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Psychological research suggests loyalty is built in two places: consistency between words and actions, and supportive responses during stress.gettyWe usually describe loyalty in terms of big moments: staying through crises, making dramatic choices, proving commitment when things get intense. But in actual relationships, loyalty should be something that you only really notice when they’re missing.Psychological research tends to land in the same place, even if it gets there more formally. Academics describe loyalty as more than just a feeling that two people have about each other. It’s something you should be able to regularly observe in your partner’s daily habits…
As anyone following Dua Lipa on social media knows, a new photo dump from the singer can only mean one thing: a destination filled with midnight food excursions, aesthetic scenery, and equally Instagrammable looks. The artist loves traveling, and her camera roll knows it—and now Google does too. On May 28, Lipa and her global newsletter platform, Service95, partnered with Google to roll out 12 curated travel lists on Google Maps. They range from local guides, like must-visits to Mexico City and Tokyo, to more curated locations, like the singer’s favorite bookstores or natural wine bars around the globe. “Dua’s…
1X’s humanoid robot Neo might just have the very best hands of any robot on (or soon to be on) the market, with 22 degrees of actuated freedom.1XBefore we started recording our recent podcast, 1X head of product and design Dar Sleeper showed me something actually amazing on his phone. It was humanoid robot hands moving at incredible speed: a speed and dexterity I’ve never seen before from a robot. He swore it was real time and real speed, not sped up like so many robot demos. That, plus what he told me later in the show, gives me a…
Are we in an AI bubble, similar to the dot-com bubble which burst in the early 2000s? Stock market analysts have been sounding the warning bells for the last year, but those warnings just got louder—and some are saying a resounding yes. One thing that’s got market watchers worried: While the S&P 500 closed out May on a record high (largely driven by semiconductors), only a few of those 500 companies—just 20 to be exact—hit their own all-time highs. That’s a similar pattern that occurred during the dot-com internet bubble, according to CNBC. As the stock market rises and shares…
Apple iPhone 17 ProAFP via Getty ImagesThe new iPhone update is here, three weeks since the major-point iOS 26.5 release which landed on Monday, May 11. This large update is designed to fix issues rather than introduce major new features, including a problem with charging nearly drained batteries on iPhone 17, iPhone 17 Pro, iPhone 17 Pro Max and iPhone Air. Here’s all you need to know. ForbesApple iOS 27 Release Date: When You Can Download And Test The New iPhone UpdateBy David PhelanWhich iPhones Can Run iOS 26.5.1?We’re almost through the main part of the iOS 26 cycle, so…
Updated June 1, 2026 10:36AMThe standard climb up Mount Everest from Nepal ascends more than 11,000 vertical feet and crosses 5.5 miles in total distance. Along that journey, climbers trudge through the Khumbu Icefall, along the Western Cwm, up the Lhotse Face, across the South Col, on to the Balcony, Hilary Step, and finally, the summit.It’s the same approximate route that thousands of Mount Everest climbers have taken over the decades, including Tenzing Norgay and Edmund Hillary, who first climbed the peak in 1953. So, what is the best single spot along the Everest route? How about the worst? We…
Forget search engines, AI assistants, and smartphones—Google’s next release could be a swarm of millions of mosquitoes. Through its parent company Alphabet, Google is seeking federal approval to release 32 million mosquitoes in California and Florida over the next two years. It’s part of an ongoing initiative called the Debug Project, which aims to control mosquito populations to cut down on mosquito-borne diseases. Good bugs versus bad bugs While adding millions of more mosquitoes to the equation might sound counterintuitive, the Debug Project is all about adding so-called “good bugs” to the “bad bug” population. Those good bugs are male…
Manish Sood is the founder and CEO of Reltio, a real-time context intelligence platform powering enterprise AI and innovation.For two years, the enterprise AI conversation has been obsessed with models and infrastructure—the “plumbing” of the future. But this discussion is missing the point entirely, which is why there’s a widening gap between ambition and execution: Although 91% of leaders believe agentic AI is the future, only 38% feel ready to deploy it, according to 2025 Harvard Business Review research sponsored by Reltio.The missing link isn’t the algorithms or the machines—it’s that most AI systems lack the business context required to…
Everyone can build software now. The tools are extraordinary and getting better every quarter. A team of three people with the right AI tooling can ship in weeks what used to take a team of 30 a year to deliver. This is real, and it is happening across every industry I work in, from retail to healthcare to financial services. The gap between the best digital products and the worst is getting wider. The barriers to building have collapsed, and the standard for what people will actually use and stay loyal to has gone up. When there are 20,000 versions…
Published June 1, 2026 07:30AMAs a woman who is pretty far from her 20s, I sometimes wonder: Am I supposed to stop wearing bikinis? I own a couple of one-piece swimsuits and pull them out for work trips and winter hot tubbing (sometimes). But here’s the thing: Bikinis make me happy. I grew up being dropped off at the beach in the morning and picked up at dusk, and wearing a bikini makes me feel like that young, carefree girl. I find them much more comfortable than one-pieces—they’re more supportive up top, they creep less on the bottom, and they’re…