With their huge channel counts, vast amounts of power and peerless knack for creating ultra-immersive three-dimensional surround sound stages from Dolby Atmos and DTS:X soundtracks, Samsung’s flagship soundbars have been firm favourites with AV fans for years now. For the past two or three generations, though, while there have always been improvements, the annual changes have been relatively small. For its 2025 models, though, the brand is ringing in some truly significant changes. At the very top of Samsung’s 2025 soundbar tree will be the HW-Q990F. This successor to the multi award-winning HW-Q990D marks a major departure from its predecessor…
Owners of small and medium-sized businesses (SMB) know better than most the challenges in staying ahead of the pace of change. Without the support of a large team, SMB leaders must wear many hats — from running product development or acquisition to managing marketing channels and balancing the business’s cash…
As CEO and founder, I recently decided to turn ZenToes into an employee-owned business. I am already seeing the incredible benefits for my team and the company as a whole.In this model, all employees hold a share of the company’s equity, aligning the interests of employees with the overall goals…
I recently fell in love with a popular YouTube series called The Actors Roundtable. Since I talk quite a bit with CEOs, founders and executives, a coworker suggested that we produce a similar version but with business executives. I loved the idea, so we did it! This was our first…
In the late 19th century, two lions unleashed terror on the workers tasked with the construction of the Kenya-Uganda railway. Known as the “Man-eaters of Tsavo,” this pair of predators reportedly killed and consumed over 30 workers in just one year. The culprit lions, unusually, were maneless—a feature associated with…
Many people dream of ditching the 9-to-5 grind to pursue the freedom of entrepreneurship. They imagine a life with nobody to answer to, no one dictating when we start or end our day. They picture limitless earning potential and the ultimate prize: freedom.Many dream of it, but not all take…
In a 15-year-plus go-to-market (GTM) strategy career, I have worked with hundreds of B2B companies directly, indirectly with other consultants or through any of the many accelerator programs I mentor on. During that time, I have seen a typical consistency that breaks all strategies — the lack of willingness to…
With European EV sales and production lagging behind in comparison, a blame game has arisen between car manufacturers and policymakers. “A regulatory framework that ignores customer needs and market realities—and at the same time, is incapable of creating the necessary conditions for alternative technologies—cannot succeed,” a BMW spokesperson said in…
Looking for Saturday’s Strands hints, spangram and answers? You can find them here: Another day, another Strands puzzle to solve! It’s the last day of the weekend—which typically only has a first and last day, I suppose—and we have puzzles to solve, games to play, probably some chores and work…
Michael Schwartz and Bobby Rutter, the dynamic leaders behind Forward Hospitality Group, have transformed the Midwest’s entertainment scene.With 12 distinct concepts spanning multiple states and nearly 1,000 employees, their journey is a testament to adaptability, vision and resilience.Schwartz’s road to hospitality was unconventional. With a background in finance and accounting,…
This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Damian Primis, a 45-year-old musician based in Queens, New York. During the pandemic, Primis started olive oil brand Primis Imports as a side hustle; the business has since grown to six figures. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.Image Credit: Matt Dine. Damian…
To learn any programming language is to learn how to debug it. But a malformed command in Python usually returns an error message that keeps the code from running, not something that fails brilliantly yet monstrously, outpacing its creators’ intentions. With HTML, we are all Doctor Frankenstein.One of my favorite…
NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang gave an hour and 45-minute keynote talk just before the start of the 2025 CES. He gave many announcements, including announcing a desktop AI machine called Project DIGITS, shown above, that should be available in May, in partnership with MediaTek. He also talked about AI computer…
Sebastian Siemiatkowski, CEO of “buy now, pay later” financing company Klarna, has an explanation for stating that AI can replace “all” jobs — even his own.In a post on X on Sunday, Siemiatkowski laid out his thought process for saying that “AI can already do all our jobs,” a remark…
Workplaces are experiencing alignment challenges. I’ve seen this across organizations, in virtually every industry and at varying levels. As businesses become more complex, the disconnect between upper and middle management increases.I’ve found success in enacting a “federal vs. state” approach to work policy. In this model, corporate (or federal) policies…
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