Retiring before you turn 40 is appealing to most of us. But the extreme lifestyle it takes to achieve this goal is not as easy to follow.

Financial Independence, Retire Early, or FIRE, is a lifestyle movement that encourages you to build a cushy nest egg — at least 25 times what you’ll need for annual expenses in retirement — so you can leave the workplace before the typical retirement age.

The FIRE movement hit the scene in 1992, but it really took off with millennials over the last 15 years. while the path to FIRE looks different for everyone, and there are various approaches within the movement, most of the journeys begin the same way: Land a well-paying job in your 20s, save a significant chunk of money (anywhere from 50% to 75% of your take-home pay), and live far below your means. Many FIRE participants also boost their incomes with a side hustle (or several side hustles) or through real estate investments.

It can also mean developing an obsessive focus on hitting your FIRE number, the specific amount of money you need to save to retire by your desired age.

The idea of ​​retiring early has a universal lure that’s attracting plenty of followers, but FIRE is also getting its fair number of detractors. Some are dropping out because it’s exhausting. Others are realizing that it’s costing them relationships and experiences that no amount of money can recover.

“It takes a lot of discipline and sacrifice,”

Black Adam dropped into theaters last weekendbringing DC Comics’ violent antihero to the silver screen for the first time in live action. With Dwayne Johnson in the lead role, Adam beats up hero and villain alike after being released from a 5,000-year imprisonment, from the early scenes until the credits roll (the post-credits scene is comparatively chill).

“The arrival of megastar Dwayne Johnson in the DC universe, plus the long wait for the film’s arrival, built Black Adam into feeling like an event,” CNET’s Richard Trenholm said in his review. “Now it’s here, and it doesn’t feel that momentous. Still, it’s a big spectacular time at the movies, and what more do you want from the Rock?”

Much of this Shazam spinoff’s conflict is caused by the friction between Adam and the Justice Society of America, which includes Doctor Fate (Pierce Brosnan), Hawkman (Aldis Hodge), Atom Smasher (Noah Centineo) and Cyclones (Quintessa Swindell).

However, there’s one more hero waiting in the wings. Someone who appears only when Black Adam’s first adventure is done. Let’s Shazam our way into the land of SPOILERS and talk about the post-credits scene.

The Man of Steel returns

With demonic champion Sabbac ripped in two and Black Adam firmly installed as Kahndaq’s champion, Task Force X boss Amanda Waller (played by Viola Davisand last seen in HBO Max series Peacemaker) sends a drone to the temple Adam hangs out in so she can

During Meta’s annual Connect conference later today, CEO Mark Zuckerberg will reveal “Project Cambria,” the high-end VR headset he has been teasing in interviews and social media posts all year. The device is expected to focus on more than just VR by adding mixed reality, technology that blends the virtual and physical. Face and eye tracking will also enable more realistic avatars and higher-fidelity graphics. Expect a price point that is significantly higher than the Quest 2’s $399 price tag.

Zuckerberg has been hyping the promise of virtual reality for a long time. But this year, he arguably has more to prove than ever. Investors are doubting his expensive pivot to the metaverse. His main business of social media is under pressure like never before, and he recently put in place a hiring freeze for the rest of the year. Quest sales are growing quickly, with estimates saying they have surpassed 15 million. But VR remains a nascent, money-losing business for Meta for the foreseeable future.

During Connect today, all eyes will be on whether Cambria — or the Quest Pro as it has been rumored to be officially named — will be enough of an advancement to expand the market for VR. Meta knows its flagship metaverse app, Horizon Worlds, is riddled with software bugs and underused by even its own employees, so any updates to that platform will also be notable.

T-Mobile announced back in August that it’ll be teaming up with SpaceX to use its Starlink microsatellite network for emergency mobile network coverage. But AT&T is cooking up its own partnership, to use AST SpaceMobile’s satellite network to provide coverage in hard-to-reach areas of the US.

AT&T will use AST SpaceMobile’s network to supplement its mobile network, but only for emergencies at first, including for its FirstNet network for emergency responders. But later, the carrier will use the satellite network to help connect consumer communications, as Bloomberg reported earlier.

AT&T will start testing satellite integrations with its mobile network later this year in Hawaii and Texas, the carrier confirmed to CNET. It isn’t yet a done deal yet, though: Should the testing be successful and the integration be commercially viable, and if AT&T and AST SpaceMobile can hammer out an agreeable arrangement, then the plan will go forward using satellite coverage to fill in the gaps for the carrier’s mobile network.

But at least the satellite connectivity will work with AT&T’s current LTE and 5G spectrum, so customers may not need new phones to benefit from the expanded coverage, according to a statement the carrier provided to CNET.

“The direct-to-mobile approach that we are helping AST SpaceMobile test is intended to complement and integrate with our existing mobile network,” the statement read.

AT&T is also continuing to work with other providers on enabling specific use cases for its satellite-and-mobile network, such as maritime communications for oil and gas rigs.

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Elon Musk gave Twitter employees an ultimatum in a midnight email: commit to a “hardcore” culture on Twitter or leave with severance. The Washington Post reports that Musk has asked Twitter employees to sign an online form by 5PM ET today committing to “long hours at high intensity.” If Twitter employees refuse to sign the form then they will reportedly receive three months of severance pay.

The email arrived barely a week after Musk’s first meeting with Twitter employees, and two weeks after he ordered mass layoffs — cutting roughly half of Twitter’s global workforce. “What works at SpaceX and Tesla is people being in the office and being hardcore,” Musk said during his first meeting with Twitter employees following the cuts.

That language was mirrored in the email to Twitter employees today, with Musk demanding that employees “will need to be extremely hardcore.” Musk has previously asked Tesla workers to “go super-hardcore” to meet targets.

Musk previously pushed Twitter employees to launch a new version of Twitter Blue with paid blue check verification with a deadline that would result in firing if it wasn’t met. The new Twitter Blue, which now costs $7.99 per month and gets you a blue verified check mark, eventually launched and quickly led to impersonation and chaos on the social network.