The one habit that separates productive people from busy ones
Here is the problem with multitasking: it doesn’t actually exist. What the brain does when we think we’re multitasking is switch rapidly between tasks,…
Year: 2026
The follow-through gap
Most people are not short on ideas. They have plans, intentions, good resolutions, and moments of genuine inspiration. What stops them isn’t talent or…
Spring clean your workspace, spring clean your head
Something about spring and cleaning goes hand in hand, and it’s not just closets and garages that benefit from the treatment. Your workspace, whether it’s…
Lego introduces the Smart Brick
Lego is integrating technology into its classic interlocking brick system with the Smart Brick, launched as part of a larger Smart Play range of building…
Publisher cancels horror novel over AI use
Hachette Book Group cancelled publication of upcoming horror novel Shy Girl over allegations that author Mia Ballard used artificial intelligence to…
Amazon to attempt another smartphone
Amazon’s Fire Phone famously crashed and burned after its 2014 debut, but according to Reuters, the online shopping and media giant plans to make another…
Make your grill a cutting-edge experience
Do you want to up your summer grilling game? Establish yourself as the barbecue champion of your neighborhood? Good news — there’s almost certainly a…
Meta exec provides a teachable moment
OpenClaw’s developer Peter Steinberger describes his agentic AI as “AI that actually does stuff,” a promise that has drawn legions of fans in the tech…
Collectors drawn to the quest, history of objects
Most people have heard of stamp or coin collecting, but the world of collectibles runs far deeper and stranger than that. Victorian figural napkin rings,…
What will happen to your collection?
You’ve spent years — maybe decades — building a collection you love. You know why that particular piece of Depression glass is rare, why one vesta case…