The tech layoff wave is still kicking in 2025. Last year saw more than 150,000 job cuts across 549 companies, according to independent layoffs tracker Layoffs.fyi. So far this year, more than 22,000 workers have been the victim of reductions across the tech industry, with a staggering 16,084 cuts taking place in February alone. We’re tracking layoffs in the tech...
World, the biometric ID verification project co-founded by Sam Altman, released the newest version of its app today, debuting several new features, including an encrypted chat integration and an expanded, Venmo-like capability for sending and requesting crypto. World was created by the startup Tools for Humanity in 2019, and originally launched its app in 2023. The company says that, in...
“The most beautiful gift was given to me by my father in the 1970s when, for a small amount of money, he rented a house with other families in a small, abandoned mining village located deep in the woods of the Metalliferous Hills in Tuscany, Italy. I was less than ten years old and, with the other children, I was...
Brandon LivesayandMax Matza,Washington stateWatch: Record-setting floods hit the United States’ Pacific NorthwestResidents in the Pacific Northwest of the US and western Canada are bracing for potentially life-threatening floods as an atmospheric river dumps heavy rain on already swollen rivers.On Thursday, the National Water Center reported major, in some cases record, flooding along the Skagit and Snohomish rivers in the state...
The now-infamous raccoon who got drunk after breaking into a Virginia ABC store in Hanover County is apparently a serial offender. Source link...
OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (RNS) — As Manahil Khan stood at the balloon-decorated entrance of Salsabeel Cafe, she took in the stream of students and elders sipping coffee drinks in what once was the prayer hall she’d run around in as a child. The cafe’s opening at the Islamic Center of Johnson County in the Kansas City suburbs in early November...
It isn't just people -- when given the chance rats may also use cannabis to cope with stress, according to a study by researchers at Washington State University. Published in the journal Neuropsychopharmacology, the study set out to investigate which animals would actively seek out cannabis and why. The researchers discovered that rats with naturally higher stress levels were much...
Rock samples that formed about 60 million years ago and were collected from far beneath the ocean surface have helped scientists understand how large amounts of carbon dioxide can remain locked away for extremely long periods. These samples show that CO2 becomes trapped within layers of lava rubble that build up across the seafloor. Researchers examined lava material drilled from...
Dec 7, 2025; Baltimore, Maryland, USA; Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson (8) reacts after a play against the Pittsburgh Steelers during the second half at M&T Bank Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Peter Casey-Imagn Images Baltimore Ravens quarterback Lamar Jackson returned to practice on Thursday, one day after sitting out the session for rest purposes. Jackson has missed at least one practice...
If you’ve been following us from the beginning of our journey into this freedom-filled lifestyle (since 2008!), you’ll know that we didn’t start off as coaches, bloggers, creators, or business owners. We were just two, 24-year-old budget backpackers with 65L packs, a dream of travel and freedom, and no idea where it would all lead. Us in 2009 with our...
