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A yearslong battle between Sony PlayStation and its customers might soon be coming to an end after the approval of a preliminary settlement agreement for a class-action lawsuit on April 29.The lawsuit dates back to 2023, involving Sony’s decision to stop selling game-specific vouchers by third-party vendors, meaning the company would no longer allow the purchase of digital download cards from retailers like Amazon, GameStop, or Walmart, leaving Sony as the sole seller.Plaintiffs argue that the company violated federal antitrust law by eliminating competition for the sale of the game-specific vouchers, according to a press release by the plaintiffs’ law…

This article is republished with permission from Laser Wars, a newsletter about military laser weapons and other futuristic defense technology.The U.S. military has a message for America’s directed energy industry: it’s time to build.In a written posture statement submitted to the House Armed Services Committee ahead of a hearing on the U.S. Defense Department’s fiscal year 2027 budget request on April 29, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth stated that the Pentagon plans on buying “tens to hundreds” of directed energy weapons like high-energy laser systems in the coming years—the beginning of what Hegseth dubbed a “strong and consistent demand signal” to the U.S.…

Generative AI has done something strange to the economics of knowledge work: it has dramatically lowered the cost of generating ideas.Any reasonably capable professional with a chatbot can now produce a dozen plausible strategies, memos, product concepts, or marketing plans before lunch. In some cases, AI lowers the cost of execution too—but not nearly as far or as fast. Shipping even one of those ideas still takes weeks, months, or years.The result is already showing up across workplaces: more initiatives than teams can carry, more tools than anyone can learn, and more priorities than any reasonable person can hold in…

Tony Soprano was a master of coercion. Through violence, extortion, and bribery, he rose to the top of his industry, crushing competitors and delivering strong margins, despite some unfortunate employee turnover along the way. But even Soprano began to suspect there might be another way.  His psychiatrist, Dr. Jennifer Melfi, encouraged him to try a more collaborative approach, to become a better listener, and to engage with subordinates more thoughtfully. Soprano paused, thought about it, and, after considering the implications, asked, “Then how do I get people to do what I want?” That’s the Tony Soprano Problem. And today, every…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Recognize your company’s growth plateau before your KPIs turn red. Transform your go-to-market motion for the market you’re not reaching. Rebuild your executive team — again and again, as many times as necessary. Like AI, humans need context. Communicate with boring consistency. Be bold, even when you don’t know what’s next. Growing a company is a challenge that scales quickly in difficulty. Building from zero to $25 million in revenue is not easy, but many companies and leaders manage it. Scaling from $50 million to $200 million is substantially harder.…

When I first launched my business, I believed growth meant saying yes to everything. Every client who reached out, every opportunity that landed in my inbox, every late-night email that felt urgent. It all felt like momentum. I had spent years in the finance industry learning how to be reliable, responsive, and endlessly available. So when I went out on my own, I brought those habits with me. I believed boundaries were something you earned later, once you’d proven yourself. To make matters worse, there’s an unspoken belief in founder culture that “serious” entrepreneurs are always available, always hustling, always…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Custom visual content builds trust faster by showing real people, products and operations. Original photos and videos outperform stock by improving engagement across web and social platforms. A professional photo or video shoot can provide high-quality, custom visual assets essential for effective marketing. Whether you are a small business or a large corporation, you can benefit from photos and videos that help build trust, enhance your website’s visual experience, drive social media engagement and create impactful print media campaigns that stand out from competitors relying on generic stock imagery.Photo and…

After a long day in the office, you catch a sight of yourself in the bathroom mirror: Hair, frizzy. Skin, dry. Eyes, puffy. “Office air” has claimed yet another victim. The term, which has recently gone viral on TikTok, puts its finger on a complaint office workers have suffered in silence for years. Coined by content creator Noa Donlan, her videos documenting the phenomenon have recently amassed millions of views across TikTok and Instagram. “I first noticed it as a student, but it became unmistakable once I started working full-time four years ago,” Donlan told People in a recent interview.…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways AI is making phishing harder to detect. The messages are increasingly polished and professional, often mimicking colleagues or executives, which removes the obvious signs people used to rely on. Employees generally know how to spot phishing, but they still fall for it because they’re busy, multitasking and making fast decisions under pressure. It’s not because they lack training. Leaders must accept that cybersecurity is an operational problem. They must examine communication norms, look at after-hours expectations and build friction deliberately. There’s a version of the phishing problem that most companies…

Today’s work environment is more challenging than ever. With layoffs, the uncertainty that comes from the intrusion of AI, and changing codes of conduct, tempers are bound to flare up. Insults may follow. If you are a recipient of one of the six following insults, here’s how you can best respond.1. SHOUTING AT YOUSuppose you are in a meeting and your boss shouts at you, for example: “You didn’t hear me. I said we’d save that discussion for next time.” Don’t answer that rudeness with your own anger. That would only make things worse.Instead, respond to the substance of his words. You…