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• The 98th Academy Awards will be held on March 15, 2026.
• This year's best actress nominees are Jessie Buckley, Emma Stone, Rose Byrne, Kate Hudson, and Renate Reinsve.
• We went back to 1930 to see how red-carpet fashion has changed over the decades.

Besides being a night to recognize talent both in front of and behind the camera, the Oscars are also a night for

David Sacks, the White House's AI and crypto czar, has warned that a continued war in Iran could be catastrophic. On the All In podcast, Sacks said that "we should try to find the off-ramp." He expressed concern that Iran could demolish oil and gas infrastructure across the Middle

If you've got strong creative instincts, the ability to authentically portray emotion, and are capable of staying true to a character's voice throughout a scene, there's a job listing calling for your experience.

The catch: You won't be performing in a theater, a film studio, or an underground performance space. You'd be using your talents to train an AI model for "one of the leading AI

• I smiled through holidays as the "cool aunt" while quietly grieving the life I thought I'd have.
• A friend's offhand comment made me see that my child-free life had real benefits, not just loss.
• Presence doesn't require parenthood — my niece called it "the aunt influence" before leaving for college.

In my 30s, I was

• On Sunday, Hollywood stars will gather at the Dolby Theatre to celebrate the Oscars.
• While some names feel synonymous with Oscars' history, others have been forgotten over time.
• Eminem won the Oscar for best original song in 2003 for "Lose Yourself."

On Sunday, March

• I took a group tour of Japan with my kids, and Hakone turned out to be my favorite stop.
• The beautiful town had amazing hot springs, and the Hakone Open-Air Museum was incredible.
• If I return to Japan, I'd go to Hakone again and I'd love to visit other small towns in the

Samsung promised "more than a design refresh" for its new top-end Galaxy Buds - it added upgraded woofers for improved, dual-amped hi-fi sound, a new blade design, clearer call performance, and better noise cancellation. Ultimately, while the $249.99 Galaxy Buds 4 aren

In 2020 and 2021, the social media world seemed to be on the verge of complete change. A new app called TikTok was ascendant, bringing a whole new kind of vertical video to phones everywhere. And another app - not as popular, but growing fast, and already hugely influential among the tech set - looked like it might have an entirely new social idea on its hands. It was called Clubhouse

• I studied at universities in both the US and China, first in 2015 and again in 2025.
• Experiencing Chinese higher education at two different times showed me how different the system is.
• The differences in cost, campus culture, and career pathways made me rethink American universities.

I've done something quite rare: I'm an

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How it started

Two years ago, I stood at the top of the iconic red stairs in Times Square to experience the weirdest

• Developer Chad Dale and a small group of his friends bought a vacation home to share together.
• Ultimately, the experiment was a bust, but it sparked the idea for something bigger.
• In 2023, Dale, his family, and friends opened Shared Roof, a 35-unit co-housing community in Seattle.

Nearly a decade ago, real estate developer Chad Dale made a

• I tried Red Lobster's "Shrimp Your Way" special and compared it to the chain's $30 endless shrimp.
• Both featured the same shrimp-powered menu items.
• I thought the portion sizes and quality of the food were better the second time around.

Red Lobster is clawing its way to the top with a new