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I’m an Airbnb Superhost who’s had over 500 guests. Here are 5 things I wish visitors knew before checking in.
As an obsessive traveler, I’ve always been fascinated by the world of hospitality. Throughout my career in public relations, I was fortunate to work for some of the world’s best hotel brands, which gave me a behind-the-scenes look into what it takes to provide an exceptional guest experience. Now…
A career breaks is risky. For them, it paid off.
At a time when layoffs, low hiring rates, and a culture of mass applying have contributed to a frenzied job market, taking a career break could be one of your riskiest decisions. But what if it ends up being the best? Government data shows that while career breaks are relatively common — those…
A researcher joked that working at OpenAI ages you. Now colleagues are posting their before-and-after photos.
Working at OpenAI may look good for your résumé. For your under-eyes? The company’s researchers are not so sure. A tongue-in-cheek joke by Thibault Sottiaux, the engineering lead on OpenAI’s Codex, about the AI lab’s breakneck pace has sparked a mini before-and-after trend among colleagues…
What Meta bought with its $18 billion settlement
Last week, when Meta went on trial over allegations that Facebook and Instagram were designed to addict kids, I hunkered down for weeks of testimony from executives, including CEO Mark Zuckerberg. Just eight days later, it was over. On Wednesday, Meta agreed to settle for up to $18 billion, cutting…
The internet has gone into full meme mode over Trump’s Lake Ontario name change
President Donald Trump renamed Lake Ontario as Lake America, and it’s making waves on the internet. After tense trade talks between the US and Canada collapsed and the US imposed new 50% tariffs on billions of dollars’ worth of Canadian goods, Trump turned to another tool in his arsenal…
I was laid off after 25 years at Adobe. After a soul-sucking tech job search, I became a school bus driver.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with James Strawn, a 56-year-old former senior software quality engineer in Colorado, who worked at Adobe for 25 years before being laid off in June 2025. After a difficult job search, he landed on a completely new career path: being a school bus…
Everything we know about Z.ai, the Chinese company behind the mysterious Ox Alpha model
For days, one of the most popular AI models of the week had no known maker. Ox Alpha was free to try, impressive at coding, and mysterious enough to set developers guessing about which major AI lab was behind it. Then Z.ai revealed itself. The Beijing AI company said this week that Ox Alpha was
Lindsey Vonn says training gave her something retirement did not: time without distractions
Lindsay Vonn, 41, said she missed the phone-free focus of being an athlete after retirement. On Wednesday’s episode of the “Pretty Tough” podcast, Vonn told host Maria Sharapova that she was still thinking about being active on her way home after her Olympic injury. “I was coming up the hill to my…
Miss Virginia wins Miss USA 2026, becoming the first mother to take the crown
A new Miss USA has been crowned. Miss Virginia Justus Kelley was named the winner of the 75th Miss USA pageant on Thursday at the Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts in Miami, becoming Virginia’s first winner since 1970. She was crowned by Miss USA 2025 Audrey Eckert. Kelley, 31, is a…
Mark Carney says Lake Ontario’s historic name will remain as is, ‘then, now, and always’
Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has rejected Donald Trump’s move to rename Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” pointing to the lake’s Indigenous name and centuries of history. “The name Lake Ontario comes from the Wendat word Ontari’io, which, appropriately, means ‘the lake is beautiful, the lake…