Category: Money

Silicon Valley loves a good timeline. Microsoft is the latest to throw down a gauntlet, claiming its new quantum chip, the Majorana 2, is a staggering 1,000 times more reliable than its predecessor. They say this leap puts them on track to deliver a commercially useful quantum computer by 2029. It sounds great on paper. […]

Remember Erin Brockovich? The woman who squeezed $333 million out of PG&E and got Julia Roberts an Oscar? She’s back. This time, she isn’t chasing dirty water in Hinkley. She’s hunting data centers. Tech giants are building massive, power-hungry server farms everywhere. Brockovich launched a new initiative: Brockovich AI Data Center Reporting. It’s a watchdog […]

Tech giants love deadlines. Microsoft just set a big one. On Tuesday, the Redmond behemoth unveiled its latest quantum computing chip, boasting that commercially viable quantum systems will arrive by 2029. It is a bold claim. It also conveniently aligns Microsoft with IBM, which recently pledged a cool $10 billion toward its own quantum ambitions […]

We are broke. Let’s not sugarcoat it. The United States is staring down a $39 trillion mountain of debt, and the margin for error has officially vanished. Over the next twelve months, the federal government has to scrape together nearly $10 trillion. That is a staggering one-third of our entire national debt. Why? Because we […]

UnitedHealthcare is finally cutting some of the red tape that keeps sick kids waiting. The insurance giant announced Friday it will scrap prior authorization requirements for roughly two-thirds of medical services for patients under 18. It’s a calculated retreat. For years, doctors and furious parents have screamed about the bureaucratic hurdles that delay life-saving care. […]

American car buyers are tapped out. High interest rates, inflation, and fuel prices spiked by the conflict in Iran have pushed the dream of a shiny new ride out of reach. Sales are expected to flatline at around 16 million units this year. That is down slightly from last year’s 16.2 million. But do not […]

Tech giants love to tell you you’re special. They lie. Brittney Ball learned this the hard way after Meta cut her loose in February 2025. She was a documentation engineer and led a major employee resource group. She figured her resume would do the heavy lifting. It didn’t. More than a year later, she is […]

Hyunjoo Jin reports from Seoul. Samsung Electronics union members just signed off on a bonus pay agreement. This prevents a massive walkout. But it deepens employee divides. Big problems ahead. Two unions for the world’s biggest memory chip producer confirmed the vote on Wednesday. Seventy-four percent of 62,616 workers approved the deal. It’s done. This […]

California’s proposed one-time billionaire wealth tax faces intense scrutiny. Critics, including those ultra-rich who’ve already left, and even the Trump administration, argue it will drive away more billionaires. They claim this will eventually deplete state tax revenue. This tax, on the November ballot, targets roughly 200 California billionaires. It demands a one-time 5% levy on […]

MSG Sports, the parent company of the NBA’s New York Knicks and the NHL’s New York Rangers, saw its stock rise by 3.7% in premarket trading on Tuesday. This recent gain contributes to an impressive year-to-date increase of 37%, and an astonishing 86% surge over the past twelve months, marking a significant turnaround after eight […]