Warren Buffett gambled on our future online and won $2 million, but what exactly is Long Bets website and why are Gen Z TikTokers suddenly paying attention?

Warren Buffett speaks onstage during Fortune’s Most Powerful Women Summit at the Mandarin Oriental Hotel on October 13, 2015 in Washington, DC. Paul Morigi/Getty Images Long Bets launched in 2002 as a project of the nonprofit Long Now Foundation. The project, on which people can place bets on the future, was funded by two grants…

The war in Ukraine may keep Russia’s new Su-75 stealth fighter jet out of the air

A prototype of Russia’s Su-75 Checkmate fighter jet at the MAKS-2021 air show outside Moscow in July 2021. AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko The Su-75 “Checkmate” is Russia’s attempt at building a fifth-generation fighter for export. But the war in Ukraine has isolated Moscow internationally and raised doubts about Russian hardware. Those issues may steer even Russia’s…

Georgia Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock blasts GOP opponent Herschel Walker over campaign tumult: ‘We have seen some disturbing things’

Sen. Raphael Warnock campaigns near the Liberty Theatre Cultural Center in Columbus, Ga., on October 8, 2022. Megan Varner/Getty Images Raphael Warnock called out Herschel Walker after a campaign appearance on Friday, per the AJC. Warnock said that Walker’s campaign tumult centered on abortion shows “a disturbing pattern.” “It raises real questions about who is…

30 million US workers think their workplace is toxic. Here are the 3 main factors causing toxic work cultures, according to research.

Bad leadership, toxic social norms, and unclear job roles are driving toxic workplace cultures. Malte Mueller/Getty Images About one in nine Americans think their workplace is toxic, according to MIT research. Bad leadership, toxic social norms, and unclear job roles are driving toxic work cultures, per the research. “It’s really an epidemic of toxicity,” Charlie Sull,…

Is the RPA market in trouble?

Automation Anywhere, one of the best-funded RPA providers with over $1 billion capital raised to date, went the debt route this week, securing a $200 million loan from Silicon Valley Bank, SVB Capital and Hercules Capital. Debt raises aren’t necessarily a bad thing — they’re a useful tool, particularly for companies with high annual recurring…

Brendan Gleeson shares a shocking secret in Please Don’t Destroy’s ‘SNL’ sketch

There’s nothing worse than finding out your best friend in high school was actually a 67-year-old Irishman pretending to be a high school senior, is there? Well, that’s exactly what happens in the new sketch from Saturday Night Live‘s resident comedy trio Please Don’t Destroy. In the pre-recorded sketch, Brendan Gleeson plays Tommy, who reveals…