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Free America Walkout: January 20 protest against Trump presidency at one-year mark, amid anti-ICE movement. Here’s what to know
Next week’s “Free America Walkout” is asking Americans to walk out of work (and school) on Tuesday, January 20, to disrupt “business as usual” in protest of the Trump...
The U.S. is suspending immigrant visas from 75 countries. Here’s what it means for travelers
Well, this could be awkward for Americans traveling abroad. Beginning on January 21, the U.S. will indefinitely suspend immigrant visa processing from 75 countries as part of the Trump...
Why Washington’s health care debate never really goes away
The president was barely a year into his administration when a health care debate began to consume Washington. On Capitol Hill, partisan divides formed as many Democrats pressed for...
What AI is actually doing to jobs in Europe
In January 2026, London’s mayor gave a blunt warning that has reverberated far beyond City Hall: artificial intelligence could trigger “mass unemployment” in the capital’s core industries unless policymakers...
How leaders can nip ‘task-masking’ in the bud
Severance is the hit sci-fi show about office workers who “sever” their consciousness—slipping into another mode the moment they arrive at the office, then forgetting everything about their 9-to-5...
Saudi Arabia is already living the future of healthcare
While traveling to Riyadh for the Fortune Global Forum, FII9, and the Global Health Exhibition, I witnessed something that should be a wake-up call for health systems everywhere. Saudi...
Belgian cybersecurity startup Aikido becomes unicorn
Belgian cybersecurity startup Aikido Security has closed a $60 million Series B funding round at a $1 billion valuation, marking a rare unicorn milestone for a European security company...
Introducing TNW Council
A private network for founders and executives, limited to 1,000 members The Next Web today announces the launch of TNW Council, a private membership community created for founders and...
Your employees aren’t disengaged. They’re fed up
Quiet quitting. Silent space-out. Faux focus. Call it what you want, a lot of today’s workers are going through the motions on the surface while quietly powering down beneath...
Here’s why TikTok says vegans can eat bacon
If you’ve already given up on your 2026 rebrand because you couldn’t stick to your six gym sessions a week and no-sweet-treats resolutions, adopting a “vegan plus bacon” mindset...
