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The best and worst US states to retire in, ranked
Retirement is full of decisions, and the state you choose to retire in could be the most important one. A recent WalletHub study pitted the 50 states…
Instagram is cracking down on AI influencers who don’t self-identify as AI
Instagram wants people AI creators to start being more transparent about, uh, being AI — and will start cracking down on accounts that look like real…
US Navy backlogs could leave over a dozen submarines sitting idle for years, costing $3 billion, watchdog says
Severe backlogs could leave over a dozen US Navy attack submarines awaiting decommissioning sitting idle for more than 14,000 days through the end of…
MapQuest skyrockets on app stores after ‘Lake America’ refusal
It’s 2026, and all things late ’90s and early 2000s are cool again. Including, apparently, MapQuest. The self-proclaimed “OG of online mapping” has…
A couple moved to the remote island of their dreams. After 4 years, the drawbacks have them heading back to the US.
Rachel Pohl and Charles Post had a phrase they kept in mind when they decided to move to the Arctic. “If dreams were easy, they wouldn’t be dreams,”…
The feds seized a stake in Anthropic from Sam Bankman-Fried’s friends. What happened to the shares?
A little over a year ago, the federal government acquired a stake in Anthropic without paying a penny. The shares were seized from associates of the…
I visited Montreal for the first time with nothing booked. Locals helped me plan my 24-hour trip.
On a trip to Montreal, my first time ever in Canada, I ditched ChatGPT and influencer travel content for actual recommendations from locals. As a…
Axe is betting Gen Z is ready for a whiff of Y2K
Unilever’s deodorant brand Axe has spent the past decade evolving from the bro-y, hypersexualized ads that made it famous in the 2000s. Now, with Gen…
I moved from DC to Los Angeles to save a relationship. We broke up, but 10 years later, I’m still living here.
I was content living in Washington, DC, but my boyfriend wasn’t. He’d moved there with me in 2012 when I secured my first full-time writing job, but…
What it takes to live an America-free lifestyle in Canada. Spoiler: It’s not easy.
As the US-Canadian trade war expands, some Canadians are purposefully shrinking their shopping options by staying local. It isn’t easy. Earlier this…