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Buying a home has consistently trended toward unaffordable in the last few years, but so has renting: The median rent across the U.S. in January 2020 sat at $1,585 and peaked at $2,053 just 2.5 years ...
While the legendary cashless society may eventually become reality, for now cash is still a pretty useful thing. There are still scenarios in which you need some paper money, whether it's a local rest...
The U.S. is days away from not being able to pay its bills. Ever since the U.S. hit the debt ceiling (aka, the total amount of federal debt allowed to be outstanding) in January, the Treasury Departme...
On the back of pretty strong earnings reports and valuations, public cybersecurity companies are outperforming the broader technology segment. Yet, funding for cybersecurity startups has flatlined.
May 2023
The EU is going head to head with Apple and Ireland once again in a high-stakes courtroom battle which could have a lasting impact on how multinational firms are regulated in the bloc. EU competition ...
We adults use money-sharing apps like Venmo all the time. Go out to dinner? Settle up with Venmo. Roommate pays the rent? Venmo over your half. Teens, on the other hand, aren't allowed on Venmo, and w...
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It wasn't a surprise to learn that former scooter unicorn Bird is pursuing a reverse stock split. The company isn't treading new ground here -- it isn't the only tech firm that has IPO'd in the past c...
We saw it before with HBO Max and others, but Disney has now joined the content-cutting party. More than two dozen series and movies will be removed from Disney-owned streaming channels Disney+ and Hu...
Earlier this year Apple introduced its new "buy now, pay later" (BNPL) feature, Apple Pay Later, for select customers. The name is a play on Apple's existing mobile payment service, combined with the ...
Fixer-uppers may typically be considered the domain of house flippers, but prospective homeowners are also getting into the game of buying and restoring properties in need of TLC.
People purchase...
The Artemis program to return humans to the Moon has an aura of inevitability now, with broad political support, robust international participation, and a successful first mission--Artemis I--under it...
This wasn't supposed to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in the Irish countryside, Liam, 19, sat at his laptop, an energy drink fizzing at his elbow. He leaned in for a better look at ...
Elad Gil, a successful founder and prolific investor, has already been called Silicon Valley's biggest solo venture capitalist given the massive amounts of capital he has been investing in recent year...
[photo1]Laura ColeThis wasn't Supposed to happen. In 2020, in a house surrounded by fields in the Irish countryside, Liam, 19, sat at his laptop, an energy drink fizzing at his elbow. He leaned in for...
Today, the European Union approved a comprehensive set of cryptocurrency regulations seeking to lay the groundwork for how crypto is regulated globally. The rules--which make providers liable if they ...