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For years, parents, teenagers, pediatricians, educators, and whistleblowers have pushed the idea that social media is detrimental to young people’s mental health and can lead to addiction, eating disorders, sexual exploitation, and suicide.“The era of Big Tech invincibility is over,” said Sacha Haworth, executive director of The Tech Oversight Project. “After years of gaslighting from companies like Google and Meta, new evidence and testimony have pulled back the curtain and validated the harms young people and parents have been telling the world about for years.”While it’s too soon to tell if this week’s outcomes will lead to fundamental changes in how social media…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI makes software cheaper to build, but understanding real problems matters more than ever. Winning products separate assumptions from reality and continuously learn from real user behavior. The advantage shifts from coding speed to clarity of thinking and proximity to truth. I have had a software development studio for years. For many years, it had perfect sense: I was selling teams, hours and delivery. Clients understood it, I understood it, and everybody knew exactly what was being delivered in exchange for money.And then, somehow, in the last year or so,…

Hiring for white-collar jobs has been especially weak, part of what economists call a “low-hire, low-fire” job market in which businesses are largely holding onto their workers while hiring remains sluggish, making it difficult for younger workers to land permanent work.Technology is also shaking up the hiring process. Automated systems enable job seekers to easily apply to more jobs, but those same systems also makes it even tougher to get noticed. According to data from hiring platform Greenhouse, the average recruiter has 3.5 times more job applications to sift through than they did a few years earlier.But artificial intelligence has offered job…

Key Takeaways DoorDash is introducing a program that pays gig workers to do short data-collection jobs. The company plans to use the data from these tasks to train AI models and provide information for retail partners. The move signals a broader shift in gig work from only deliveries and rides to ongoing AI and retail data collection. DoorDash is turning its ranks of delivery couriers into on-demand data collectors and AI helpers. The food delivery service is now offering a new slate of short assignments that pay workers to photograph shelves, film chores and record conversations in exchange for cash,…

Be careful what you like on social media—you never know when a billionaire’s lawyers might be going over your reactions with a fine-tooth comb.Elon Musk’s lawyers requested that a judge with a history of presiding over his legal battles step aside this week. The reason? A post she liked on LinkedIn. In a motion for recusal, Musk’s legal team requested that Delaware Chancery Court Chancellor Kathaleen McCormick remove herself from a pair of Tesla lawsuits to “avoid an appearance of bias.”The post in question celebrated a verdict in a San Francisco federal court that found Musk defrauded Twitter investors in…

Key Takeaways Joseph Pilates developed the low-impact workout to rehabilitate prisoners. The exercise entered the mainstream in the U.S. in the 1990s. Here’s how the practice evolved over the years, and what’s driving its latest spike. Whether you’ve taken a Pilates class or not, you’ve no doubt heard of the exercise, which has enjoyed several spikes in popularity over the last century — including one that’s endured in recent years. Pilates and yoga studios make up an estimated $120 billion market as of 2025.  Joseph Pilates, who was born in Germany in 1883 and trained as an acrobat and gymnast,…

Gone are the days when a representative from the biometric firm might approach airport passengers to cajole them into signing up for a $209 membership to Clear. Amid staffing shortages with the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) caused by the nearly six-week-long shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), travelers desperate for a shorter journey through security lines are now rushing to download the Clear app.Through Wednesday, downloads of the Clear app across both Apple’s App Store and the Google Play store have totaled approximately 319,000 in March, a 228% increase from the comparable period in 2025, according to figures…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Slip-and-fall accidents in offices may seem minor, but can quickly create legal, financial and operational challenges. Responsibility often extends beyond one party and may involve employers, building owners, property managers and vendors, depending on who controls the hazard — and unclear ownership can increase liability. Beyond legal costs, these incidents can lead to productivity loss, higher insurance premiums, and reputational damage. Strong leaders reduce risk by assigning clear safety responsibility, maintaining inspections and documentation and encouraging early hazard reporting. It’s 10:30 a.m. on a Tuesday. Your team is productive, deadlines…

Artificial intelligence is moving into everything. It’s in the phone in your pocket, the watch on your wrist, the TV on your wall, and the appliances in your kitchen. As companies race to build AI wearables and ambient assistants, there’s a risk we skip a crucial step: grounding this future in the devices people already trust and use constantly.For most of us, that foundation is the smartphone.Smartphones sit at the center of daily life, helping with communication, payments, creativity, navigation, entertainment, and more. About 91% of Americans own one, according to Pew Research. They are personal, always with us, and…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Software overload happens when teams keep stacking tools that individually promise efficiency but collectively create complexity, fragmentation and hidden costs that slow work down. The fix isn’t finding the perfect platform — it’s auditing what you have, consolidating where possible, and committing to simple, stable systems your team actually uses. At some point, software stopped being a tool and became a black hole.There’s a dashboard for your tasks, another for your team, yet another for sales, plus a few assorted for analytics. Just a few “lightweight” tools that were supposed…