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Wide pants, a Middle Eastern oil crisis, and pesky inflation. It almost feels like the 1970s, but don’t expect this decade’s labor crisis to hit Americans who work with their hands. Loading audio narration… Instead, the AI-revolution labor squeeze will come for office workers, Marc Rowan, the CEO of private…
Apple is going back to what it does best with its new CEO pick. Loading audio narration… On Monday, the iPhone maker announced that Tim Cook is stepping down as CEO on September 1. John Ternus, Apple’s senior vice president of hardware engineering, will take the helm.Ternus joined the company…
I was lying in bed reading to my 3-year-old daughter when she accidentally leaned on my left breast. I have three young children, and it’s not uncommon for them to unintentionally headbutt or elbow me in the boob, but what was different this time was how much it hurt. Loading…
In the village of Upper Brookville on Long Island, New York, you can step back 100 years. All you need to do is enter the Planting Fields Arboretum, a 409-acre state park that houses an expansive mansion, multiple greenhouses, gardens, and a tea house straight out of a fairy tale.The…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Matthijs van der Ham, 44, an architect and woodworker. For seven years, he and his 13-year-old son have lived in Minitopia,’s-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.Seven years ago, when our landlord told me the apartment…
Chief Justice John Roberts said AI will put pressure on everyone, from prospective law students to judges. Loading audio narration… The legal profession will change as a result, Roberts said. His advice is that future lawyers will need to be “pretty nimble” in response to how AI alters the industry.…
For six years, they stalled creditors, ignored deadlines, and filed stacks of legal documents. They declined to unlock their ornate front doors for court-ordered visits by realtors, lawyers, and federal marshals. Loading audio narration… And even now, they keep fighting to reclaim their former Gilded Age Manhattan townhouse — on…
In the final season of Mad Men, Peggy has an idea for a burger chain commercial that her bosses like. Then doubts herself. She goes back to her empty yellow legal pad, jots down a new concept from scratch, and returns to eat at the restaurant, even though she’d already…
In over a decade as a cardiologist, Dr. Tara Narula has seen a major risk factor for heart disease in 90% of her patients. It’s completely preventable — but we’re not talking about it enough.”My patients are walking around with this level of chronic stress that is unimaginable,” she told…
