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President Donald Trump says the US will reinstate a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz and impose a 20% fee “on all cargo shipped” to help pay for it.”The Hormuz Strait is OPEN, and will remain OPEN, with or without Iran,” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Monday morning. “We…
I left home for college at age 17, then spent over a decade living several states away from my family.By my late 20s, I had built a life in San Francisco with my husband while my family was settled back in the Pacific Northwest.However, after four years in the Bay…
Meta is pushing advertisers to use its AI tools — and results are proving chaotic: strangely twisted limbs, gibberish writing, or entirely changed products.Meta’s response to brands: That’s on you, not us.The tech giant has inserted a slew of AI features into its ad products in recent months. Working as…
Imagine losing your husband of 45 years in March. Then, the next spring, you open a tax bill that’s bigger than any you paid while he was alive — on less income than the two of you had together. Cruel? Absolutely. Rare? Not even close. I’ve been a CPA since…
Care about your company, your colleagues, and your reputation, Lloyd Blankfein says.In his recent memoir, “Streetwise,” the former Goldman Sachs CEO recalled three pieces of advice he gave to the firm’s partners, which could be helpful to anyone building their career:1. Take responsibilityBlankfein’s first tip centered on the need for…
More than 200 top economists, executives, and researchers — including over a dozen Nobel Prize winners — have signed a letter warning about AI’s potential threat to jobs.The 88-word-long letter, titled “We Must Act Now,” says that AI could become “radically more powerful” in the coming decade, and argues that…
DimaBerlin / Shutterstock.comHere’s a bill you never agreed to pay. In 2025, the typical American driver lost 49 hours stuck in traffic. That’s more than a full work week — gone. Spent staring at the bumper in front of you. And it wasn’t free. According to INRIX’s 2025 Global Traffic…
Tom Holland walks into a room for an interview to promote “The Odyssey.” Waiting for him is his interviewer, Tom Holland.Last week, Holland, the actor who plays Telemachus in Christopher Nolan’s blockbuster adaptation of the Greek epic, joined Holland, the British classicist and podcaster who shares his name, to discuss the much-hyped…
There’s an outbreak of a parasite that causes diarrhea in the US, so you may be wondering if your go-to summer salad is safe.According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, cyclosporiasis, an intestinal illness caused by a microscopic parasite called cyclospora, has been reported in 31 states since…
Before I die, I have a whole bucket list I want to get through. One item is experiencing what it’s like to be a startup employee whose company goes public. If you’re considering joining a startup, or already at one waiting for your lockup to expire, this post is for you.…
