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It's an unscientific fact that nine out of every 10 conversations about tech in the past year have been about AI. But the 10th has been about quantum computing. In a period of just over a year, the perennial technology of the future has become ...

Throughout 2024, it often felt hard to keep one's bearings: Is the presidential campaign now a permanent state of being? Are Tesla robots and Apple headsets really going to be a thing? Is that a drone up there? There are many ways to grapple with ...

I think about this year-end list of design books all year long, collecting stacks, reading hundreds of pages, pouring over countless images. I keep a list of the books that stick with me and feel like they show me something new. But it's only when I ...

Women are set to control $30 trillion in personal wealth by 2030, according to a 2020 McKinsey report. Yet despite this display of financial power, female representation in the financial services industry is lacking. Today, just about one-third of ...

Around the time that MIT economist Daron Acemoglu became one of AI's most prominent hype-busters, he also won a Nobel Prize. While those two things are not directly related, Acemoglu says there's a common thread. Acemoglu and his co-laureates, Simon ...

Saturday Night Live is a cultural institution. In an era when everything is streamed and nothing seems real, NBC's landmark live sketch comedy show proves that 50 years on, it can still offer a thrill to anyone stuck home on the hottest night of the ...

In order to get more people to switch from gas cars to EVs, the U.S. needs to have a robust charging network. The Biden administration pledged to build 500,000 EV charging stations across the country by 2030--but Trump's agenda will obviously be ...

"Pov: you think you know love until you read this book," reads a viral TikTok post that's referring not to a bestseller by Colleen Hoover or Sarah J. Maas, but instead a 150-year-old Russian novella by Fyodor Dostoevsky. @user18470837283 ...

In 2022, Etsy's earnings topped $109 million in consolidated net income. "Despite significant macroeconomic headwinds, we maintained the vast majority of our pandemic gains and delivered double digit revenue growth and excellent profitability for the ...

There was a time when dressing for middle school meant begging your parents for the cutest outfits: perhaps a Hollister graphic tee or the latest Air Jordans. These days, the look is somewhat more casual. At 7:50 a.m. in New York City, you'll find ...