This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Hali Mo, founder of Hali Home Bakes, a San Francisco microbakery specializing in laminated pastries. The essay has been edited for length and clarity.When I graduated from Stanford in 2018 with degrees in economics and computer science, I did what I…
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President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have become a defining feature of his second term, central to his strategy for reshaping global trade, even after the Supreme Court struck down many of his tariffs in February.Aggressive tariff policies have been rare at the White House in recent decades, but history offers clues about how they can ripple through everyday American life.Previously, one of the most consequential episodes of sweeping US protectionism came in 1890 at the…
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As a native of Washington, DC, I’ll never forget looking out the window of an Amtrak train to take in the desert scenes of the American Southwest. The view looked just like the cowboy movies I loved as a kid.On other rides, I took in the endless open skies around…
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A mainstay in the Carolinas will keep its sense of familiarity while also getting a modern-day makeover. The NFL’s Carolina Panthers have reached a long-term agreement with Bank of America to extend one of the NFL’s longest stadium naming rights deals.Along with fan-focused enhancements and an increase in private investments,…
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In his first-ever post on X, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang called attention to how some of the biggest names in AI and tech are rallying together to defend the future of open-weight AI models.”AI will transform every industry, power every company, and be built by every country,” Huang wrote on…
