Project Suncatcher, an early-stage effort to test whether AI computing hardware can withstand orbital conditions, and will remain in orbit for six years before burning up on reentry.
Meta has announced Muse Charm, a small dangling AI device resembling a Tamagotchi, drawing mixed reactions online. The product arrives amid a broader consumer trend of clip-on bag accessories, following crazes like Rhode's lip gloss cases and Pop Mart's Labubu figures, the latter helping push Pop Mart's revenue to $1.8 billion in 2024.
9to5Mac released its September 24, 2026 daily podcast episode covering recent Apple news, including updates about iPhone Handoff features and iOS 27. The episode is distributed through Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, TuneIn, Google Play and an RSS feed, and is sponsored by the task-management app Stuff.
A new tool called Critic routes review questions from a code-change page directly to the coding agent's original session rather than a generic assistant. It uses a short lease system so exactly one connected author device answers a question at a time, and if that device disconnects, the task returns to the queue after 45 seconds without losing context. Questions can be queued even if all author devices are offline, and session transcripts remain stored locally on the originating machine.
Following the fading hype around VR/AR headsets like Meta's Oculus, Microsoft's HoloLens, and Apple's Vision Pro, a quieter trend is developing: Audio Augmented Reality (AAR), enabled by smart headphones, improved voice AI, and contextual data. Early precursors included Microsoft's Soundscape, an accessibility tool using spatial audio cues for the visually impaired, and FourSquare's MarsBot, which offered personalized audio prompts.