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I work with AI every day. Then I go home and try to help my 14-year-old plan a future I can’t picture.
My stepdaughter is 14, which means we are entering the phase of parenting where everyone suddenly expects her to have opinions about her future. What classes does she want to take? What is she good at? Does she want to go to college? What kind of job might she want someday? These are normal…
1.5 million student-loan borrowers left Biden’s key repayment plan. Here’s what’s at stake for the 6 million others.
Millions of student-loan borrowers have yet to leave a key repayment plan — and the first deadline is approaching. A Department of Education spokesperson confirmed that 1.5 million of the 7.5 million borrowers on the SAVE plan had selected a new repayment plan as of Monday morning, “allowing them…
Iranian strikes damaged or destroyed hundreds of buildings at US bases across 8 countries, Pentagon watchdog says
Iranian strikes damaged and destroyed hundreds of buildings and structures at US military bases across the Middle East this year, a new Defense Department watchdog report has revealed. The Pentagon inspector general’s report, released on Monday evening, offers a fresh look at the impact of the Iran…
I tried 8 new items at The Cheesecake Factory. Here’s how they ranked, from worst to best.
The Cheesecake Factory recently added nine new items to its book-sized menu, and they might be some of the best items the chain has brought out in years. As many restaurant chains shrink their menus to streamline operations, The Cheesecake Factory continues to serve hundreds of different items…
The world’s richest man says he’s living in a trailer
When your net worth is almost $1 trillion, you can choose to live wherever you want, and right now, for Elon Musk, that’s a trailer. Musk, the world’s richest person, said on Monday that he’s currently calling an Airstream trailer home while overseeing xAI’s Macrohard data center buildout in…
Kara Swisher says ‘hugely successful’ businesses have these 3 things
Starting a business is a feat in itself — but building one that lasts is even harder. Kara Swisher built her reputation as a reporter covering Silicon Valley and investigating billionaires at The Washington Post and The Wall Street Journal before launching the media brand Recode, and writing “Burn…
Montana’s experimental treatment law hands a VC the keys
Investors on the libertarian fringe of the biotech industry are making their dream of wide-ranging access to experimental drugs a reality in Montana. Last year, they helped draft a state law to expand access to drugs that no regulator has deemed safe and effective. Now, Montana is relying on a…
OpenAI has tapped a startup to make its AI work for lawyers
OpenAI has been signaling for months that it wants a bigger foothold in the legal industry. A new partnership offers a clue as to how it plans to get there: not just by selling models and software, but by sending people to help customers actually use them. Telon, a London startup, is one of the
Why becoming a LinkedIn lunatic might save your career
As the pressure to post on LinkedIn grows, more workers are flinging themselves into the breaches of Professional Posting, without the training on how to post. Some are using AI to guide them through writer’s block, and some are getting flagged for sounding like AI slop. In an employers’ market…
Sydney Sweeney’s nearly nude ad is drawing backlash — but she might have the last laugh
Sydney Sweeney’s nearly nude ad campaign has been met with backlash — but the stunt could pay off for sports prediction app Novig, an upstart looking to rival giants Kalshi and Polymarket. The ad campaign shows the “Euphoria” and “The White Lotus” star, bare aside from some strategically placed…