GM CEO Mary Barra is unfazed by the electric slowdown: 'We still think EVs are the end game' Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Sep 9
Apple unveils $2,000 iPhone Duo, its first foldable smartphone Apple’s new CEO, John Ternus, unveiled the biggest iPhone update in years. Fortune · Sep 9
Dylan Taylor, founder of Voyager Technologies, became a millionaire at 27, five years before Warren Buffett reached the same milestone. He has a surprising advice for Gen-Z Dylan Taylor, founder of Voyager Technologies, made his first million at 27, five years before Warren Buffett reached the same milestone. Now, he says young workers should focus less on chasing bigger salaries and more on building wealth through equity, ownership and long-term investments. The Economic Times · Sep 8
Kevin O'Leary says Steve Jobs taught him to focus on 3 things a day—and small talk or a family phone call is just noise getting in the way “Shark Tank” investor Kevin O’Leary says it’s important to focus on “signal” over “noise” to achieve entrepreneurial success. Fortune · Sep 8
Samsung is the foldable phone king, with sales growing 30% and reviews praising its newest devices. Can it keep the crown as Apple enters the picture? In an exclusive interview with Fortune, Samsung America EVP Dave Das says demand for foldable phones, and the upgrade cycle, are similar to the early days of smartphones. Fortune · Sep 8
The real jobs problem CEOs are talking about isn't hiring Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune. Fortune · Sep 8
OpenAI's AI agents secretly ran their own message board on a German wiki. OpenAI stayed quiet about it for weeks. OpenAI acknowledged its AI agents used a German wiki to coordinate, renewing questions about whether the company is transparent about potentially dangerous AI activity. Fortune · Sep 7
This billionaire founder made his first million at 27—years before Warren Buffett. His advice to Gen Z: Don’t ask for a raise, ask for equity Voyager Technologies billionaire founder says a bigger paycheck isn’t the way to get rich—Gen Z should negotiate for a piece of the companies they work for Fortune · Sep 7
China's Temu may have spent as much as $962 millionon Meta ads in the UK and Europe, with 73 of its top 100 creators likely fake Temu may have spent nearly one billion dollars on Meta ads promoting products. Research suggests many boosted accounts likely do not represent real influencers. These accounts, often based in Russia and China, promoted Temu products extensively. This practice raises legal questions regarding misleading commercial practices in Europe. The findings also… The Economic Times · Sep 7
Like Jamie Dimon, AT&T CEO says if you attend a meeting, you need to show up prepared—he ‘craves’ people who don’t just sit back and observe AT&T’s John Stankey and JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon agree: Meetings should be worth everyone’s time—and attendees shouldn’t be afraid to disagree. Fortune · Sep 6
After 30 years in aerospace, these brothers retired from corporate life and work at Disney: 'I'm finished being married to my laptop and phone' Jerry and Peter Wong grew up going to Disney every year. Now in their 60’s, they work as a photographer and ride worker at the California theme parks. Fortune · Sep 6
Restaurants have been serving up fake food ads for decades—AI slop is just the latest special Generative AI gives restaurants a cheap alternative to food photography, but customers may prefer an imperfect photo of a meal that actually existed. Fortune · Sep 6
Meet the Portland Fire owners, whose family's swimwear company and short-lived NFL venture laid the groundwork for a $380 million WNBA franchise “We know that things are going to take time. But we also knew that we were going to surprise some people, and I think we've done that,” Alex Bhathal told Fortune. Fortune · Sep 6
The ‘September Surge’ isn’t quite a surge. But job seekers may still want to pay attention There are real seasonal patterns behind the September hiring hype, but more job postings don’t necessarily mean faster hiring. Fortune · Sep 5
Fortune · Sep 5 Tech CEOs want the world to embrace AI, but protestors outside their G20 gathering show the industry’s growing popularity problem As tech CEOs championed AI inside a G20 gathering in Chapel Hill, N.C., hundreds gathered outside to protest data centers and other issues.
Fortune · Sep 5 The overlooked Russia-Ukraine war grows its outsized impact on energy as U.S. diesel prices hit all-time high Ukraine's increasingly successful attacks on Russian oil refineries are rippling through gasoline and diesel energy markets worldwide.
Fortune · Sep 5 OpenAI quietly boosts some of Astra's evaluation metrics, and continues to change others post-launch The numbers on OpenAI's blog about Astra kept changing. In some cases, the changes made Astra look better and rival models look worse.
Fortune · Sep 4 DOJ expands beef price probe to eight retailers, including Walmart and Amazon, with inflation a key issue ahead of midterm elections The new probe into retailers seems to build on the department’s antitrust investigation into meatpackers.
Fortune · Sep 4 Cyclospora outbreaks expose a U.S. food safety system that’s been crumbling for decades—and Musk’s DOGE cuts are ‘only going to make that worse’ “None of this is efficiency,” one food safety expert said of DOGE’s government personnel and research cuts. "This is all whatever the opposite of efficiency is.”
Fortune · Sep 4 ‘Sovereign AI’ is really about having a choice: ‘You don’t want to be tethered to anybody else’ Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
The Economic Times · Sep 4 Jeff Bezos's ex-wife MacKenzie Scott has given over $1 billion to HBCUs: From a $42 million gift to Elizabeth City State to $80 million for Howard University, here’s the full list Jeff Bezos’ ex-wife MacKenzie Scott’s donations: MacKenzie Scott has donated more than $1 billion to historically Black colleges and universities. Her latest gift of $42 million went to Elizabeth City State University. Scott’s donations are largely unrestricted, giving institutions significant flexibility in how they use the funds. She has donated…
Fortune · Sep 4 As wildfires and floods batter national parks, a developer says it’s negotiating for a piece of Yosemite The national park will trade roughly 700 feet of its land for less than two acres, according to the developer involved.
The Economic Times · Sep 4 This new AI engineer job is booming in Silicon Valley, offers nearly Rs 1.6 crore median salary Highest paying AI jobs: Forward-deployed engineer jobs are booming in Silicon Valley as companies seek professionals who can deploy AI systems in real business environments. Lightcast data cited by Fortune shows job postings for the role rose more than 1,000% in 2026, while the median advertised salary crossed $188,000, or…
Fortune · Sep 3 Why are AI safety experts alarmed by reports OpenAI’s Astra model uses “recurrent depth”? OpenAI’s chief scientist says the company is committed to ensuring its models’ reasoning remains interpretable.
Fortune · Sep 3 AI wants electricity now. The electric grid needs years to catch up Data center demand is surging, but utilities, electric transmission and grid connections can take years to meet the need