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At Nike’s NYC street race, where runners went head-to-head for rent money, affordability was top of mind
Luckily for the winners of Nike’s street race — and perhaps Nike as well — both pay less than $4,000 for their share of rent in New York City. The sportswear giant was offering that much, which it described as a month’s rent, to two winners of a multi-heat street race held in New York
The myth of workplace readiness
My first internship gave me a simple task: Email a press release to a large list of reporters. I followed the meticulous formatting instructions from a binder, and hit send. Minutes later, a supervisor let me know that I had botched this most basic responsibility. I needed to BCC the list of…
Singapore’s developer scene was broken, not cracked. Vibe coding fixed it.
When Yong Quan Tan graduated from college in 2023, he was still thinking of himself as a “traditional software engineer.” Playing around with OpenAI’s GPT -4, which had come out that March, worried him that his developer skills wouldn’t be enough to get or keep a job in tech. “I was freaking out. I…
Ukrainians slapped twin AK rifles on a drone with wheels to make a cheap mobile turret
A Ukrainian manufacturer developed a roving turret with two Kalashnikov assault rifles for its main armament, as Kyiv aims to build more cheap ground drones to fill dangerous infantry roles. The uncrewed ground vehicle was recently used in combat by the Security Service of Ukraine’s Alpha Group…
I left New York and a six-figure job to move back to India. H-1B restrictions made it easier to walk away.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Disha Lamba, 28, who lives in Gurugram, India. The following has been edited for length and clarity. I was born and raised in India. As an introvert, I liked being in my comfort zone, but my dad dreamed of sending me to the US for my
Warren Buffett is 96. Take a look at the business legend’s remarkable life.
In 2015, Berkshire made its biggest deal yet when it shelled out $37 billion for Precision Castparts. Between 2016 and 2018, Berkshire spent around $36 billion to build a roughly 5% stake in Apple, which more than quadrupled in value to above $170 billion by 2023, making it easily Berkshire’s…
I outsourced 2 family dinners a week. Sometimes good parenting means doing less.
There are a few questions in my household that irritate me more than “What’s for dinner?” I think it’s the casual assumption that I have created a meal plan for the week, done all the food shopping and prep, and gotten dinner on the table at exactly the time everyone wants it, all while trying
Meta goes on a PR blitz and updates privacy settings as venues restrict smart glasses
The small camera installed in Meta’s AI smart glasses has become a problem for the company and the public. Photos and videos captured by Meta glasses have proliferated on social media, and not all of them are consensual. Clips of content creators harassing women and recording their reactions…
It’s Warren Buffett’s 96th birthday. His last year was one of the most transformational yet.
Happy birthday, Mr. Buffett. Investing legend Warren Buffett turns 96 on Sunday, and the 12 months since his 95th birthday have been truly transformational, featuring a huge career move and a major new investment. He’s also accelerated his charitable giving and dispensed plenty of his trademark wit…
Google Maps has renamed Lake Ontario ‘Lake America’ for Americans
Google Maps has made the switch — for Americans, at least. A search on the mapping app on Sunday shows the name “Lake America” for the body of water adjoining northern New York and southern Ontario, known until very recently — and still to most — as Lake Ontario. President Donald Trump signed an…