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Published March 25, 2026 08:19AMIn 2024, German slackliner Friedi Kühne broke the world record for the highest highline walk. With a parachute strapped to his back, he walked between two tethered hot air balloons floating 8,500 feet above the ground—and then jumped off. Kühne told Outside what it’s like to cross a span that big, and how he prepared for the stunt.As I stood more than a mile above the earth, suspended between two hot air balloons with nothing but a parachute on my back, there was nowhere else to go but forward—or plummet downward, I suppose. It was November 9,…
Ding-dong, Sora is dead! So says the executive team at OpenAI, which now wants its talented staff to say goodbye to the generative AI social media platform—which was only online for a few months—and invest most of its efforts on its core business: enterprise services and coding. In other words, OpenAI is back to focusing on its key goal (beating Anthropic), instead of what the company’s CEO of applications reportedly described as a “side quest” (trying to overtake TikTok). Disney, which was hoping to license its iconic characters for use in Sora, is now ditching its investment in the AI…
Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Retention grows when email guides behavior, not just promotes products. Consistent, purposeful email cadence builds habits, engagement and long-term subscriber loyalty. The best brands use email to create accountability, community and ongoing product value. Most subscription health brands obsess over acquisition. They pour budget into ads, influencers and launch promotions — and then, once a customer buys, they go quiet. Maybe a welcome email goes out. Maybe a shipping confirmation. And then nothing until the next promotional blast.That is a retention strategy built on luck.After working across subscription health brands…
YETI rarely plays the discount game, but Amazon’s week-long spring sales event is the exception.Save big on top-rated gear like the Tundra 45 and Hopper Flip series during the Amazon YETI Big Spring Sale, now through March 31. (Photo: Amazon/Canva)Published March 25, 2026 08:27AMI’ll be honest: The Amazon Big Spring Sale is a lot. With thousands of items marked down by up to 40% from March 25 to March 31, it’s a marathon of scrolling that borders on a digital fever dream. My brain starts to break after page ten of “lightning deals.” I’d much rather be outside—phone-free and unplugged—than…
AI doesn’t float in the cloud. It runs on concrete, steel, and electricity in massive physical infrastructure. It is powered by local electricity grids and located in cities across the country. Residents who live and work nearby have a direct stake in how and where that infrastructure is built. That makes community consent the deciding factor in the AI race. Technology alone won’t determine the outcome—trust will. Companies that scale fastest will treat sustainable engineering and trust-building as a core business strategy. The AI race won’t be won in the cloud. It will be won at the fence line.…
Meta must—quite literally—pay for endangering children across its platforms. A New Mexico jury has found Meta liable for misleading the public, exposing children to sexual exploitation, and fostering adverse mental health. Meta must pay $375 million in civil penalties for about 75,000 violations at the maximum penalty of $5,000 each.This decision marks the first time a U.S. state has successfully defeated a big tech company at trial.“The jury’s verdict is a historic victory for every child and family who has paid the price for Meta’s choice to put profits over kids’ safety,” New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez said in response…
Shares of Arm Holdings plc (Nasdaq: ARM) are surging this morning after the semiconductor design firm announced it will begin making its own chips for AI workloads. The move from chip designer to chipmaker represents the most significant shift in the company’s business model in its 35-year history. Here’s what you need to know.Arm revamps its business modelFor over three decades, the British semiconductor firm had one primary business model: it designed chips and then licensed those designs to other companies, including Apple and Qualcomm, which would then make their own semiconductors based on Arm’s designs. Under this business model, Arm…
When global trade buckles, Ryan Petersen is the person executives call. The founder and CEO of Flexport offers a real-time account of the Strait of Hormuz crisis—what he’s seeing on the ground, on the water, and across the supply chains straining under the pressure. As ripple effects of the crisis are being felt in different ways in different parts of the world, Petersen provides both a micro and macro view that business leaders need to hear. This is an abridged transcript of an interview from Rapid Response, hosted by the former editor-in-chief of Fast Company Bob Safian. From the team behind…
Published March 25, 2026 03:34AMThis year, I had my heart set on obtaining a coveted permit to hike Wyoming’s Teton Crest Trail alongside my sister. For months, we had planned to share the gorgeous mountain sanctuary together. And then, I forgot to apply for a permit in time. The day after the permit went live, I ran to my computer in a panic. Every spot for 2026 had been snapped up the day before. Every spring, I set out to win the lottery or be first in line to nab the elusive permits required for the country’s most epic backcountry adventures.…
Having rejection sensitive dysphoria, or RSD, is physically painful, all-consuming, and disproportionate to the event that triggered it.While a neurotypical person is able to recognize rejection, rationalize it, feel bad about it, and then move on with their day fairly quickly, RSD feels like a bull has charged at you and headbutted you in the chest, and it comes with a tremendous amount of shame.RSD is defined by the Cleveland Clinic as “severe emotional pain because of a failure or feeling rejected,” and is a symptom of the emotional dysregulation often seen due to the extra criticisms a person with…