
Adam Neumann’s plans for WeWork didn’t quite work out the way he hoped for the first go-around—so, why not try again?
Neumann is reportedly trying to purchase the bankrupt WeWork, according to the New York Times‘s DealBook. The famed entrepreneur, who currently leads the real estate startup Flow, previously cofounded WeWork and served as its CEO before being ousted in one of the most spectacular downfalls in Silicon Valley history.
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Spotify on Tuesday reported fourth-quarter monthly active users and subscribers ahead of expectations as it grew in all regions, and said revenue and profitability trends looked favorable this year.
The music streaming company has ventured into podcasts and audiobooks as it seeks to grow its user base to one billion by 2030. It has also raised prices for its subscribers and laid off thousands of employees to boost profits and increase efficiency.
The number of monthly

Gen Z singles are dealing with lingering social effects from the COVID-19 pandemic, according to new data from Hinge.
Gen Z daters, or those who were born between 1997 and 2012, are 47% more likely than millennial daters to say the pandemic made them nervous talking to people, according to Hinge’s new Gen Z D.A.T.E. (Data, Advice, Trends, and Expertise) report, which is based on a survey of more than 15,000 daters. The young singles are also a quarter more likely to

If you’re just getting into the e-readers, look no further than Amazon’s $100 Kindle or $140 Kindle Paperwhite—both are excellent e-book readers with a lot to offer.
However, if you’re looking for something a little extra from your e-book reader, there’s a decent and growing selection of non-Kindle, non-Amazon devices that offer features and performance the Kindle family can’t match.
Here’s a trio of unique, nicely-outfitted

The Theranos debacle cast a shadow over emerging blood testing technologies once it became clear the startup’s marquee platform device, which claimed the ability to conduct complex blood analysis with just a few drops of patients’ blood, was a sham and led to the eventual imprisonment of founder Elizabeth Homes in an 11-year jail sentence. But Becton Dickinson and Co. (BD), a long-standing global diagnostics and medical supply giant whose 75-year pedigree includes developing at-

Avoiding demotivation is one thing. But individual life is more glorious, and organizations are more successful, when we work enthusiastically, even passionately, and not just because it pays the bills. Let’s look at some of the situations in which a person finds the motivation to go above and beyond. Notice how we placed the onus of motivation on the person, not on their manager. Motivation comes from within; managers cannot create it. But we can try to understand our employees’

In the fast-paced world of marketing, I’ve always approached creativity as an organization’s bread and butter, with innovation as the knife that spreads it. As the VP of marketing at Hootsuite, I’ve found an unexpected ally in this creative quest—artificial intelligence and, more specifically, ChatGPT.
I’ve incorporated AI as an integral part of my strategy and brainstorming process in the past year—transforming the way I think, create, and

Lyft is issuing a minimum pay standard nationally for its rideshare drivers, in what it calls a first-of-its-kind effort to make industry payments more equitable.
Lyft will guarantee that drivers will earn 70% or more of rider payments each week, after external fees, starting Tuesday in most major cities and nationally in the spring. If Lyft has taken out more than that 30% rate by the end of the week, it will pay drivers the difference.
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What once seemed like a never-ending search for the perfect webcam has now ended—and by that, I mean I don’t need to buy one anymore. Turns out I had one right under my nose.
Google’s December Feature Drop software update for Pixel phones adds the ability to use its masterful cameras in lieu of your underwhelming webcam with little more than a simple tap. It’s Google’s equivalent to the iPhone’s Continuity Camera feature.
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An oversight board is criticizing Facebook owner Meta’s policies regarding manipulated media as “incoherent” and insufficient to address the flood of online disinformation that already has begun to target elections across the globe this year.
The quasi-independent board on Monday said its review of an altered video of President Joe Biden that spread on Facebook exposed gaps in the policy. The board said Meta should expand the policy to focus