In this issue

INNOVATION BY DESIGN
How 19 of our honorees elevate their sectors with design.

THE BALL IS IN NNEKA OGWUMIKE’S COURT
The WNBA union president talks about what the league’s big moment means for its players..

Can Microsoft Hold Its Lead?

IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE WE'RE NOT EVEN A YEAR INTO THE AI revolution. Was it only nine months ago that OpenAI released ChatGPT, launching 10,000 gleeful \"I Asked ChatGPT to [Blank] and Here's What Happened\" articles?

2 mins

September Inspiration

BACK TO SCHOOL. BACK TO BUSINESS. Back to a lineup of extraordinary cultural events and festivals. That's September in New York City.

1 min

Computer of the Future Silicon Valley designers are racing to transform the power of generative AI into whatever comes next.

THE BARTENDER POURING FREE DRINKS glances around with nothing to do as the raucous room full of startup founders and software developers gravitates toward its preferred drug: networking.

9 mins

Power Forward Women's basketball is at a crossroads, and WNBA player and union president Nneka Ogwumike is ready for the challenge.

THE BUSINESS OF WOMEN'S BASKETBALL has never been more powerful-or more in flux. Both the WNBA and the NCAA college tournament posted record viewership numbers last season, with the NCAA final alone pulling in 9.9 million viewers, a sign of the sport's surging fandom.

6 mins

Back on Track Can sleeper trains help curb Europe's air-travel emissions?

For the past several decades, it's been wildly easy-and affordable to fly from one European city to another.

1 min

Hire Education Can coding academies survive the AI era?

MATT DAVIS HAD BEEN working as an electrician for 10 years when he decided to make a career change.

9 mins

Fake-Meat Food Fight Plant-based proteins are being attacked on TikTok and Instagram. Is this a Big Meat psyops?

\"FAKE MEAT PRODUCTS ARE THE EQUIVAlent to human pet food,\" an Australian wellness influencer named Jacqueline Pypers wrote on Instagram last fall.

9 mins

Why military veterans make standout employees

Discipline, teamwork, leadership—if you’re looking to hire these skills, consider military veterans.

4 mins

THE FRONT-RUNNER MCCRACKEN P.51

MICROSOFT'S CEO HAS STEERED ΤΗΕ COMPANY TO POLE ΡΟSΙΤΙΟΝ ΙΝ ΤΗΕ AI RACE. HERE'S HOW HE INTENDS TO HOLD ON TO A LEAD THAT IS ΑΝΥΤΗΙΝ G BUT CERTAIN.

10+ mins

YouTube's Game Day

The internet's biggest and most vibrant culture factory is planning to reinvent television, with an assist from the nfl.

10+ mins

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