If you had 20% of your time back at work each day, how would you spend it? This is the question that Lareina Yee, senior partner at McKinsey and chair of the McKinsey Technology Council, poses to me as we discuss the implications of generative A.I. for workers over Zoom. Ever since OpenAI launched ChatGPT …
Walking pneumonia is what it sounds like, a form of pneumonia so seemingly mild that people with the bacterial illness are often up and about—and inadvertently spreading germs. As the disease continues to circulate nationwide this fall, it’s important to take note of its subtle symptoms. A bacterium called Mycoplasma pneumoniae causes two types of …
Skin-care packaging makes a lot of promises. Words like “anti-aging,” “firming,” and “illuminating” are all assurances you may see plastered on bottles and tubes. And then there’s “pollution-fighting,” becoming ever more present on sunscreens, moisturizers, foundations, and more. And it’s not just marketing, say experts. “Just like waste and industrial pollution contaminates our natural environment, …
Twenty-three years ago today, 343 members of the Fire Department of the City of New York (FDNY) were killed in the 9/11 terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. Now even more have died from illnesses related to their rescue and recovery efforts at Ground Zero. In a ceremony last week, 32 FDNY members’ names …
Tennis star Serena Williams shared in a TikTok posted on Tuesday that she had a cyst removed from her neck—one the size of a “small grapefruit.” “One day, back in May actually, I found this big mass on my neck,” Williams says in the video. “I was mortified by it. I got tests done, everything …
During the much-anticipated “Glowtime” event, Apple unveiled its new products, including the latest iPhone, Apple Watch, and AirPods. But what the tech giant demonstrated was a renewed focus on health, boasting two “groundbreaking” features on the new Apple Watch and AirPods Pro 2: sleep apnea detection and hearing aid features. “These new features expand across …
The truth is out: About half of Gen Z wishes TikTok (47%) and X (50%) didn’t exist. That’s despite—or maybe because of—spending four hours a day on social media, as more than half of respondents to a new survey say is their norm. The findings, from a nationally representative poll of 1,006 Gen Z adults …