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Some people ride a last name. Others try to outwork it. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates built one of the most recognizable names in tech. His youngest daughter, Phoebe Gates, is trying to build something that stands on its own. Not adjacent to it, not boosted by it, and definitely not defined by it...

Cuba is opening a new door to capital as it looks to stabilize an economy under strain, with the government set to allow nationals living abroad to invest in and own businesses on the island. "Cuba is open to having a fluid commercial relationship with U.S. companies and also with Cubans residing...

Legendary investor Carl Icahn once walked through a company he had just taken control of and tried to understand what entire departments actually did, but he couldn't figure it out. So he fired them all at once. The founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) used the...

Legendary investor Carl Icahn once walked through a company he had just taken control of and tried to understand what entire departments actually did, but he couldn't figure it out. So he fired them all at once. The founder and controlling shareholder of Icahn Enterprises (NASDAQ:IEP) used the...

Warren Buffett is often seen as one of the richest investors in the world, but his story didn't start with billions. It started with small, scrappy side hustles that most kids wouldn't even think about. By his late teens, Buffett had already built up about $5,000 across multiple hustles and...

A simple vending machine placed inside a tattoo shop has turned into an unexpected case study in what people call passive income and what it actually takes to make it work. The setup was straightforward. One person approached a local tattoo shop, noticed customers sitting in a waiting area for one...

A hospital can charge $20 for a single aspirin and still call it standard pricing. That's not really about the pill. It's about how the bill gets built. "So call me a dreamer," billionaire Cost Plus Drugs co-founder Mark Cuban wrote in a January 2025 Blog Maverick post. He then laid out why he...

Billionaire tech investor Chamath Palihapitiya says he plans to deploy Tesla Inc.'s (NASDAQ:TSLA) robotaxi Cybercab vehicles nationwide—and believes the investment could turn cash-flow positive faster than expected. "I plan to buy and deploy large fleets around the country when possible. Should pay...

Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) co-founder Steve Jobs had a reputation for obsessing over every detail–from the products he built to the cars he drove. His connection to the Porsche 911 became one of his most well-known personal quirks. For years, he replaced his black Porsche every six months, partly so...

The world is changing faster than ever, and billionaire Mark Cuban believes the most important skill today is learning how to keep up. That mindset traces back to advice from his father: "You don't live in the world you were born into." Why Learning Matters More Than Ever He has spent decades...

Kevin Bacon once wanted to know what life felt like without fame. The actor, who previously said he and his wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick, lost most of their money in Bernie Madoff's investments before the scheme collapsed, decided to test it in an unusual way: by disguising himself and going out in...

Claims that ChatGPT consumes large amounts of water do not reflect how modern data centers operate, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. "This is completely untrue," Altman said last month at the India AI Impact Summit. "Totally insane. No connection to reality."  Questions about electricity...

Artificial intelligence startup xAI is undergoing a major reset after problems in its early hiring process, Elon Musk said.  "Many talented people over the past few years were declined an offer or even an interview at xAI. My apologies," Musk wrote on X last week. "Baris Akis and I are going...

Most U.S. CEOs intend to put serious money into AI this year, according to KPMG. About 79% of CEOs in a recent KPMG survey said they intended to commit at least 5% of capital expenditure to AI, including to upskill employees, accelerate innovation and integrate the technology into their workflows....

Amazon’s push to get workers to adopt AI is having adverse effects on productivity, according to The Guardian. Amazon staff are spending time that would otherwise be used on productive work to fix errors made by internal AI tools, The Guardian reported last week.  However, employees told...