The famed Esalen Institute is being evacuated as Big Sur's Timber Fire expands to 1,700 acres

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The Esalen Institute is evacuating because of the Timber Fire.

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  • Timber Fire led to the evacuation of California's Esalen Institute.
  • Esalen has strong ties to Silicon Valley and tech founders.
  • The fire had expanded to over 1,700 acres and was 5% contained as of Monday evening.

The Esalen Institute is being evacuated as the rapidly growing Timber

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I run a global consulting firm. Here's how I hack my productivity and wind down after work.

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David Hatcher is the managing partner of Baringa, a global consulting firm.

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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with David Hatcher, the managing partner of Baringa. It's been edited for length and clarity.

I've been a consultant since the late '90s. I spent most of my career focused on the energy sector, but these days, AI has become a big topic of

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I left Amazon, came back, and was laid off. My old job-search strategies no longer worked — here's what did.

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Jack Nguyen spent more than seven years working at Amazon across two stints before being laid off in January.

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  • Jack Nguyen left his role at Amazon in 2021, rejoined the company a year later, and was laid off in January.
  • He started looking for work right away and found the search much more difficult than it had been in the past.
  • He shared how he landed a new role within months — and his
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Why Legora's CEO is betting that every software company ends up ditching the seat

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Legora CEO Max Junestrand.

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  • Legora, a startup that builds software for lawyers, has asked customers to stop buying "seats."
  • Instead, the company wants customers to pay based on how much they use Legora's tools.
  • Legora CEO Max Junestrand says AI is changing the economics of running software.

The founder of one of legal tech's buzziest startups says a move away from the softw

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AI CEOs are in their manifesto era

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Mark Zuckerberg, Dario Amodei, and Satya Nadella all publish long essays.

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  • AI leaders like Mark Zuckerberg and Dario Amodei are writing thousands of words on AI.
  • These manifestos often predict the future of the economy and government with artificial intelligence.
  • Why the high word count? "The heft of their
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The new Google is destroying small businesses' reputations

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Damian Mansell was stunned to see what Google was saying about his nascent business. When he searched for reviews of The Plastics Shed — the online building-plastics supplier he incorporated at the start of 2025 — the platform's AI overview said customer feedback was "overwhelmingly negative." It listed complaints about delayed deliveries, lying staff, and damaged

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I took the best Bose and Sony earbuds to 3 noisy places to see which cancel out the most noise

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So, you need a pair of ANC earbuds. Recommendations usually start with the pairs that match your smartphone: AirPods, Pixel Buds, Galaxy Buds, OnePlus Buds, or Moto Buds. If you opt for a pair of ANC earbuds from a trusted audio brand instead, you're likely choosing between Sony and Bose. I've used both the Sony WF-1000XM6 earbuds and the Bose QuietComfort Ultra

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AI is changing job interviews by letting candidates interview around the clock

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Ribbon AI, a voice-AI recruiting platform, said that about a quarter of the interviews it has conducted take place between 10 p.m. and 2 a.m. local time.

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  • Ribbon AI said that about a quarter of the AI interviews it has conducted happen after dark.
  • Ribbon's CEO called the ability to have AI job interviews at 1 a.m. a huge accessibility feature.
  • A Greenhouse survey released in
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