The Athletic is taking reader questions for Stewart Mandel's college football mailbag, with the 2026 season roughly 50 days away.
By The Spotlight Desk · 1 min readAcross labs in Taipei, Singapore, and Bangalore, a generation of researchers is quietly reshaping how Asia's next semiconductors are designed and made.
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Cardinals outfielder Jordan Walker won the 2026 Home Run Derby on a walk-off, edging Phillies slugger Kyle Schwarber 12-11 in Philadelphia.
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AI chatbots are moving from support widgets to lead-qualification tools. The real test is whether they lower CAC and lift conversion, not the tech itself.
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France's Michael Olise built a career on silence and precise football. At the 2026 World Cup, his refusal to explain himself has become the point.
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Susquehanna International Group is paying 2027 quant interns $8,600 a week plus free housing, roughly seven times the median U.S. weekly wage.
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Philadelphia 76ers confirm weeks of talks with LeBron James' agent Rich Paul, but Cleveland, Miami, Golden State and Minnesota remain firmly in the running.
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A European fertility group wants international caps on sperm donor offspring, while AI researchers turn to 'world models' to teach machines about physical space.
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A closer look at the life-first founder framework, its operating logic, and where the case that lifestyle design produces better business outcomes holds up.
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The most durable innovation inside mature companies often comes from employees already on payroll. Five ways leaders can find and back their internal talent.
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