Your phone, a rare metal and the war in DR Congo

Bonus season: how does yours measure up?

Our annual survey of FT readers shows bonus payouts are on the rise, but so too are tax concerns and school fees

Financial Times - Feb. 21

Your retirement savings are at risk in an insane stock market

Fund managers admit they’re buying overvalued stocks.

MarketWatch - Feb. 21

Gugu Mbatha-Raw: ‘It’s good to trust your gut’

The British actor Gugu Mbatha-Raw has worked with Reece Witherspoon and Oprah Winfrey, been awarded an MBE and told stories that have challenged perceptions around race. So what, asks Rhik ...

The Guardian - Feb. 23

When They Stop Selling Your Favorite Thing

Shoppers are going online to pay dearly for discontinued items, from the perfect lip pencil to Tab.

The New York Times - Feb. 24

Can you dispute your tax bill with the IRS?

Receiving an unexpected tax bill from the IRS doesn't mean you're automatically obligated to pay it.

CBS News - Feb. 24

How to grow your home equity in 2025

Thinking of borrowing from your home equity this year? Here are three effective ways to grow it first.

CBS News - Feb. 25

Your Fable Nemesis Might Just Be This Giant Chicken

Turn10's upcoming Fable game has plenty of enemies for you to swing your sword at, from werewolves to a really big version of roving travel show host Richard Ayoade, but it looks like your ...

GameSpot - Feb. 26

Why the Medicaid ‘chainsaw’ will come for your home

If deep budget cuts are forced on Medicaid, the program’s ability to pay for long-term-care services is going to be challenged, or worse.

MarketWatch - Feb. 26

Alexa relaunched with ambition to be 'your best digital friend'

It is available from March and included in a Prime subscription - or $19.99 to non-members.

BBC News - Feb. 26

5 Deal Killers When Selling Your Business

Selling to a private equity firm can be a lucrative outcome, but only if you have your ducks in a row.

Inc. - Feb. 26

Indian economy and business: your questions answered

In today’s newsletter: unemployment, education, AI policy and more

Financial Times - 6d

Use Apple Invites to Organize Your Next Event

Apple’s new event planning app lets you gather friends and family in one place—even if they’re on Android.

Wired - 5d

Will the police really try to find your stolen iPhone?

Even with the resources to chase after all our stolen handsets, let’s not kid ourselves it would solve the problem

Financial Times - 5d

Monster Hunter Wilds - How To Customize Your Seikret

Are you thinking about how to customize the Seikret in Monster Hunter Wilds ? Your trusty raptor-bird hybrid mount should serve you well whenever you're roaming around regions or tackling ...

GameSpot - 5d

What to Do With Your Defunct Humane Ai Pin

Humane Ai’s Pins stopped working today, turning the year-old wearable into a paperweight. Here are some ideas for what to do with yours if you want to avoid e-waste.

Wired - 5d

It’s Like Virtual Reality Goggles for Your Mouth

Scientists tested a device that helped volunteers taste flavors meant to represent distant samples of coffee, lemonade, fried eggs, cake and fish soup.

The New York Times - 5d

How The Power of 3s Can Improve Your Communication

Third times a charm isn’t just a saying, it’s a hint. Good things come in threes.

Inc. - 4d

Is it true that … doing pilates can lengthen your muscles?

Is the goal of a ‘long and lean’ physique promised by influencers attainable? Or does long and lean essentially just mean lean?. Pilates has been hailed as something of a wonder exercise in recent ...

The Guardian - 2d

How to Tell If Your Job Candidate Is an AI Deepfake

Scammers are creating AI-generated lookalikes to land jobs, steal company data, and funnel money to nation states.

Inc. - 2d

9 Products for Your Home, With a Sense of Style

A sampling of recent home goods from veteran craftspeople.

The New York Times - 2d

How to Make Every Dollar of Your Marketing Count

Refinery29’s Piera Gelardi offers tips for freemium marketing.

Inc. - 5h

Congo says rebel uprising in its east has killed over 7,000 people this year

More than 7,000 people have died this year as Rwanda-backed M23 rebels have captured unprecedented amounts of territory in mineral-rich eastern Congo

ABC News - Feb. 24

Critically injured South African soldiers are evacuated from Congo amid rebel offensive

Yahoo News - Feb. 25

Mystery illness kills more than 50 people in Congo after kids eat bat

The outbreak began in January, with 419 cases recorded so far, and comes after another mystery illness killed 143 in December

CBS News - Feb. 25

Critically injured South African soldiers are evacuated from Congo amid rebel offensive

South Africa's armed forces say a group of soldiers critically injured in fighting in eastern Congo a month ago have been evacuated by the United Nations

ABC News - Feb. 25

A mystery illness in Congo has killed more than 50 people hours after they felt sick

Health experts say an unknown illness first discovered in three children who ate a bat has rapidly killed more than 50 people in northwestern Congo over the past five weeks

ABC News - Feb. 25

What to know about the mystery disease in Congo that has killed over 50 people

A mystery illness has caused over 50 deaths in the Democratic Republic of Congo. One of the outbreaks was preliminarily linked to children who had eaten a bat carcass.

CBS News - Feb. 26

What we know about the illnesses that have sickened over 400 people and killed more than 50 in Congo

Unidentified illnesses in northwestern Congo have killed more than 50 people over the past five weeks, nearly half of them within hours after they felt sick

ABC News - Feb. 26

An explosion at a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders with eastern Congo residents injures dozens

ABC News - 6d

Dozens injured after explosions rock a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders in Congo

Dozens of people were reportedly injured after two explosions hit a meeting of M23 rebel group leaders and residents in eastern Congo

ABC News - 6d

Malaria endures in northwest Congo as officials seek cause of illnesses that have sickened hundreds

Hundreds of people have tested positive for malaria in northwest Congo as health officials try to understand what is behind illnesses that have surpassed 1,000 cases and killed at least 60 people

ABC News - 6d

Germany suspends new financial aid to Rwanda over alleged support for M23 rebels in Congo

Yahoo News - 1d

Germany suspends new financial aid to Rwanda over alleged support for M23 rebels in Congo

Germany’s development ministry says it will suspend new financial commitments to Rwanda over that country's alleged support of the M23 rebels in neighboring eastern Congo

ABC News - 1d

Trump tariffs part of ‘drug war,’ not ‘trade war’: Commerce secretary

Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick said President Trump’s tariffs on other countries are part of a “drug war,” not a “trade war.” Lutnick joined CNBC on Tuesday, just hours after Trump’s 25 percent ...

The Hill - 1d

Reporter's Notebook: Ukraine war revisionism

Three years ago, Russia invaded Ukraine. When Trump administration officials were asked about the anniversary, the picture got cloudier. John Dickerson gives his take.

CBS News - Feb. 24

Help is coming in the AI copyright wars

Artificial intelligence companies must decide how to pay for the human-generated content they need

Financial Times - 6d

DOGE's Misplaced War on Software Licenses

DOGE claims that a government agency has nearly three times as many software licenses as employees. Experts say there are plenty of good reasons for that.

Wired - 5d

"A Dirty War" | 60 Minutes Archive

In 1984, Mike Wallace reported from Argentina on the thousands of people who disappeared under the military dictatorship, and the families still searching for them. For years the Mothers of the ...

CBS News - 2d

Trade wars are bad, and hard to win

President Trump thinks that trade wars are easy and winnable. They are neither, as we keep learning the hard way.

The Hill - 2d

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