Kids want to be influencers when they grow up, because they ‘gets lots of money’ and ‘they want to be famous’
A second grader in Norway drew a YouTube logo when my colleagues and I asked what they wanted to be...
AI is overwhelming our senses—Edward Enninful has an answer for that
Sir Tony Blair, the former prime minister of the U.K., has argued that the AI revolution is as consequential as the industrial...
Washington gutted the office that manages your student loans. Next week, it has to reinvent them
Next week, how Americans fund higher education will change forever. On July 1, sweeping changes to student loan borrowing will...
It could be more dangerous inside your house during a heat wave
Most people know that heat waves can be dangerous. What they may not realize is that the heat indoors can...
Snap’s Evan Spiegel joins MacKenzie Scott in the billionaire race to erase medical debt—wiping out $550 million for 260,000 Californians
Evan Spiegel has never been the loudest billionaire in the room. Sometime this spring, the Snap co-founder and his wife,...
Meet Micron, the under-the-radar chipmaker that just reported a 346% sales surge and helped stop a global AI selloff
Micron may not be a household name but it may just be among the most important tech companies in the...
Ray Dalio says the U.S. just had its ‘Suez moment’—and history says what comes next could end an empire
“Watch out for allies and creditors losing confidence, the loss of its reserve currency status, the selling of its debt...
Alan Greenspan said 3 years with Gerald Ford beat 18 at the Fed. His death at 100 raises the question: was he right?
Alan Greenspan, who died on June 22, 2026, at the age of 100, is best remembered for his 18 years...
Everyone agrees that you hate AI, but only Mark Cuban sees why Silicon Valley is powerless to fix it
On Thursday afternoon, Mark Cuban posted what amounted to an unsolicited intervention for the AI industry. “It’s time for everyone...
The bond market knows something about the $39 trillion national debt that Washington doesn’t
The national debt—a barely comprehensible $39 trillion—seems, to hear economists tell it, forever one shock away from bringing the whole...
American giving hit $617 billion in 2025 — and the Paul Allen effect exposes who’s really driving it
U.S. charitable giving rose 3% in 2025, surpassing $600 billion for the first time. The $617 billion that Americans gave...
Trump turns on Big Oil donors who spent nearly $100 million to get him elected—now he wants the DOJ to investigate them for price gouging
Oil and gas chiefs may have quietly cracked a smile when Donald Trump won the 2024 presidential election. Oil billionaire...
U.S. companies swallowed the oil shock. They’re not sure they can do it again
Chief financial officers (CFOs) across U.S. companies said they’ve been able to navigate the challenges of increased energy costs as...
How one chip stock reversed the global tech selloff, exposed AI’s ‘memory tax’ and made the case for an entire valuation regime change
Micron’s blowout quarter wasn’t just a beat. It was a restructuring of how Wall Street will price memory — and...
Paris court gives oil giant Total Energies half a year to tighten climate policies. Climate activists cry foul
A court in Paris ruled on Thursday that energy giant TotalEnergies must account for its customer’s greenhouse gas emissions, giving...
