3 reasons to open checking and savings accounts together as stagflation concerns rise
Opening checking and savings accounts together can earn you bonuses and high interest rates. Investors are starting to be worried about stagflation, which is when inflation is high and economic growth is slow. Stagflation is hard to deal with, and it can decrease your savings if poorly performing investments can’t keep up with inflation. Stagflation…
A woman who lost 130 pounds shares 7 changes she wasn’t expecting — from people being nicer to her to food tasting different
Emma Roma Jayne after she had bariatric surgery and lost 130lb. On a family trip in 2022, Emma Roma Jayne stayed in the car as everyone else went to the beach. The thought of being in shorts in public, and having the body she was so insecure about on display, made her feel viscerally uncomfortable.…
I’m a financial planner with a simple piece of advice for your money before the April 2 tariffs are imposed
The author, Anna N’Jie-Konte. Recent headlines have many Americans understandably worried about the stock market and how it will affect their money. President Donald Trump has announced new tariffs that will come into effect on April 2. As a certified financial planner, I know many people are wondering what to do to better protect their…
When I moved from Florida to Colombia, I could afford a luxurious lifestyle with a chef and maid. I can’t justify living in the US anymore.
The author (left) moved from Florida to Colombia with his wife (right). I was born, raised, and spent most of my life in Milwaukee. I married and had three children with my first wife there. After vacationing in Maui, Hawaii, in my 30s, my wife and I decided to move there in 2014. We fell…
My trip to Las Vegas to celebrate my 40th birthday was a victory lap, not a midlife crisis
I celebrated my 40th birthday in Las Vegas with friends and had a wonderful time entering the newest decade of my life. When I first began planning a Las Vegas trip with my girlfriends to celebrate my 40th birthday, I was a bit uneasy. While I packed, I found myself trying on the tight, sparkly…
Bleak images show snapshots of daily life in the closed world of North Korea
A man looking toward the North Korean city of Namyang from the city of Tumen in Jilin province, northeast China. It’s still rare for the outside world to get a glimpse of daily life in North Korea. The country only recently allowed Western tourists back in following the COVID-19 pandemic, and sometimes photographers have difficulty…
Studio Ghibli has few legal options to stop OpenAI from ripping off its style
OpenAI introduced a new viral feature allowing people to generate images in the anime style of Studio Ghibli. With ChatGPT’s new Ghiblifying feature, OpenAI is digging into its aggressive stance on copyright law. OpenAI’s 4o image generation tool, made available for paying ChatGPT users this week, allows people to transform images into the style of…
ChatGPT can’t decide whether its Ghibli-style images violate copyright or not
An image generated by OpenAI’s 4o tool showing an older artist being angry at a young tech executive When AI-generated Ghibli-style images started popping up on social media this week, I contacted OpenAI. The startup had just launched a new image-generation tool called 4o, a powerful upgrade from its DALL-E 3 service. Users started asking…
I’m Poppi’s cofounder and chief brand officer. I love chaos and never take a lunch break — here’s what a day in my life looks like.
Allison Ellsworth, the cofounder and chief brand officer of Poppi. This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Allison Ellsworth, the 37-year-old cofounder and chief brand officer of Poppi based in Austin. It’s been edited for length and clarity. Before starting Poppi, I was an independent landman contractor who traveled across the US to…
