When I began considering electroconvulsive therapy, better known as electroshock, I assumed the “shock” part referred to the electrical zap you received. An electrode or two on your head. Some doctor pressing a button. A machine buzzed audibly. Zap, zap. You were shocked. Maybe changed forever. Maybe for good, maybe for ill. Zap, zap. Like a ray gun in a dystopian thriller. And no thriller was more dystopian (I flattered myself) than the anxious depression that had me in agony every waking moment.

“We’re at-will. Just let them go.”

Right now, Googlebooks make more sense for Google than they do for users.

Companies spent years dragging employees back to the office, but forgot to tell them what to wear. The result is confusion stretching from junior employees to the executive suite.

When Enron, which Fortune named “America’s Most Innovative Company” for six consecutive years, collapsed in 2001, there was no shortage of blame to go around. Many blamed corruption and greed, others hubris, and still others incompetence. But Nobel laureate Paul Krugman offered a different explanation.

Last week saw an unexpected hit on the iPhone App Store: a $12.99 camera app without a free trial or a subscription. Chromagraph Camera shot to the top of the paid Photo & Video charts after Knives Out and Star Wars: The Last Jedi director Rian Johnson revealed that he had assigned his longtime cinematographer, Steve Yedlin, to work on his dream photo app for the iPhone.

“Guess my election-interfering space lasers didn’t work this time.”

Eighteen months ago, Allison Ellsworth had a huge payday when Poppi, the prebiotic soda brand she founded with her husband, Stephen, was acquired by PepsiCo for $1.95 billion. Now she’s launched her next venture.

For decades, office parties have run on finger foods, sweet treats, and pizza. But ahead of the holidays, people are turning to a different type of snack.

The scandal engulfing Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang is no longer simply a question of whether one of Silicon Valley’s most powerful men had an affair with a suspected Chinese spy. It’s also a question of what the White House knew—and what it might have chosen to overlook.

Booze brands are hopeful that help is on the way for their industry—and they need it. Tariffs and declining drinking habits have weighed heavily on beverage companies over the last two years, but a change in control of Congress may signal near-term relief. 

Amid the excitement of the blue wave’s flashier victories in last week’s midterm elections—Blexas, Bliowa, and Blansas, anyone?—Democrats also quietly set themselves up for one of the biggest potential changes in the history of American politics: ending the Electoral College.

While Nvidia has launched an independent investigation into bombshell reports that Chinese intelligence targeted CEO Jensen Huang—and that Huang had an affair with an alleged Chinese spy—early indications suggest that the company’s board may be unwilling or unable to challenge its rock star CEO.

Americans have handed the new Congress its marching orders: Tackle the affordability crisis that’s keeping so many young people locked out of the housing market.

Superman, Batman, and the rest of the DC heroes are getting a new boss, yet again.

Visa released its 2026 Holiday Spending Outlook report, and it found that while consumers put travel at the top of their holiday shopping list, they plan to spend the bulk of their money this season on gifts.

Elon Musk has had a rough week. His nearly half a billion dollars in midterm election spending on Republican candidates went to waste as a blue tsunami swept the nation. Stocks for his companies Tesla and SpaceX fell in the wake of the election. And to top it off, Musk announced that Tesla would be “winding down” production of its infamous Cybertrucks by the middle of 2027.

Free in-flight Wi-Fi is nice. So is a complimentary cocktail at 35,000 feet. But Delta and T-Mobile aren’t done finding ways to make their customers happy.