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The prediction markets are catching on with Wall Street interns
The summer intern hunched over their phone, surreptitiously typing away, might be doing one of two things: betting on a prediction market or managing an AI chatbot. Morgan Stanley’s equity research team asked the firm’s summer interns about both their AI use and, for the first time, betting habits…
NASA’s Voyager probes have traveled through space for nearly 50 years. See the remarkable photos from their journeys.
Voyager 2, a pioneer in outer solar system exploration, left Earth for interstellar space 49 years ago, on August 20, 1977. The twin of Voyager 1, which left Earth only a few weeks after, is the only spacecraft to visit all four of the solar system’s outer gas giants — Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and…
I am 59 With $1.6 Million and Ready to Retire. Not Budgeting for This Expense Almost Stopped Me.
At 59, $1.6 million may be enough to retire, but leaving work also means giving up health insurance coverage from your employer. Medicare generally doesn’t become available until age 65. Paying marketplace premiums during that six-year gap could increase your withdrawal rate, and that may undercut…
I don’t like to take the same trip twice. I made an exception to bring my kids to the Galápagos Islands.
I usually tell my kids they can travel to places I’ve already been when they are older. I started traveling as a teenager in high school and never stopped and my travels have taken me all over the world. In my quest to see and experience as much of the globe as possible, I am
Ukraine is teaching NATO troops how ground robots work in war — and where they don’t
Ukrainian soldiers are teaching their Western trainers how they use war robots on the battlefield. Ukrainian troops are receiving training on NATO soil in a Norway-led multinational effort called Operation Legio. Western military trainers share their best warfighting practices, and in the process…
Take More Risks To Avoid Being Financially Average
After publishing The Untold Burden Of Being Your Family’s Financial Provider, I got this comment from a reader named Brian: “I can identify with this post as I am the family CFO / CIO. I think you are WAY overcomplicating this. What is wrong with merely investing in VTI / VXUS and chill? My returns…
Overcoming the bad vibes around data centers is a battle on multiple fronts
In a country that doesn’t tend to agree on anything, Americans are aligning on something: no data centers in their backyards. For all the growing anti-AI sentiment, the tech still has plenty of fans. The infrastructure powering it is a different story, though. A Gallup survey earlier this year…
Elon Musk’s Starlink is becoming an in-flight must-have. I tried it on Qatar Airways, and it’s a game changer.
Elon Musk’s Starlink is evolving from a niche perk to a necessity for high fliers. The venture capitalist Jason Calacanis said he chooses flights based on whether they offer Starlink, regardless of price or journey length. Rick Ross said he spent $700,000 putting it on his private jet. And in the…
I’m a LinkedIn career expert. Skip ‘doomjobbing’ and do this instead.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Catherine Fisher, a career expert at LinkedIn, based in San Francisco. This story has been edited for length and clarity. It’s becoming harder for job seekers to stand out. A lot of people are mass-applying and using AI tools that make them…
The 2 underrated foods dietitians wish you would eat for better gut health and longevity
Ask a dietitian what to eat, and you’ll likely get one of the least helpful answers in the English language: “It depends.” That’s the most common answer I got when I talked to more than a dozen dietitians (plus doctors and researchers) at a top nutrition conference last month on the best foods for…