Facebook is trying to make ‘poking’ cool again

March 19, 2024

Remember when you would “poke” your friends on Facebook to get their attention, annoy them or just start a poke war? Well, Facebook is trying to bring back that experience with some small updates to the poking feature. The company announced on Tuesday that it recently improved the platform’s suggestions on who to poke and […]

How I Taught Myself to Be Financially Secure — and How You Can Do It, Too.

March 19, 2024

I’ve witnessed the extremes of financial experiences, from amassing wealth to hitting rock bottom and relying on Social Security Disability Insurance. Here’s my advice on how to build financial security and take your money management to the next level.

Student Survival Guide to Time Management and Stress Reduction

March 19, 2024

Time management may seem impossible to students. As a student, your days are crammed with classes, assignments, extracurricular activities, and social commitments. No wonder this is a daily struggle. “Balancing…

Nala set out to offer remittance services, it’s building a B2B payment platform too

March 19, 2024

Payments company Nala pivoted to offer remittance service in 2021, tapping the growing money transfer market in Africa, and demand for reliable and affordable services. Nala founder, Benjamin Fernandes, said they intended to build their products on this premise right from the outset. Over the last two years, the Tanzanian fintech, through its consumer fintech […]

How to Keep Yourself Relevant in the Age of AI

March 19, 2024

As AI reaches further into our lives, what can you bring to the table that technology cannot replicate? The new book “The Wolf Is At The Door” offers a whole new way to look at the AI revolution.

“I Was an Awful High School Student”: How the Owner of an Award-Winning Restaurant Brand Beat the Odds and Found Success

March 19, 2024

For Andy Husbands, champion pit master, author, and owner of multi-unit restaurant company The Smoke Shop, the culinary path has been a lifelong pursuit fueled by passion and inspiration.

A 101-Year-Old Former CEO Shared His Longevity Advice: Early Retirement Is ‘Stultifying,’ and the Mediterranean Diet Is Best

March 19, 2024

“The idea of early retirement is horrible to me,” he said of working almost six decades.

The Download: new AI regulations, and a running robot

March 19, 2024

This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology The AI Act is done. Here’s what will (and won’t) change After three years, the AI Act, the EU’s new sweeping AI law, jumped through its final bureaucratic hoop last week when the…

The CEO of a Disaster Restoration Company On How the Business Has Changed: ‘Today, at Least 50% Is About the Emotional Damage’

March 19, 2024

When Miri Offir became CEO of 99 Restoration, she planned to do things differently.

There’s a Retirement Crisis on the Horizon — See How Your Savings Compare to the Rest of Your Generation’s

March 19, 2024

Thirty percent of Americans believe they’ll never be able to retire.

Republican Congressman Jim Jordan asks Big Tech if Biden tried to censor AI