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12/17/2025

What mattered most to you when it comes to AI this year?

It’s the time of year to look back, as evidenced by the years-in-review, top 10 lists, and 2025 retrospectives that have appeared in the past few weeks. In the generative AI era, it’s also the time of year for discussions about Coca-Cola’s AI-generated Christmas ad, reactions to an ill-conceiv...

12/04/2025

In honor of National Cookie Day, we take a look at the way technology is transforming baking, from AI powered recipe development, to smart appliances and 3D food printing.

Would you eat a 3D printed cookie designed by AI? Tell us in the comments below.

Discover BakeLogy - your ultimate baking guide. Explore recipes, tips, tools, and blogs for cakes, cookies, breads, brownies, donuts, muffins, and more.

12/02/2025

Last week we posted an article about the necessity of rest. Rather than be a reward for productivity, it needs to be the starting point. So...

What is your favorite way to rest?

11/28/2025

Often we think of resting after working, but you are actually able to work BECAUSE you rest.

That's right, rest needs to come first! So today if you are checking in for work- take a break! Remind yourself that rest isn't a reward, its a requirement!

Still feeling a little guilty? Reframe it! Rest is a strategy that allows you to be efficient, productive and effective.

True productivity starts with rest—and slowing down can spark creativity, focus, and lasting success.

11/25/2025

This week in technology innovations...

Edible Seaweed Water Bubbles.

Talk about going plastic free.

Scientists in London flipped the script and created water bubbles to be used in marathons globally, reducing the need to use plastic water bottles.

What are your thoughts? Curious about how they look, taste, feel? Us too!

Stay Curious.

https://geeksaroundglobe.com/scientists-make-edible-seaweed-pods-to-kill-plastic-waste/

London scientists unveiled Ooho, edible seaweed water bubbles that replaced 200,000 plastic bottles at the marathon. Could this kill plastic waste?

11/14/2025

Innovation comes in many forms. This year, "6, 7" has become the word of the year, a first for a phrase without a formal definition.

What do you think about the word and how language transforms with time and generations?

Each year, Dictionary.com’s Word of the Year and short-listed nominees capture pivotal moments in language and culture. These words serve as a linguistic time capsule, reflecting social trends and global events that defined the year. The Word of the Year isn’t just about popular usage; it reveal...

11/12/2025

How AI can help companies with a "career lattice"

How can companies accurately assess the training employees need to continue learning and growing with a company? A key part of this is considering a "career lattice" as opposed to a career ladder according to Nick van der Meulen.

"Not everyone will want to move through the organization the same way.

Many employees seek traditional promotions with higher pay and additional responsibilities, but leaders should 'look beyond those career ladders and look for a latticework' of interconnected roles..."

Through intellectual rigor and experiential learning, this full-time, two-year MBA program develops leaders who make a difference in the world.

07/02/2025

Facebook is seeking to compete with other AI with its new AI push.

"Zuckerberg hopes the new lab will fast-track work on artificial general intelligence - machines that can outthink humans - and help create new cash flows from the Meta AI app, image-to-video ad tools and smart glasses."

Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg has reorganized the company's artificial intelligence efforts under a new division called Meta Superintelligence Labs, according to a source on Monday.

06/06/2025

What are your thoughts?

"That means injecting tech and artificial intelligence into almost every step of the health care process, from checkups to insurance. No hospital system was going to do this on its own, so the thinking was simple: 'We have to go buy one and do it ourselves,' Taneja says. 'And live it.'"

https://www.forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/2025/05/27/this-top-vc-wants-to-use-main-street-america-as-an-ai-lab/

Investors are always encouraging startups to push the innovation envelope. General Catalyst’s Hemant Taneja is applying that advice to his own firm.

06/04/2025

Do you use a password keeper?

👍- yes
❤️- no need, my mind is a steel trap!

06/02/2025

Singular XQ is a nonprofit committing to work open source to support social and cultural digital transformation for the common good. We have cultivated expertise at the intersections of AI, immersive design, and the decentralized web.

05/27/2025

How do you create job security in our ever changing world?

Anthropic is launching and AI-powered coding platform. While many experts maintain that AI is not actually sophisticated enough to replace humans, that hasn't prevented layoffs and job loss in many sectors of the economy.

With this new AI coding model hitting the market, will even more humans lose jobs to AI?

Apple and Anthropic launch an AI coding platform in Xcode, boosting developer productivity. Explore its features and impact now!