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This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dale Atkins, author of “The Turquoise Butterfly.” It has been edited for length and clarity.I learned everything I know about being a grandparent from watching my own mother with my sons. She loved spending time with my kids, doing anything and…
China is moving to tighten one of the most common ways AI systems improve: Learning directly from conversations with users.The Cyberspace Administration of China said in a statement published Saturday that it has drafted measures that would restrict how AI platforms can collect and use chat logs for model training.The…
Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth’s crusade against military facial hair is just the latest in a long line of rules you’d struggle to find anywhere else in American life.Some services ban chewing gum or sipping a drink while walking. However, one particularly strange rule for many troops, even when it’s…
Each year, our Christmas season gets increasingly expensive. There are six of us in our family, and then, of course, there are aunts, uncles, cousins, grandparents, teachers, and bus drivers that we also like to show our appreciation to. The list goes on and on.As financially savvy as we try…
This is an as-told-to essay based on a conversation with Jake Bullock, the cofounder and CEO of Cann, a THC-infused beverage company. As part of the funding bill to reopen the government, Congress passed restrictions on hemp, set to take effect in November 2026, that would effectively ban many hemp-derived…










