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They were getting closer to student-loan forgiveness. Then their progress was stripped away.
Christina Quinones was two payments away from reaching the threshold for student-loan forgiveness. She’d spent nine years and 10 months pursuing…
He waited nearly 20 years to start a company. Now he’s the cofounder of a double unicorn.
Earlier this month, the AI hacking startup Horizon3 achieved a rare milestone: a $250 million funding round pushed its market valuation above $2…
SAP has a message for software doomsayers: The pendulum will swing back
A SAP executive says the “pendulum will swing back” from the SaaSpocalypse. Like many software companies, the German software giant has seen its…
I’m dating a founder and it feels like a relationship on steroids. I’ve had to take a backseat to my dreams— but with the right person, it’s worth it.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Maria Diaz Valdez, a 29-year-old based in Spain. It’s been edited for length and clarity. I…
OpenAI says it will change how it informs the public when its AI agents go off the rails
OpenAI says it’s time to come clean about what happens when its AI agents go rogue. The ChatGPT maker on Saturday confirmed earlier reports that a…
My husband and I both survived strokes. At 69, I’m still working full time and caring for him.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carla Bacon, 69, who is caring for her 70-year-old husband while working a full-time job in…
I’m a UFC fighter and dad of twins. Having a family makes my career harder.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Paddy Pimblett. It has been edited for length and clarity. Straight away, when my wife Laura…
I tried chicken nuggets from 6 fast-food chains and ranked them from worst to best
Before the chicken tender became the hottest fast-food must-have, there was the humble and hearty chicken nugget. Its small size made it the perfect…
My husband and I run a large business while raising 3 kids. We don’t believe in work-life balance, but ‘radical prioritization.’
Just 21 days after my third child was born, I was taking VC calls. We were mid-Series A, and a fundraise does not pause for a newborn. The investor I…
Ukrainian trainees are bringing hard-won battlefield ingenuity to training while NATO trainers fill gaps in the fundamentals
Experienced Ukrainian soldiers are showing their Western instructors their battlefield creativity forged by years of war, even as some of these same…