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Published April 9, 2026 04:00AMImagine you’re browsing the gently used gear at an REI Re/Supply and come across a sleeping bag. It’s in good shape and priced right. You need a new sleeping bag anyway for camping this summer, but what if this one’s teeming with the previous owner’s germs? Ick.But wait—alongside the price tag, you notice another tag certifying it has been cleaned by a company called Tersus Solutions. The ick-factor fades, and you head straight to checkout. (Photo: Courtesy Tersus Solutions) Tersus Handles the Dirty Work That little tag? It means your new-to-you sleeping bag wasn’t just cleaned…

We talk a lot about visionary leadership. You know, the ability to see around corners, spot emerging patterns, and imagine futures that don’t yet exist. These are all very important activities for strategic work. But something we rarely consider is what happens when the physical instrument of vision itself is under siege. Said more bluntly, what happens when our eyes succumb to the daily assault of screen time?I recently spoke with Dr. Valerie Sheety-Pilon, SVP of clinical and medical affairs at VSP Vision Care, whose organization has spent three years tracking the state of vision health in the American workforce.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways HR must evolve from support role to strategic driver of measurable business outcomes. Companies that unify people, data and decisions will outperform slower, siloed competitors. Generational threats have a way of forcing people inside companies to find different — and better — ways of working together.We saw it during Covid, when HR, IT and finance teamed up to manage the transition from office life to remote teams. It wasn’t easy — but with no other choice, companies found new ways to collaborate and get work done, more efficiently than before.In…

On the heels of a two-week ceasefire in the Iran war—which requires reopening the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil passageway—benchmark U.S. crude oil prices sank to $94.98 a barrel on April 8, down 16%. That’s left many Americans wondering when fuel prices—and therefore airline ticket prices—might come down.The answer: probably not anytime soon.First, let’s take a look at gas prices. On Wednesday, the day after the ceasefire was announced, gas prices went up 2 cents, not down, hitting an average of $4.16 a gallon nationwide.Why aren’t we seeing prices fall? There are a few reasons. For one, reopening the Strait of Hormuz is only…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Curiosity, not polish, is what turns conversations into real opportunities. Most meaningful connections begin with simple, low-pressure human interactions. Saying hello unlocks doors adults often close through hesitation. I have always said something that makes people smile: I like to live like a kid.Not a child. A kid. There is a difference.A child avoids responsibility. A kid keeps curious. A kid stays open to the world. A kid still believes interesting things can happen if you talk to someone new. That mindset has shaped a lot of how I live…

Travelers will soon face restrictions on how many portable chargers they can carry on a flight as airlines continue to try to reduce the risk of another lithium battery fire aboard their jets.Southwest Airlines announced Tuesday that starting April 20, passengers will only be able to carry one charger on their planes, and they won’t be allowed to put it in the overhead bin or in their checked luggage. The airline already requires passengers to keep their chargers in the open while they are using them, so flight attendants can act quickly if they start to overheat.The new Southwest rule…

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I recently noticed a paradox among a team of developers. With AI, engineers started writing code faster and getting answers in seconds, yet they also reported feeling more exhausted than before.AI hasn’t actually reduced the amount of work that needs to be done. Instead, it has fundamentally changed its nature. We can now run multiple tasks in parallel and perceive this as productivity. Up to a point, it is. But eventually, managing tools and constantly switching between them becomes more draining than performing the original tasks themselves. In some cases, it even slows down the process of finding a solution.I’ve…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI infrastructure is no longer neutral. Your vendor choice now directly shapes risk, cost, and market access. “Good enough” chips plus availability can beat top performance when scaling AI across constrained or fragmented markets. The global race in AI is often framed as a battle of models, data or talent. But beneath all of that sits a much less visible layer — infrastructure. And right now, that layer is being reshaped by a growing rivalry between Huawei and Nvidia.At first glance, this looks like a technical story about chips. In…

One of the biggest barriers people face to their productivity is an inability to focus. Most people are highly distracted and distractable, which makes it hard to sustain the level of attention required to complete complex tasks and to think through difficult problems.Chances are at least part of your problem is self-inflicted. We have created environments with lots of attention-grabbing information. You have learned to seek out that information regularly. Indeed, your brain has timing mechanisms in it, and the desire to check your phone or your web browser may interrupt you at regular intervals, even when you’re trying your…