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- The Youngest Chef To Helm A Two-Michelin Star Restaurant May Have A Familiar Name—But He’s Making One For Himself
Since taking over Emeril’s, his father’s iconic New Orleans restaurant four years ago, 23-year-old chef E.J. Legasse has nearly tripled its revenue, landed on the World’s 50 Best list and understands that “restaurants are a team sport.”
- Braves Lose 8-Year MLB Veteran Just 6 Games After Trading For Him
The Atlanta Braves have lost an emergency trade addition after a very short stint.
- How The Milwaukee Bucks Fumbled The Giannis Antetokounmpo Situation
As the Bucks dragged their feet on a Giannis trade, the NBA overhauled its draft lottery system, which could drastically change the trade value of first-round picks.
- Meet the 11 Black Fortune 500 CEOs leading companies with over $432 billion in combined revenues
Black CEOs represent just 2% of the largest U.S. corporations.
- ‘Work-life balance is a lie’: TIAA’s CEO broke down at a bus terminal after a long work day, then found a better way to think about it
TIAA President and CEO Thasunda Brown Duckett now looks at her life as a “diversified portfolio” and says it’s set her up for success.
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- The inevitable weakness of metrics
There are plenty of useful things a metric can reveal. There are even more it can obscure or corrupt. It took me well over a decade of tracking my own life in ever greater detail to fully appreciate this duality, which probably reveals something about both me and the nature of measurement. Like a lot…
- Brain-computer interface trials are taking off
This week, I covered the story of Casey Harrell—a man with ALS who is “the first power user” of a brain implant, according to the researchers who worked with him. Harrell is paralyzed and unable to speak coherently without the device. He has now spent almost three years using a brain-computer interface (BCI) that enables…
- A bold satellite rescue mission came together in record time, but will it work?
"I consider this a success already, just from the fact that we're even going to try this."
- Microsoft discovers new lightweight backdoor that steals cryptocurrency
Crypto Clipper spreads over USB and communicates over Tor.
- FDA advisors unanimously vote to approve Moderna's mRNA after agency drama
In February, a Trump official refused to review the vaccine.
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