Three new women’s world records have been set at the Lumberjack World Championships competition held in a small Wisconsin community, full of high-powered sawing, chopping, logrolling, speed climbing and cheers of “Yo-Ho!” This year, 66 men and 40 women attended the three-day…
The Supreme Court agreed Monday to review an Alaska bush pilot’s claims that state authorities have tried to illegally seize his $95,000 airplane after a passenger brought a six-pack of beer on a flight bound for a dry village. The…
A blogpost from Hugging Face, a company that hosts open source AI models and leaderboards, has stirred up the AI world for two reasons. First, the company said it had come under a cyber attack from a fully autonomous AI…
Following SpaceX’s blockbuster $1.77 trillion initial public offering, Juan Hernandez, a former welder for the aerospace and satellite company, saw his wealth balloon overnight as a result of his stake in the firm. Hernandez, who joined SpaceXin 2015 earning $28…
A consumer tech VC confessed to me over breakfast that he was injecting himself with an experimental peptide protocol. His grey market tincture could soon be mainstream. Peptides—the tiny protein fragments that users inject to try to speed up recovery,…
The federal government has been running on a hamster wheel of debt by refinancing trillions of dollars every month with trillions more in fresh borrowing that comes due in a few months. To keep interest costs on $39 trillion in…
Spain just won the FIFA World Cup following a grueling match against Argentina. And it was all thanks to Ferran Torres scoring in the 106th minute, capping off a dramatic extra-time thriller. Now, he’s being hailed as the hero of…
Volvo Car AB Chief Executive Officer Håkan Samuelsson pushed back against White House senior trade adviser Peter Navarro’s criticism of Chinese automakers, saying they have prospered because of an effective strategy rather than unfair competition. Asked about Navarro’s assertions that…
Defaults on student loans have surged across the United States, reaching record levels as borrowers struggle to keep up with payments. The numbers have spiked since payments came due again following a lengthy pause intended to provide relief during the COVID-19 pandemic.…
U.S. gas prices jumped to an average of $4 a gallon again Monday as the U.S. and Iran launched more attacks. According to motor club federation AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now back to $4.…