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I co-created Blue’s Clues. Working on the show didn’t make parenting easier, but I did learn from Steve’s pause.
Before I became a mother, I thought I knew a lot about children. I had a master’s degree in child development and instructional technology and media. I had spent years studying how young children learned, processed information, and obtained mastery over a concept. When I co-created Blue’s Clues, we…
The real ‘To Catch a Predator’ host Chris Hansen isn’t happy about ‘Primetime’
A24’s “Primetime” is a fictionalized look at the hit show “To Catch a Predator,” which aired on NBC from 2004 to 2007. The film, directed by Lance Oppenheim, follows host Chris Hansen (Robert Pattinson), who, along with his producer Andie Bender (Merritt Wever), is determined to get “To Catch a…
We want to hear how different generations are using AI agents
Personal AI agents, the buzzy new thing in tech, are attracting users of all stripes. While agents were previously limited largely to more tech-oriented crowds, the release of Meta’s Muse app earlier this month shot the tech squarely into the mainstream. Apptopia, a market intelligence platform…
I was laid off from Oracle in March and have been job hunting since. Getting a human to see my app is the hardest part.
This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Jerehmiah Jessee-Lantz, a 42-year-old based in Kansas City. He was an employee at Oracle up until March and is still looking for full-time work. His words have been edited for length and clarity. In March, I got an email at 5 a.m. saying I’d been…
Russia’s once-rare turbojet drones that fly twice as fast are now attacking Ukraine by the thousands
New tallies from Kyiv show that Russia was able to bombard Ukraine with thousands of jet-powered attack drones — a rare weapon just a year-and-a-half ago — over the summer. Col. Yuriy Ignat, the main spokesperson for Ukraine’s air force, told national broadcaster TSN on Wednesday that the Kremlin…
The who’s who in tech showed up for Trump’s glitzy White House dinner with China’s leader
Donald Trump’s dinner with China’s leader, Xi Jinping, on Thursday was a glitzy gathering of the biggest names in tech. AMD CEO Lisa Su said during a fireside chat at the New York Stock Exchange that she will be attending Thursday’s White House event, joining executives expected to include Nvidia’s…
Some say Taylor Swift is doing too much to stay in the spotlight. What if she just loves her job?
It’s a good day to be a Swiftie, but these days, that’s hardly unusual. On Friday, Taylor Swift released “The Life of a Showgirl: The Encore,” a deluxe version of her 2025 album, featuring four brand-new tracks. Two days later, the music video for “Patient Zero” will premiere at the MTV Video Music…
The ‘ChatGPT for doctors,’ OpenEvidence, was valued at $15 billion in a new funding round
OpenEvidence, an AI search engine for doctors, is the latest AI darling to raise back-to-back funding rounds. The company recently raised $250 million in investment from hospital systems and Andreessen Horowitz, valuing OpenEvidence at $15 billion, according to people familiar with the matter. In…
300,000 student-loan borrowers got their debt wiped out — but their credit is still taking a hit, a new lawsuit says
Student-loan borrowers whose debt was wiped out are still being reported to credit bureaus, a new lawsuit says. On Thursday, the Project on Predatory Student Lending, a borrower advocacy group, filed a lawsuit against the Department of Education. It said that the department is violating the Fair…
I’ve spent 190 hours on long-haul flights. These carry-on essentials make the journey more bearable.
Focus on what you can control and let the rest go. I’ve heard countless versions of this advice throughout my life, and it gets me through my most stressful moments. Enter the long-haul flight — my least favorite part of any faraway vacation. I can’t make planes leave on time. I can’t change the…