Matthias Clamer/Getty Images Simon had been really looking forward to retirement. The constant pressure that came with his job had been getting to him. Too many meetings, too much travel, too much of everything. Unfortunately, retirement didn’t pan out quite the way he’d hoped. Grocery shopping was giving him only a limited sense of fulfillment,…
Charles O’Rear/Getty Images Over the last 20 years, Silicon Valley has benefited from a once-in-a-lifetime alignment of advantages. American primacy, the ubiquity of cheap capital, the arrival of the smartphone (among other widely adopted tech innovations), and, perhaps most significantly, a benign regulatory environment have all conspired to create a historic concentration of wealth and…
Miemo Penttinen/miemo.net/Getty Images In these difficult times, we’ve made a number of our coronavirus articles free for all readers. To get all of HBR’s content delivered to your inbox, sign up for the Daily Alert newsletter. Eleven years ago my friend Sally was diagnosed with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, the degenerative motor-neuron…
Doc Rivers was fired from his position as the Los Angeles Clippers head coach on Monday. The firing comes after he blew yet another 3-1 lead in this year’s playoffs. There aren’t many suitable replacements, certainly no one who can fix the real issues. Let’s be clear; Doc Rivers deserved to be fired today. That’s…
Yakuza: Like A Dragon players won’t be able to carry their PS4 saves over to PS5. Sony’s messaging over save porting has been confusing amid the next-gen transition. Microsoft is doing a much better job with Smart Delivery and cross-save support. Moving to next-generation consoles was supposed to be much easier this time around. Microsoft…
Xbox Series X has a storage issue. You can only store 802GB of games on its 1TB SSD. Will this be a significant issue come next-gen game sizes? While everyone is rightfully excited to get a new Xbox Series X, the box comes with one big caveat: its 1TB SSD only has 802GB of usable…
Ellie-Jean Coffey just revealed that the surfing world is toxic, misogynistic, and abusive. Since departing that space, Coffey has entered the world of adult entertainment. Is she setting her own trap, or, as she claims, liberating herself? Surfers are not as ‘chill’ as we thought. At least not according to Ellie-Jean Coffey. Coffey just gave…
Chrissy Teigen is in the hospital for heavy bleeding during her latest pregnancy. She accidentally shared her hospital room phone number then had to change rooms after fans started calling it. This isn’t the first time she has “accidentally” shared her personal information. Is it attention-seeking? Chrissy Teigen shares too much. She’s in the hospital…
A report from Variety has indicated that Samuel L. Jackson has been tapped to reprise the role of Nick Fury for an upcoming Disney+ series. But where’s Luke Cage? Despite the popularity of the Fury character, Disney+ may be better served resurrecting Luke Cage, which was canceled by Netflix in 2018. It is believed that…
When Conor McGregor last retired in June, few took him seriously, and it now appears as if they were right to do so. In some recent tweets, McGregor made it sound like he’s been trying to schedule another UFC fight. He might have even scheduled another boxing match. But with everything he has going on…