When my son was born in 2017, I decided to focus on being a stay-at-home dad (SAHD). Every early childhood development book I read emphasized that the first five years…
Selling to the US military is complicated. For defense companies and investors, sorting out what the massive Department of Defense behemoth is doing and where its billions of dollars are…
President Donald Trump wants the next generation of Americans to be stock investors from birth — an idea that could easily have come from Warren Buffett.The US leader’s so-called Trump Accounts are part of his proposed “One Big Beautiful Bill,”…
Growing up, I knew my mother was older than most other moms at school pick-up. She had me when she was 38, and while age doesn’t necessarily define a person, she was noticeably different from my friends’ younger moms.She wasn’t…
In 2021, Taylor and Tatum Barnes decided to leave New York City.The couple paid $160,000 for a one-bedroom fixer-upper in the small town of Pomfret, Vermont; their mortgage payment is half of what they spent on rent for a studio…
Carolyn Bolton and her husband have wanted kids since they met five years ago. The timing, however, has never been ideal.During the housing crisis in 2021, the couple struggled to afford a home near Washington, DC, where they now rent. At the time, Bolton also wanted to move up in…
Key takeaways Automotive companies plan vehicles years in advance, making it difficult and expensive to make changes as quickly as new tariffs require. Short-term discounts are available for automakers that use imported parts to assemble vehicles domestically. However, these may not be large enough — and may not last long…
Mark Zuckerberg is making a 28-year-old CEO the lynchpin of Meta’s investment in the AI race.On Thursday, Meta confirmed that it’s buying a 49% stake in Scale AI, giving the…
Reid Hoffman, venture capitalist and the founder of LinkedIn, says young people should use their familiarity with AI as a selling point to potential employers.”You are generation AI. You are…
Key takeaways Corporate credit cards are typically issued to bigger corporations with a solid credit history, allowing for efficient expense management as individual employees can be issued their own cards for work-specific spending. Corporate credit cards often don’t require…
Ukraine has a new plan to pay civilian volunteers up to $2,400 a month to track and shoot down Russian drone threats.The measure, which allows civilians to use their hunting guns and cars to destroy aerial targets, was approved on…
Barbie might get an AI upgrade.Mattel, the maker of Barbie, Hot Wheels, and Uno, has teamed up with OpenAI to bring artificial intelligence to its iconic toy brands, the companies announced on Thursday.By using OpenAI’s technology, Mattel will “bring the…
Key takeaways Low-income taxpayers could be hit hard by the tax bill, according to a new report from the CBO. Lawmakers in the Senate are currently debating the bill. The current version of the bill includes key tax provisions, including…
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Voice assistants are becoming a bigger part of our daily lives, and hype from frontier labs like OpenAI has sparked debate about whether talking chatbots…
At 19, I had the shocking discovery that not only did I have a different name when I was born, but that I was adopted…
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Key takeaways Formerly incarcerated entrepreneurs can apply for general small business grants for funding. Entrepreneur courses aimed at people formerly incarcerated offer a wealth of knowledge about starting a business. You may be eligible for an Education Pell Grant. Try…
Key takeaways Veteran business owners have more difficulty securing capital than non-veteran business owners Grants for veterans are available from various sources, including nonprofits and…
thianchai sitthikongsak/GettyImages; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate Key takeaways Despite growth, women-owned businesses still face challenges in obtaining funding, with a higher percentage of loan applications…
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Meta has rolled out a new internal AI assistant for coding that is powered by multiple AI models, including those from rivals like Anthropic’s Claude.The tool, called Devmate, became available to employees in March and is increasingly being used for…
Companies are increasingly finding ways to automate certain job functions with AI agents, but that doesn’t mean humans are going anywhere anytime soon.Ali Ghodsi, cofounder…
If you had trouble accessing your Google Meet link or your firewall service, you are not alone.Multiple major sites, especially cloud platforms, experienced a mass…
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Rolling Stone’s latest cover star Sabrina Carpenter told the magazine that female artists are under more scrutiny than ever.The interview landed the day after the singer announced her new album “Man’s Best Friend,” alongside its suggestive artwork featuring Carpenter on…
When I was growing up, a hot dog was either an easy dinner or an occasion-specific treat for summer barbecues and sporting events. Now, on the cusp of my 30s, it has become an unlikely status symbol.The rise of the…
Artem Oleshko / Shutterstock.comThe U.S. government’s debt payments are reaching record levels, with Washington now spending $1.1 trillion annually on interest alone, according to CBS News. That figure represents the cost of servicing the national debt, not reducing it. While…
The Trump-backed tax plan currently advancing through Congress could bring meaningful changes to how education expenses for homeschoolers are treated under federal tax law. Passed in the House on May 22, 2025, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes several…
For OpenAI, improving the programming capabilities of its AI is a self-reinforcing loop — as ChatGPT gets better at coding, its engineers get faster too.That’s according to Kevin Weil, the chief product officer of OpenAI, who was recently asked by…
An Air India flight bound for London with 242 people on board crashed shortly after takeoff in Ahmedabad on Thursday morning.Amit Shah, India’s home minister, said that one survivor was found in the aircraft and was now being treated in…
Orhan Cam / Shutterstock.comThe political heat on the Federal Reserve is rising, and it could shake up everything from your mortgage payments to your savings returns. CNBC reported that Vice President JD Vance called the Fed’s refusal to reduce interest…
Image by Getty Images; Illustration by Bankrate To pay or not to pay? That’s the question in my soul. Do I Venmo Uncle Sam, And put forgiveness hopes on hold? This lyric popped into my head as I pondered the…
Key takeaways A business plan is the starting point of any business. Make sure your plan includes your product’s unique value, marketing strategy, and metrics for success. You’ll need to decide how you’ll fund startup costs for your business, whether…
A Trump-backed tax plan currently advancing through Congress proposes significant changes to the federal taxation of overtime pay and tip income. Passed by the House on May 22, 2025, the “One Big Beautiful Bill Act” includes provisions that could allow…
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Antonio Guillem / Shutterstock.comDigital banking is designed for speed and simplicity, but some features may work against your financial goals, making it easier to overspend, overlook your budget, or form…
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Morsa Images/ Getty Images; Illustration by Austin Courregé/Bankrate A certificate of deposit (CD) is a time deposit account in which your money accrues interest at a fixed yield for a…
Dean Drobot / Shutterstock.comThe top 10% of Americans now hold nearly 70% of the nation’s wealth, up from about 61% in 1989, while the bottom half owns just 2.6%, based…
A personal guarantee on a credit card makes you personally responsible for all payments and any resulting debt charged to that card. A business card with no personal guarantee means you may be only partially liable or not liable at all for repaying the…
