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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Bakari Akil, 37, a private equity investor from New York. Akil grew up with no international travel experience and, three years ago, set out to visit 30 different countries each month. He finished his list, but is still traveling around the…
Global military budgets in 2025 totaled $2.6 trillion. The US accounted for more than a third of that total.The US has the world’s most expensive military, spending nearly $1 trillion on defense. That’s over three and a half times China’s reported defense budget, the next largest.From spending on nuclear technology…
Amazon raised prices for several key AI cloud offerings, the latest sign that memory chip shortages are driving up the cost of some technology.Amazon Web Services recently announced price increases for EC2 Capacity Blocks for ML. This is a cloud service that lets companies reserve GPUs in advance.The changes mean…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jonathan Laramy, 32, creator of the viral YouTube channel Chloe VS History, which features an AI-generated character named Chloe who travels through history. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.A lot of people assume AI videos are created by…
Popping the hood is no longer enough to understand what’s wrong with your car.As modern vehicles become computers on wheels, packed with software, sensors, and advanced driver-assistance systems, fixing them increasingly requires access to digital diagnostics, software tools, and manufacturer-specific repair procedures.The REPAIR Act, or the Right to Equitable and…
