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With these apps, great Wi-Fi is easy to find

Is there anything more annoying than finding yourself stuck in a place where your phone’s data connection isn’t working—or, if you’re on a pay-for-what-you-use mobile plan, realizing you’re burning...

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How MLB engineered a major league turnaround

Not too long ago, America’s Pastime was in danger of being left in the past. As recently as 2017, Major League Baseball attendance had dropped in four out of five years with more than half the league...

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A financial guide to navigating your sandwich generation years

Sometimes, it feels like everyone needs you all at the same time. Your elderly parents are not so steady anymore and need you to shovel their snow and figure out how to pay for their expensive heart...

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Housing analyst who predicted the 2008 home price crash weighs in on the...

Want more stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the free, daily ResiClub newsletter. Years before the housing bubble burst in 2008, housing analyst Bill McBride began...

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AI and IVF: A fertility doctor’s insight into the future of reproductive...

If it takes a village to raise a child, it takes a medical army to create one for infertile couples. Today, global infertility rates are on the rise, but scaling up in vitro fertilization (IVF)...

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Inside the high-tech farm in New Jersey where Instagram’s favorite...

The most delicious strawberry I’ve ever tasted came from my grandparent’s garden, in Sofia, Bulgaria. It was the size of a gummy, looked like a woodland ruby, and tasted like it had grown in the Swiss...

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Trump campaign says candidate is ‘fine’ after being whisked offstage...

BUTLER, Pa. (AP) — Donald Trump appeared to be the target of an assassination attempt as he spoke during a rally in Pennsylvania on Saturday, law enforcement officials said. The former president, his...

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5 Audible alternatives audiobook lovers should check out

While Amazon-owned Audible dominates the audiobook market, it’s far from the only player in town. If you’ve been looking to explore beyond Amazon’s offerings, there’s a world of alternatives waiting...

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AI demand puts more pressure on data centers’ energy use. Here’s how to make...

The artificial intelligence boom has had such a profound effect on big tech companies that their energy consumption, and with it their carbon emissions, have surged. The spectacular success of large...

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Beyond ‘Twister,’ here’s what storm chasers actually do

Storm-chasing for science can be exciting and stressful—we know because we do it. It has also been essential for developing today’s understanding of how tornadoes form and how they behave. In 1996,...

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As Japan’s population ages and birth rates drop, diaper makers turn to the...

A large metal arm in a Japanese factory swept a cluster of fluffy white fabric rectangles off a carousel into a group to be wrapped in plastic before packaging for shipment. The items were adult...

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Control your actions by doing this one thing in the moment

Scenario number one: You’re walking across your front lawn when you hear the clatter of falling objects. You turn to see your neighbor, whose bag of groceries has just split open, watching mournfully...

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‘Bait and switch’ jobs are surprisingly common. Here’s what to do if it...

Corporate lawyer Jessica thought she’d landed her dream job as the lead legal counsel at a tech startup, with the exciting opportunity to grow her career quickly. Yet as soon as she started, the dream...

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Get ready for higher postage prices: What you need to know

The cost of just about everything has been rising recently. Forever stamps from the U.S. Postal Service are not exempt. On Sunday, they will increase from 68 cents to 73 cents, a 7% difference. Why...

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UN: World’s population is projected to peak at 10.3 billion in the 2080s....

The world’s population is expected to grow by more than 2 billion people in the next decades and peak in the 2080s at around 10.3 billion, a major shift from a decade ago, a new report by the United...

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Why does it seem like Gen Z workers are always late?

As the business mantra goes, early is on time and on time is late. For some Gen Z workers, though, late is the new on time.  In a new survey commissioned by Meeting Canary, an AI-powered work meeting...

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Essential money advice for every stage of life

Welcome to Work Smarter, Fast Company‘s newsletter on career, leadership, and productivity advice. You can sign up to receive this newsletter every week here. I was raised frugally, and the money...

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Fake Picasso paintings prompted a gender war at an Australian gallery

They were billed as artworks by Pablo Picasso, paintings so valuable that an Australian art museum’s decision to display them in an exhibition restricted to women visitors provoked a...

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Amazon Prime Day 2024: How to figure out which deals are worth it

It’s summertime, and the bargains seem easy at a time when many consumer prices are high. July sales events have become a seasonal revenue driver for the retail industry since Amazon launched its...

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Why tailoring strategic communication is key to startup success

I recently gave presentations about venture capital to four different audiences—my child’s 6th-grade class, university students, my father’s pension club, and a team at Amazon Web Services (AWS). Each...

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