Tech Insider : Travel, Travel, Business
Passenger in a grey hoodie waits at a TSA line.
Passengers can expect longer security lines as TSA agents work without pay and may potentially stay home during a shutdown.
Mashable : Travel
A person wearing an Oura Ring 4 Ceramic

Oura has been in the news quite a bit recently, between the countersuit from Ultrahuman over patent infringement and users questioning

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Deloitte companies that will pay you to travel the world
Deloitte's UK revenue declined for the first time in 15 years.
Mashable : Technology, Travel
An illustration of a person with four arms doing a variety of work tasks.

AI agents are all the rage right now.

Engadget : Style, Technology, Travel

There are six power banks on my desk right now. On the shelves behind me are a dozen (two dozen?) more. Over the past three years, I’ve tested more than 55 portable battery packs for Engadget — and can attest these handy devices are only getting better. If you often forget to charge your phone or find yourself traveling for work or leisure, having one of these in your bag can be a lifeline. Here you’ll find banks ranging from Qi2-enabled slabs for wireless phone refills to larger bricks that can save a dying laptop. Here are the best power banks you can buy, according to our tests.

Tech Insider : Travel, Business, Environment
The author and her so at a cafe in Barcelona.
During COVID, remote learning instruction was done in Catalan, which is not one of the languages the author or her son speak, she said.
Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Lisa VanderVeen on a bridge with a camera.
Lisa VanderVeen holds a camera during one of her trips abroad
Mashable : Travel
DoorDash's new delivery robot dot on display

DoorDash just unveiled new delivery service offerings, the most notable of which is an AI-powered anthropomorphic robot named Dot.

Mashable : Economy, Politics, Technology
An illustration of the Capitol building surrounding by red tape and chained locked across its doors.

The federal government is preparing for what appears to be an imminent shutdown after President Donald Trump and congressional leaders failed to find budgetary compromise in meetings convened on Monday (Sept. 29).