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Like many first-time parents, I assumed I’d go the low-tech route. I do believe that when only simple toys are available to kids, they will often fill in the gaps with imagination, skill-building, and a growing capacity to try something difficult and see it through. I knew that bright plastic,…
As anxiety mounts over the projected 2032 depletion of the Social Security Old-Age and Survivors Insurance (OASI) Trust Fund, a viral online trend is urging Americans to claim their retirement benefits as early as age 62. But personal finance expert and Ramsey Solutions personality George Kamel is pushing back on…
Ford hit reset on its money-losing EV program. Now, the first product of that overhaul is coming into view.The Detroit automaker says the midsize electric pickup will reach customers in 2027, with a target starting price of about $30,000.There’s still plenty Ford hasn’t yet revealed about the vehicle. We don’t…
It’s a good year to be Michael Dell.His net worth is up over $80 billion. His company’s shares have risen 240% as it rides a wave of AI-driven growth. And, critically, Dell, 61, has found favor with perhaps the most influential man in the world: President Donald Trump.Last week, Dell…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman, already embroiled in fights with Apple and Elon Musk, is now sparring with Anthropic.On Thursday, Anthropic posted a video on Claude’s X account. The video was a collage of random pictures with voiceovers asking existential questions like “Can AI be trusted?” and “If it ends up…
For better or worse, America treats retirement like a personal problem. Yes, there’s Social Security, but it’s only designed to make up about 40% of your retirement income. As for the rest, the answer is to work hard, save up, and pray your calculations are right. Even if you manage…
Russian intelligence said on Monday that it stopped two major Ukrainian drone attacks on its airfields, describing a clandestine smuggling operation involving trailers, balloons, and fixed-wing drones.State media outlet TASS reported that the Federal Security Service, or FSB, said the targets of the Ukrainian operation were the Ukrainka military airfield…
Even the CEO behind a buzzy AI coding platform says Silicon Valley is overselling AI.On an episode of the “20VC” podcast released on Monday, Avishai Abrahami, the CEO of Wix, a web design company that acquired the vibe-coding platform Base44, addressed one of the industry’s biggest debates: AI’s ability to…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nick Lappen, an American bartender and entrepreneur based in China. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I first visited China when I was 22 on a road trip from London to Mongolia, and the experience left a lasting impression.…
The FIFA World Cup’s most viral football player left the US with a rather peculiar souvenir.Norway’s striker Erling Haaland returned home after his team lost to England in the quarter-finals on Sunday. He exited the plane at Oslo’s Gardermoen Airport on Monday in style, carrying a $750 taxidermy raccoon in…
