Finance
Toyota spent years moving slowly on EVs. I drove its new, affordable C-HR to see whether the wait paid off.
Let’s go back to 2023. GM is rolling out a dozen EVs, Ford has borrowed the iconic F-150 and Mustang nameplates for all-electric vehicles, Polestar looks like a potential up-and-comer… And Toyota — long heralded as one of the more environmentally conscious automakers after the runaway success of…
Hikers ‘relied too much’ on AI and had to be rescued. A ranger says it wasn’t the first AI-related mishap he’s seen.
Nick Meyers, lead climbing ranger for the US Forest Service on Mount Shasta in California, has seen people make plenty of mistakes in the mountains over the past 20-plus years. But he’s seeing a new trend in 2026: hikers erring with AI’s help. Meyers, who is also the director of the Mount Shasta…
Nvidia has built a $99 billion equity portfolio from almost scratch in 2 years
Nvidia has built a nearly $100 billion equity portfolio from virtually scratch in just two years by investing in other tech companies. The AI chipmaker, led by CEO Jensen Huang, held $99 billion in equity investments as of July 26, according to its latest earnings report. That included roughly $48…
I toured the Obama Presidential Center and saw 12 of Michelle Obama’s best looks, including a $19 Target dress
The $850 million Obama Presidential Center opened on Chicago’s South Side in June, honoring the civic legacy of former US President Barack Obama. During the center’s dedication ceremony on June 18, the former president emphasized that the center was a display of deep civic history and encouragement…
August’s blowout jobs report was good news for blue-collar workers, while white-collar professionals fell behind
The job market is tipping in favor of blue-collar and service workers over white-collar fields. The Bureau of Labor Statistics’ new jobs report showed August was a promising time to be a job seeker. The US added 162,000 jobs, about three times the expected gain of 55,000. Growth was widely…
I raised 5 kids. Looking back, their careers as adults make perfect sense.
My youngest son developed a passion for sharks early. By the time he was 18 months old, he could identify at least 150 of the 500 known sharks through photographs in a guidebook. His interest only intensified as he grew. By the time he entered school, he could recite innumerable facts about these…
Climb aboard YP 700, a US Naval Academy training vessel where midshipmen take a maritime version of driver’s ed
At the United States Naval Academy, every midshipman learns to drive. Their driver’s ed curriculum doesn’t involve slow circles in empty parking lots or parallel parking tests. Instead, the future naval leaders learn how to drive, steer, and navigate a ship by going out on the water and doing just…
Investigation into Trump’s former Labor Secretary’s ‘toxic’ workplace details crying employees and payments to ‘nude dancers’
Former Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer had an inappropriate relationship with a member of her security detail, pressured subordinates to drink, and relied on her staff to do everything from organizing laundry to translating her instructions to a moving crew. Those are the findings of a…
We spent over $12,000 replacing our carpets with vinyl-plank flooring. It looks very nice, but I regret it every day.
When we bought our home, we thought it needed only cosmetic updates — maybe updated appliances and a fresh coat of paint. So, we felt pretty good about tackling our first project as homeowners: replacing the floors in our main downstairs living space. We consulted specialists at a home-improvement…
OpenAI’s ad for its latest model looks straight out of the movie ‘WALL-E’ — and people have thoughts
At this point, there’s hardly any reason to get off the couch. OpenAI released a demonstration video for its new Astra model on Thursday. In the clip, people sit or pace before a large screen, barking orders at the model, which heeds their demands — including requests to list furniture on eBay and…