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Missed your chance to snag one of Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s affordable World Cup jerseys? You might now have to pay resellers a very unaffordable price.The New York City-themed jerseys popped up on sites like eBay and Facebook Marketplace hours after they went on sale, going for at least $400. Some…
The Russian threat is real, and it’s time for European defense companies to start copying Ukraine and break up production across multiple sites, a Ukrainian official and multiple defense firms told Business Insider.Russia’s drone and missile attacks are so widespread that weapons companies working in Ukraine typically can’t afford to…
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei is famous for warning that his own products pose a threat.In an essay published this month, Amodei cautioned that AI’s power “has become undeniable.” As an example, he pointed to Anthropic’s latest model, Mythos, which he said presents “very real risks” to cybersecurity, the financial sector,…
My neighbor entered my house one afternoon, greeted by the laundry mound on the family room floor. As her three kids scurried off in different directions to find mine, she plopped down next to me in the epicenter of clothes and picked up a tea towel to fold.”You don’t have…
On New Year’s Day, I sat crying alone on the sofa while my partner, Max, slept. I wished it were just the one too many glasses of cava I had the night before. But it was something worse: a sudden, panicky feeling that time had moved faster than I realized.When…
On a recent trip, my sister asked her 14-year-old son if he wanted to send a postcard. “Why? I have Snapchat, TikTok, Instagram,” he responded, listing all his social media apps. When she shared this story with me, we laughed, but I felt a lingering sadness. Before everything became instant…
When I graduated from college in 2023, I knew I wanted to return to Northern California, where I was born and raised.But after living with my parents in the Bay Area suburbs for six months, I accepted a job in San Francisco and needed to move closer to the city…
“Do you think we should get a work divorce?” I asked Cody, furiously scribbling in my notebook about a client meeting.”What do you mean?” he said as he flushed and looked up at me. “Honey, we literally just got the LLC paperwork filed with the IRS. We can’t quit now.”It…
A few months ago, if you’d asked me what I knew about mahjong, I probably would have said it’s a game older women play, like my grandma, and that I was definitely not interested in learning.Then I got hooked.After my cousin moved closer to where I live, she told me…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Alexandria Belton, 33, who is in the market for a home in the Bay Area. She’s been priced out mainly due to the AI boom. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My fiancé and I started looking to buy…
