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I ‘soft retired’ at 64. I work 3 days a week and take extended vacations.
This story is based on an interview with George Crabtree, 65, a retiree who also works for a commercial printing firm from Seattle. It has been edited for length and clarity. I retired from my job as a commercial printer on October 31, 2025, after working at the same company for 10 years. It was
I’m 76 and can’t afford to stop working full time. Caring for my brother costs $10,000 a month.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Fran Judd, a 76-year-old physical therapist in Sonoma County, California. Judd works full-time to afford care for her brother and daughter with disabilities. Her brother lived in an ADU in her backyard for two years. This interview has been…
EY is creating a ‘value realization’ office to make sure its AI spending pays off
AI can’t be managed by any existing department, so EY is creating a new one. The Big Four firm is setting up a new function called the “AI Value Realization Office” to centralize its AI spending and ensure the technology delivers measurable impact. Dan Diasio, EY’s global consulting AI leader, told…
From factory to front lines
SOUTHEASTERN UKRAINE — Two soldiers emerged from the tree line carrying the drone, trying to avoid scraping its wings against the branches. They placed it on the launch rail, angled toward the open sky above a field of budding sunflowers. The drone sprang to life, its small, rear-facing propeller…
At age 30, he transformed his fitness routine. It helped him launch his dream career in real estate.
For his 30th birthday, Dustin Chaveleh wanted to get in the best shape of his life. Late last year, the San Francisco resident was newly single and looking for a change. He had been spending long hours at a desk, building his career in tech roles at companies like Bloomberg and Goldman Sachs. His…
I live in London, where we’re experiencing our 5th heat wave. I have no AC, so here’s how I’m surviving my workday.
The UK is going through its fifth heat wave this summer. At this point, trying to stay cool feels like a full-time job. Unfortunately for me, I’m the sort of person who struggles with both the cold and heat. A breezy day at 70 degrees Fahrenheit is my idea of nice weather. The hottest temperature
When my family visits my in-laws, my husband and I don’t stay with our kids. It’s a win for everyone.
A few years ago, my brother-in-law, his wife, and their kids relocated to Sarasota, Florida. Not long after, my husband’s aunt and mother followed. So every summer since, my husband, our two daughters, and I visit for a week to catch up and hang out. On our first trip, though, something unexpected…
Greek feta is getting more expensive because sheep and goats are dying by the hundreds of thousands
Giannis Papastergiou’s animal farm is quiet now. Last year, he found signs of sheep and goat pox among his flock. Months later, every animal was gone. “There are people who have one dog and would die for that animal. Now just imagine having that many animals,” Papastergiou told Business Insider in…
Anthropic defends and explains its AI watermarking feature
Anthropic is trying to calm everyone down over its new watermark. The company sparked a wave of discourse this week when it updated a support page for its Claude model to reveal its plans to mark AI-generated text as AI-generated. Now, after concerns from Claude users, Anthropic has published a…
Tech analyst Ben Thompson dismisses the ‘clearly absurd’ concept embedded in AI watermarking
Tech analyst Ben Thompson says requiring AI companies to be transparent about the content their models produce is missing the mark. Thompson tore into the European Union AI Act, which Anthropic cited as the reason it will add watermarks to content in Claude-generated files and text. In his widely…