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Wally Funk, seen at age 21 as a flight instructor, prior to her joining the First Lady Astronaut Trainees or “Mercury 13.” Credit: Wally Funk/Blue Origin Wally Funk, seen at age 21 as a flight instructor, prior to her joining the First Lady Astronaut Trainees or “Mercury 13.” Credit: Wally Funk/Blue Origin Born Mary Wallace Funk on February 1, 1939, in Las Vegas, New Mexico, Funk took up an early interest in aviation. She graduated from Stephens College in Missouri with an Associate of Arts degree and her pilot’s license. She received a Bachelor of Science degree in Secondary Education…

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Azmanjaka | E+ | Getty ImagesPrivate chefs are making up to $300,000 a year, and butlers can earn as much as $180,000 as the wealthy hire more household staff to manage their increasingly complex lives, according to a new study.Demand for chefs, personal assistants, butlers, nannies, housekeepers, chauffeurs and estate managers have reached records as the wealthy buy more homes in various locations and manage ever-growing families, according to a report from Morgan & Mallet International. The hiring boom has created a war for talent, driving up salaries and increasing job-hopping by household staff.”Many clients are surprised by the rising…

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Jeremy Allaire, CEO and co-founder of Circle Internet Group, the issuer of one of the world’s biggest stablecoins, and Circle Internet Group co-founder Sean Neville react as they ring the opening bell, on the day of the company’s IPO, in New York City, U.S., June 5, 2025. NYSEStablecoin issuer Circle surged after the U.S. Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, or OCC, granted it approval Friday to operate as a trust bank, the company said.Shares of the company gained more than 12% in early trading.The approval gives the company the ability to manage reserves directly for its regulated stablecoins,…

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Culture Secretary Lisa Nandy says Labour under an Andy Burnham government will be “faster and bolder”.She was speaking after 322 Labour MPs nominated Burnham as their next leader, leaving him one short of it being mathematically impossible for anyone else to challenge him.However, Housing Secretary Steve Reed and Home Office Minister Mike Tapp have now confirmed they will be backing Burnham on Monday, so he is expected to reach the threshold to be announced as the new Labour leader next week.Nandy, whose Wigan constituency is next to Burnham’s Makerfield seat, told BBC Radio 4 she did not believe a leadership…

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This report is from this week’s The Tech Download newsletter. Like what you see? You can subscribe here.A new addiction is quietly taking hold among teenagers.They’re not just doom-scrolling social media anymore. They’re increasingly locked into conversations with AI chatbots that seem endlessly knowledgeable, supportive and ever-validating. And they’re struggling to break up with it.Roughly half of U.S. teens now use chatbots like ChatGPT, Copilot, and Character.AI for schoolwork, information, or just for fun, according to Pew Research Center. Meanwhile, a growing body of evidence shows that teens are using chatbots as a substitute for real-life friendships and relationships and are showing patterns related…

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Check out the companies making the biggest moves premarket: WD-40 Company — Shares of the maker of household and industrial lubricants rallied more than 15% after it posted third-quarter earnings of $2.33 per share, on an adjusted basis, which topped the $1.56 earnings per share expected by analysts polled by FactSet. The company also hiked its full-year guidance. Delta Air Lines — The stock slipped more than 3% despite the company beating top- and bottom-line estimates in its second-quarter earnings report . CEO Ed Bastin told CNBC in an interview that he expects pricing power from the surge in jet fuel…

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