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Every time my kids asked to watch TV, I had to prepare myself for battle.My 2-year-old should not be experiencing decision fatigue, yet I watched her grapple with the impossible choice of which Bubble Guppies episode to watch every single day. And when she would finally pick, it wouldn’t even…
In the fight for elite AI talent, the salary is the easy part.At Cursor, the $60 billion company behind a suite of popular coding tools recently acquired by SpaceX, hiring a candidate is a bit like trying to win over someone who’s completely out of your league.”Closing is a team…
Because the ADU would be their home, the Christies paid for the build, not the Swanns.”We did not spend a dime of our own personal money,” Swann said.The Christies lived in their home in New Jersey for most of the build, and they then stayed with Swann’s uncle for the…
Your old Ikea bookshelf is part of a growing secondhand market.Ikea has spent five years growing its buyback and resell division, which pays customers for their old Ikea-brand furniture in store credit and resells it at the chain’s stores.In September, buyback and resell will be available in every full-format US…
The MV250’s fuselage is bonded together rather than held with conventional fasteners.”That allows us to make this in a panini press, basically,” Clark said. “You can make it inexpensively and meet the demands of the military.”Beta says manufacturing cycle times could be measured in hours rather than months.It has also…
A few weeks ago, my daughters were floating in the water of New Hampshire’s Lake Winnipesaukee, with my mother and grandmother. I snapped a quick picture and then joined them, thinking how special it is to have four generations swimming together.But I wasn’t only considering the generations that were there…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ciara Jones. It has been edited for length and clarity.My daughter recently turned 13, and there were so many ideas we had about how to celebrate. It’s a huge birthday — a big deal for a kid, and we wanted to…
If AI really is coming for the software industry, which companies have the best chance of making it through?This has been on my mind again this week after the gruesome acquisition of Airtable. This former SaaS startup darling was valued at more than $11 billion during the pandemic tech boom…
I became a flight attendant in 2022, and the job has made me a better traveler. It’s also made me a more frequent one, and I prioritize taking vacations almost every month.Last year alone, I flew on over 250 flights. Along the way, I’ve learned some great travel tips and…
As a stay-at-home, work-from-home mom, I am primarily responsible for my 18-month-old daughter’s childcare during the workweek. Even with childcare help from my mom and mother-in-law, it’s still hard to find time to get all of my work done on top of childcare and household tasks.I’m so lucky that my…
