Finance
I was laid off from HP after 30 years. At 59, I moved to Antarctica for work — and the wildest adventure of my life.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with May Lee, a 59-year-old seasonal worker in Antarctica and former marketing and communications manager at HP. It has been edited for length and clarity. I joined Hewlett-Packard in 1987 as a software engineer intern. As a graduate, I wanted to…
Why moms on your social feed are suddenly saying not to post your kids’ pics anymore
The debate about whether or not to post your kids’ faces on social media isn’t new. I have friends whose kids are in college now who I remember struggled with the decision about whether to post baby photos to Instagram. But very recently, that conversation has taken a significant turn because of…
Trump threatened Canada’s Bombardier over US production. Here’s where the planemaker already employs Americans.
Canada’s biggest aircraft manufacturer has a larger footprint in the US than many people think. Bombardier — known for making multimillion-dollar private jets for A-list celebrities like Matt Damon and Beyoncé — has been among the targets of President Donald Trump’s escalating trade war with…
A billionaire wanted $125 million for his Aspen compound. He got $33.5 million.
Billionaire and member of the famed Koch family Bill Koch tried to offload his massive compound in Aspen for nine figures, but ended up selling it at auction for nearly $100 million below the listing price. The founder of Oxbow Carbon bought the ski-town property in 2007 for $26.5 million and later…
AI employees with apocalypse fears face a troubling question: Should they quit or stay?
AI workers with apocalypse fears are facing a troubling, though not unprecedented, career dilemma. Should they quit their jobs to avoid potentially helping make the doomsday scenario they envision a reality? Or, should they drive change for the better from within? It’s a thorny predicament that…
I had my dream job, but never felt financially secure. I went from $500,000 in debt to debt-free in under 2 years.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christos Garkinos, founder of Covet by Christos. It has been edited for length and clarity. I learned from a very young age what success meant: it was money in the till after the lunch rush. My Greek immigrant parents owned a diner in Detroit…
Apple’s new CEO was asked about ‘pervert glasses.’ Here was his response.
Apple would kindly like to stay far away from Meta’s ongoing reputational challenges with AI glasses. Apple CEO John Ternus was recently asked about how the company thinks about privacy in the age of AI wearables in light of backlash around AI glasses like Meta’s. After all, Apple is rumored to be…
In supply chain cyberattacks, AI is being used to fight AI
In mid-August, Uber Freight revealed a cybersecurity incident involving unauthorized access to a portion of its systems and data. Days prior, Ceva Logistics, a subsidiary of CMA CGM, reported a data breach that affected numerous companies and leaked their customers’ personal information. Weeks…
Confluent cofounder says believing in AI’s upside means reckoning with its ‘dark side’
AI safety fears have recently moved from an abstract Silicon Valley argument to a series of unnerving real-world episodes. Jay Kreps, a former Anthropic board member and a cofounder of data-streaming software company Confluent, says it is important to take them seriously. In a Thursday night X…
Michael Burry says the best defense against dollar doom and AI disasters might be a fine Bordeaux
Michael Burry has turned from water to wine. The star of “The Big Short,” who made waves for investing in water after calling the collapse of the mid-2000s US housing bubble, explained why he’s betting on fine wines in a Substack post on Thursday. Burry, who pivoted from running a hedge fund to…