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• When I pick up my two teens from school all their answers are one word.
• I now ask them the same three questions every day during dinner.
• We focus on how they were kind and brave and how they failed at something.

Every day, I pick up my teens from school. As soon as

• Among the multimanagers, $12 billion Schonfeld led the way in 2024.
• The firm bounced back from a tumultuous 2023 to return close to 20% last year.
• Its multistrategy peers ended with double-digit returns but didn't match the S&P 500's 23% gain.

What a difference a year makes.

When 2023 came to a close

• Some celebrity-led production companies struggled in 2024 as Hollywood cut spending.
• Investments by firms like Blackstone and RedBird were hampered by market shifts.
• Despite headwinds, companies like LuckyChap could thrive by diversifying beyond their famous founders.

2024 was a bad year for the TV and film business — and was particularly hard for a set of

Proving you're human with a CAPTCHA test has never been more fun.

Frontend development company Vercel used created Doom-themed CAPTCHA to show off its AI site builder, per TechCrunch.

In order to pass the CAPTCHA, you need to kill three monsters in the popular first-person shooter game. According to the app site, the Doom CAPTCHA is meant for "for educational and entertainment purposes," so don't

• Nicole Sunderland has been to all 50 US states and has a few suggestions for first-time visitors.
• Her tips include a mix of nature-inspired and adventure-filled experiences in various states.
• Michigan, Florida, Alaska, Hawaii, and Utah are her top picks for first-time

• Republicans are pushing for swift confirmation of Trump's national security nominees.
• They say it's even more necessary after this week's deadly New Orleans attack.
• Some of those nominees are among Trump's most controversial picks.

In the wake of the deadly New

You can now play Jeopardy! on your Fire TV Stick. Volley, the developer of the Alexa version of the game show, launched a new edition for Amazon’s streaming device on Thursday. Unlike the voice assistant edition, this one lets you see the clues onscreen, which I have to imagine makes it much more enjoyable. Of course, you also get a familiar view of the 60-year-old show’s iconic game board.

The

If you have a New Year’s resolution to enhance your smart home, buying a smart display isn’t a bad way to kick things off. The Echo Show 5 is one of the most cost-effective ways to add a visual interface to control your devices

Samsung is bringing the Galaxy Fit 3 to the US. The budget-friendly fitness tracker will cost $59.99 when it launches on January 9th, 2025.

Samsung first released the Galaxy Fit 3 in several countries outside the US last February. The device comes equipped with a 1.6-inch display surrounded by an aluminum body and lasts up to 13 days on a single charge.

The

An effort to add Wi-Fi-powered speakers to the smart home standard is being led by a former Sonos executive looking to disrupt the smart speaker market.

Read the full story at The Verge.

• It's hard to believe it's been 25 years since the turn of the century.
• Famous songs like Bon Jovi's "It's My Life" and NSYNC's "Bye Bye Bye" were released in 2000.
• The camera phone and eHarmony are turning 25, too.

In the year 2000, no one could've predicted the impact Jennifer Lopez's green Versace dress, "American

Tesla has reported its first-ever decline in annual deliveries. The total number of deliveries for 2024 hovers at around 1.78 million, but the company delivered 1.81 million vehicles in 2023. Company shares fell by as much as seven percent at the news, but has since rallied a couple of points. This follows similar news from Q1 of 2024, but that was just for a single quarter. 

Q4 showed a slight