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Ukraine’s drone strikes depend heavily on US tech like Starlink that it doesn’t control. Its officers are worried.
Long-range Ukrainian strike drones have brought Russian President Vladimir Putin’s war home and are increasingly affecting the everyday lives of millions of his own people. In Moscow, cars line up for hundreds of meters at gas stations as fuel has become scarce. In illegally annexed Crimea…
A gut health scientist who follows the Mediterranean diet shared his go-to, fiber-packed breakfast, lunch, and dinner
As a gastrointestinal physiologist —a scientist that studies the digestive tract — Jordan Haworth is well-versed in the ways fiber is important for our health. “Fiber has more benefits than just helping you poop,” Haworth, who is based in the UK, told Business Insider. It helps lower cholesterol…
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…
Ina Garten says she takes on new challenges at 78 because she likes ‘working scared’
Ina Garten, 78, said the key to embracing new challenges later in life is making sure they’re fun. On Saturday’s episode of “The Interview” podcast, Garten reflected on her decision to pursue new creative ventures in her 50s, both as a cookbook author and as the host of a Food Network show. “I love…
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…
Google is getting flak for changing Lake Ontario’s name to Lake America
Google Maps changed Lake Ontario’s name for its American users, and the internet is not happy. On Thursday, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to rename Lake Ontario, which straddles the Canadian and US border, to Lake America. The US Geographic Names Information System formally…
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
See Where Americans Prefer to Set Their AC and What Experts Say
While the hottest days of summer appear to be largely behind, a heat dome that roiled the West appears to be aiming for the Mississippi Valley, the mid-Atlantic and the Southeast, heading into Labor Day weekend, according to forecasters. AccuWeather forecasts that daytime highs in those regions…