Confidence has a reputation for being loud. In reality it is often quiet, steady and completely unapologetic. Here are twenty things that belong in that category. These twenty things share a common thread. None harm anyone else. None require permission. They are small declarations of independence in a world that increasingly demands explanation for everything. […]

For a piece of technology that still exists mostly in render videos and test tracks, the Hyperloop has an annoyingly persistent grip on the public imagination. Every few years, just when you think the idea has drifted into the realm of retired sci-fi concepts, it surges back with a new study, a new prototype, or […]

He’s sprawled on a beat-up leather couch in the back room of a Braddock brewery he helped save a decade ago, hoodie zipped halfway, Carhartt beanie pulled low, size-16 sneakers the size of small canoes kicked up on a coffee table made from reclaimed steel. At 56, John Fetterman still looks like the guy who […]

He’s perched on the edge of his iconic Tonight Show desk, legs swinging like he’s still that 24-year-old SNL kid auditioning for Lorne Michaels, a half-eaten bag of Hot Cheetos within arm’s reach. At 51, Jimmy Fallon looks boyish as ever—messy hair, crinkly eyes, a Roots T-shirt peeking from under an untucked button-down. The studio’s […]

The Meta campus in Menlo Park is almost deserted on this Wednesday afternoon in late November 2025. Most of the engineers have already shifted to the new “MPK 22” complex across the 101, leaving the original Frank Gehry-designed headquarters feeling like a museum of early-2000s ambition: glass walls, exposed beams, the faded “Hacker Square” sign […]