When I adopted my daughter, I had just 24 hours' notice before I stopped working — and earning

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There's no room for being a mom when you have cancer

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On a Monday in December 2022, I was driving to a consultation meeting with another psychotherapist. At the red light, I texted my friend a picture of festive leggings, "I think you need these."

Empowering a multigenerational workforce for AI

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How Amazon revamped its AI-sales machine to compete with OpenAI, Microsoft, and Google

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I send money back home to my relatives abroad. I've lacked disposable income and struggled to save — saying no can be tough.

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Guisse once turned down a request for a $2,500 loan from a relative.

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6 ways DEI programs are evolving as companies reorganize, home in on employee skills, and leverage the power of AI

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Drake lost his rap battle with Kendrick Lamar. Now he's going to war with Spotify.

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If it didn't already look like Drake had lost the feud of the year, it certainly does now.

AI adoption is surging — but humans still need to be in the loop, say software developers from Meta, Amazon, Nice, and more

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Top Row: Greg Jennings, Aditi Mithal, Pooya Amini, and Shruti Kapoor. Bottom Row: Neeraj Verma, Kesha Williams, and Igor Ostrovsky.

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Climate Action 15: 2024's top global innovators powering green solutions

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The climate crisis is having profound effects across the globe, from more intense heat waves and drought to catastrophic floods and wildfires.

In the battle of WiFi versus mesh networks, the latter has the edge. Two tech leaders share why.

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