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Ananya Joshi loved her life in Chicago. After moving from India for a master’s degree in biotechnology at Northwestern University, she landed a $75,000-a-year job as a scientist at a lab-grown meat startup in 2024. She was doing research, living in an affordable apartment in a suburb, and…
My husband joked, ‘I’m going to go from med tech to mermaids?’ Now he’s the CEO of our daughter’s company.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tiffany Myers and her daughter, Sydney Myers, founder of Glimmer Wish. It has been edited for length and clarity. When my daughters were younger, I was incredibly sick. I remember driving and feeling so short of breath that I was worried I would…
Americans Aged 55-59 Average $260,800 in Their 401(k)s. Fidelity Says They Need 10 Times Their Income to Retire at 67. How Realistic Is That for You?
According to Fidelity, the average 401(k) balance for Americans aged 55 to 59 is $260,800. The investment company also estimates that to retire at full retirement age, savers should have 10 times their salary saved by 67. For a $100,000 earner, that target calculates to $1 million. If you already…
This artist hacked a CitiBike to make NYC’s affordability crisis harder to ignore
Justin Blinder was lugging Taco Bell burritos from neighborhood to neighborhood on his bike for his Uber Eats gig in 2020, watching as skyscrapers and modular apartment buildings gave way to brown-bricked housing projects and cracked streets. It made the Brooklyn-based artist and software developer…
2 things you can do to get promoted, according to a PwC exec
An immediate — and effective — response to your boss’s Slack could help you land that promotion. PwC’s Dallas Dolen has spent the better part of two decades conducting performance reviews and promotion meetings, and he said there are two things workers can do to improve their chances of getting…
The unsettling rise of grandmAIslop
When Ben Metcalfe recently visited his grandparents, he was greeted by an AI-generated caricature of one of their family photos hanging on the kitchen wall. “I understand that there was good intention behind doing it,” says Metcalfe, a Gen Zer who works in AI governance. “At the same time, it’s a…
Ukraine’s answer to Russia’s new jet-powered drones takes a Shahed-like form
Ukraine has revealed a new interceptor built to take down Russia’s latest jet-powered drones, and it features a design that loosely resembles the Shaheds that Moscow uses extensively in the war. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy posted footage of the interceptor on Saturday, saying it was…
The US wants an AI-era ‘red phone’ with China
The US has proposed a direct channel with China to notify both governments of major AI-related national security incidents even as their AI rivalry intensifies. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the proposal was made during talks in New York on Sunday with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng. Their…
I fell for my surf instructor in Morocco. We got married and turned an abandoned riad into a hotel.
This interview is based on a conversation with Nina Ottevanger, 31, a surf instructor and co-owner of Ilyana Surfhouse, a small business in Rabat, Morocco. It has been edited for length and clarity. Eleven years ago, I was traveling in Morocco with two friends. While in Rabat, we wanted to surf and…
Serena Williams and Alexis Ohanian are letting their daughters chart their own paths — with one caveat
Alexis Ohanian says he and Serena Williams have one rule for letting their daughters chart their own paths. “The one rule in the house is we don’t care what you want to do when you grow up, as long as you do your best at it and you’re doing something useful,” Ohanian told E! News