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The world’s top leaders often say they can read people better than anyone else — a trait that has long intrigued psychologists and management experts.Some call it an art, others say it’s a science.Sequoia partner Jess Lee — a Silicon Valley veteran who previously worked at Google and Yahoo, and founded the e-commerce company Polyvore, which Yahoo acquired for $200 million in 2015 — shared some of her secrets on a recent episode of “The Library of Minds” podcast.Lee said she now relies on a process to evaluate workers beyond quantifiable metrics, which she learned from her Sequoia colleague Shawn…
OpenAI launched an AI-powered web browser called ChatGPT Atlas this week, which makes me wonder: Is it finally time to ditch Safari? That news was on our minds as Max Zeff, Sean O’Kane, and I discussed the browser landscape — including some lesser-known alternatives — on the latest episode of the Equity podcast. But it doesn’t sound like any of us will be making a big switch soon. For one thing, Sean noted many companies have tried and ultimately failed to unseat the major browsers due to their inability to make money on the browser alone. Of course, that’s less…
When Napoleon marched into Russia in 1812, he brought with him the largest army Europe had ever seen. When he limped back out, he’d met his match — not in muskets or cannon fire, but in microbes.Researchers who analyzed DNA from the teeth of soldiers who died during the retreat from Moscow say they have identified two diseases that devastated the emperor’s vaunted Grande Armée.Ever since 1812, “people have thought that typhus was the most prevalent disease in the army,” said Nicolás Rascovan, the head of the microbial paleogenomics unit at the Institut Pasteur and an author of the study,…
Nearly half of all Americans have high blood pressure – a condition called hypertension.Hypertension is the No. 1 risk factor for heart disease and stroke. In addition, hypertension increases risk of dementia and cognitive decline. Heart disease, stroke and dementia are the first-, fourth- and sixth-leading causes of death in the U.S. Unfortunately, only 1 in 4 people with a history of high blood pressure have this condition under control.In August 2025, the American Heart Association and the American College of Cardiology released new guidelines on prevention and management of hypertension, based on a comprehensive analysis of literature published over…
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — Find a shady spot under a tree, take a breath of fresh air and call me in the morning.Health care providers have long suggested stressed-out patients spend time outdoors. Now hundreds of providers are going a step further and issuing formal prescriptions to get outside. The tactic is gaining momentum as social media, political strife and wars abroad weigh on the American psyche.Of course, no one needs a prescription to get outside, but some doctors think that issuing the advice that way helps people take it seriously.“When I bring it up, it is almost like granting…
Paul and Ashlee Higginbotham knew what was and wasn’t normal for their kids. As the parents of six, they had seen a lot of illnesses and tantrums. But they were baffled by the behavior of their youngest daughter, Austyn.Austyn was “just not happy” and “never content,” Ashlee said. As an infant, she never slept and cried constantly. She was “never smiling, never laughing,” the toddler’s mother said. She had mild developmental delays and a tremor. At 18 months old, genetic testing found she had a genetic condition called Chiari malformation.The condition occurs when the lower part of the brain does…
New AI-powered web browsers such as OpenAI’s ChatGPT Atlas and Perplexity’s Comet are trying to unseat Google Chrome as the front door to the internet for billions of users. A key selling point of these products are their web browsing AI agents, which promise to complete tasks on a user’s behalf by clicking around on websites and filling out forms. But consumers may not be aware of the major risks to user privacy that come along with agentic browsing, a problem that the entire tech industry is trying to grapple with. Cybersecurity experts who spoke to TechCrunch say AI browser…
Jeb Teichman’s phone rang just before midnight. As a pediatrician, he has received many late-night emergency calls.This time, the call was about his 29-year-old son. Brent Teichman had been suffering from the flu for five days. After he began to recover, his symptoms returned with a vengeance, making it difficult to breathe. Teichman, who was out of town, suggested his son visit an urgent care facility. Brent Teichman returned home from the clinic with a prescription for antibiotics and collapsed in bed.When his roommate checked on him a few hours later, Brent Teichman was unconscious. His roommate first called Teichman,…
If I could have back all the time I’ve spent searching Instagram in vain for a Reel I saw in passing — trying for weeks to come up with the right combination of hashtags or keywords that would bring it back — well, I’d have back hours, I’d guess. Enough time to go to the gym or call my mom. These are the sacrifices I make to pursue my goal of pushing the known human limits of how much short-form video content can be consumed before one is driven to madness.Which is why I was thrilled — Ecstatic! Rapturous! Ready to…
The AI bubble might pop, but Kong CEO Augusto “Aghi” Marietti told Business Insider he thinks it’ll be worth it.AI companies will ultimately need the massive infrastructure projects they’re now spending so much on to build, he said.”We’re in this new builders era where it’s a very singular moment where we are going to probably deploy more capex and more capital for enabling the AI era, and we need it,” Marietti told Business Insider.Marietti said that energy-related issues are likely to be the primary bottleneck that stunts AI growth. Business Insider has documented how AI companies are so desperate for…