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Right before back-to-school is a ‘childcare dead zone.’ Here’s how we handled it.
Six years into this parenting gig, and I still get blindsided by that sneaky, singular week in August when summer camps have ended, and schools have not yet started — also known as the “childcare dead zone.” This year, however, we Frankensteined a plan at the last minute with two other families to…
I feed 3 generations under one roof. My $100 Aldi grocery haul always includes these 10 items.
My husband and I live with our college-aged daughter, my mother-in-law, and two of her teen grandchildren — three generations, six people, all in one house. Trying to accommodate all the different preferences and feed this crew on a budget sometimes feels like navigating a field of land mines. But…
Sam Altman says AI needs to do more than cure cancer to win over skeptics
Cure cancer with AI, and the doubters will understand the hype. That may be Silicon Valley’s standard pitch, but Sam Altman says it is not ambitious enough. Speaking to Bloomberg Television on Thursday, the OpenAI CEO said that the tech industry has done a “terrible job” making the positive case…
I moved from New York City to Australia a few years ago. These 6 things have surprised me the most.
A few years ago, I left New York City and headed to Sydney. I moved to Australia for a job opportunity and because I wanted to experience what it is like to work and live abroad. Doing so also helped me scratch the itch I’d had since college, when I studied abroad in Italy and
Adtech company The Trade Desk lays off 15% of staff as it restructures into ‘smaller pods’
Adtech company The Trade Desk is downsizing. In a note late Thursday, The Trade Desk CEO Jeff Green informed staff it was laying off 15% of its head count. In the announcement, which was also published on The Trade Desk’s news site, The Current, Green said the aim was to restructure the company…
Everyone joked that my pregnancy bed rest sounded like a dream. In reality, it was the hardest 3 months of my life.
In my 30s, my self-worth was still so connected to how much I could accomplish in a day that I named my business “do communications.” Then one night, as I sat reading my 2-year-old daughter a bedtime story while 24 weeks pregnant, I started spotting and cramping. When I called my obstetrician, she…
Rich New Yorkers’ incomes have soared, but it means more wealth to tax
The Big Apple is getting more unequal: A new report from New York City Comptroller Mark Levine found that income inequality worsened in the city from 2019 to 2024. That’s not entirely unexpected. The country’s financial capital has long had a wealth gap between its Wall Street bigwigs and everyday…
Europe is rethinking where it keeps its gold
Geopolitical turmoil is pushing central banks to think harder about where they keep their gold reserves. On Wednesday, the Netherlands central bank said it had reallocated about 86 metric tons of gold from New York and Ottawa to London between March and August, “in view of increasing geopolitical…
What smart people in business and tech are saying about AI bans for schools
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani introduced a one-year ban on AI in schools, which he said could affect 600,000 public school students. And the tech world has a lot to say. On Wednesday, Mamdani proposed a moratorium that would ban the use of AI in schools for children from 2-K — school for…
Bye-bye ‘Chicken Shop Date’ — one of YouTube’s most iconic shows is ending after over a decade
No more chicken for Amelia Dimoldenberg. After 12 years of hosting “Chicken Shop Date” on YouTube and interviewing musicians, celebrities, and other creators, Dimoldenberg announced that the internet talk show is coming to an end. “I never thought I’d stop Chicken Shop Date,” Dimoldenberg wrote in…