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Oura is looking into how its smart ring could be used to detect brain hemorrhages after billionaire investor Bill Ackman suggested such a feature could have helped his daughter.Ackman, founder of Pershing Square Capital Management, shared this week that his 26-year-old daughter, Lucy, experienced a brain hemorrhage in February. He…
For his 30th birthday, Dustin Chaveleh wanted to get in the best shape of his life.Late last year, the San Francisco resident was newly single and looking for a change. He had been spending long hours at a desk, building his career in tech roles at companies like Bloomberg and…
My son is 12, almost 13. I always prided myself on having an awesome relationship with him, so it’s difficult to admit that some of the stereotypical, totally natural teenage behaviors he’s starting to exhibit have hit me hard. Our relationship has started to change as he’s grown up, and…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Sarah Silbiger, a 30-year-old freelance video and photojournalist based in Philadelphia. The following has been edited for length and clarity.My partner and I are both journalists. We worked straight through the pandemic, and it was unrelenting. After covering such partisan politics,…
Right after graduating from college, I struggled to celebrate my newfound freedom.The full-time job I was searching for didn’t materialize as quickly as I thought it would. My once-populated Google calendar, a beacon of structure and routine as a student, stared blankly back at me.So, given my lack of plans…
Miguel Marquez has spent years making complex subjects easier to understand.Originally from Spain, the 47-year-old earned a Ph.D. in French linguistics from Indiana University Bloomington and now teaches French, Spanish, and personal finance at a university in Shenzhen, China.Through teaching personal finance and pursuing financial independence himself, Marquez has learned…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tim Perks, a 58-year-old vice president of store design and planning at DICK’S Sporting Goods in Pittsburgh. It’s been edited for length and clarity.After two decades at Nike, my team and I got cut from the company in a major reorganization.…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Camilla Kodsi, 27, the principal of Ark Capital Group, a Florida-based real estate investment firm founded by her father, Isaac Kodsi. When her father died unexpectedly in August 2025 in the middle of developing Arbor Residences, a residential building in Coconut…
AI is changing how we work, but it hasn’t changed timeless career truths — like the fact that putting in extra effort will get you ahead.That’s according to PwC’s US CEO, Paul Griggs. The senior partner, who started as an intern at the Big Four consulting firm about 30 years…
We’ve been living with my parents in a multigenerational home in Australia since March, when they came home from traveling, and it’s been a rollercoaster with plenty of ups and downs. But it’s one I wouldn’t trade. My sassy 3-year-old is the youngest member of our household; the oldest is…
