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Try these techniques and tips to kickstart your learning. Whether it’s a new technology, a foreign language, or an advanced skill, staying competitive often means learning new things. Being a quick learner can give you an even greater edge. And the good news is that there are ways you can ‘hack’ your brain to accomplish that.

Canceling subscriptions can be a huge hassle. The FTC is trying to take the stress out. Consumers who sign up for subscriptions and memberships online have learned that canceling is often a far more complicated process than the sign-up. Digging through a website’s seemingly impossible to find cancellation page, then making sure you read the fine print to figure out exactly how many months you’ll be charged for, is not an uncommon experience.

Disney’s premium line-skipping pass costs up to $449 a day, plus tax, and that’s in addition to the cost of a ticket. As if taking your kids to Disney theme parks wasn’t already expensive enough, the Walt Disney Company has found a new way to upsell desperate parents who are willing to pay big bucks to skip the long lines at its theme parks in California and Florida.

In 2024, the experience factor is complicated. Ever since he was chosen as Donald Trump’s running mate back in July, U. S. Senator JD Vance, a Republican from Ohio, has come under a level of scrutiny typical for a vice presidential candidate, including for some of his eyebrow-raising public statements made in the past or during the campaign.

The e-commerce giant has become the latest Big Tech company to lean into nuclear power as artificial intelligence tools demand more energy. Today, Amazon’s subsidiary in-cloud computing, Amazon Web Services (AWS), announced the signing of three new agreements to support the development of nuclear energy projects. The deals will enable, among other things, the construction of various new small modular reactors, or SMRs, Amazon said on Wednesday.

Duolingo CEO Luis von Ahn. Kevin Dietsch/Getty ImagesDuolingo CEO Luis von Ahn talked about his data-driven approach to "founder mode."The CEO said he and his team look to the data and rarely disagree — but when going solely off opinions, his wins out. A debate over founder mode was recently sparked by Paul Graham's essay advocating hands-on leadership.