Making $100,000 a year might not be life-changing anymore, but 3 people share how it makes things a lot less stressful

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Cole H Mattes (left), Joshua T (middle), and Maksim Sonin (right) said making over $100,000 a year wasn't life-changing — but that it reduced financial stress.

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  • Three people who've earned $100,000 annually said it reduced stress but wasn't life-changing.
  • Higher incomes allowed them to focus on personal growth, relationships, and financial security.
  • Despite the risi
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China’s lunar probe is retrieving samples from the far side of the Moon

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A Long March 5 carrier rocket launched the Chang ‘e 6 probe into space on May 3rd. | Photo: CFOTO / Future Publishing via Getty Images

China’s Chang’e 6 spacecraft successfully landed on the far side of the Moon — and it plans to bring back soil and rock samples to Earth for the first time.

The probe touched down on the Moon’s South Pole–Aitken Basin, which faces away from

Creators are gaming the algorithm with pronunciation ploys — and it's working

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TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram creators are deliberately mispronouncing words in videos to boost engagement and views.

There's a trend online that turns an average video into viral fodder, and we're all falling for it.

The trend isn't particularly new, but in recent months, it's revved up its engine and has taken over such a large swath of videos across TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram Reels that it's become more common than a typical video. In it, a creator will mispronounce a word in a seemingly routine video of a

Spotify CEO does damage control after his 'reductive' comments about creators spark backlash

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Spotify CEO Daniel Ek drew criticism online for saying the cost of content creation was "close to zero."

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  • Spotify's CEO is clarifying comments he made about content creation after drawing backlash.
  • Daniel Ek said last week the cost of content creation was "close to zero," and people got upset.
  • On Sunday, he said his words were "far too vague" and "clumsy" in his initial post.

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Google's latest sale takes $250 off the Pixel 8 Pro

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The Google Pixel 8 Pro remains the large-screen Android smartphone we'd recommend to most people, and right now it's back on sale for $749 at Amazon, Best Buy and Google's online store. We've seen this deal before, but it matches the largest discount we've tracked for an unlocked model outside of trade-in or carrier-exclusive offers. The phone technically has a list price of $999, though it's ofte

A former stay-at-home dad says he's struggling to find a job after his nearly 20-year break from the workforce: 'I'm underqualified for jobs that I used to do'

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A former stay-at-home dad who was pushed back into the job market after a divorce says he's struggling to find roles he's qualified for. The man in the story is not pictured.

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  • A Gen Xer became a stay-at-home dad in the mid-2000s after being laid off from his job. 
  • After getting divorced a few years ago, he realized he'd eventually need to return to the workforce.
  • But he's
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The best VPN for iPhone: Which iOS VPN should you pick?

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Note: In 2022, several security researchers and VPN providers flagged ongoing vulnerabilities in Apple's iOS that were impacting the security of VPNs for iPhone. We're looking into the issue to find out if the bug has been resolved in iOS 17. In the meantime, we recommend that journalists, activists, and other users handling sensitive information steer clear of iPhone VPNs out of an abundance of