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The ‘Stretch My Time Off’ Tool Helped Me Maximize My Annual PTO
If you work a job with limited paid time off, you have to be strategic about using it, whether you want to have more short breaks throughout the year or have an extended trip planned that requires banking days and using them all at once. We’ve written before about how to maximize annual vacation days by stacking them up against…
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My phone addiction kept me awake at night — these changes helped me fall asleep fast
As a self-confessed phone addict, I know how easy it is to fall into mindless scrolling in bed. I’m well aware that using my phone before and after sleep does me no favors, yet I still catch myself turning a quick check of messages into a 30-minute-plus doom scroll. I sleep on one of the best mattresses for my sleep…
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OpenAI has evidence that its models helped train China’s DeepSeek
Chinese artificial intelligence company DeepSeek disrupted Silicon Valley with the release of cheaply developed AI models that compete with flagship offerings from OpenAI — but the ChatGPT maker suspects they were built upon OpenAI data. OpenAI and Microsoft are investigating whether the Chinese rival used OpenAI’s API to integrate OpenAI’s AI models into DeepSeek’s own models, according to Bloomberg. The…
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These Three Apps Have Helped Me Stop Doomscrolling
We may earn a commission from links on this page. During the first Trump presidency, I worked at a major news networks found it impossible to distance myself from the tumult of the daily news, which seemed to bring one alarming crisis after another. Yet even when I got home at the end of the day, I found myself scrolling…
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AI helped Google engineers cut code migration times in half
Google has significantly cut code migration times internally through the use of AI tools, a paper has revealed. Citing a growing interest in more bespoke large language model (LLM) uses, the paper’s authors explained that the purpose of the report was to share Google’s experience using AI in code migration. While it’s not a research paper in that the authors…
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How Opening Multiple Bank Accounts Helped Me Manage My Money Better
I am good at many things, but managing my money isn’t always one of them. My New Year’s resolution is to be more financially responsible, but the truth is I’ve been working on it for a while. One of the most useful strategies I devised is using multiple bank accounts to budget. Here’s why (and how) I do it, and…
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How Opening Multiple Bank Accounts Helped Me Manage My Money Better
I am good at many things, but managing my money isn’t always one of them. My New Year’s resolution is to be more financially responsible, but the truth is I’ve been working on it for a while. One of the most useful strategies I devised is using multiple bank accounts to budget. Here’s why (and how) I do it, and…
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ChatGPT vs Gemini — here’s the winning chatbot that helped me plan my family’s Walt Disney World vacation
Planning a trip to Walt Disney World for a family of five can feel like trying to wrangle Mickey, Minnie, and the entire cast of The Lion King onto a teacup ride—it’s chaotic, dizzying, and someone’s bound to cry. That’s why I turned to AI tools like ChatGPT and Google Gemini to see which one could magically transform my stress…
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These Tiered Shelves Helped Me Finally Get Organized
We may earn a commission from links on this page. I own way too much stuff, but I’m always working on decluttering and streamlining what I have. Ironically, my quest to organize the items I do decide to keep often entails buying something new—and one recent purchase has been truly beneficial. It’s time to talk about how tiered storage has…
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This Ridiculously Detailed Spreadsheet Has Helped Me Stick to My New Year’s Resolutions for Five Years
New Year’s Eve is my favorite holiday. I love a designated time to look forward and to reflect back, ideally while getting tipsy with friends. The turn of a new year is also a time when I’m grateful for my habit of writing down every little thing—and I don’t just mean getting my thoughts and feelings down in a journal.…
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