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I’ve traveled beyond Japan’s popular Tokyo-Kyoto-Osaka route. There are 4 cool day trips I’d actually recommend.
The first time I visited Japan, I followed the so-called Golden Route and visited three major tourist spots: Tokyo, Kyoto, and Osaka. I immediately…
I went to Royal Caribbean’s private island in the Bahamas. It’s not for me, but I get why cruisers love it.
At first glance, it may seem like Perfect Day at CocoCay has something for everyone. Royal Caribbean’s 125-acre private island in the Bahamas is…
John Gruber calls Claude’s AI watermarking ‘patently offensive’
Tech blogger John Gruber is joining the chorus of dissent over Anthropic’s plan to watermark Claude’s writing. On Sunday, Gruber, the popular blogger…
I locked in a 3.25% mortgage rate in a desirable suburb. It looks like success on the surface, but feels far from it.
One car ride home, my observant 6-year-old asked a tough question: “Mommy, do you want to live here?” I suppose she’d heard me complain about life in…
The 10 British universities with the most American students, ranked
Some American students are swapping Greek life and GPAs for cobblestone campuses and a degree across the pond. Awareness of the British university…
The US Army wants machines that can pull drinking water from the air for fights far from reliable supply lines
The US Army awarded a nearly $50 million contract for machines that act as giant dehumidifiers, turning air into drinking water for service members…
First came self-driving cars. Now, Waymo veterans are building autonomous construction equipment.
Self-driving cars have spent years learning the rules of the road. Now, several Waymo veterans are trying to apply those lessons to a far less…
Leopold Aschenbrenner’s Situational Awareness bet big on SanDisk and Micron before it blew up
Leopold Aschenbrenner, the Wall Street wunderkind whose hedge fund imploded in late July, placed huge bets on two AI stocks in the lead-up to the…
EY is turning its internships into yearlong residencies as AI changes entry-level work
EY is betting that an eight-week internship is no longer enough to prepare young workers for the age of AI. The Big Four firm is launching a new paid…
My parents thought I was wasting my life playing video games. I became a millionaire by 27.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Dima Beseda, cofounder of Spiry. It has been edited for length and clarity. I was only 3 when…