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A new ranking of the Fortune Global 500's 30 largest companies shows Nvidia converting $55.60 of every $100 in revenue into profit, the highest margin in the group. Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta also each keep more than $30 per $100, while retailers, health care firms, and energy companies such as Walmart, CVS, and Sinopec keep less than $5.
A multi-day nor'easter bringing heavy rain and strong winds to the East Coast has prompted organizers to cancel several outdoor concerts and festivals this weekend, including Global Citizen and Oceans Calling. Performers affected include Ed Sheeran, Ludacris, and Dave Matthews Band.
Brian Chesky said he created an AI 'intelligence corpus' trained on 18,000 Keynote presentations, 50,000 Google Docs and other internal materials, paired with dashboards giving him real-time visibility into Airbnb's operations. He said the system has let him cut his meeting load in half by giving him direct access to information that previously required staff briefings.
Climate researchers have released a new map showing how an unusually powerful El Niño weather pattern is expected to alter conditions across different regions worldwide. The map identifies areas likely to see the most significant disruptions to rainfall, temperature and storm activity as the phenomenon intensifies.
New research finds that 178 major fossil fuel companies have already released enough greenhouse gases to continue raising global temperatures for centuries, even if all of them halted emissions immediately. The study attributes this locked-in warming to carbon already emitted and persisting in the atmosphere, rather than to any future activity.
A new report warns that the current strong El Niño event, which is pushing global temperatures unusually high, could contribute to nearly half a million deaths over the next six months. The report describes the extreme heat as a preview of conditions expected to become the norm within a few decades.
Mercy Corps, the 40-year-old humanitarian organization, has renamed itself Prosper Global. CEO Tjada McKenna discussed the decision alongside warnings about overlapping global crises, including conflicts in Syria, Sudan, Ukraine and Gaza, and how tensions in the Strait of Hormuz are contributing to looming food shortages in vulnerable countries.
After the Trump administration cut funding for the US Global Change Research Program and pulled past climate reports offline, the American Geophysical Union and American Meteorological Society created a new system to preserve this research. Instead of one coordinated government report, teams of scientists will publish peer-reviewed papers in journals that feed into a shared 'US Climate Collection.' The first entry, authored by 149 researchers—many of whom had worked on the now-defunct federal assessment—was published simultaneously in two journals to set priorities for future submissions.
A review of recent AI industry announcements about hacking incidents, mathematical breakthroughs, and self-improving systems finds that expert scrutiny often reveals a much less dramatic reality than initial company statements suggested. The pattern shows companies generating significant press attention through bold claims, which later prove overstated once independent analysis occurs. Separately, 22 nations have called for a new global body to set AI safety standards, though the US and China are notably absent from this declaration.
A commentary published in Nature argues that the world lacks a coordinated fallback system to preserve and share climate-risk intelligence if key data sources fail or become inaccessible. The piece warns that current climate monitoring and forecasting infrastructure is fragmented and vulnerable to funding cuts, political shifts, or technical disruptions.
Verita Global has launched a claims website for the class action lawsuit accusing Apple of overpromising Siri and Apple Intelligence features. Eligible buyers of Apple Intelligence-capable iPhones purchased between June 10, 2024 and March 29, 2025 can now submit claims for a share of Apple's $250 million settlement fund, with payouts expected around $25 per device, ranging up to $95 depending on claim volume.
A new Pew Research Center poll spanning 37 countries finds that majorities in 34 of them believe artificial intelligence will reduce employment over the next two decades. The United States ranked as the third-most pessimistic nation at 71%, trailing only South Korea and Australia at 76% each, while poorer nations like Nigeria were more likely to see AI creating jobs.