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Travis Kalanick says he wouldn’t do ‘anything different’ about the missed Uber-Lyft acquisition
Uber and Lyft were just not meant to be, says Travis Kalanick. In an Andreessen Horowitz interview released on Friday, the former Uber CEO said he…
Hayden Panettiere opened up about motherhood and addiction months before her death at 36
Actor Hayden Panettiere has died at 36, her representative told ABC News on Monday. “It is with profound sadness that we share the tragic passing of…
I went back to work 10 days after giving birth. Two decades later, I finally took a break.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leslie Cohen, a 52-year-old real estate development and operations professional in the Boston…
Tyga is Hollywood’s latest AI optimist
For some artists, using AI during the creative process is like ripping the soul out of an intimate human experience. Tyga, however, doesn’t have…
My move from Los Angeles to Palm Springs was supposed to be temporary. Six years later, I’m still here.
When I lived in Los Angeles, I considered Palm Springs a sunny respite about a few hours away from the hustle and bustle of the city. I made a point…
I returned to gymnastics at 41. Five years later, I’m competing nationally.
At 41, after years of chronic back pain, postpartum depression, and the consuming demands of motherhood, I did what I thought was impossible: I found…
Instagram promised to remove harassing Meta glasses videos. I keep finding them.
“Are you a secret code?” a young man in Meta glasses asks a woman in a tank top on the sidewalk. “What do you mean, ‘a secret code?’” she responds…
How Dropbox’s co-CEO decides which meetings to skip
It can be hard to stay focused on your priorities when constant pings and competing projects are pulling you in different directions. That’s why…
My son went to culinary school, and my daughter majors in theater. It’s not what I planned for either of them, and that’s OK.
When my son was in sixth grade, he looked at me one afternoon in our garage while I was unloading groceries and said something I never expected to…
I can’t find a job at 57. I’m fighting feelings of humiliation and panic.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Gregory Brooks, a 57-year-old based in Rochester, New York. It’s been edited for length and…