Latest News
A former Siemens CEO thought he was investing $2.5 million in Deepak Chopra’s app. Prosecutors say it was fraud.
In 2023, a wellness entrepreneur pitched Klaus Kleinfeld, the former CEO of Siemens and Alcoa, on an opportunity to invest in Deepak Chopra’s meditation app. Kleinfeld invested $2.5 million. Now federal prosecutors say the entrepreneur, Wanja Oberhof, embezzled most of that money, using it for…
Stock compensation gives Big Tech workers a powerful reason to stay. Layoffs and the AI boom are changing the equation.
The day after Rob Waters learned of his layoff from Google last year, he was encouraged to apply for a new role there as an AI sales specialist. Google soon offered him the position, with a six-figure salary. Waters wasn’t sure he wanted to return. He’d grown frustrated with the bureaucracy at…
I’m living in a 150-square-foot converted garage at my parents’ house. They’re helping me through a rough transition.
In mid-August, I moved out of the home I shared with my husband. My new temporary home is my parents’ converted single-car garage, a roughly 150-square-foot casita. I have asked for a divorce, although we haven’t filed anything yet, so I’m still getting used to saying that word. My marriage had…
Half the drones in a recent US Army combat exercise were designed to be expendable
The US Army brought thousands of drones to a recent combat exercise, and roughly half were designed to be expendable. Soldiers could use and lose the drones in the fight, treating them like ammunition. The Army’s shift toward using low-cost drones has relied on amassing enough systems to make them…
I make this 6-ingredient slow-cooker Buffalo chicken dip every game day. It’s always a crowd-pleaser.
Whether you’re making it for the Super Bowl, a last-minute party, or an easy weeknight snack, this six-ingredient slow-cooker Buffalo chicken dip shows that crowd-pleasing food doesn’t have to be complicated. Simply toss everything in, let it cook, and you’ll end up with a creamy, spicy dip that…
I left New York, moved to Boston, and had 3 kids. Along the way, I built a career that looks nothing like the one I planned.
As a teenager, I’d sit on my bed flipping through glossy magazines, fascinated and completely absorbed by the empowering stories about women. The news felt dominated by men, but magazines seemed to offer a different world — one where women’s lives, bodies, careers, and opinions were worthy of…
I stayed at a Chicago hotel that was once a Gilded Age men’s club. The history drew me in, but playful details won me over.
The lobby, also known as the drawing room, looked as if it had been designed 100 years ago, with restored 19th-century trim, moldings, and replicated historic details. “Teams of craftsmen restored the 1893 grandeur of the Lobby Lounge by removing, refinishing, and reinstalling every piece of…
My outdoorsy husband didn’t want to take a baby and a toddler camping. I insisted — and regretted it by 2 a.m.
The first sign that our family camping trip was a bad idea was that my husband and I were fighting. Although he was a rugged outdoorsman who took frequent solo kayaking expeditions in the wilderness, he hated dragging our two kids into the woods in the peak of summer heat and mosquito season. I…
I thought I wanted the American dream. Moving to a small city in Spain changed my mind.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kevin Schreck, a 33-year-old from North Carolina who moved to Spain in 2018. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity. I was pursuing a master’s in Spanish when I met my husband, who was also working on his master’s. He’s from…
I’m a KPMG forward-deployed engineer. AI has moved my job beyond writing code.
This is a conversation with Justin Johnsen, the lead technical architect at KPMG. This conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity. I joined KPMG six years ago, and I’ve been a forward-deployed engineer for about a year, working across different clients. When I started with KPMG as a…