My husband and I don’t get each other gifts. We spend our money on vacationing together instead.
The author and her husband prefer to focus on making memories together. When my birthday rolled around last year, my husband didn’t buy me a gift. When Christmas came, there was nothing from him under the tree. Our anniversary will be the same. But far from it being a disappointment, resulting in the kind of…
I’m an Android user who tried out Apple Intelligence. Many of its features impressed me, but not enough to make the switch.
For years, I’ve struggled with turning over to my phone as soon as I wake up and scrolling through notifications I’ve missed overnight. Lately, this bad early-morning habit has become a quick glance at the screen, thanks to my iPhone’s new notification summaries. A few months ago, I switched to an Android phone, but when…
I’ve lived in a 325-square-foot tiny home for 6 years. It’s helped me stay clutter-free, and I have no plans to move.
Living in a tiny home that’s 325 square feet has helped me be honest about what physical items I really need in life. My life was upended when the compound I lived in was sold to developers. I’d been in the same apartment in West LA for 10 years and was given four months to…
Facebook is full of AI-generated recipes — and the pictures can look real. Can the food actually be good? I tried it.
AI-generated recipes are popping up all over Facebook — circulating from pages that pump out eerie-looking images of food by the hour. Unlike the “Shrimp Jesus” type of AI-generated slop, this food-centered stuff flies under the radar because it looks so much like an existing genre that’s already all over social media: gooey cheese-pull style…
I’m 65, and I have no plans to retire. Instead, I travel the world and run multiple businesses.
The author is 65 and doesn’t want to retire. During my time in a sales role for a large corporation, I had it all. I traveled extensively for client meetings, crisscrossing the US and visiting places like Italy, France, and Germany. But I’ll never forget the trip to Vail, where I was literally skiing on…
I celebrated my 80th birthday with friends I traveled with in my 20s. Lifelong friendships have profoundly enriched my life.
Philip Townsend, middle, recently celebrated his 80th birthday with lifelong friends. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Philip Townsend, an 80-year-old from the Gold Coast, Australia. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I was in my 20s, I made a group of friends while living overseas. They proved to…
US allies say China’s fighter jets are using dangerous tactics to warn off aircraft — like popping flares and chaff
The latest incident involving an Australian P-8A patrol aircraft highlights an ongoing trend. Chinese fighter jets have repeatedly been accused of engaging in unsafe intercepts of US and allied aircraft by flying too close and recklessly popping off flares and chaff in their flight paths. Aggressive intercepts have become more frequent, and former pilots say…
A startup says it can fly supersonic without the noisy boom. Here’s how its airliner would compare to the famous Concorde.
Boom’s Overture PLANE takes proven technologies from the Concorde and applies modern designs. A startup wants to revive the era of the supersonic Concorde for the generations of flyers that missed out — but without the noisy boom and expensive ticket prices. Boom Supersonic CEO Blake Scholl explained to B-17 how his company’s future “Overture”…
Crypto is booming. Most financial advisors aren’t buying the hype yet.
As cryptocurrencies boom in recent months and push further into the mainstream, a corner of the financial industry remains on guard. A recent CoinShares survey of 250 financial advisors found that 62% do not think that recommending bitcoin aligns with the fiduciary responsibility to act in a client’s best interest. The study, which fielded responses…
