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I’ve loved video games for as long as I can remember.As a kid, I fought my brother for turns on his Game Boy so I could play “Tony Hawk’s Pro Skater 3.” I spent hours playing Neopets games to earn Neopoints for my virtual pets. I remember peeking over my…
The summer of 2024 came at me all at once: a demanding consulting job in Chicago, a scary health diagnosis, a long-term relationship ending, and friendships shifting.This non-stop stress wasn’t working for my body or my mind. Instead, it felt like it was breaking me.So, when the lease on my…
When I asked my parents if they wanted to come along on a trip to France, Denmark, and Norway with my teenage son and me, I was sort of joking. So, Mom surprised me by texting back within seconds: “YES!”The original purpose of the trip was to escort my 15-year-old…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tamara Johnson, 58, who lives in Leesburg, Virginia. Johnson quit her corporate leadership job to care for her husband. Johnson estimates her family has spent over $700,000 so far on her mother’s and husband’s care. This interview has been edited for…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Craig Moody, founder and president of Shoot 360. It has been edited for length and clarity.About 15 years ago, my son was sitting in the house, playing basketball video games. I said to him, “Why don’t you go out and play?”…
AI companions could be good for your mental health — but bad for your social life.That’s the potential trade-off Paul Bloom, the Brooks and Suzanne Ragen Professor Emeritus of Psychology at Yale University, sees as AI companions become increasingly sophisticated.”If some future version of Chat or Claude or Gemini could…
The US can no longer win this year’s World Cup, but the country, and its brands, are still winning new fans.Millions of soccer fans have traveled to watch the biggest event in sports, taking over not just the 16 host cities but many other towns along the way.Locals in Lawrence,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jackie Aina, the 38-year-old founder and CEO of Forvr Mood, a fragrance brand known for its candles and perfumes. She’s also a content creator and is based in Los Angeles. The following has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a founder…
Angie Cardona-Nelson has been recycling tech waste and selling refurbished laptops, smartphones, and tech accessories for nearly two decades. When she lists laptops on eBay, they typically sit for a few weeks before someone buys. But in recent weeks, they’re selling in just hours at her full asking price, she…
Fuel shortages that have been ramping up since the summer of 2025 are compounding into a nationwide crisis for Russia, forcing the oil-producing nation to ban energy sales and import instead.In the annexed peninsula of Crimea, one of the first Russian-controlled areas hit by the dearth, public gasoline sales were…
