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An executive career coach and former headhunter reports that senior corporate leaders routinely conceal networking, mentoring, panel speaking and professional visibility efforts, scheduling them outside work hours or on days their boss is away. The coach argues these activities actually improve leaders' effectiveness and benefit their teams, not just their individual careers.
Edward Dubrovsky, a 54-year-old Canadian cybersecurity executive, was arrested in Pennsylvania while attending a cybersecurity conference and later transferred to the Eastern District of Texas, where sealed charges of conspiracy and extortion have been filed against him. Dubrovsky has held senior roles at CYPFER and CyberSteward, firms that help ransomware and data-breach victims negotiate with cybercriminals, and multiple news outlets report his arrest is tied to the FBI's investigation into the ShinyHunters hacking group.
Security researchers describe a growing cybercriminal tactic of targeting executives' family members and friends, who often lack the security training given to leadership, to gain backdoor access into corporate systems. Google Cloud's Office of the CISO warned in March that personal attacks against executives are rising, and BlackCloak's Brian Hill notes attackers can map a household's routines and relationships through reconnaissance before pivoting to impersonation, device compromise, or phishing.
In an interview with The Independent, former Apple CEO Tim Cook said he is not meddling in successor John Ternus's work, now focusing instead on global policy and government relations. Cook, who became executive chairman after stepping down in September, said he and Ternus maintain trust and frequent communication, and that he's told Ternus to forge his own leadership style rather than copy him.
Brian Evergreen, an executive coach who advises companies including Lululemon on artificial intelligence strategy, argues that leaders rather than AI tools must supply organizational vision. His method centers on getting executives to articulate concrete goals before applying AI, rather than adopting the technology reactively because of industry hype.
Elon Musk confirmed on X that SpaceXAI, the division formed after SpaceX acquired xAI, will be renamed SpaceXSI. The move follows President Trump's executive order directing US government agencies to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'Super Intelligence' in official communications. As of this report, SpaceXAI's website and X account still carry the old name.
President Trump announced a new federal taskforce, the Super Intelligence Force, to coordinate government engagement with consumers, public interest groups, religious organizations, critical infrastructure providers and AI companies. It will be led by Director of National Intelligence Jay Clayton and will include FTC Chair Andrew Ferguson, Undersecretary of Defense Emil Michael and OPM Director Scott Kupor, reporting directly to Trump and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles. The move follows Trump's September executive order renaming AI as 'Super Intelligence' and his plan for an AI safety board after tech executives signed a safety pact.
A former tech company executive describes shifting from traditional annual goal-setting to 90-day planning cycles after becoming a solopreneur. The writer notes that large companies can rely on monthly and quarterly tracking against yearly plans, with the flexibility to adjust mid-year when revenue fluctuates, but argues solopreneurs lack that same cushion.
At a White House lunch with top AI executives, President Trump signed an executive order declaring the government will no longer use the term 'artificial intelligence,' replacing it with 'Super Intelligence.' The move followed a September 23 UN speech in which he criticized the term, and tech leaders at the event reportedly went along with the change.
Slovenia's .si domain is seeing a surge in registrations after President Trump signed an executive order directing government agencies to use 'SI' and 'super intelligence' instead of 'AI.' Registry SI reported a 2,199% jump in September purchases, with about 11,000 new addresses registered the day after the order and nearly 13,000 in a recent 24-hour period. Hosting platform Hostinger said .si is now its second most popular domain after .com, with buyers mostly from the U.S. and India, while Wix reported no meaningful change.
An advisor recounts working with leaders at major companies, including a CEO of a $2 billion-revenue firm, who privately admitted deep uncertainty about their AI investments despite projecting public confidence. The piece argues that executives across industries are making AI decisions with incomplete information, and that unspoken fear often drives delays disguised as caution.
President Trump signed an executive order directing federal agencies to stop using the terms 'artificial intelligence' and 'AI' and instead use 'Super Intelligence' and 'SI' wherever legally possible. The order, issued after a White House lunch with AI industry leaders, argues that today's AI capabilities have outgrown the original terminology coined 70 years ago.