I often get asked how to tell whether a piece of news you just scrolled past was pushed to you by a social platform — and whether that item might be AI-generated. The short answer: you can’t always know instantly, but there are clear signals and practical steps you can take to judge both the...
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Economy
I remember the first time a currency crisis hit one of the markets I was...
Technology
I started putting pieces of my medical history into my phone the same way many...
Economy
I’ve followed municipal broadband projects for years, and every time a city...
Culture
I remember the first time I watched a midnight screening at an indie festival...
I’ve followed municipal broadband projects for years, and every time a city proposes one my inbox fills with the same question: “Will this mean lower bills for residents, or will we end up paying more?” The short answer is: it depends. The...
I remember the first time I watched a midnight screening at an indie festival and felt the electricity in the room — strangers laughing, gasping, whispering together. That communal experience felt resistant to algorithms: unpredictable, human, and...
I’ve watched creators wake up to fee shocks more than once: a platform announces a new cut, a payout delay, or a policy change, and suddenly months of predictable income wobble. As someone who cares about clear, practical advice for people...
I remember the first time I walked into a suburban community hospital and realized how different its rhythms were from the big urban medical centers I’d reported on. There was a quiet urgency—fewer specialists on site, stretched nursing shifts,...
I started paying attention to short-term rentals years ago because they were where I lived, breathed and reported on two big trends: the rise of platforms like Airbnb and the scramble by cities to protect housing affordability. What looked like a...
I’ve been watching the EU move on AI regulation for a while, and the latest package — what people call the AI Act — is starting to feel less like a distant policy exercise and more like a technical brief that companies must actually implement....
I first noticed the shift last year when a friend in her final semester told me she never met the recruiter who invited her to a technical interview. A short message asked her to complete an online assessment, then an automated scheduling link...
I sent my spit sample to a consumer genetics company once — out of curiosity, a little nostalgia hunt for ancestors, and a desire to know if there was anything actionable about my health. The results landed in my inbox weeks later and opened up...
I first noticed the tension between big battery projects and everyday EV drivers while reporting on a suburban town council meeting outside Boston. Residents were excited about a new public fast charger that would make longer trips and local errands...
I keep coming back to the same small puzzle: why do the stories we see on screens increasingly feel like they were cast not only by writers and directors, but also by tax codes? As a journalist who follows culture and the economics that shape it,...