What Serena Williams’ GLP-1 Use Means for Longevity and Performance

What Serena Williams’ GLP-1 Use Means for Longevity and Performance

The GOAT is bounding out of retirement. Tennis great Serena Williams is back in the game, after openly endorsing GLP-1s for weight loss, and emphasizing how great her knees feel at her new, lower weight. “I’m moving better on Ro,” she said in a Super Bowl ad for Ro, a telehealth company that prescribes Ozempic, … Read more

L.A. divided: Bass, Pratt and Raman dominated in different parts of the city

L.A. divided: Bass, Pratt and Raman dominated in different parts of the city

Mayor Karen Bass ran the table in South Los Angeles, Spencer Pratt found strong support from his Westside base, and Nithya Raman racked up votes in Echo Park and other neighborhoods with a concentration of renters, according to a Times analysis of partial precinct-level results from this week’s primary election. The Times analysis, based on … Read more

Earwormy Kars4Kids jingle is back as charity appeals in California court

Earwormy Kars4Kids jingle is back as charity appeals in California court

The Kars4Kids jingle is back on the air in California after being ordered off the airwaves last month. The catchy jingle that has been getting stuck in heads for nearly three decades was pulled from the air after a California man took Kars4Kids to court for false advertising. The man said he donated an old … Read more

Workers Explain How They Pivoted to AI-Related Jobs

Workers Explain How They Pivoted to AI-Related Jobs

AI is the buzziest word on the job market — and many workers want to know how to pivot into it. As some technical workers upskill to stay on the cutting edge, others are moving into AI-focused roles from entirely different industries. Many companies are pouring an eye-watering amount of money into AI, cutting some … Read more

‘It’s Not a Joke’: A ‘Simpsons’ Writer Holds His First Presidential Campaign Rally

‘It’s Not a Joke’: A ‘Simpsons’ Writer Holds His First Presidential Campaign Rally

On a sunny Friday afternoon in a park overlooking the Silver Lake Reservoir in Los Angeles, about 30 people—including three in costume as Uncle Sam, Darth Vader, and Elsa from Frozen—gathered to hear the first official stump speech of Dan Greaney, candidate for the 2028 US presidential election. “My fellow Americans,” Greaney began, standing at … Read more

I Shaved My Beard to Try to Find a Job at an AI Company

I Shaved My Beard to Try to Find a Job at an AI Company

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Israel Garcia, the principal consultant on digital and AI transformation at Cambridge Experts, a UK-based consultancy company that focuses on tech product strategy. This essay has been edited for length and clarity. After years of working in technology and AI consulting, I found myself making an … Read more

Why Millennials Are Renting French Castles for Milestone Birthdays

Why Millennials Are Renting French Castles for Milestone Birthdays

The theme was “magical fantasy forest.” Celina Tolbert and a friend spent the day decorating the chateau’s wood-paneled dining rooms and spiral staircase with moss, leaves, and fairy lights to make it feel enchanted. By evening, guests had arrived in corsets and chainmail before heading to a make-your-own-potions station. A playlist of medieval-style pop covers … Read more

The engineer who builds the business case for carbon capture: Mohammad Bdair’s role in advancing America’s energy infrastructure

The engineer who builds the business case for carbon capture: Mohammad Bdair’s role in advancing America’s energy infrastructure

Opinions expressed by Digital Journal contributors are their own. The global energy industry has spent the better part of two decades promising that carbon capture and storage (CCS) will be a cornerstone of the clean energy transition. Governments have written it into law. Major corporations have announced billion-dollar commitments. International climate frameworks treat it as essential infrastructure. … Read more

Shivani Pandya Malhotra Steps Down at Red Sea Film Festival

Shivani Pandya Malhotra Steps Down at Red Sea Film Festival

Shivani Pandya Malhotra has stepped down as general manager of Saudi Arabia‘s Red Sea Film Festival after playing an instrumental role in building the event from scratch and, over the course of five editions, turning it into one of the Arab world’s most prominent festivals and the top movie market in the MENA [Middle East and North … Read more