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I found a creative way to outsource my kids’ day-care pickups and drop-offs. It helped me get back 7 hours a week.
“Why isn’t there just a toddler bus?” I thought to myself one freezing morning at 7 a.m. as I was loading three of my five little kids into my car to head to day care. I had to take off each of their coats I’d just carefully put in order to buckle them into their
The 20 best small cities to live in across the US, ranked
It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood, especially if you live in one of these 20 small cities. WalletHub compared more than 1,300 US cities with populations between 25,000 and 100,000 to identify the best places to live. The analysis evaluated the cities using 45 “key indicators of livability,”…
Taking a seaplane was about twice as expensive as the ferry. It made traveling with a toddler easier.
Even though we traveled through Europe with our daughter as a baby, we’ve learned that traveling with her as a toddler is a whole new ball game. And so, on our recent family vacation, we decided to make things as easy as possible. We chose to visit Victoria, which is just off the mainland from
Higher education is becoming the newest playground for billionaires
Ken Griffin’s latest bet? South Florida’s higher education. The billionaire hedge fund manager gifted $3 billion to Carnegie Mellon University, with $2 billion earmarked to develop a Miami campus for the Pittsburgh-based school. Griffin has a history of shelling out big to schools. Back in 2023, he…
AI researcher says an ‘intelligence explosion’ could lead to ‘Mythos-level’ moments every month
Some of the world’s leading AI researchers are concerned about an “intelligence explosion.” The thinking is that if frontier AI model makers can automate the development of their future models, it could create a feedback loop that could lead to a whirlwind pace of change in AI advancements…
As a young mom, I micromanaged my son because I cared too much about what people thought. I wish I had stopped sooner.
For years, I checked my son’s grades as if they held a hidden message about my parenting. A missing assignment meant I should have been paying closer attention. A bad grade meant I needed to step in. If he wanted to wear sweatpants again, I pushed for jeans because, apparently, denim once felt like…
Internal document reveals Amazon’s secret contingency plan for life without the US Postal Service
Amazon’s negotiations with the US Postal Service became so strained last year that the company started preparing for a future without one of its most important delivery partners. The internal contingency plan, called Project Aurelian, explored how Amazon could continue serving customers if a new…
3 easy ways to spot a great Indian restaurant, according to a top chef
When Heena Patel first moved to the Bay Area in California, she started selling her homemade Gujarati food at the local farmers market. She’d often come home without making a profit, but she refused to give up on her dream — or her cuisine. Patel is now the James Beard-nominated owner and chef of…
Inside Zuckerberg, Huang’s push for White House AI pact
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg was the chief architect of the “morally binding” AI accords that emerged from Tuesday’s White House lunch with President Donald Trump, Speaker Mike Johnson, and more than a dozen tech executives, according to five people familiar with the private meeting. Zuckerberg, with…
Pete Hegseth’s got a new vision for the military. It leans on drone swarms, chaplains, and tech leaders like Elon Musk and Palmer Luckey.
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s speech on Wednesday went far beyond the expected deep cuts to the number of generals and admirals, laying out a new blueprint for the military he envisions is needed for future wars. During a speech to junior troops at Marine Corps Base Quantico — an address…