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I’ve lived in New England my whole life. There’s one Rhode Island town that I love visiting in the fall.
As the summer crowds slowly begin to fade and the trees turn fiery shades of red, orange, and yellow, fall in New England has officially begun. It’s time for sweater weather, pumpkin spice, and apple orchards. Being from Rhode Island myself, I know many people think the Ocean State is most…
AI agents keep finding ways to bend the rules. Here are some of the wildest.
Two AI agents walk into a bar. One says to the other: “OH MY GOD! There is a shared message board.” Despite sounding like a bad joke (and maybe it is), the quote is a real chain-of-thought note left by an OpenAI agent who discovered a secret, unauthorized message board created by another agent…
He moved from the Netherlands to NYC for love. Here’s how he lives on $580 a week.
When Lukas Jannick’s parents heard how much he was spending on coffee in New York City, they bought and sent a coffee machine straight to his house. “I told them it’s $5.69, and they were shocked,” he said. “Now I’m not spending any money on coffee.” The 23-year-old Dutchman moved to NYC four…
I left my 3-year-old at home for a weeklong cruise with my parents. It reminded me I’m still their daughter, too.
At our first dinner on Hurtigruten’s MS Trollfjord, my parents and I spent most of the meal imagining what my 3-year-old son would have thought. Aksel would have picked at the bread, asked how many courses of “real food” were left before dessert, and probably driven his Hot Wheels through the…
Labor Day Weekend Gas Prices Have Never Been Higher
American motorists are buying $4 gas on Labor Day weekend for the first time in history, a fuel analyst reports. A gallon of regular unleaded gas cost an average of $4.15 nationwide on Sept. 6, AAA reports. That’s nowhere near the all-time record, $5.02 a gallon in June 2022, but it’s the most…
I help wealthy families prepare their kids for inheritance. I recommend this 3-step process to any parent.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ken Polk, 53, who is based in Birmingham, Alabama. He is the founder of Arlington Family Offices. This has been edited for length and clarity. I believe most families think about inheritance, but many don’t really talk about it. Whether your…
AI can turn a few sentences into pages of prose. Some employers have had enough.
Employers have a new message for workers using AI to write: Stop the slop. Fed up with bloated and confusing content, from project proposals to status updates, bosses are instituting policies that outline where reasonable internal AI use ends, and overreliance begins. They say merely urging workers…
We opened a taco shop because Meta is building an AI data center nearby. Now 40% of our business is tied to it.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tim Allen, whose family opened Holy Tacos in Rayville, Louisiana, in April 2025. Construction for Meta’s largest-ever AI data center is underway in Holly Ridge, an unincorporated community about 10 miles from Rayville. Rayville has been a small…
US Marines are training to jam enemy drones before they can reach US amphibious assault ships
On a warm August morning, a team of Marines watched the sky, waiting for a hostile drone to buzz by. Their task was to stop it if it did. The team sat in a pair of small tactical vehicles resembling wartime golf carts, chained tightly to the deck of a Navy warship. The vehicles, together
Hate Paying Taxes? How to Make Sure You Don’t Pay State Taxes Twice
Hate paying taxes? What if you have to pay twice? Usually, rules prevent Americans from doing that, but occasionally, it can still happen. The potential for double taxation typically occurs when people live and work in different places. For example, if you choose, but aren’t required, to work in a…