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Before there was an iPod, an iPhone, an iPad, or an Apple Watch—before there was a Macintosh or Apple II or even an Apple-1—there were a couple of kids who came of age in Silicon Valley in the late 1960s and early 1970s.Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak were brought together by a shared fascination with electronics. Supported by friends, family, and a burgeoning community of hobbyists, technologists, and entrepreneurs, just as the microprocessor was ushering in a new era, they channeled their strikingly different skills into joint projects.On April 1, 1976, along with Jobs’s former coworker Ronald Wayne, the two…

The climate crisis demands that we rethink how we construct the built environment. Buildings account for more than 33% of global energy consumption and nearly 40% of greenhouse gas emissions. Traditional building materials like concrete, steel, and glass are energy-intensive to produce, meaning truly sustainable buildings are difficult to achieve when we rely on the status quo.Mass timber—engineered wood products that deliver immense structural strength while reducing environmental impact—has emerged as a compelling alternative. Swapping concrete for timber reduces embodied carbon by up to 26.5% per square foot. And the benefits go well beyond carbon metrics: Mass timber offers more…

If you’re a Gen Xer like me, Andrew McCarthy defined a pretty significant chunk of your teenage movie-going experience — Pretty in Pink, Mannequin, Weekend at Bernie’s, and Less Than Zero were the freakin’ jam. But McCarthy has dramatically expanded his resume since starring in those iconic ’80s flicks, becoming a New York Times bestselling author, travel writer for major publications, and TV director. He joined me on How Success Happens to discuss his latest book, Who Needs Friends: An Unscientific Examination of Male Friendship Across America, and shared insights on fear, vulnerability, and why showing up matters more than…

Now, that crowd has something to celebrate: the end of OpenAI’s video generation platform Sora. On Tuesday, March 24, OpenAI announced it was shutting down Sora, its AI-first TikTok clone, just months after its launch in September of 2025. “We’re saying goodbye to Sora,” the company said in a statement. “To everyone who created with Sora, shared it, and built community around it: thank you. What you made with Sora mattered, and we know this news is disappointing.” The news came as a surprise, especially given Disney’s billion-dollar investment in Sora in December, which came with a licensing deal that…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways By combining Zero Trust principles (“never trust, always verify”) with AI, organizations can improve resilience and reduce downtime while maintaining strict access controls. Instead of static rules, AI analyzes context (location, timing, behavior patterns) during recovery events to ensure that only legitimate recovery efforts will take place. “Assume breach” is now a recovery strategy. By treating a breach as inevitable, you can design strong systems and always be on guard for threats — and AI makes these systems even more powerful. Over many years, cybersecurity and business progress have existed…

Air travelers are experiencing the highest wait times ever under the Transportation Security Administration, the agency’s acting head told Congress on Wednesday, as the latest offer to end a funding impasse and put restraints on President Donald Trump’s mass deportation agenda met fierce resistance.The TSA’s Ha Nguyen McNeill described the mounting hardships facing unpaid airport workers — piling up bills and eviction notices, even plasma donations to make ends meet — and warned that lawmakers must ensure “this never happens again.”“This is a dire situation,” she said.Yet on the 40th day of the standoff involving the Department of Homeland Security, there was no easy…

Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. Key Takeaways Travel disrupts rhythm, so consistent, simple routines outperform discipline or willpower alone Protect sleep and energy with portable habits, not reliance on unpredictable environments Reset quickly after landing to stabilize stress, digestion and circadian rhythm I travel enough to know that our health and wellness on trips usually does not suffer because we “lack discipline.” It suffers because travel is engineered to break rhythm.We rush to make flights, we are overstimulated between presentations and meetings, we get dehydrated and we eat at odd times. I am not someone who loves…

“These improvements empower communities to prepare earlier and more effectively for dangerous hazards from tropical storms and hurricanes,” Michael Brennan, director of NOAA’s National Hurricane Center, said in a statement.The updates come as climate change brings warmer global temperatures and rising sea levels, leading to more extreme weather events such as longer and more intense hurricane seasons, heat waves, storms, flooding, and even colder winter weather in some parts of the country.Here’s what to know.What’s happening?The NHC’s new 2026 forecast cone will now include tropical storms and hurricane watches and warnings for inland areas—not just coastal areas—“in effect for the…

Key Takeaways Samsung has begun testing ads on the large touchscreens of its Family Hub refrigerators. The move prompted backlash from owners who didn’t expect their appliances to become ad surfaces. Samsung rivals, like LG and GE, say they have no plans to run third-party ads on their appliance screens. Imagine walking up to your refrigerator and noticing an advertisement for Tide on its screen. Your fridge has become a billboard.  Ads have increased their infiltration of American homes, touching appliances with screens like fridges, The Wall Street Journal recently reported. One affected customer, 47-year-old Tim Yoder, told the Journal…

Late-night TV and Middle-earth just might be the crossover you didn’t know you needed.News of a new film that’s set in J.R.R. Tolkien’s beloved world is plenty of cause to celebrate for Lord of the Rings fans, but the latest project comes with a wild twist. Stephen Colbert and LOTR trilogy director Peter Jackson just announced that The Late Show host will co-write the movie, titled The Lord of the Rings: Shadow of the Past, adapting Tolkien’s timeless tales of elves, hobbits, and difficult choices.Colbert, a self-proclaimed LOTR superfan, will jump headfirst into the project after wrapping up a more…