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God of War LaufeyCredit: Sony Santa MonicaGod of War Laufey is coming. We know that for sure, but when? That’s what we don’t know.God of War is my favorite single player action adventure series. There has never been a bad version and the last one, God of War: Ragnarok was so amazing, I experienced everything from terror, thrills, curiosity, frustration and tears as I hacked and slashed through the world that Sony Santa Monica beautifully crafted.With Laufey revealed during Tuesday’s Sony State of Play, buzz is at an all-time high even without a firm release date.When is God Of War…
Our guest this episode is Adam Bornn—Founder and Managing Partner at Parallel Wealth, a Canadian financial planning firm that …
MIAMI, FL – NOVEMBER 06: Jamie Dimon, Chairman and CEO of JPMorgan Chase speaks on stage during Day 2 of the American Business Forum at the Kaseya Center on November 6, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Photo by Alexander Tamargo/Getty Images for America Business Forum)Getty Images for America Business ForumWhatever the business, would you like to compete with Jamie Dimon? Market signals say no, that Dimon would win. If any of this is in doubt, readers need only consider what happened in 2024 when Dimon merely hinted at the possibility of an earlier-than-expected retirement. The $25 billion market capitalization for JPMorgan…
Kim Turner at the hospital with her daughterKim TurnerColorectal cancer is the second leading cause of cancer death in the United States. It’s also one of the most preventable — if caught early, the five-year survival rate exceeds 90%. And yet, more than 45 million eligible Americans are due or overdue for screening. While colorectal cancer symptom education and screening guidelines exist, patients still struggle to understand and access screening tools.Colonoscopy remains the gold standard, but completion requires bowel preparation, sedation, time off work, and an available specialist. Depending on the research study, only 20 to 40% of patients actually…
Jensen Huang, CEO, NvidiaNvidiaNvidia CEO Jensen Huang used his Keynote address of GTC Taipei on June 1 to declare that the era of autonomous agents has arrived and backed up the claim with new hardware across the data center, desktop and physical world. Huang announced that the Vera Rubin platform, Nvidia’s next data center system, has arrived full productionand framed almost every product the company unveiled in Taipei around software agents that observe, reason, plan and act with little human input.The keynote at the Taipei Music Center reflected a shift in how Nvidia describes itself. Huang said the company now…
The growing use of AI tools in the workplace means more tasks will be automated, with many jobs poised to take the hit. What remains to be seen is how workers plan to respond to the potential threat of these new technologies. “What do students and workers naturally gravitate towards when they feel their future jobs are at risk?” he asks Monica Gamez-Dzokicwho completed a postdoc at Kellogg and is now at Purdue University. Gamez-Dzokic, with me Mariam Kouhaki and Adam Waitzboth management and organization professors at Kellogg, set out to address this question in a series of studies. Specifically,…
The devastating, immediate effects these shootings have on the physically injured victims are well documented and undeniable. But far less is known about the wider, long-term effects of these violent incidents on the well-being of student survivors. “We need to broaden the lens when we think about the impact of gun violence in schools,” he says Molly Snellhealth economist and assistant professor of economics at Northwestern and strategy at Kellogg. Otherwise, we risk significantly underestimating the cost.” To understand these long-term effects, Schnell conducted a comprehensive analysis of educational and economic data for students who attended Texas public schools where…
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO – FEBRUARY 23: Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo speaks during the daily morning briefing at the Palacio Nacional on February 23, 2026 in Mexico City, Mexico. The Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico confirmed that during a security operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as “El Mencho”, leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel, was killed. Mexican authorities have confirmed the deaths of more than 25 members of the armed forces in various cartel attacks since the operation that killed Oseguera. (Photo by Christopher Rogel Blanquet/Getty Images)Getty ImagesIt is a shame that Mexico is a…
FEB. 4, 2026: Rep. Buddy Carter, R-Ga., participates in a news conference at the U.S. Capitol on the pharmacy benefit manager reforms included in the Consolidated Appropriations Act. (Bill Clark/CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty Images)CQ-Roll Call, Inc via Getty ImagesA bipartisan group of lawmakers reintroduced a sentence last month — the Patient Law Before Monopolies — which would prohibit health care companies with pharmacy benefit managers from owning retail pharmacies. If the bill passes, the companies will have one year to sell their pharmacies. This proposed legislation poses a far greater threat to the profitability of the health insurance industry…