Author: News Room
At 22, heartbroken, depressed, and unsure about my future, I craved novelty and adventure, so I packed up my life in England and moved to Japan.Now, 31, living in Tokyo, and more secure than I’ve ever felt in my adult life, I can’t help but feel that creeping depression, pushing…
An electric vehicle tax that came into force this year inadvertently cost Ukraine thousands of ground drones it needs on the front lines, the CEO of a major defense trade association said.Had the 20% value-added tax, which went into effect in January, not been introduced, Ukraine’s military could likely have…
Lynden Melmed was supposed to be spending part of his Friday with family visiting from Germany. They were touring the Capitol and learning how the American government works during the long holiday weekend.Then, the US Citizenship and Immigration Services released a memo about green card applicants. Melmed, a partner at…
Dear founders: your emails read different. Is it AI?Paul Graham is a titan of the startup space. He cofounded Y Combinator, Silicon Valley’s hottest startup accelerator. He also coined “founder mode,” the management philosophy that’s swept tech in recent years.He’s noticed a trend that worries him: people using AI to…
It took me a while to figure out what I wanted to be. After having kids, I finally knew, but didn’t have time. Only in midlife did I make the transition to my dream career — but first, I had to find a way to pay for it.After high school,…
Dropbox CEO Drew Houston invoked an old and reliable piece of advice to choose his successor.Houston told employees in a Tuesday memo that Dropbox named Ashraf Alkarmi as co-CEO and that Houston would be training him as his replacement. Following 19 years at the helm, Houston said he plans to step down as…
BTS. The Pussycat Dolls. “Scrubs.” It’s en vogue these days to make a comeback.Could Tesla’s recently discontinued electric cars — the Model S and Model X — eventually join the trend?Lars Moravy, Tesla’s vice president of vehicle engineering, left the door open for the luxury sedan and SUV model revivals…
A Walmart grocery receipt from 2006 is going viral and fueling fresh frustration over today’s food prices. The receipt, recently shared by user “Kylei,” shows 79 items totaling $161.87, including staples like eggs for $1.28 and tomatoes for $1.24 per pound. The post has racked up more than 12 million…
Three new albums, two and a half hours of music: Drake’s latest strategy for chart dominance definitely paid off, even if his method for doing so feels less like a creative leap and more like a cheat code.This week, Drake became the first artist in history to claim the top…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tahmina Watson, a business immigration lawyer in Seattle. It’s been edited for length and clarity.When I saw the administration’s new immigration policy memo last Friday, stating that I-485 forms will only be approved in “extraordinary circumstances,” I felt like the sky…
