How to Make a Charm Necklace

I didn’t grow up in a jewelry family. I come from practical Midwestern folk who are more likely to send you 50 pounds of beef for the freezer come Christmas than pass on a family heirloom. But I’ve always been fascinated by the everyday jewelry people wear, since I started wearing my dad’s wedding band […]

Nvidia, Microsoft, Constellation Energy, AT&T and more

Check out the companies making headlines in premarket trading. Nvidia — The artificial intelligence darling saw shares tumbling more than 11% in premarket trading, on track for its worst day since March 2020. The sell-off occured after Chinese startup DeepSeek launched a free open-source large-language model in late December, saying it was developed in just two […]

Chinese AI applications are looking to move beyond chatbots

The World Artificial Intelligence Conference in Shanghai on July 6, 2023. Aly Song | Reuters BEIJING — A slew of releases last week demonstrate how Chinese companies such as DeepSeek and ByteDance have moved quickly with artificial intelligence models that compete with OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Now, many companies in China are increasingly building on that foundation […]

Recipe: Dark Chocolate Chili Mug Cakes

Better Living uses affiliate links. If you make a purchase through them, we may receive a small commission (for which we are deeply grateful) at no cost to you.   For those times when you really need a chocolate fix, but you’re not loving the idea of making a whole cake, try this recipe […]

The Top 29 Prebiotic Foods for Better Gut Health

  If you want to live a vibrant and healthy life, more and more research is discovering that focusing on your gut health is key. To get started, we’ve outlined the top 29 prebiotic foods for better gut health below!  Your gut is home to trillions of friendly microbes, known as your microbiome or […]

Analysts list these Chinese stock plays to help investors ride out tariff volatility

Tariffs or not, Chinese markets are still waiting for earnings to turn around, analysts point out. “Regardless of what the number of the tariffs are for China, it comes back to the domestic stimulus for China and whether China can alleviate the deflation pressures,” Aaron Costello, head of Asia at Cambridge Associates, said Thursday. Beijing […]

Have a Delicious Weekend. | Cup of Jo

What are you up to this weekend? Tomorrow I’m throwing a small birthday gathering, so today we’re tidying up the house and putting together a party playlist. (Any crowd-pleasing song recommendations?) Hope you have a good one, and here are a few links from around the web… I’m planning to cuddle up in this pretty […]

AmEx spending picked up at year-end, thanks to younger cardholders

Silas Stein | Picture Alliance | Getty Images American Express’ affluent cardholders got comfortable spending more freely again late last year, Chief Financial Officer Christophe Le Caillec told CNBC. Spending on AmEx cards jumped 8% year over year in the fourth quarter after slowing from a 7% growth rate early in the year to 6% […]

Stocks making the biggest moves midday: TXN, GRND, TWLO

Check out the companies making headlines in midday trading. Verizon Communications — The telecom giant saw shares climbing 1.3% after the firm posted its strongest quarterly wireless subscriber growth in five years, boosted by solid demand for its customizable offerings like myPlan. Verizon reported earnings of $1.1 per share last quarter, matching an average estimate […]

Which Hot Drink Are You?

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