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A view of the Bluey balloon during the 2022 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade (Photo by Michael Loccisano/Getty Images)Getty ImagesTaking a look back at this week’s news and headlines from across the Apple world, including iPhone 18 Pro pricing, iPhone 17 US success, more MacBook Neo laptops, macOS 27 will look better, EU forces more change, hiding your location for privacy, and Bluey is going to take over your iPhone.Apple Loop is here to remind you of a few of the many discussions around Apple in the last seven days. You can also read my weekly digest of Android news here…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. There are days in entrepreneurship where everything feels like it’s working. Momentum is building. Conversations are productive. Decisions feel clear. You feel confident in the direction you’re heading. And then there are days when it feels completely different. Problems stack up. Plans shift. Things take longer than expected. You start questioning decisions that felt obvious just a few days earlier. When I first started building a business, I didn’t expect this level of variability. I assumed progress would feel more consistent, more predictable, more stable. It doesn’t. Entrepreneurship doesn’t feel linear From…

The global energy industry is under pressure to innovate. Energy companies need vetted, field-tested technologies that improve efficiency, enhance safety, and streamline operations. On the other side of the spectrum, early-stage startups developing new technologies struggle to access customers, test environments, and capital. These parallel challenges can slow crucial energy innovation, creating a commercialization gap. One approach to addressing this challenge has emerged in Tulsa, Oklahoma, a region with deep institutional knowledge and over a century of experience in energy operations. Rose Rock Bridge, a nonprofit based in Tulsa, is a pilot deployment studio that offers a new approach to…

Key Takeaways Bozigian’s business hit $100,000 in sales, driven by TikTok, during its launch month. Weeks before its flagship store opening, the brand found itself facing a lawsuit. Bozigian harnessed the power of social media — and sales have been better than ever. Kelly Bozigian and her husband, Colt Bozigian, were living out an entrepreneur’s dream. The handmade jewelry company Kelly founded in 2024 — then called Coastal Caviar — had taken social media by storm with its charm necklaces and bracelets. After a spotlight from influencer Alix Earle, the business enjoyed “pretty instant success” during its first month live…

How to solve today’s Wordle.SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty ImagesIt’s the weekend and we weekend Wordlers have a Wordle to solve. Woohoo! This was a bit of a tricky one, though not the hardest I’ve seen in recent days.Also, apparently they’re making a Wordle game show, which should be interesting. Samantha Guthrie is going to be hosting. I’m not really sure how you turn a game about guessing a five-letter word in six guesses into a competitive game show, but I’m certainly curious!Looking for Friday’s Wordle? Check out our guide right here.Today’s Bonus Custom WordleNow that we can create our own…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI tools for small businesses work best as early-warning systems. The businesses that benefit most aren’t chasing more data. AI eliminates small, compounding blind spots that quietly erode margins when the owner isn’t around. AI is often framed as a replacement technology — and it is. In white-collar settings, it drafts documents, writes code and summarizes meetings. However, AI performs a different yet perhaps more important function on Main Street: It eliminates blind spots. In restaurants, retail stores, hotels and service businesses, margins generally don’t slip due to a catastrophic…

Giddy up, Yellowstone fans: The epic saga of the Dutton family continues. The Western drama, which began humbly in 2018, has since grown into one of television’s most valuable franchises. A Bloomberg story from last year estimated that it generated nearly $3 billion in sales and $700 million in profit. Today, the sequel series Dutton Ranch premieres on both the Paramount Network and Paramount+. Beth and Rip are ready to make a new start in Texas. But just how did they wind up there? Here’s everything you need to know before tuning in. How did Yellowstone end? Taylor Sheridan and…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Third-party corroboration is the new domain authority. Context-matched placement beats raw mention volume. Distributed review signals function as proof, not just social proof. Your trust proof needs to be machine-readable. Specificity wins over superlatives. The past two decades have seen search engines and social media as the twin engines of online visibility, and the rules — while always shifting — remained at least broadly the same. That playbook isn’t obsolete, but it’s no longer complete. Generative AI has introduced a third channel that some analysts believe will eventually eclipse traditional…

George Boyd just won a seat on the Norfolk County Council after being called AI-generated by skeptics.Reform UKAfter becoming the subject of widespread speculation that he’s AI-generated, a newly elected member of the Norfolk County Council in eastern England has insisted that he is, in fact, real. Claims that Boyd is nothing more than a pixelated aspiring politician began gaining traction after voters had trouble finding much of a digital footprint for the candidate and a headshot used in his campaign material struck some as bearing the hallmarks of artificial intelligence. “Of course I exist. You can’t get nominated for…

Tim Howell spent years preparing to jump from a 27,230-foot-high point in the Himalayas. A routine walk in the French Alps brought his historic expedition to a sudden halt. Tim Howell attempted to set a world wingsuit record by jumping from Lhotse twice, in 2024 and 2025 (Photo: Tim Howell)Published May 15, 2026 01:09PMBritish adventurer Tim Howell was planning to set a record for the world’s highest wingsuit flight, launching himself off a ridge near the summit of the Himalayan peak Lhotse, when a venomous snake bit him on the finger. Now he’s putting his record attempt on hold.“We have now…