Bitcoin’s Identity Crisis: Can It Truly Become a Digital Store of Value?
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
How Students Can Earn a Degree With Minimal or No Debt
As tuition continues climbing faster than inflation, many students are rethinking the traditional path to a four-year degree. Rising costs are forcing families to look for creative, strategic ways to limit borrowing — and fortunately, there are more options than ever...
What to Do With Your Retirement Plan After Losing a Job
Job loss brings uncertainty, but one financial decision often gets pushed aside: what to do with the retirement money left behind in your former employer’s plan. That account may be one of your largest assets, and handling it wisely can protect your long-term...
Why More Borrowers Could Soon See Smaller Student Loan Payments
With living costs rising faster than many households can adjust, policymakers are searching for ways to lighten financial strain — and student borrowers may soon see relief. A series of updates to repayment rules could broaden who qualifies for lower monthly payments,...
Understanding the Proposed Child Savings Incentive: What Parents Should Know
As we move deeper into 2025, many people are wondering: “Why does it feel like everything’s getting more expensive — even though wages are supposed to be recovering?” The truth is, while the economy is showing pockets of strength, rising costs and shifting monetary...
Why Americans Are Feeling the Pinch — And What You Can Do About It
2025 isn’t a return to “pre-pandemic normal.” Instead, we’re in a transition: a time where rising costs, economic uncertainty, and shifting global conditions demand both vigilance and adaptability.
- ‘SpaceX is his new baby at the expense of Tesla’: Elon Musk’s IPO could be bad news for his EV maker, investors warnsby Sasha Rogelberg on May 21, 2026 at 9:13 pm
SpaceX will reportedly allocate 30% of shares to retail investors, betting on the CEO’s loyal base of investors—and putting Tesla under more scrutiny.
- Cloudflare posted record revenue, then cut 20% of its workforce. CEO Matthew Prince says AI has made an entire category of workers obsoleteby Jake Angelo on May 21, 2026 at 9:09 pm
Prince said in a recent Wall Street Journal op-ed that the company would cut “measurers” while prioritizing hiring of “builders” and “sellers.”
- Prakash Arunkundrum, HP’s first-ever chief strategy and transformation officer, bets edge AI will ‘bring the token cost down’by Angelica Ang on May 21, 2026 at 9:00 pm
AI PCs are helping to drive HP's sales, even as higher memory costs are starting to erode margins.
- What is red light therapy?: Our experts break down the new wellness trendby Katie Moore on May 21, 2026 at 8:08 pm
Learn exactly what red light therapy is and how to use it.
- Mamdani’s campaign for cheap World Cup tickets delivers 1,000 for city of 8 millionby The Associated Press on May 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
“To put that into perspective," the mayor said about the $50 cost, "that is five lattes in New York City."
- ‘In 60 days there’s been a huge change in the attitudes of this country’: Former Detroit mayor says bipartisan approach in governor race is doomedby Corey Williams, The Associated Press on May 21, 2026 at 7:18 pm
Mike Duggan, formerly a Democrat, was running as an independent to succeed the term-limited Gretchen Whitmer.
- Nvidia tells skeptical investors that AI is ready to go mainstreamby Ian King, Bloomberg on May 20, 2026 at 9:33 pm
The outlook let down investors who expect moonshot results from the chipmaker. But Nvidia announced a big boost to its dividend and $80 billion in stock buybacks.
- ‘We’ve given them the short end of the stick’: Business school professor says AI could eliminate many jobs for young people—even as they lead innovationby Preston Fore on May 20, 2026 at 7:15 pm
Despite being innovation leaders, young workers face an AI transition that prioritizes "better, cheaper, faster" over breakthrough thinking, according to Professor Jeff DeGraff.
- Accenture exec says the consulting giant is hiring more entry-level workers out of college compared to last yearby Emma Burleigh on May 20, 2026 at 2:35 pm
As some employers reel back their entry-level hiring, Accenture’s global chief diversity officer, Beck Bailey, says the consulting giant is only ramping up its acquisition of Gen Z talent.
- Man hailed as a hero for finding the Ship of Gold and then jailed for losing the coins now released after a decade in prisonby The Associated Press, John Seewer on March 10, 2026 at 3:57 pm
He was a celebrated deep-sea explorer who pulled off one of the greatest shipwreck discoveries in history. Then he went on the run, landed in prison, and refused to say where the missing gold went.





