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A new initiative from the Biden administration is helping organic farmers by stoking demand for their products. As a young brand, Little Sesame has spent the past few years doing what most startups do: looking for capital.

Luxury car, hotel, and watch brands are taking over the skyline with buildings reflecting their likeness and logos. Porsche. Bentley. Dolce & Gabbana. Armani. Even for people who will never be able to afford their products, these luxury brands are household names. Now, they’re also becoming homes.

The author of ‘Passion Struck’ champions proactive living—cultivating a focused, intentional engagement in every aspect of our lives. John R. Miles is a former Naval officer, Fortune 50 senior executive, entrepreneur, and the award-winning host of the Passion Struck podcast.

With everything a smartphone can do these days, it is often easy to overlook one of the device’s most basic functions: voice calls. Communicating by telephone has become more complicated in a world of robocalls and automated voice trees, but your phone may already have the tools to make talking to people (or not) easier.

WASHINGTON — Don Beyer’s car dealerships were among the first in the U. S. to set up a website. As a representative, the Virginia Democrat leads a bipartisan group focused on promoting fusion energy. He reads books about geometry for fun. So when questions about regulating artificial intelligence emerged, the 73-year-old Beyer took what for him seemed like an obvious step, enrolling at George Mason University to get a master’s degree in machine learning.

On a recent afternoon, I held a bagel in front of me and said: “Look and tell me if this is healthy.” A monotone voice responded that the bagel was unhealthy because it was high in carbohydrates, which could contribute to weight gain. I wasn’t talking to a tech bro obsessed with the ketogenic diet.