On Meta’s 4th quarter earnings call, CEO Mark Zuckerberg predicted his company would experience a “major AI acceleration” in 2026 as it races to catch up after falling behind Google, OpenAI and Anthropic in leading AI models in 2025. It…
In the 1990s, the agricultural giant was implicated in a price-fixing conspiracy that became the basis for the book—and later Matt Damon movie—The Informant!. Now the company’s latest controversy centers around accounting in the company’s nutrition unit. After an investigation…
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent is drawing a sharp line between young Americans’ skepticism of capitalism and their lack of market participation, arguing that attitudes toward socialism are inseparable from whether people actually own stocks. In a wide-ranging interview with…
Jingliang Su, a Chinese national, faces almost four years in prison for his role in crypto fraud that relied on befriending Americans on social media, then winning their trust in order to fleece them. He laundered about $37 million from…
Southwest Airlines passengers made their final boarding-time scrambles for seats on Monday as the carrier prepared to end the open-seating system that distinguished it from other airlines for more than a half‑century. Starting Tuesday, customers on Southwest flights will have assigned seats…
In today’s AI era, productivity—and mastering the perfect ChatGPT prompt—can feel more pressurized than ever. But according to billionaire Mark Cuban, people may be focusing on the wrong priorities. “It’s time we all got off our asses, left the house,…
For the better part of the last century, America’s largest consumer packaged goods companies ran an undefeated business playbook. All of the iconic consumer brands of our lifetimes—Coca-Cola, Lay’s, Cheerios, Oreos, and more–-were built on a simple, three-part formula. First,…
Fidelity Investments, one of the largest asset managers on the planet, announced on Wednesday it will launch its own stablecoin. Like other stablecoins, Fidelity’s token—known as the Fidelity Digital Dollar or FIDD—will be fully backed by reserves to ensure it…
Twenty-seven-year-old conservative influencer Ashley St Clair has been a long-time darling of the MAGA world. In her early twenties, she dropped out of college and became an outspoken proponent of right-wing causes, including anti-transgender activism. Five years later, she had a child…
Waabi, the Toronto-based AI company building software to enable autonomous driving, has raised $1 billion in new funding and struck a major partnership with Uber to deploy at least 25,000 robotaxis on the ride-hailing giant’s platform. The deal marks a…