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America's job and housing markets are stuck. What if that's the new normal?
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America's job and housing markets are stuck. What if that's the new normal?

America's job and housing markets have barely improved in two years, and relief could still be a long way off.

Jacob Zinkula · 18 Sep, 2026
I always wanted grandchildren. AI and an uncertain future have complicated that dream.
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I always wanted grandchildren. AI and an uncertain future have complicated that dream.

My children are adults, but I haven't stopped worrying about them. Now AI has me questioning what kind of future my generation is leaving them.

Lisa Solod · 18 Sep, 2026
I'm job searching in my 50s after a 17-year career break. I feel like I'm sending my résumé into a black hole.
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I'm job searching in my 50s after a 17-year career break. I feel like I'm sending my résumé into a black hole.

Natalie Strawn is struggling to find a job at 52 after years of being a stay-at-home mom. The search has felt like a bunch of dead ends, she said.

Madison Hoff · 18 Sep, 2026
I moved from Indiana to New Mexico for a sunnier life. My social life, mood, and physical activity level have gotten a major uplift.
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I moved from Indiana to New Mexico for a sunnier life. My social life, mood, and physical activity level have gotten a major uplift.

A professor of public health moved from Indiana to New Mexico, seeking better weather and a fulfilling career. He loves his new life with more sun.

Perri Ormont Blumberg · 18 Sep, 2026
Why 'The Diary of a CEO' star Steven Bartlett says he can't do his job without X — and isn't a Mark Zuckerberg fan
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Why 'The Diary of a CEO' star Steven Bartlett says he can't do his job without X — and isn't a Mark Zuckerberg fan

'The Diary of a CEO' host Steven Bartlett rules on YouTube and Spotify. But when it comes to staying up on the news, he prizes X.

Lucia Moses · 18 Sep, 2026
OpenAI is offering engineers up to $500,000 in salary as it pushes into robotics
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OpenAI is offering engineers up to $500,000 in salary as it pushes into robotics

OpenAI is offering robotics engineers up to $500,000 a year. Its job listings offer clues about the company's robot ambitions.

Rya Jetha · 18 Sep, 2026
Oracle exec tells workers that its own AI rollout didn't go so smoothly
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Oracle exec tells workers that its own AI rollout didn't go so smoothly

Oracle built infrastructure for the AI boom long before it broadly deployed generative AI tools across its own workforce.

Ashley Stewart · 18 Sep, 2026
A dietitian with eczema shares the 3 simple ways she lowers inflammation for clearer skin — without restrictive eating
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A dietitian with eczema shares the 3 simple ways she lowers inflammation for clearer skin — without restrictive eating

Rakhi Roy Chowdhury saw the biggest improvement in her eczema symptoms when she cut back on ultraprocessed foods and focused on her gut health.

Julia Pugachevsky · 18 Sep, 2026
A renowned computer scientist once skeptical of the AI singularity now says humanity is 'certainly at risk'
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A renowned computer scientist once skeptical of the AI singularity now says humanity is 'certainly at risk'

Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist, wrote in a blog post that AI's transformative phase has begun in light of recent breakthroughs.

Lloyd Lee · 18 Sep, 2026
The 'Godfather of AI' says the US government has one year to try to regulate AI before it gets 'out of control'
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The 'Godfather of AI' says the US government has one year to try to regulate AI before it gets 'out of control'

Geoffrey Hinton's warning came days after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei published an essay urging the AI industry to "pace the frontier."

Huileng Tan · 18 Sep, 2026
Taboola is buying a rival adtech company to gain a bigger foothold with lucrative finance clients
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Taboola is buying a rival adtech company to gain a bigger foothold with lucrative finance clients

Taboola CEO Adam Singolda said the company is on a mission to "monetize everything" outside of closed platforms such as Google and Meta.

Lara O'Reilly · 18 Sep, 2026
This tiny cybersecurity startup managed to hack OpenAI using Claude, and won a $6,500 bounty
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This tiny cybersecurity startup managed to hack OpenAI using Claude, and won a $6,500 bounty

Hacktron, an SF-based startup, flagged vulnerabilities in OpenAI's systems and was paid $6,500 for the discovery.

Aditi Bharade · 18 Sep, 2026