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This artist is drawing entire L.A. neighborhoods that were lost in the fires
The wildfires in Los Angeles have destroyed entire neighborhoods, ravaging more than 16,000 homes and structures in Altadena and Pasadena, alone. Asher Bingham, an L.A.-based portrait artist, spends...
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This ingenious water tower doubles as a habitat for birds and bats
Tucked in a forest of trees in Luxembourg City is a hulking piece of urban infrastructure that, if all goes to plan, will soon be taken over by birds. The structure is a two-columned concrete water...
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Housing market is squeezed by spiked building costs—and tariffs could make it...
Want more housing market stories from Lance Lambert’s ResiClub in your inbox? Subscribe to the ResiClub newsletter. This week, the U.S. is set to impose new tariffs as part of President Donald Trump’s...
View ArticleWhat does USAID do? What to know about the foreign aid agency that Elon Musk...
Over the weekend, Elon Musk took to X with a series of tweets claiming that the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) was a “criminal organization” that needed to “die.” By this morning,...
View ArticleWill a return to OG Facebook appeal to Gen Z?
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hinted at a “return to OG Facebook” during last week’s Q4 earnings call, listing it as a key goal for 2025. But what exactly does that mean? So far, Meta hasn’t offered any...
View ArticleOpenAI reveals new AI tool that can do online research for you
OpenAI is further proving that 2025 is the year of agentic AI. The artificial intelligence giant revealed another new feature from ChatGPT this week, called Deep Research, which it claims can gather...
View ArticleWhy is TSLA stock down? Tesla has dropped more than 10% since Trump took office
Tesla’s stock (Nasdaq:TSLA) moved lower once again Monday, falling almost 5% in midday trading, the continuation of a fairly steady decline since Donald Trump took office. Shares of the automaker...
View ArticleBarnes & Noble will open 60 new bookstores in 2025, breaking last year’s...
January was a long month, but we finally have some good news in 2025: Bookseller Barnes & Noble plans to open at least 60 new stores this year, topping last year’s record of 57 stores and marking...
View ArticleTrump signs order to create a sovereign wealth fund that could buy TikTok
U.S. President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Monday ordering the creation of a sovereign wealth fund within the next year, saying it could potentially buy the short video app TikTok. Trump...
View ArticleDozens of Education Department staff were put on leave over Trump’s anti-DEI...
Dozens of employees at the U.S. Education Department were put on paid administrative leave in response to President Donald Trump’s order banning diversity, equity and inclusion programs in the federal...
View ArticleTrump’s tariffs could derail online shopping in the U.S.
A lot has changed since Donald Trump’s first term in the White House. E-commerce’s share of total retail sales has risen from 15% at the end of 2020 to 16.2%—a 1.2 percentage-point increase, but a...
View ArticleSantorini gets hit with multiple earthquakes. Here’s what to know
Multiple earthquakes are rattling Santorini, a volcanic island in Greece, prompting authorities to dispatch rescuers with tents, a sniffer dog and drones, and to shut schools on four islands....
View ArticleHow time zones impact your work and mental health
Imagine this: A team meeting is scheduled for 4 p.m. in California. For software developers in Mumbai, it’s 5:30 a.m. the next day—prime sleeping hours or, at best, the tail end of an exhausting night...
View ArticleWhy organizations struggle to build confidence in supply chain integrity
A strong supply chain ensures the right goods are available at the right time, in the right place, and in the right quantities. An effective supply chain strengthens everything from customer loyalty...
View ArticleTrump pauses tariffs on Canada and Mexico for 30 days
President Donald Trump on Monday agreed to a 30-day pause on his tariff threats against Mexico and Canada as America’s two largest trading partners took steps to appease his concerns about border...
View Article‘This made my face feel so much tighter’: TikTok users claim banana peels can...
Botox can be expensive. You know what isn’t? Bananas. A new beauty hack making the rounds online involves rubbing the inside of a banana peel all over your face for a few minutes to brighten and...
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This scrappy search upstart is getting thousands of people to give up Google
Search today sure ain’t what it used to be. On the one hand, you’ve got the escalating sense that Google’s once-reliable results are stuck in a downward spiral. It’s a perception we’ve been seeing...
View ArticleHow to stop your boss from giving you extra work
My mom used to always say, “If you want something done, give it to a busy person.” She was a very busy person who seemed to have endless energy and a knack for outperforming others in her real estate...
View ArticleHow Cape Town, Melbourne, and other cities confronted major water supply crises
Water scarcity is often viewed as an issue for the arid American West, but the U.S. Northeast’s experience in 2024 shows how severe droughts can occur in just about any part of the country. Cities in...
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I tried a mindfulness browser to make work less stressful. Maybe you should too
A new browser from the Norwegian company Opera just launched today, and it wants you to stop stressing out so much. The free browser, called Opera Air, is billed as the first-ever “mindful browser.”...
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