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.
- Trump admin deferring $1 billion-plus Medicaid payments to California and Minnesota amid ‘suspected fraud’by The Associated Press, Ali Swenson on July 22, 2026 at 8:49 pm
Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. says the deferrals are part of a strategy to 'stop the fraud before it happens'.
- ‘It’s called StreetEasy, not StreetHard’: Mamdani cracks down on scourge of ‘housefishing’ and ‘real estate slop’by Tatiana Sataua on July 22, 2026 at 8:47 pm
The New York mayor's proposal would require landlords, brokers and listing platforms to disclose AI-generated or digitally altered rental photos.
- As Washington panics about Chinese AI, Jensen Huang says open-source models like Kimi are ‘excellent’ and should be embraced, not bannedby Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on July 22, 2026 at 8:44 pm
The Nvidia CEO said open source AI models could fuel more demand for chips and data centers.
- OpenAI’s rogue hacking incident was a warning shot. Will it be a wake-up call to finally create AI safety regulation?by Jeremy Kahn, Emily Forlini on July 22, 2026 at 8:30 pm
AI policy experts and safety researchers call the AI agents' attack on Hugging Face "a wake up call."
- A new group of stocks is transforming global equities markets. Meet ‘Memi,’ the $3 trillion sector fueled by AI’s insatiable hunger for memory chipsby Amanda Gerut on July 22, 2026 at 7:50 pm
Micron Technology, SK Hynix, and Samsung hit $1 trillion or more in market cap this year due to surging demand for memory chips.
- OpenAI’s models went rogue and hacked Hugging Face. It’s a wake-up call, experts say, but more concerning behavior may be nextby Beatrice Nolan on July 22, 2026 at 7:47 pm
AI safety researchers warn that smarter models are getting better at gaming the system to get what they want—and could start hiding their intentions.
- Scott Bessent casually says the U.S. has more than $1 trillion in gold—and that it doesn’t matter for the dollarby Sasha Rogelberg on July 22, 2026 at 7:16 pm
The Treasury Secretary says he hasn’t been to Fort Knox, but said all $600 billion in gold there is “present and accounted for.”
- Hollywood’s iconic Cinerama Dome to reopen under deal with Sony, Alamo Drafthouseby The Associated Press on July 22, 2026 at 6:57 pm
Shut since 2021, the 86-foot curved dome that ran three-projector 70mm gets a 2028 reopening — minus Alamo's usual dine-in seats.
- Larry Page and Sergey Brin splash $225 million in Miami property as billionaires flee California’s tax—and Google is expanding its office there tooby Emma Burleigh on July 22, 2026 at 3:22 pm
Larry Page and Sergey Brin now own around $225 million in Miami real estate, and other billionaires are bringing their companies to the coastal region.
- How David Senra built the podcast the world’s most powerful CEOs can’t stop listening toby Lily Mae Lazarus on July 5, 2026 at 8:00 am
“Founders” counts Jeff Bezos and Michael Dell as fans—and its “unmanageable” creator turned down $50 million so he could build a media empire his way.





