The world's supply of Brie and Camembert could be in danger. One mold, called Penicillium camemberti, is responsible for the cheeses' iconic white rinds and creamy, tangy centers. But the qualities that once made it a star of the cheese world are becoming a liability — driving some to hunt for colorful fungi in the wild to make completely new cheeses. So, are these famous French cheeses really facing catastrophe? And what does this mean for cheese lovers around the world?

• Donald Trump is threatening Europe on behalf of Big Tech.
• Donald Trump is also telling Big Tech to watch its step.
• Does Trump mean both things? Or maybe one thing at one time, and a different thing at another? Maybe.

Fact: The Trump administration is fighting with European regulators, arguing that they are too harsh on American tech companies.

Also a fact: The Trump administration says it is going to regulate American tech companies because they have "too much power."

That's a confusing, but accurate, summary of the new administration's relationship with Big Tech. On the one hand, it is gearing up for a brawl with European lawmakers who have been punishing the likes of Apple, Google, and Meta for perceived antitrust violations. On the other, it is warning Big Tech companies that it will be watching for signs that the platforms are behaving badly.

We got to see both sides of that positioning last week, via two memos from the administration. On Thursday, Trump's Federal Trade Commission announced an "Inquiry on Tech Censorship," aimed at "technology platforms [that] deny or degrade users' access to services based on the content of their speech or affiliations."

Platformer's Casey Newton speculates that the FTC's effort "seems designed to unearth cherry-picked anecdotes that favor one political party," and that seems right to me. I would certainly be surprised if the FTC spends a lot of time looking at the way Twitter/X has shifted very far to the right under Elon Musk's ownership.

But a day later, team Trump also offered Big Tech companies a chance at something they really, really want: Relief from European regulation, in the form of a memo announcing that the federal government will be "defending American companies from extortion."

The short summary of that one: Trump says he will threaten tariffs against countries that use "taxes, fines, practices, and policies that foreign governments levy on American companies."

Which happens to be exactly what tech leaders, including Mark Zuckerberg, have been asking Trump to do (and why Zuckerberg and his Meta reps have been referring to European regulation as "almost like a tariff" for the last few weeks).

One way to look at the two different tech messages coming out of Trump's White House could be a basic carrot and stick: We'll fight the Europeans on your behalf — but you'd better toe the line at home.

But another lens could simply be about different messages for different audiences: Trump tells the men running some of the biggest companies in the world — the ones lined up behind him at his inauguration — that he'll work on their behalf. Meanwhile, his proxies tell Trump voters that they're keeping up the pressure on Big Tech, just like they promised. Like last month's JD Vance interview with CBS' "Face the Nation", when the vice president announced that "we believe fundamentally that Big Tech does have too much power," and that the companies need to "stop engaging in censorship."

As always, we'll need to see what Trump et al actually do because announcing investigations and threatening tariffs are one thing — following up is another. Seeing where the administration puts its energy will be telling.

• I had doubts about attending the University of Connecticut, a state school.
• Before jumping at the chance to transfer, I decided to try to make the best of my current college.
• I ultimately decided transferring to urban Boston University was the best decision for me.

I always knew that the University of Connecticut wasn't the right place for me.

Despite UConn's stellar academics, its rural campus offered little appeal to me. Plus, its emphasis on science and engineering didn't align with my creative interests.

I had been rejected from all three of my top schools and only landed on UConn because it was the cheapest tuition. With my decision to attend UConn, my dreams of leaving Connecticut and going to school in a city came to a swift end. That was a hard pill to swallow.

Nevertheless, in August 2023, I packed up my bags, stuffed them into the back of my mom's car, and started my college journey. I joined clubs, made friends, and even pushed myself to take on new challenges. However, despite trying to make the best of UConn, my desire to go to a different school persisted.

I originally struggled to adapt as a freshman

As someone who never quite found their place in high school, I romanticized the idea of college. Coming to UConn, I had very rigid expectations for myself and my experience.

I never stopped to consider the challenges I might face or the possibility that I wouldn't love every minute of my time there. I expected everything to fall into place as soon as I arrived, and when it didn't, I felt lost.

I knew I wanted to be somewhere else, but I had no idea what that place was or how to get there.

I turned to a close friend, who had transferred the year before, for advice. She told me that the key to a successful transition was to "make sure the reason you're transferring has something to do with the school."

This advice stuck with me. The transition to college is hard, and it's important to acknowledge that it's not always going to be a smooth ride. I had to make sure that the problem was the school itself — not my struggle to adapt to this new life change.

I knew then that I couldn't just flee UConn because I was struggling. I had to settle in and see if it really was the wrong place for me.

I tried to make the best of UConn, but it just wasn't the right school

Coming back from winter break, I decided to give my second semester at UConn my best shot. I came into the spring semester with a more open-minded approach. I hosted my own radio show, became the social media manager of one of my clubs, and continued to develop deep connections.

By the time April came, I had turned my experience around. Yet, despite my newfound happiness, my desire to transfer continued to linger.

The moment I truly knew it was time to transfer came in the middle of March. I was walking back to my dorm room after a night spent with friends, laughing. I remember taking in my surroundings, the cool winter air, and thinking to myself, "This is great, but I have to go."

I ultimately transferred because I was unhappy in a rural environment.

I'm glad I transferred colleges based on something I could fix — not because I was searching for something unrealistic or intangible. If I had, I might have experienced the same challenges I did at UConn.

I'm glad I gave myself the time to explore my options

I transferred to Boston University, and the urban environment was the right fit for me.

During my process as a transfer, I've learned that it's easy to want to leave when the going gets tough. But I quickly realized it wasn't just a difficult transition; my school of choice was the problem. It just wasn't the right fit.

Ultimately, you know what's best for you, but it's also important to give yourself time to settle and adjust — and then you can make a definitive decision.

The time I spent at UConn was definitely transformative. It taught me a lot about myself — how I handle stress, how I deal with new environments, and what I value in a community.

But it also reinforced the idea that if something doesn't feel right, it's OK to move on.

• JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon defended some of his previous comments on DEI and WFH.
• He said he he's not against work from home, but he's against it where it doesn't work.
• He identified some DEI efforts as wasteful, but he said the bank is committed to diverse communities.

Many people have piled into the work-from-home debate that's been amplified by Jamie Dimon's testy comments. Now Dimon has something he wants to say back to them.

During a CNBC interview from JPMorgan's global leveraged finance conference in Miami, Dimon was quick to acknowledge some of his faults.

"I should never curse, ever. That — OK. And I shouldn't get angry or stuff like that," Dimon said.

But he also didn't waste much time before defending his stance on pulling employees back to the office five days a week, a mandate that is set to go into effect for most employees starting March 3.

"I completely respect people that don't want to go to the office all five days a week. That's your right. It's my right. It's the citizen's right. But they should respect that the company is going to decide what's good for the client, the company, et cetera, not an individual," Dimon said.

"They can get a job — I'm not being mean — to get a job elsewhere, I totally understand that it may make total sense for them to do that," he added.

Dimon was defending some fiery comments he made during an internal town hall meeting in February, the audio of which was leaked by Barron's. In it, Dimon complained that there's "not a god-damn person" he can get a hold of on Fridays, and griped about employees not paying attention on "fucking Zoom."

Dimon pointed out that "we do have 10% of jobs that are full-time at home," highlighting virtual call centers in Baltimore and Detroit.

"I'm not against work from home. I'm against where it doesn't work," Dimon said.

Employees during the town hall and afterward have spoken out about some of the drawbacks of being back in the office full time. A petition against the in-office mandate has collected more than 1700 signatures. During the town hall, Dimon said he didn't care about how much support the petition garnered and reiterated that during the Monday interview.

"That's fine. They have the right to feel that way. But we're not going to change. We're going back to the office and I'm sure when we do, there'll be some seats not available. But for the most part, most of our people understand why we need to do it."

During the town hall, Dimon also sounded off on the bank's DEI-related programs, reportedly saying "I saw how we were spending money on some of this stupid shit, and it really pissed me off," and threatening to cancel them because "I don't like wasted money in bureaucracy."

He expanded Monday that what he found specifically wasteful was training programs that don't work, or too many of them, and hiring outside consultants for meetings and events. He also said a lot of small programs grew over time and should be consolidated.

"All very rational," he said about those inefficiencies.

He maintained that the bank is "still going to reach out to the black, Hispanic, LGBT, veteran, disabled communities. We're not changing that."

• Based in Houston, 3 Men Movers is a privately owned moving company.
• The small business uses AI to reduce driver distraction and find the most efficient routes.
• This article is part of "How AI is Changing Everything: Small Business," a series exploring how small businesses are using AI for success.

More than 25 million Americans move each year. And they expect their most precious items to arrive in one piece — whether they're traveling hundreds or thousands of miles.

So moving companies such as Texas' 3 Men Movers are increasingly turning to AI to meet these expectations.

Founded in 1985, long before artificial intelligence was ubiquitous, 3 Men Movers has adapted its business for the digital age. The company started testing and implementing AI-powered solutions in the late 2010s, its CEO, Jacky Fischer, said.

Today, 3 Men Movers uses the technology to detect distracted drivers and optimize route planning. It's just one of the millions of small businesses in the US that leverage AI in their everyday operations, illustrating how much the technology has redefined business.

Creating an AI-powered moving company

Higher insurance costs and steadily growing accident rates led Fischer's team to implement AI. The company also wanted to improve efficiency and reduce costs, critical in the fiercely competitive moving industry.

"To prosper, we had to focus on safety and liability as early as possible," Fischer said in an email interview.

To improve safety, the company installed cameras in the driver's cabin. Live video is transferred to its server through an AI-enabled distracted-driver detection system. The system is trained to recognize when a driver is using a smartphone, eating, drinking, doing some personal grooming, smoking, or even yawning. If it detects distracted behavior, both the driver and the supervisor receive a notification.

In addition, 3 Men Movers uses advanced open-source routing-machine technology, which identifies the best routes between points.

"There is a big misconception that AI was born in 2020 with the launch of ChatGPT," Fischer said. "While it was a major turning point in AI adoption, machine learning and data analytics for OSRM were already used in pioneering industries such as finance, telecommunications, and logistics."

The tech helps drivers at 3 Men Movers avoid high-traffic areas, high-crime zones, places with high crash rates, restricted areas, and even environmental hazards. It also allows the company to route in the most optimal way that will avoid liability and reduce risks, Fischer said.

Balancing AI benefits and risks

So far, implementing AI has paid dividends for 3 Men Movers. Comparing the AI detection reports to manual reports, the company has determined that the distracted driver detection system has an accuracy of 91% and prevents 80% of distractions. In the first three months of use, the system reduced the company's accident rate by 4.5%, according to Fischer.

Despite these results, implementing AI wasn't seamless. One of the biggest challenges, Fischer said, was integrating the distracted-driver detection system. Some of the initial products the company tried returned too many false positives, such as misinterpreting a driver's moving patterns at different speeds.

"It was quite challenging to keep the balance between staying competitive and avoiding more drawbacks than benefits due to adopting bleeding-edge tech," Fischer said. "This is why we always keep an eye on the benchmarks and do microtests before adopting any tech, including AI."

Fischer added that testing is key for any small business adopting AI. She urges other small-business owners to remember the risks of AI. To validate the technology, companies should always ask tech providers for proof points, such as case studies, information on how their results compare with industry benchmarks, and who will be responsible for implementation and false positives or hallucinations, meaning when AI tools deliver misleading or inaccurate results.

Along with testing, Fischer said transparency is critical for AI implementation. Her company is transparent with its team about when, how, and why the AI solution is interacting with them and their data. The company has also created a feedback loop so that every team member can share their suggestions and complaints about each solution.

"AI will only augment and empower," Fischer said, "but it will never replace or lead the people."

A Gilded Age townhome in New York City's Upper East Side has finally sold after a few years of substantial price drops.

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• MrBeast discussed his propensity for extreme risk and discomfort on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast.
• He said negativity has led him to cultivate a stronger sense of self.
• Donaldson also said attention to detail has been key to the growth of his chocolate startup Feastables.

What are MrBeast's secrets to business success?

From his propensity for risk and discomfort to his obsession with detail, Jimmy "MrBeast" Donaldson shared some of the traits behind his success in a wide-ranging interview on "The Diary of a CEO" podcast.

Donaldson discussed his tips for hiring and detailed how navigating negativity both inside and outside his companies has helped him develop a deeper sense of self.

A representative for MrBeast declined to comment.

Here are five of the biggest takeaways:

1. Long-term employee retention is the 'eighth wonder of the world'

Donaldson said a core component of his success is the people that he surrounds himself with.

"I feed off the energy of the people around me," he said. "I start to talk like them, I become interested in the things they're interested in."

In terms of hiring, he said he seeks coachable candidates who see the value in his mission. The worst trait in a potential hire? Mediocrity.

He said cultivating employees who stick around for the long haul is like the "eighth wonder of the world" in business.

"What I like is I train someone for a year, and then I get nine years of dividends on the back-end where they crush at their job — and I'm constantly paying them more because they're becoming more valuable with time," he said.

2. Negativity has helped him cultivate a stronger sense of self

Given the scale of his reach, Donaldson said that negativity — including from former employees and viewers — is inevitable.

But it's taught him not to let the whims of the internet determine who he is.

He also said that, ultimately, his motivations are simpler than the rumor mill might suggest.

"It's funny — the more good you do, the more people think you're secretly evil," Donaldson said. "In my opinion, a world where I help people is just more fun than a world where I don't."

3. An obsession with detail

While Donaldson rose to renown as a YouTuber, he said building his chocolate company, Feastables, now scratches a similar itch.

"I just really love solving consistent, complex, hard problems," he said. "I think that's what gets me out of bed — and the harder the problem, the more exciting it is."

Donaldson said that Feastables does "nine figures" and emphasizes ethical sourcing.

As an example of his attention to detail, he said he noticed early on that boxes on store shelves were toppling due to their design and weight distribution. So, Donaldson said he paid people to put GoPro cameras in Walmart aisles to investigate the issue, and then he hired a package engineer to right the ship.

"All these little things add up," he said.

4. 'I don't really feel risk'

Early on in his YouTube career, when he was reinvesting most of his earnings into future videos, Donaldson said his mother balked at his propensity for risk, secretly setting aside $5,000 in his bank account for savings.

When he found out, he ended up reinvesting it in his YouTube business.

"I don't really feel risk — if anything, risk excites me, and I have a very high threshold for it," he said.

As time went on and he became increasingly successful, Donald said his mother learned to trust him.

5. A willingness to be uncomfortable sets him apart

From burying himself alive to spending time on a deserted island — to traveling for a majority of the year in order to film all of his ambitious stunts — Donaldson said his willingness to endure hard things sets him apart from competitors.

"If my mental health was a priority, I wouldn't be as successful as I am," he said.

And remaining uncomfortable over the years has created a unique advantage.

"Something I always tell myself," he continued, "is 'How you feel right now is why no one else does what you do — and if you push through this, that's just even more reason why no one will ever be who you are.'"

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