Alphabet’s Waymo is taking a bite out of ride-hailing in its most mature markets, third-party data showed.And that share is large enough that its effects on human drivers could be…
Selena Gomez set out to create “the world’s first mental fitness ecosystem.” Instead, the startup is becoming her own personal headache.A federal lawsuit filed Thursday offers a detailed account of…
Somewhere between “when you have a job, you can buy whatever you want” and “you’ll never have to worry about money” are the money lessons every child needs to hear to build their own money skills.As a certified public accountant,…
Chili’s is hot.The restaurant chain continues to reap the rewards of its turnaround: Same-store sales grew 6% during the company’s fourth quarter, parent company Brinker International reported on Wednesday. That marks the 21st consecutive quarter that Chili’s reported same-store sales…
Mayor Zohran Mamdani is rolling out his city-run grocery stores — and New York City has a lot to learn from metros that have done the same thing.The five NYC stores, which the city says will open by 2029, plan…
Dr. Ezekiel Emanuel wants you to stop obsessing over your health data and enjoy a treat from time to time. I experienced this firsthand when I met him for ice cream on a sunny Thursday afternoon in June to discuss his latest book on healthy living.A specialty ice cream shop…
My husband looked at the towels spread across our back porch. “Why paper making?”My 13-year-old didn’t even hesitate. “Paper is so cheap,” he said.I had spent nearly two hours on my knees on the hot concrete, scooping watery paper pulp into a frame, sponging out the excess water, and laying…
Brain injuries are among the military’s most pressing health problems, making advancements in treatment critical. To that end, the Pentagon’s research arm is exploring ways to help an injured brain…
One of the oldest rules in tech pay still looks like one of the smartest.Levels.fyi, a company that tracks compensation across the industry, recently analyzed what would have happened to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lawrence Guerguis, a 24-year-old based in Orange County, California, who started investing in real estate in the Midwest while still in college. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I…
As a kid growing up in West Virginia, living in Florida felt like a sunshine-filled dream. So when I finally secured a job down here after graduating from college in 2017, I was ready to move.Over the years, I’ve lived…
This story is based on an interview with George Crabtree, 65, a retiree who also works for a commercial printing firm from Seattle. It has been edited for length and clarity.I retired from my job as a commercial printer on…
We had just moved to New Jersey when we learned that we would have to move to London for my husband’s job. Our children, aged 5 and 7, were the much-adored only grandchildren of my in-laws, who were retired and…
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For his 30th birthday, Dustin Chaveleh wanted to get in the best shape of his life.Late last year, the San Francisco resident was newly single and looking for a change. He had been spending long hours at a desk, building…
The UK is going through its fifth heat wave this summer. At this point, trying to stay cool feels like a full-time job.Unfortunately for me,…
A few years ago, my brother-in-law, his wife, and their kids relocated to Sarasota, Florida. Not long after, my husband’s aunt and mother followed.So every…
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At Atlas Financial Solutions, there’s a generational divide that’s highlighted by the flip of a switch.”I like the bright light,” Amanda DiGiacomo, the owner of the Bakersfield, California, firm (and avowed millennial), told Business Insider. “I just feel like I…
During her Food and Wine demo, Stewart described how to clarify butter in some very simple terms: “You pour off the melted butter, the butterfat,…
Jeff Bezos has entered his sports ownership era.On Friday, Liverpool Football Club, one of the English Premier League’s so-called “Big Six” clubs, announced that Fenway…
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Giannis Papastergiou’s animal farm is quiet now.Last year, he found signs of sheep and goat pox among his flock. Months later, every animal was gone.”There are people who have one dog and would die for that animal. Now just imagine…
The last installation in the museum journey is the Nelson Mandela Sky Room, a viewing lounge at the top of the Center’s tower with panoramic views of Chicago’s South Side, Jackson Park, Lake Michigan, the Griffin Museum of Science and…
Anthropic is trying to calm everyone down over its new watermark.The company sparked a wave of discourse this week when it updated a support page for its Claude model to reveal its plans to mark AI-generated text as AI-generated. Now,…
A new filing in a lawsuit from a fired WPP executive alleges that Sony, one of the ad giant’s major partners, investigated the company and concluded it had improperly withheld rebates from clients.The lawsuit says that Sony presented the findings…
I thought our family budget was airtight. We tracked our spending, cooked at home, and rarely splurged. Yet, every month, our checking account felt like it had a slow leak. Out of sheer frustration, I uploaded a raw spreadsheet of…
Tech analyst Ben Thompson says requiring AI companies to be transparent about the content their models produce is missing the mark.Thompson tore into the European Union AI Act, which Anthropic cited as the reason it will add watermarks to content…
On X, not all engagement is equal.Elon Musk’s social media company on Thursday released the source code that determines how posts are recommended to users, the latest development in Musk’s quest to champion transparency on the platform.”The goal is straightforward…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on Monster. As conversations about burnout and work-life balance continue, long hours remain common across the workforce. Monster’s Workaholics Report finds that for many full-time employees, working beyond 40 hours per week is not…
Nearly two years after a failed merger with Kroger, Safeway is closing more stores, according to a statement from the chain’s parent company. Albertsons, which owns Safeway, said in a statement on Friday, Aug. 14, that the closures are part…
For the first time in 2026, EV prices are rising.In July, the average transaction price for a new fully electric vehicle jumped to $56,126, per Kelley Blue Book. That’s a 1.6% increase compared to the same month in 2025, and…
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It’s a tough environment for a founder trying to build the next-generation Facebook.With more apps than ever and the mainstay social media giants dominating people’s screen time, the competition is…
Anthropic’s move to watermark Claude-generated text is driving some users away from its AI assistant.The AI lab said this week that some versions of Claude will embed an “imperceptible watermark”…
AMR Studio / Shutterstock.comDo you love your neighborhood grocery store and buy everything you need there? If so, your local grocery store probably loves you too. It loves that you’re…
I loved the colorful, artsy town of Kinsale.Nishtha ChaudharyI spent a year living in Dublin and traveling across Ireland as a student.During that time, four spots — including Howth and…
Buying second passports was once largely the preserve of the superrich, but one investment migration firm says that’s changing as more middle-class Americans shop for them.The investment migration industry has traditionally catered to those who can afford the six or seven-figure price tags of…
