There’s a standard way to describe what’s happening to writers in the age of AI search, and it’s this: traffic is down, AI is to blame, platforms are taking more than they’re giving. This is true, but it is also…
Apple has raised prices for its Mac and iPad product lines, in some cases as much as 20% higher. Price increases from Apple are rare and usually reserved for new product launches. Lack of Memory and Storage Chips The reason…
For most of human history, if you wanted to reach a distant person, you sat down and wrote by hand. Soldiers would write letters home from the front and wait weeks for a response. The lovers would fill out the…
Imagine a grown girl pulling a chair into a hospital bed. He’s been practicing this moment for years. Somewhere, a younger version of him is still waiting for his father to say what he never said. Because he regrets it.…
Pick up an old watch and the first thing you notice is its weight. After a minute in your hand, the metal is hot. The glass has a few fine scratches that you can only see when you tilt it…
At twenty-five, I lay awake at night fearing the wrong life. It’s not tragic. Just a disappointing one. I was afraid that I wouldn’t build financial security that allowed you to breathe, and that I wouldn’t build a family that…
Over the past year, I’ve spoken to thirty people in what they describe as unhappy marriages. Some for ten years. Some for twenty or thirty. A few have since left. Most of them were not. I assumed I knew what…
In 2004, the year Google went public, the company’s mission was to organize the world’s information and make it accessible and useful to everyone. The practical expression of this mission was a deal that underpinned much of the public Internet…
With rising materials and labor costs, commercial roof replacement is becoming a more expensive financial commitment for many businesses. In fact, the cost of more than half of building materials has increased significantly in recent years. Businesses may think that…
Let’s start with the statement. When Amazon MGM Studios decided not to release “Artificial,” the nearly completed film by Luca Guadagnino about the five-day period in November 2023 when the OpenAI board was fired and Sam Altman was later reinstated,…
