2+ week, 1+ day ago   (761+ words) Zhao, a 30-something woman living in Beijing, says she lost over $100,000 in May to a romance scammer who claimed to be a researcher working for Microsoft. After initially chatting Zhao up on the Chinese social media platform Xiaohongshu, he asked…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (306+ words) Chinese engineers are zeroing in on one of the loftiest goals in applied robotics: fully automated cooking. According to CD, the basic cooking robot went through two live cooking demonstrations, stir-frying tofu as well as pork and green peppers. Per…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (211+ words) However, is there such a thing as unhealthy friendship turnover? I spoke with a therapist about the difference between natural friendship turnover and a toxic pattern of constantly replacing friends. Friendship turnover describes the process of losing friends and gaining…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (267+ words) The conventional wisdom on charisma is that you either have it or you don’t, and if you’re the type of person who rehearses handshakes or conversation starters, you probably don’t. Research has been picking that apart for years, and a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (621+ words) With U.S. debt hitting $40 trillion, markets are turning more attention to that burden and whether policymakers will address the root causes or just the symptoms. The Treasury Department’s interventions in the bond and currency markets in recent weeks point to the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) Chadwick, who is also a model and influencer with millions of followers, made the cryptic announcement on Tuesday in an Instagram post. “Some personal news. As of last week, I’ve stepped away from Goose,” Chadwick wrote. “This was not a…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (254+ words) I tally the dead. I tally today’s dead. I seek a tally of the dead or seek yesterday’s dead. I try to count them, the dead. Reports tell me there are, today, more dead. I announce the dead—the house…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (336+ words) Inundated with AI-generated resumes, ruthless employers are ghosting applicants and even rescinding job offers after they’ve been accepted, SFGate reports, deepening the nightmare that recent grads experience when entering the job market. In a June 2026 report, the resume service Resume…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (672+ words) My mother and father, ages 95 and 90, respectively, are proud to still live in their own home. They enjoy a peaceful lifestyle that revolves around simple meals, afternoon trips into the English countryside, and reading the newspaper. However, their health has…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (327+ words) Earlier this week, Bloomberg reported that pending home sales in the US had dropped to their lowest level in three years. That coincided with a sharp drop in construction of new homes, which plummeted to the lowest level in over…...