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• Kate Portillo ended her 13-year career in retail to go to school.
• She retrained as an urban planner, but found it challenging to establish credibility in a new field.
• Portillo's advice for anyone making a midlife career pivot include finding a mentor.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Kate Portillo, 51, an

• Some gig workers are calling it quits on ride-hailing and delivery apps.
• They're looking for full-time jobs or other work.
• Factors from falling earnings to the rise of self-driving cars are leading gig workers to quit.

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• I flew an Airbus A350 simulator at Turkish Airlines' training center in Istanbul.
• It mimicked anomalies like wind shear, extreme turbulence, and traffic avoidance.
• Simulators let airlines safely train pilots for rare but high-risk scenarios they may face.

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• A small-business owner said the Supreme Court tariff decision has left more questions than answers.
• Marc Bowker, who owns a comic book shop in Ohio, said his store has paid $12,000 in tariff fees.
• He said the Trump administration continues to cause a

The Soundcore Nebula X1 Pro is too weird to exist. It takes the excellent 4K projector and karaoke microphones from Anker's Nebula X1 and stuffs them inside a powerful five-speaker Google TV party on wheels. It's so absurd that it feels like a gadget fever dream - and I'm here for it.

At the heart of this system is the same liquid-cooled, triple-laser, auto-image-correction-everything

The US is mounting its largest military buildup in the Middle East since 2003. Here's a list of the weapons and hardware that it's sent to the region as the Trump administration pressures Iran to strike a deal that would limit its nuclear and military capabilities.

At least a dozen warships collectively worth an estimated $50 billion have been deployed to the region. Satellite imagery shows the US

• Democrats are calling for Trump to issue Americans tariff refunds after the Supreme Court ruling.
• Govs. Gavin Newsom and JB Pritzker called for refunds of $1,700 to American families.
• The Supreme Court didn't rule on tariff refunds, and it's unclear if or how

• Scott Adams' family condemned a posthumous AI version of him that's spreading online.
• Scholars say possible legal challenges hinge on financial and First Amendment concerns.
• The conflict highlights a growing battle over AI afterlives.

Scott Adams once sounded

Any ebook reader will let you cram a Beauty and the Beast-sized library’s worth of books in your pocket, but so will your phone. An ebook reader offers a more book-like reading experience, with fewer distractions and less eye strain, and many include extra features, like adjustable frontlighting. Some really are pocketable. Others are waterproof or offer physical page-turning buttons