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The image of my father that lives most clearly in my memory is this: a man in a suit, on a train platform, me, a child in my PJs, staring out the windows of our car as my mother picked him up. Loading audio narration… On reflection, I feel really…
For six glorious weeks before our son arrived, I relished the delicious pleasure of total freedom. Loading audio narration… My wife Liv’s maternity leave had begun. Our living room speakers pumped out the groovy soundtrack of her favorite deckbuilding video game, Balatro.I remember the late-winter chill nipping at my cheeks…
Sam Altman doesn’t want an iPad kid. Loading audio narration… The OpenAI CEO welcomed a baby in 2025. Since then, he’s shared tips and stories about raising his son, including how he uses AI in his parenting.That doesn’t mean he wants his son growing up with full tech access. On…
After nearly two decades working undercover for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms, Billy Queen was given the most dangerous assignment of his career: to infiltrate one of the most violent biker gangs in Southern California, the Mongols. Loading audio narration… Within the first few months, his mission had…
Mickey Lyons is holding off on booking her next vacation — at least until prices drop. Loading audio narration… “I can’t believe I’m saying this,” the 53-year-old Detroit resident said. “But I’m considering driving across the border to Windsor, Ontario, and taking a 12-hour train ride to Montreal rather than…
One day, after my youngest daughter left home, I found myself walking around my favorite Seattle park feeling so lonely, invisible, and unmoored that I thought I might just disappear without anyone noticing.After COVID, a broken relationship, and decades of being everything everyone needed me to be, I’d been laid…
Laura Dern, 59, says it took getting older for her to stop shaping herself around what other people find desirable.”You know, it’s interesting: What they think you want to explore as a female actor is so bizarre. Like to explore sexuality at 20 in my case meant, ‘Tell me who…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jen Affleck, who stars on Hulu’s “The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives”. It has been edited for length and clarity.Growing up, I thought success was selfish. Being raised in Mormon culture, I learned that the women were supposed to be at…
For years, Brittany Nemandoust struggled to keep her small business afloat.Chocbox, her DIY chocolate-making kit company, started as a pandemic project after shutdowns left her temporarily out of work as a dental hygienist. When she returned to the dental office, the business remained a side hustle.Sales fluctuated, spiking over the…
Artificial intelligence has supercharged the cybersecurity arms race. Attackers are rushing to harness the tech to break into systems, leaving defenders no choice but to adopt it as well to fend them off.Alon Noy, who previously led an Israeli intelligence unit that tested the nation’s cyber defenses, saw that paradigm…
