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Americans are reaching for a cup of Joe at the highest level in 14 years, but they’re drinking it at home. This is great news for Keurig and Nespresso, not so great for coffee chains like Starbucks, which closed 400 stores last year as part of a $1 billion restructuring. A National Coffee Association survey found 85% of Americans who drank coffee in the past day did so at home, the highest percentage since 2012. Three factors are driving the shift: remote work and hybrid schedules mean fewer commutes, historically high coffee prices are pushing consumers to cut costs, and…
Published April 15, 2026 02:09PMI recently met Norwegian climber Kristin Harila in the empty restaurant of Kathmandu’s Aloft Hotel, which is the bustling epicenter of the Mount Everest climbing scene. In 2022, I watched Harila enter the hotel lobby to the cheers of fans during her first attempt at setting the speed record for climbing the 14 peaks above 8,000 meters—a goal she accomplished in 2023. Over the years, I’ve frequently seen fans approach Harila for photos and autographs in the hotel during the height of her popularity.But when I met with her this year, the hotel was unexpectedly quiet, and…
When Pokémon launched in 1996, the brand offered just a pair of video games, a single region within its world for players to explore, and 151 creatures for them to capture and train. 30 years later, Pokémon mania is stronger than ever. The most recent mainline games in the series, Pokémon Scarlet and Violet, sold 10 million copies in their first three days, while the accompanying Pokémon Trading Card Game printed 10.2 million new cards between 2024 and 2025. The franchise now features 1,025 Pokémon across its more than a hundred video game titles under the Pokémon umbrella, including the…
Key Takeaways Jack Clark is a cofounder of Anthropic and a former journalist who majored in English Literature as an undergraduate. In a new interview, Clark explained why his degree was “useful” — he “got to learn a lot about history” and “about the kind of stories that we tell ourselves about the future.” Clark said that majors that seem out of place in the age of AI can actually turn out to be valuable. Anthropic cofounder Jack Clark was a liberal arts major in college and found it to be “extremely relevant for AI.” At Semafor’s World Economy Summit…
Moving Beyond the Ache: A Practical Guide to Living Well with DDD (Part 2)Do you find yourself sitting or lying down for longer periods, hoping the rest will finally quiet your back pain? It feels like the safest choice, doesn’t it? But have you noticed that the longer you remain still, the stiffer and more daunting that first step becomes when you finally stand up?The “Rest Trap”: Why Stillness is the EnemyIn my 15 years training clients in Sevenoaks, I’ve seen a recurring pattern: the “Rest Trap.” When movement hurts, our natural instinct is to stop. However, with Degenerative Disc…
How many new oil wells did you drill this year? Did your oil and gas reserves deplete? Do you operate your pipelines through a Master Limited Partnership? Those questions likely don’t mean anything to the average person. They’re only relevant to Big Oil companies, which can get tax breaks for such actions. The questions appear on “Trumpo Tax,” a satire website (a nod to Intuit’s tax-preparation software TurboTax) created by United to End Polluter Handouts (UTEPH), a coalition of climate groups that highlights how Americans’ tax dollars fund oil and gas corporations. On Tax Day, (Wednesday, April 15), a “Trumpo…
Key Takeaways Coca-Cola executive chairman James Quincey sees career success less as a grand plan and more as “survival” over many roles. In a recent interview, Quincey likened corporate careers to elimination tournaments. Quincey also called “work-life balance” a “weird phrase,” stating that work is part of life and that people are constantly choosing how to invest their finite time and energy. For Coca-Cola executive chairman James Quincey, success is less about meticulous career planning and more about survival. In a recent interview at the London Business School, Quincey likened corporate careers to elimination tournaments, where many capable people drop…
I had a student visit my office hours recently looking for career advice to help him marry his scholastic endeavors with his extracurricular activities as a student athlete. He began to expound upon his experiences in and out of the classroom here at the University of Michigan, the high expectations of the business school, and the pace of the classes. But what captured my attention most was the way he described the complexities of being a gymnast. Of course, it was more nuanced than just jumping and flipping; there’s the full-body physical conditioning of the sport and the mental fortitude…
On Wednesday, April 15, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel announced in a letter to employees that the company would lay off about 1,000 people, including 16% of its full-time employees. “We believe that rapid advancements in artificial intelligence enable our teams to reduce repetitive work, increase velocity, and better support our community, partners, and advertisers,” Spiegel said in the letter. That statement could have been pulled from a number of tech CEO’s recent bold statements that AI will replace employees. Spiegel joins the ranks of CEOs like Block’s Jack Dorsey who have been unabashed in citing AI in their decisions to lay…
It’s not lab science, but watching bikes absorb repeated flat landings tells you more than you might expect.Published April 15, 2026 09:22AMEvery year, Pinkbike’s Field Test brings together a curated selection of the best mountain bikes of the season, putting them through a week of back-to-back riding to tease out real-world performance differences. It’s a rigorous process that culminates in the fan-favorite “Huck to Flat” test. Part finale, part stress test, the Huck to Flat has been a Field Test tradition since 2018. The premise is straightforward: send a bike off a drop and land flat, over and over, and…