My 99-year-old grandma taught me important lessons about the power of silence, change, and living a good life

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My grandma lived until she was 99. She taught me several important lessons that make my life better.

Kiersten Brown

  • Although she didn't say much, my 99-year-old grandma taught me some great life lessons.
  • I've learned the power of silently appreciating others and enjoying their company.
  • She showed me it's never too late to change your life and you're never too old to do what you enjoy.

My grandma and I

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Best Samsung Galaxy S26 Plus screen protectors

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From tempered glass to TPU films, there are plenty of awesome screen protectors available for the Galaxy S26 already. Here are the best of those.

Like so many other retirees, Claude Opus 3 now has a Substack

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We appear to have reached a point in the information age where AI models are becoming old enough to retire from, er, service — and rather than using their twilight years to, I don’t know, wipe the floor with human chess leagues or something, they're now writing blogs. Can anything be more 2026 than that?

ICYMI, Anthropic recently sunsetted Claude Opus 3, the first of its models to be retired since

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Googles Nano Banana 2 is here, and it looks wild: How to try it now

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Google dropped a surprise announcement for Gemini users today: Nano Banana 2 is here.

The company announced the immediate launch of Nano Banana 2 in a blog post, and the AI image model is already rolling out to Google and Gemini AI tools. The model's official name is Gemini 3.1 Flash Image.

Google says that Nano Banana 2 has more advanced world knowledge, a description that also calls to mind Google

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Nvidia CEO says the economics of space data centers are 'poor right now,' but will improve

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Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has overseen a rocky month for the company.

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  • Jensen Huang said it's difficult to put data centers in space right now.
  • But the Nvidia CEO said "the economics" will improve over time.
  • Some big names in tech, including Elon Musk and Sundar Pichai, are planning orbital data centers.

Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang has a message on the possibility of orbital data centers: Watch

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'Bridgerton' star Yerin Ha wasn't sure Sophie's bathtub scene would even make it into the show

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Yerin Ha as Sophie Baek in "Bridgerton."

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  • Yerin Ha spoke to Business Insider about the intimacy scenes in season four of "Bridgerton."
  • She said she loved the way the show changed the bathtub scene from the books.
  • Spoilers ahead for season four, part two of "Bridgerton."

From Anthony and Kate's secret garden tryst in season two to Penelope and Colin's infamous carriage romp in season

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The astronaut whose illness forced an early return from the ISS was Mike Fincke

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NASA recently ended a manned mission to the International Space Station (ISS) a month early, citing a medical issue with one of the astronauts. The space agency just revealed that the impacted astronaut was Mike Fincke. This was the first medical evacuation in the history of the ISS.

NASA wrote a statement saying that the astronaut experienced an unknown medical event on January 7 "that required

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I tried cheesecakes from Costco, Trader Joe's, Whole Foods, and Walmart — there's just one I'd buy again

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After trying four different options, I found the best store-bought cheesecake.

Ivy Carbone

  • I tried cheesecake from Whole Foods, Walmart, Costco, and Trader Joe's to see which was the best.
  • Although I'm typically a fan of Trader Joe's products, I thought its cheesecake was bland.
  • Costco's cheesecake was delicious — dense, creamy, and tangy — with a classic, buttery crust.

New York-style cheesecake is a

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