Finance
Pratik Desai’s childhood home in Roselle Park, New Jersey, is full of reminders of his mother, Smruti. After she was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer in her small intestine, he did what he could to keep her around a little longer.The 34-year-old startup founder used AI platforms NotebookLM and Claude…
Kevin O’Leary and Tucker Carlson clashed over AI, taxpayer subsidies for O’Leary’s planned Utah data center project, and China, during a wide-ranging interview published Wednesday. Loading audio narration… The “Shark Tank” investor defended the Utah development as a necessary investment in America’s AI future, as Carlson questioned why taxpayers should…
Shortly after getting married, my husband and I had the idea to rent out the spare room in our two-bedroom apartment to help rebuild our savings. Loading audio narration… We’d just spent a lot on our wedding and honeymoon, and reducing our biggest living expense meant we’d have more money…
Paramount Skydance’s tech chief is stepping down as David Ellison’s digital transformation heats up. Loading audio narration… Phil Wiser, Paramount’s chief tech officer, told his colleagues on Friday morning that he’s leaving at the end of May after seven years with the company.”Writing this and sharing this news is harder…
Once again, Switzerland has claimed the top spot as the best country in the world.The 2026 rankings, released Thursday, were compiled by US News & World Report in partnership with the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.Unlike previous iterations of the list, this year’s rankings did away with a…
Ryan Cohen pulled in a hefty sum from his baseball cards, merch, and gaming collectibles, thanks to his eBay listing stunt. Loading audio narration… The CEO of GameStop posted a collection of items for resale after announcing his unsolicited bid for eBay, which the company has since rejected. “I’m selling…
For Ukrainian cities, the last two days have been a near-constant barrage of drones and missile strikes, culminating in Russia’s largest and most unrelenting long-range attack in the war so far. Loading audio narration… It’s another major episode in a new style of Russian drone warfare emerging in the last…
Once a day, I get a text message with 10 photos of random people looking for jobs, professional connections, or, on occasion, a new friend or date.It’s not LinkedIn or Tinder texting me. It’s Series, a social networking startup that sends potential connections straight to its users’ iMessage inbox.”The whole…
At Anthropic’s developer conference last week, I ran into Guillermo Rauch, CEO of AI startup Vercel. We started chatting, and the first company he mentioned wasn’t Anthropic; it was Google. Loading audio narration… Overall, demand for AI is off the charts, he said. But Google’s models, in particular, are in…
Starbucks continues cutting corporate staff as CEO Brian Niccol pushes ahead with a sweeping turnaround effort that has already reshaped parts of the coffee giant’s business. Loading audio narration… The company announced on Friday that it is eliminating about 300 US support roles and reviewing its international support organization, a…
