Author: News Room
Luckily for the winners of Nike’s street race — and perhaps Nike as well — both pay less than $4,000 for their share of rent in New York City.The sportswear giant was offering that much, which it described as a month’s rent, to two winners of a multi-heat street race…
My first internship gave me a simple task: Email a press release to a large list of reporters. I followed the meticulous formatting instructions from a binder, and hit send.Minutes later, a supervisor let me know that I had botched this most basic responsibility. I needed to BCC the list…
Ina Garten, 78, said the key to embracing new challenges later in life is making sure they’re fun.On Saturday’s episode of “The Interview” podcast, Garten reflected on her decision to pursue new creative ventures in her 50s, both as a cookbook author and as the host of a Food Network…
When Yong Quan Tan graduated from college in 2023, he was still thinking of himself as a “traditional software engineer.”Playing around with OpenAI’s GPT -4, which had come out that March, worried him that his developer skills wouldn’t be enough to get or keep a job in tech.”I was freaking…
Google Maps changed Lake Ontario’s name for its American users, and the internet is not happy.On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which straddles the Canadian and US border, to Lake America. The US Geographic Names Information System formally changed the name of the…
A Ukrainian manufacturer developed a roving turret with two Kalashnikov assault rifles for its main armament, as Kyiv aims to build more cheap ground drones to fill dangerous infantry roles.The uncrewed ground vehicle was recently used in combat by the Security Service of Ukraine’s Alpha Group special forces to destroy…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Disha Lamba, 28, who lives in Gurugram, India. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I was born and raised in India. As an introvert, I liked being in my comfort zone, but my dad dreamed of sending me to…
While the hottest days of summer appear to be largely behind, a heat dome that roiled the West appears to be aiming for the Mississippi Valley, the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast, heading into Labor Day weekend, according to forecasters. AccuWeather forecasts that daytime highs in those regions will hit as…
In 2015, Berkshire made its biggest deal yet when it shelled out $37 billion for Precision Castparts. Between 2016 and 2018, Berkshire spent around $36 billion to build a roughly 5% stake in Apple, which more than quadrupled in value to above $170 billion by 2023, making it easily Berkshire’s…
For Kelan and Brittany Kline, improving their finances came down to a simple idea: widen the gap between what they earned and what they spent.The couple, who once worked traditional jobs as a jail deputy and elementary school teacher, were newly married and carrying roughly $40,000 in student-loan debt when…
