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The future of work might not come with a timecard. It might come with a tax bill. Mark Cuban jumped into the AI debate on X with a mock IPO "Risk Factors" section that reads less like satire and more like a preview of what companies could soon be forced to disclose. He was responding after Tesla...

Hiring disruptions from artificial intelligence are already starting to appear, tech entrepreneur Andrew Yang said. The Forward Party founder and former presidential candidate recently told CNBC that the technology is moving faster than most expect. "I just came from an AI conference out west, and...

Most people are paying for health insurance without fully understanding what they're getting in return. That disconnect isn't new, but according to billionaire entrepreneur Mark Cuban, it's no longer a valid excuse. “You are not smart if you don't run your insurance contracts through Claude...

A growing body of data suggests something is deeply off inside the federal workforce. “Lots of people say we ought to run the government like a business,” University of Michigan economist Justin Wolfers said in a recent video. “Fair enough. But when they say this, they don't...

A recent Reddit post is gaining attention after a patient shared an itemized hospital bill that included a $40 charge for what appeared to be a blanket placed on them while they were unconscious in recovery. For the original poster, it wasn't just the blanket charge that stood out; it was what it...

Jeff Bezos believes most people get risk completely wrong, and that mistake quietly shapes the size of their ambitions. Speaking at the New York Times DealBook Summit in 2024, the Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Blue Origin founder said one of the biggest mental traps people fall into is assuming things...

Amazon founder Jeff Bezos isn't thinking small. He's thinking a trillion people big. On the "Lex Fridman Podcast" in 2023, Bezos laid out a vision that sounds more like science fiction than a business plan — but in his mind, it's grounded in physics and scale. "I would love to see a trillion humans...

Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ:TSLA) said it has developed a long-lasting battery for its Semi truck, targeting one of the biggest barriers to electric trucking: vehicle lifespan. The battery is "designed to last a million miles," Tesla Semi program lead Dan Priestley said Monday on the "Jay Leno's Garage"...

After more than two decades in government work, Karime Masson didn't expect to walk away early. She had planned to stay until at least 62, maybe even 65. But by late last year, the job she once valued had changed enough that she felt she had no real choice, according to an essay she wrote for...

Solopreneurs will soon be able to launch billion-dollar companies all by themselves with the help of AI, Alibaba.com President Kuo Zhang says. "The ‘Execution Wall' that once separated the solo entrepreneur from the multinational corporation is crumbling – not because the giants are fading,...

Legendary actor Al Pacino revealed that he went from having $50 million to nothing after a corrupt accountant mismanaged his finances in what later turned out to be a Ponzi scheme. “I was broke,” Pacino wrote in his 2024 memoir “Sonny Boy.” “I had $50 million, and then...

Money talks. According to Elon Musk, it also goes silent the second there's no one left to listen. Speaking on the "People by WTF" podcast with host Nikhil Kamath in November, the Tesla CEO peeled back the idea of wealth to something far less flashy. Strip away the markets, the people, the systems...

Kevin O'Leary is urging investors and everyday people to take a breath as global tensions push oil prices higher and markets into uncertainty. His message is simple: don't panic. “Everybody chillax and let this thing play out,” the investor and “Shark Tank” TV personality...

A doctor, a robot, and a rural hospital walk into a policy debate. Only one of them might actually be in the room. Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Administrator Dr. Mehmet Oz is making a high-stakes pitch for the future of American health care, and it doesn't always include a human being...

Before Google became the front door to the internet, people did something much simpler. They would go directly to websites by typing simple words or names into their browser, hoping it would take them where they wanted. That small behavior created one of the earliest digital land grabs, and Mark...