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For millions of student-loan borrowers, July 1 is the starting point — not the deadline — to act on repayment changes.After President Donald Trump’s administration eliminated the SAVE repayment plan in March, the Education Department recommended that the 7 million enrolled borrowers switch to a new plan and begin making…
Growing up, my family was whatever the opposite of outdoorsy is. We didn’t camp or go to national parks. Instead, we traveled to cities, ate well, visited museums, and planned our days around dinner reservations.It wasn’t until I had been living in New York City for a long time and…
As a tour guide in Paris, I saw many tourists make the same mistakes.adisa/Getty ImagesI worked as a tour guide in Paris and took hundreds of tourists around the city.I often saw travelers repeat the same mistakes over and over again.In my opinion, staying in a hotel near the Eiffel…
Colorado and Utah are the latest US states to be afflicted with deadly wildfires.Three firefighters recently lost their lives while fighting the fires on the Colorado-Utah border, which have been induced by hot and dry weather paired with windy conditions, PBS News reported. Other states in the region, like Arizona,…
Wouldn’t it be cool if the same company that sold you internet also sold you TV shows and movies?This was an idea lots of people had over the past three decades. Now, almost no one thinks that’s a good idea. Just because someone pays you for broadband doesn’t mean they…
OpenAI set up a “warroom” to investigate a flurry of user reports that its coding agent is hitting usage limits faster than usual.An update on OpenAI’s status page said that some users’ Codex limits are “depleting faster than expected” and that it was related to its “abuse and fraud prevention…
Leonhard Soenke cofounded Throne, a creator economy startup, in 2021 to help influencers create wishlists where fans could buy and send them gifts.Five years later, Soenke and his cofounder Patrice Becker are setting out on a new venture. It’s not in the creator economy. Instead, it’s in the data center…
It’s all hands on deck at SpaceX as the company plays catch-up in the AI race.Elon Musk said on Sunday that SpaceX had deployed “a few dozen” top Starlink and Starship engineers to help overhaul its Grok model.”The SpaceXAI cadence of model and harness improvement is speeding up tremendously, particularly…
This as-told-to essay is based on an in-person interview with Neil Stubley, head of courts and horticulture at the All England Lawn Tennis Club, home of the Wimbledon tennis championships. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’ve been head of courts and horticulture at the All England Lawn…
The job market is looking brighter, but some places are a better bet if you’re looking for stability than others.It’s especially tough if you’re looking for work in the tech- and media-heavy information sector. Major tech companies have laid off workers due to AI and automation. Have you made a…
