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As we gear up for the drama and excitement of the 30th WNBA season, it’s hard to believe that two months ago we were in limbo. Prolonged collective bargaining agreement (CBA) negotiations between the league and the players’ association left us all wondering if the season would even happen. Then came resolution, and a massive step forward for the players.When the story broke, most of the attention focused on the numbers: average salaries approaching $600,000 and the arrival of the league’s first million-dollar player contracts. Those milestones deserve to be celebrated. They represent real progress for the league and for…

Key Takeaways OpenAI is fast-tracking the development of its first AI phone, says analyst Ming-Chi Kuo. Kuo said that mass production of the phone is now targeted for as soon as the first half of 2027, earlier than his previous prediction of 2028. The phone’s standout feature is expected to be its image processor, designed to improve how the camera captures and interprets real-world scenes for AI. OpenAI is reportedly ramping up work on its first AI-focused phone, according to supply chain analyst Ming-Chi Kuo, per MacRumors. The company could begin mass production as early as the first half of…

Yesterday, Giorgia Meloni posted to X an AI-generated photo of herself wearing only lingerie. The Italian prime minister published the image to warn others about how easy it is to create perfectly believable images and videos. Her warning: Never believe anything you see without thoroughly fact-checking it.After all, we live in the end of reality.“Deepfakes are a dangerous tool, because they can deceive, manipulate, and hit anyone,” Meloni said on X. “I can defend myself. Many others don’t.”She is right, even though the image is not technically a deepfake. It’s a fully AI-generated photo that features her face. Unlike early…

This week on How Success Happens, I got to catch up with someone who doesn’t just build brands, he builds universes: bestselling author Soman Chainani, creator of the fantasy series The School for Good and Evil, and now the mind behind the wild new novel Young World. I first spoke with Soman back in 2021, when Good and Evil was being made into a Netflix flick, and since then he has made a few bold moves. He ditched New York City for St. Louis, where his partner has a nearby goat farm, and he took a big step outside his fairytale comfort zone…

Extreme drought, overstretched crews, and a sweeping Forest Service restructuring are converging into what experts fear could be the most volatile fire year in U.S. history.Firefighters keep watch as a California fire burns in 2007 (Photo: David McNew/Getty Images)Published May 6, 2026 05:18PMWildfire season is fast approaching, and with low snowpack, dry conditions, and soaring temperatures across the U.S., experts are warning that 2026 may be one of the worst on record. Combine those extreme conditions with massive restructuring at the U.S. Forest Service (USFS), and the result is a powder keg for federal wildland firefighters.“We have a wildfire crisis…

As a CEO operating within the global supply chain—where every purchase is tied to efforts to end forced and child labor—I think often about what work is for: not just making it faster, but making it matter.That’s what makes the latest Gallup findings on AI so striking. The headline insight isn’t productivity. It’s something more revealing: We’re becoming more efficient, but not more engaged.Employees say AI is making them more productive, yet global employee engagement has declined for two consecutive years, now sitting at just 20%. We’re optimizing how work gets done, but for many people, we’re eroding the experience…

Here’s a number that should get every food franchise owner’s attention: 96% of workplaces tried a new restaurant in 2025 through catering orders. Workplace catering is becoming a customer acquisition machine for franchises. New data from ezCater shows 91% of workplaces are spending the same or more on food in 2026, with one in five bumping budgets by over 25%. Daily meal programs jumped 26% year-over-year as companies use free food to lure hybrid workers back to offices. Brands like Five Guys and Mission BBQ are capitalizing fast. The real bonus? Sixty-two percent of employees who try a restaurant at…

Salesforce has launched a new Builder Program within its university recruitment initiative to fast-track recent grads into engineering, product, and sales roles focused on Agentforce, its proprietary AI agent system. The company said it has hired more than 10,000 professionals through its university recruitment program to date.According to a recent LinkedIn report, entry-level hiring is down 6% year over year. Some major CEOs bet that AI will cause job displacement and disrupt careers, especially for entry-level candidates. But Salesforce hopes to alleviate some of those bleak stats for new grads—at least in the name of AI.“The AI-native generation entering the workforce…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. A company’s reputation isn’t protected in a press release. It’s protected in the quiet discipline of processes. I lead the commercial organization for a global supply chain execution company: the teams responsible for sourcing, configuring, packaging and delivering complex products for technology, healthcare and consumer brands. When launches succeed and products arrive exactly as expected, the spotlight is usually elsewhere: on innovation, marketing or growth. That’s how it should be. And over time, you start to see where the real work of trust actually happens. A few months ago, one of our…

From dating apps spreading the paradox of choice onto young daters to social media stunting the social skills of generations to come, modern relationships are comically complicated.As a result, daters trying to navigate what seems like a minefield of one bad experience after another are turning to social media to share their past experiences and dating deal-breakers with the new “date cancelled” trend.The meme is simple: Users follow a template-like structure, posting “date cancelled” followed by their personal icks and irks collected from past relationships.While the format has expanded to various social media platforms, most of the users engaging with…