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I was born and raised in New York City and moved to Italy when I was 24 years old. For a little over twelve years, Italy has been my home, and I’ve built a life here.I have two children, an 8-year-old daughter and a 3-year-old son. Both of them have…
Markets and analysts are abuzz over the first Fed interest-rate hike since the second Trump administration.On Wednesday, the Federal Reserve raised rates by a quarter point, its first hike in three years, as officials sought to curb inflation. Kevin Warsh, the Federal Reserve Chair, said that the move would not…
I was enjoying lunch with a friend during my summer vacation in London when she asked about the whereabouts of the rest of the family.My husband and tween son were at a museum, I told her. I said I wasn’t sure about my daughter, then 15. I explained that we’d…
I decided to hit the pavement at Salesforce’s gigantic Dreamforce conference to ask tech-minded people about AI’s catastrophic risk. Turns out, it’s not all AI gloom and doom — that’s only if you’re looking online.Last week, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon announced he was resigning from the company, saying that AI…
In 2020, Elon Musk wrote on X that he was selling “almost all physical possessions” and would no longer own a house.The South African-born billionaire and SpaceX CEO had amassed a sizable California real estate portfolio, at one point owning multiple homes in the same neighborhood. His properties included multimillion-dollar…
Kremlev, head of the International Boxing Association, has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin. In September, ProPublica reported that he had paid hundreds of thousands of dollars to fund the Trumps’ lavish wedding celebrations, including renting out the private island and staging a fireworks show.In an Instagram post, Bettina…
Jonathan Weiss / Shutterstock.comCostco is many people’s favorite warehouse store and for good reason. After all, where else can you find bargain-priced, high-quality baked goods, super-cheap jumbo hot dogs and some of the hottest giftable items all in one place? If you have a Costco membership, the perks don’t end…
Congress just opened a new front in its battle with billionaire Leon Black.The House of Representatives Wednesday voted to hold Black, the Jeffrey Epstein associate and former CEO of Apollo Global Management, in criminal contempt of Congress. Black had refused to comply with a subpoena requiring him to hand over…
Reid Hoffman isn’t here for your take about AI is going to kill everyone.”I actually think most of that stuff, if you actually really think about it, is so like remote and controllable that it is mostly where people are kind of like, ‘Look at me, I’m Cassandra, I’m saying…
When parts inspectors at the aviation manufacturer Safran received a toilet lid that the company just manufactured, they used to spend 20 to 30 minutes examining it.On airplanes, lavatories need to be perfect, so the inspectors search for consistent colors and smooth surfaces free of paint bubbles and scratches, among…
