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• Nuala O'Hanlon left a fashion marketing role at Primark to learn Pilates and backpack Asia.
• Her travels through Asia reignited her love for fashion and pushed her to freelance full time.
• She said she would not mind returning to corporate life.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation

OpenAI is developing a “super app” for desktop that unifies ChatGPT, its browser and its Codex app, according to the Wall Street Journal and CNBC. A company spokesperson told the publications that OpenAI Chief of Applications Fidji Simo will lead the application revamp with assistance from OpenAI President Greg Brockman. Simo will also help the marketing team advertise the app when it comes out

• Snowflake made cuts to its technical writing team amid a strategy shift, according to LinkedIn posts.
• A Snowflake spokesperson called the cuts "targeted adjustments" focused on "long-term" strategy.
• Tech layoffs are on the rise; Atlassian and Block also cut staff amid AI focus.

The $59 billion cloud data company Snowflake made

• The Val Verde school district issued diplomas to students at the Pegasus boarding school in China.
• An audit was conducted in response to Business Insider's 2021 investigation of the relationship.
• The findings in a blistering report have been turned over to prosecutors and other authorities.

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Valve has just released SteamOS 3.8.0 in preview, and it's a doozy.

Not only is it the first release to support the upcoming Steam Machine living room gaming PC, it comes with long-awaited features for Valve's handhelds and more support for other companies' handhelds than we've seen to date - including Microsoft and Asus' Xbox Ally series, the Lenovo Legion Go 2, the OneXPlayer X1, and

• Uber launched a driverless car project in early 2015.
• It vied with Waymo and Tesla until a fatal incident in 2018 led to the cancellation of the effort.
• Nowadays, autonomous vehicles perform much better, and Uber is rushing to stay relevant.

It's relatively easy to follow. Leading is difficult and risky. But if you take a chance

OpenAI is working on a desktop "superapp" that merges its ChatGPT app, the Codex AI coding app, and its AI-powered Atlas browser into one app, The Wall Street Journal reports. The company is making the change as part of an effort to simplify its various product efforts, according to a memo cited by the WSJ from Fidji Simo, OpenAI's CEO of Applications. Fragmentation "has been slowing us

• Business Insider gathered chief people officers and senior leaders for an on-the-record dinner in Toronto.
• The event, Futureproofing Your Workforce in the Age of AI, highlighted the relentless change HR executives are navigating.
• Below are excerpts from the discussion, edited for clarity.

As companies find more tasks AI

Alphabet's life sciences business Verily is restructuring and raising money as a new corporate entity. Verily announced that with its $300 million investment round, it will change from an LLC to a corporation and rename itself Verily Health Inc. As a result, Alphabet now has a minority stake rather than a controlling one in the business. 

Similar to every other tech business, this chapter for

California, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New York are leading a group of 20 other states in suing the US Environmental Protection Agency for renouncing its ability to regulate greenhouse gas emissions, The New York Times reports. The lawsuit specifically argues that the EPA's decision to rescind a 2009 study that determined greenhouse gases are dangerous to public health was illegal. The study