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For Jared Rutkoff, leadership isn’t about titles — it’s about action. His path from the Navy to law enforcement is one shaped by grit, responsibility, and purpose. “I measure success by the effort I put into something,” he says. “If I tried my hardest, then I consider it a success.” Growing up in San Diego, Rutkoff’s early years set the …

It has been revealed that the digital gaming revolution has revolutionized the way we purchase and play games. Still, it has also given us an uncountable number of ways to save money. Various platforms have thousands of titles, and one must know where to search and where to shop to spend a great amount of money and get an amazing …

How to choose the right cannabis strains for sales comes down to knowing what your customers actually want. Not what you think they want. Not what’s trending on Instagram. What they’re willing to pull out their wallets for. Your strain selection directly impacts everything. Customer loyalty, profit margins, repeat visits. Get it wrong and you’re stuck with inventory that won’t …

Andreessen Horowitz is pausing its Talent x Opportunity (TxO) fund and program, according to four sources familiar with the matter, including more than one founder in the program.  The firm announced TxO in 2020 to support founders who do not have access to traditional venture networks. Many of TxO’s participants were women and minorities who, overall, receive very slim amounts of venture capital dollars. The announcement of …

In August 2025, Glasgow’s Skyrora became the first British manufacturer licensed to conduct vertical launches from the United Kingdom.This licence will allow the company to launch its suborbital Skylark L rocket from the SaxaVord spaceport in the Shetland Islands, which previously received the necessary approvals from the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA). This marks a major milestone for the UK, …

Theo Francken insists he did not threaten Moscow directly but merely spoke of the improbability of a Russia-NATO conflict Belgian Defense Minister Theo Francken has claimed that he did not actually threaten to “wipe Moscow off the map,” but merely spoke about NATO’s collective defense mechanisms, accusing the media of “paraphrasing” his statements. The minister made international headlines last week …

Solo VC investor extraordinaire Elad Gil said on stage at TechCrunch Disrupt that AI has been one of the least predictable tech booms he’s ever seen. Gil is on the cap table of virtually every hit company of the past decade, including many of today’s leading AI companies. Still, he thinks that over the last year, certain AI markets appear …

Lawmakers have called on the Federal Trade Commission to investigate Flock Safety, a company that operates license plate scanning cameras, for allegedly failing to implement cybersecurity protections that expose its camera network to hackers and spies. In a letter sent by Sen. Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi (D-IL, 8th), the lawmakers urge FTC Chairman Andrew Ferguson to probe …

The Society of Pension Professionals (SPP) has joined forces with Stonewall to publish a new paper calling for stronger inclusion of LGBTQ+ individuals across the UK’s financial and business sectors. The collaboration, part of SPP’s Inclusive Futures series, highlights the persistent inequalities that continue to affect LGBTQ+ people despite decades of social and legal progress. The report, featuring insights from …

The big Donald Trump foreign policy question heading into this week looked like it was going to be when and if the US was going to launch military strikes against Venezuela. That’s still a live question, but in the meantime, the president has threatened to attack an entirely different country on the other side of the Atlantic, vowing to send …

A Japanese trade organization representing publishers like Studio Ghibli wrote a letter to OpenAI last week, calling for the AI giant to stop training its AI models on their copyrighted content without permission. Studio Ghibli, the animation studio behind films like “Spirited Away” and “My Neighbor Totoro,” has been especially impacted by OpenAI’s generative AI products. When ChatGPT’s native image …

Dozens of residents in the Catalonian capital have been put in an impossible dilemma as a result of the city’s strict Airbnb ban, with many at risk of losing their homes or facing massive fines. Locals in Barcelona, Spain’s most expensive city to rent, have claimed they are being treated the same as commercial landlords for sharing their primary homes …