My colleague Pranav Dixit attended Meta Connect this week and he stopped by AI Insider to share his thoughts with newsletter subscribers.Here’s how the Q&A went down, in longer form:What was your biggest surprise while at the event?The biggest surprise was how good Meta’s upcoming VR glasses were. They’re not…
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In October 2025, Blackboard, the online platform through which I attend my doctoral program for business administration, displayed a grade I had never seen next to my name: an F.I had been working to run my new public relations business, maintain my 3.87 GPA, and manage ongoing health challenges. So, I couldn’t hide my shock as I sat up in bed, looking at the unfamiliar score. I slid the laptop cursor over the grade repeatedly,…
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Focus on what you can control and let the rest go. I’ve heard countless versions of this advice throughout my life, and it gets me through my most stressful moments.Enter the long-haul flight — my least favorite part of any faraway vacation. I can’t make planes leave on time. I…
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View MoreCurbing the federal government’s roughly $2 trillion budget deficit would help reduce the affordability challenges American households are facing, a new analysis finds. The nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget (CRFB) published a report on Wednesday detailing how reducing the federal budget deficit over both the near- and long-term…
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The tech guy uniform is full of basic T-shirts and bad haircuts, so I get why Alexandr Wang’s look at Meta Connect is riling Silicon Valley. If you’re used to the black turtlenecks of Steve Jobs and Elizabeth Holmes, or the white T-shirts of Mark Zuckerberg, sure, Wang’s camo-print deer…
