Latest News
Ed Sheeran’s tour faces yet another setback: Mother Nature
Many eyes were supposed to be on Massachusetts’ Gillette Stadium this weekend, where Ed Sheeran was set to perform Friday and Saturday — but Mother Nature had other plans. Sheeran’s two shows at Gillette were canceled due to the expected severe weather hitting the East Coast this weekend. It came a…
I never tracked my teenagers on an app. Our relationships are better for it.
When I first heard of Life360, my first thought was that I knew I never wanted to use the app to track my two kids, despite its popularity among parents. Almost a decade later, I still feel the same. But it wasn’t until my oldest got his driver’s license in 2020 that I realized my
Tesla Semi deliveries begin with PepsiCo and DHL as first customers
Tesla on Thursday announced that the electric vehicle maker was beginning deliveries of its Semi trucks to customers this week. Executives at Tesla’s plant in Sparks, Nevada, made the announcement that the first customers will take delivery of the electric big rigs about nine years after CEO Elon…
A Google employee said he quit because he’s worried about superintelligent AI
A Google employee said he resigned from the company, citing the pursuit of powerful artificial intelligence as “inherently irresponsible.” Robert O’Callahan, who worked at Google DeepMind, wrote in an X post that his team was developing chips to make AI faster and cheaper and that he believed AI…
Walmart won’t charge a ‘personalized price’, CEO says
Walmart CEO John Furner wants to clear the air about how the retail giant is using new pricing technology. “We don’t set different prices based on who you are or the time of day, and we won’t,” he said in a memo to employees and customers on Friday. Furner said he was responding to questions
Early Retirement With a Roth Ladder: Strategy and Examples
A Roth conversion ladder can help early retirees access retirement savings before age 59 ½ without triggering the usual early withdrawal penalty. The strategy works by gradually converting pretax retirement money to a Roth IRA. However, timing is critical: Each conversion generally has its own…
Ron Johnson worked with Steve Jobs for 11 years. This lesson stuck with him.
Ron Johnson spent more than a decade working alongside Steve Jobs — including a stretch when the two spoke on the phone every night for about a year. The former head of retail at Apple oversaw the creation of 350 stores and the development of nearly 50 more, representing nearly three-quarters of…
Every Taylor Swift album, ranked from worst to best
Final grade: 10.3/10 This is where we cross into stratospheric territory. Because my bespoke grading system gives an extra point to the best songs in Swift’s catalog, her top-five albums have all scored above a 10 because their gems outweigh their duds. (If you have a problem with this system…
Costco cuts prices on produce, meat and home goods after tariff refunds
Costco on Thursday said it received $184 million in tariff refunds in the company’s fourth quarter, the majority of which was reinvested into lower pricing for members shopping at the retail giant’s warehouses. The big box retailer said the lower pricing from tariff refunds was applied to a range…
Bill Gates warns AI is ‘powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths’
Bill Gates has some serious fears about how AI can be misused. The cofounder of Microsoft made grave warnings about the tech in an interview with NBC’s “Meet the Press,” saying that “AI is certainly powerful enough to drive events that cause a billion deaths.” Gates also said that the industry…