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Just days after graduating from college, my now-husband Scott and I loaded all our belongings into my truck and started driving south. Loading audio narration… We’d been spending our last couple of years at college dreaming about building an off-grid cabin so we could live a sustainable life close to…
The US military’s research arm is looking for missiles that can be built in a matter of days rather than months. Loading audio narration… In recent documents posted on the government’s contracting website, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or DARPA, said it’s looking for faster, cheaper ways to produce…
General Motors is pushing artificial intelligence into a part of the car business that has traditionally been deeply human: design. Loading audio narration… For years, automakers have focused AI efforts on manufacturing efficiency, product reliability, and supply chain analysis. Now, GM says its generative AI tools are embedded throughout the…
It started after a trip to Maine during my son’s first year of college. We attended his high school basketball coach’s wedding and noticed that most of his teammates were wearing bow ties. We thought it was a trend, but we discovered something much bigger. Loading audio narration… My son…
Nearly a decade ago, real estate developer Chad Dale made a purchase that changed the way he thought about how people live together.Dale and a small group of his friends had decided to pool their money to purchase a vacation home on Whidbey Island, about an hour from Seattle. With…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Margareth Bluigmars, 64, and Nico Bluigmars, 68, a Dutch couple who live in a tiny home at Minitopia in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. This piece has been edited for length and clarity.Nico: After our four children left home, we started thinking about…
After we stopped traveling full-time, our 11-year-old daughter, Brooklyn, became obsessed with her bedroom.She wanted to repaint it. Rearrange it. Add shelves, plants, posters, and end tables to organize her art supplies. She asked for candles and incense (and permission to burn them).She pushed back when my wife and I…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Saurabh Khandelwal, a 28-year-old machine learning engineer at Meta, based in Bellevue, Washington. The following has been edited for length and clarity.There are so many different paths within the world of AI and machine learning.For people getting into the field, it’s…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hidde van Vliet, 37, the cofounder of Entourage in Bali. His words have been edited for length and clarity.In 2023, the industrial logistics firm I worked for relocated from Amsterdam to Malta, and I was promoted to general manager. On paper,…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Lauren Rose Kocher, 39, an American entrepreneur and CEO of Vegas PR Group in Tokyo. Her words have been edited for length and clarity.I grew up in a small town in Indiana, but my interest in Japan started early. I still…
