Meta’s new ad is a Lisa Frank wet dream. There are rainbows, butterflies, bear hugs, and smash-cuts between three grinning children.It’s a smiley, cloying vision for AI. The ad’s narrator beckons us to call Meta’s staff “optimists” and “dreamers,” and…

President Donald Trump’s plans for H-1B visas are running into legal roadblocks.A federal appeals court on Friday refused to revive Trump’s $100,000 fee on new H-1B work visas, dealing another setback to the administration’s effort to dramatically raise the cost…

Your lunch hour is likely the most undervalued asset in your day. While it is tempting to spend that time zoning out over a sandwich or catching up on headlines, you are effectively leaving money on the table. You don’t…

Student-loan forgiveness is finally here for thousands of borrowers.A federal court denied the Department of Education’s request to delay student-debt relief for borrowers entitled to relief under the Sweet vs. McMahon settlement. The settlement has allowed for $23 billion in…

You are probably bleeding money right now, and you might not even know it. Years ago, you wrote a check for the rent and maybe the cable bill. Today, automatic subscriptions have quietly colonized almost every corner of our financial…

I’m typically a Target shopper. But — even though most price discrepancies were mere pennies — they kept stacking in Walmart’s favor.Target certainly had merits, though, specifically with its impressive backpack, mechanical pencil, and pen selections. Plus, it had cheaper…

Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on The Penny Hoarder. What’s in a name? A lot, actually. Especially when it comes to store brand vs. name brand grocery items. We often default to certain brands when shopping simply because of the name…

President Donald Trump’s sweeping tariffs have become a defining feature of his second term, central to his strategy for reshaping global trade, even after the Supreme Court struck down many of his tariffs in February.Aggressive tariff policies have been rare…

The lobby brought the outside in with furniture resembling tree trunks, potted plants of all sizes, and what Brandenberg calls a “living wall of greenery” climbing two stories high behind a reclaimed timber-and-stone staircase.As I stepped inside, a soothing soundtrack…

The landscape of American retirement is shifting. Today, more than 22 million people over age 65 are navigating their later years without a spouse or adult children. While solo aging offers a high degree of independence, it also removes the…