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Saturday Night Live returned from its winter break and rang in the new year with what’s quickly become a familiar tradition now that Donald Trump is president again: letting James Austin Johnson suit up as Trump and riff on the absurd — and often deeply troubling — actions coming out of the White House since the show last aired.

As the saying goes, reality is stranger than fiction, and after a

• With my son grown and debt rising, I realized my longtime home no longer supported the life I wanted.
• Selling it gave me the freedom to travel, rebuild my confidence, and take a new job.
• Letting go of almost everything I owned helped me step into the most creative chapter of my life.

At almost 70, with my son

Legislation and digital policy European Commission opens call for evidence on Open Digital Ecosystems Signal: The EU is preparing a structural shift toward open, interoperable digital infrastructure. This marks a move from regulating dominant platforms to actively shaping alternatives and reducing strategic dependency. DMA and DSA enter an enforcement-heavy phase in 2026 Signal: Europe’s digital

• I knew many people who moved away from Chicago to raise their kids, but I stayed.
• In Chicago, my kids had access to parks, museums, and multiple learning opportunities.
• Of course, I was afraid to let them roam the city on their own, but independence was important.

While raising my kids in Chicago, I saw a recurring pattern. A

• Boston Dynamics revealed the latest iteration of Atlas, a 200-pound, six-foot-tall humanoid robot.
• The company plans to deploy Atlas on the Hyundai factory floor by 2028.
• Business Insider spoke to Boston Dynamics CEO Robert Playter about the new robot.

In a few years

SwitchBot’s new video doorbell shines in a couple of ways, but fails hard in too many key smart home camera ways.

I’m not sure it's worth the coveted space in my toilet bowl.

• Hedge funds betting big on China generated strong returns last year.
• Managers, including Bridgewater, Tekne, and Pinpoint, benefited from a strong year for Chinese stocks.
• Many funds are also invested in ByteDance, the China-based owner of TikTok.

At the start of 2025, alarms

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The business of dating

My wife and I met nearly two decades ago in the same newsroom. We were cub reporters, then friends, and then started dating. Eventually, we got married. Now we have two kids.

I'd say it's a sweet story — and an increasingly

• Samsung has a very different AI strategy from the likes of OpenAI.
• The company develops AI for consumer products like kitchen appliances and its smartphone assistant.
• Samsung Electronics' Europe boss says it's focusing on AI that provides "every day value rather than novelty."

In an AI market full of spectacle and hype, Samsung says

• The Alexander brothers will stand trial on federal sex-trafficking charges this week.
• Oren and Tal Alexander were top real estate agents before they, and a third brother, were arrested.
• Defense attorneys have argued that the government overreached by

• Cesar Carvalho left a consulting job at McKinsey to launch Wellhub, a wellness startup.
• 14 years later, Wellhub is changing corporate wellness — and counts McKinsey as a client.
• Hustle culture is a liability to productive workforces, Carvalho told Business Insider.

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