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Before December, Ed Bambas was among the sizable swath of older Americans still working with retirement nowhere in sight. Then, he met content creator Samuel Weidenhofer.Weidenhofer, who has 12 million followers across social media, set up a GoFundMe fundraiser for Bambas on Monday to help him leave his job at…
When one of my favorite graduate school professors died just weeks into her retirement, it hit me: I didn’t want to spend my life working toward a future I might never get to experience.I started my career in education as a high school counselor. My husband, Sam, was a self-published…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ace Yip He Hua, an 18-year-old founder and final year student at a high school in Singapore. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Business Insider has verified her academic history.I started building my career tech startup in March,…
There’s a debate rippling through Silicon Valley: How far can scaling laws take the technology?Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis, whose company just released Gemini 3 to widespread acclaim, has made it clear where he stands on the issue.”The scaling of the current systems, we must push that to the maximum,…
This story is based on a conversation with Katie Lynch, 41. The account has been edited for length and clarity.It’s unconventional, but I currently live on the same property as my ex-husband. When we divorced, we decided to prioritize our 9-year-old daughter, whom we had together, rather than our own…
Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey defended the use of AI technology to make life-and-death decisions in war on Sunday.A group of defense tech startups that includes Anduril, along with traditional defense companies, is developing autonomous AI weapons and tools for use in conflicts around the world, worrying some who say the…
How can a new media company make a big splash in the tech world?One answer: call Day Job, a Los Angeles-headquartered creative agency.That’s what the hosts of the “Technology Business Programming Network” — better known as TBPN — did when they wanted help nailing the podcast’s branding and style.Day Job cofounder…
“So, when are you going to have another child?” I was freshly postpartum the first time I heard this question, and I couldn’t even fathom a response.Over a year later, it’s still a question my husband and I receive frequently from family members, friends, and even strangers.Raising kids is hard;…
I grew up in a house where coordinated family photos were the norm. My mom would line up the four of us kids in matching outfits — one year, freshly pressed sailor suits; the next, velvet dresses, with my brother in a matching tie. Every stray hair would be tucked…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tamela Gill Davis. It has been edited for length and clarity.I always felt like there were two divergent paths for me to follow. One led to New York City, where I would live my best Carrie Bradshaw life, fiercely independent. The…
