(CNN) After four years of confusion, it has finally happened. The United Kingdom officially severed ties with the European Union last night, as the Brexit transition period ended at 11 p.m. UK time. Brexit hasn’t been an easy road politically, and the UK — which voted 52-48 to leave the…

For nearly a year, weve been living through a prolonged disaster. This is different from those involving extreme weather, like hurricanes, or single-day tragedies like 9/11, which may take years to clean up and process, but the actual events of which are typically confined to a day or two. The…

I thought that I was never going to swim with my friends again, which was ridiculous, because of course climate change doesnt happen all at once. The horrors would recede, regroup and advance again with new strength, and there was no law saying we couldnt go swimming through it all.…

In reaction to the pandemic, the Supreme Court postponed arguments that had been scheduled for March and April, and in May it embarked on a bold experiment, hearing arguments by telephone and letting the public listen in, both firsts. The court has now heard some 40 arguments in the new…

I am so tired of thinking and typing about this stupid year, but Im still a little excited that it is finally ending (if only because that means I can quite thinking and typing about it). I dont believe that 2021 will necessarily be any betterwe will, as far as…

Smartwatches have only gotten more affordable in recent years, and budget options under $200 can be surprisingly full-featured, especially if you dont mind sacrificing sophisticated health features. So when a $350 smartwatch like the Zepp Z debuts, it has to deliver on multiple levels to make it worth the extra…

Over the past 24 hours, health officials in Colorado have reported finding two suspected cases of covid-19 caused by a worrying new variant of the coronavirus. The variant, first detected in the UK, is strongly believed to be more transmissible than previous strains, though recent data has also suggested that…

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December 29, 2020 8 min read Opinions expressed by Entrepreneur contributors are their own. I first met Jake* two years ago when overwhelming anxiety brought him into therapy. Jake was the hard-working founder and CEO of a seed-stage startup. He built it from scratch and worked unrelentingly to scale the…

In a notice on Wednesday, the U.S. Treasury Department warned of an uptick in cyberattacks and scams linked to covid-19 vaccines, saying ransomware poses a particular threat as criminals search for ways to exploit the ongoing public health crisis. Certain scams linked to the vaccination efforts may include counterfeit vaccines,…