New York — Jamie Hagen believed the Great Freight Recession was finally over. Last year was a tough one for his South Dakota trucking company, Hell Bent Xpress. He was thinking about shutting down, his cash drained in the lean years that followed America’s post-pandemic shopping spree. But he refinanced his equipment, wagering demand would pick…
You probably know a woman supporting an unemployed man. Maybe you’ve been that woman. What used to be an embarrassing secret has quietly become a macroeconomic data point, and now the Federal Reserve has the receipts. As of early 2026, women held more payroll jobs than men in the United States. This has happened twice…
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Festive music from the band Sweet Crude blared at a party minutes after President Donald Trump’s former defense secretary warned that ending the war now would cede ownership of the narrow Strait of Hormuz—the world’s most critical choke point—to Iran. “We’re in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen,” said retired Gen. Jim Mattis at the…
The Big Spring Sale is basically Amazon’s version of spring cleaning. By Leah Stodart Leah Stodart Senior Shopping Reporter Leah Stodart is a Philadelphia-based Senior Shopping Reporter at Mashable where she covers and tests essential home tech like vacuums and TVs, plus eco-friendly hacks. Her ever-evolving experience in these categories comes in clutch when making…
This week, the Trump administration announced it had struck an unusual deal. The U.S. government will pay TotalEnergies, a French power generation company, $928 million to scuttle its plans to build two wind farms off the coasts of New Jersey and North Carolina. Together, the projects could have powered some 1.7 million homes. The deal…
Too much compute, too much competition, and skeptical investors. Mar 28, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Too much compute, too much competition, and skeptical investors. Mar 28, 2026, 12:00 PM UTC Hayden Field is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more than five years, her work has also appeared in CNBC, MIT…
The crypto industry’s reaction was that a quantum computing threat was still distant when Google unveiled its Willow quantum chip in December 2024. Bitcoin uses SHA-256 for mining and ECDSA for signatures, both of which are theoretically vulnerable to quantum decryption, but the consensus was that the threat was decades away. Breaking encryption would require…
Meta will pay for a total of 10 gas-fired power plants—enough to power more than 5 million homes—to electrify its rapidly expanding plans for its massive AI data center complex in northeastern Louisiana, dubbed Hyperion. Meta’s agreement with New Orleans–based Entergy, announced March 27, is to build and finance seven new power plants in Louisiana….
New York — Online safety advocates hope landmark trial verdicts this week can bring change to social media platforms they have warned about for years, after juries found Meta (and YouTube in one case) responsible for harms to kids and teens. “We’ve been telling our stories forever and people say, ‘Oh, that’s horrible,’ but we haven’t…
We’ve officially reached the halfway point of the Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026, and we’ve already seen deals on iPads and MacBooks come and go. We’re also seeing new deals drop daily, and our shopping reporters are on the job. This event might not carry quite the same weight as Prime Day or Black Friday,…
DENVER (AP) — Thousands of striking workers at one of the nation’s largest meatpacking plants will extend their walkout to a third week as they push for higher wages and better health care. Industry experts said it’s too early to know if the strike that began March 16 at the Swift Beef Co. plant in…
In this article DB Follow your favorite stocksCREATE FREE ACCOUNT A Bank of America branch in New York, US, on Saturday, Oct. 11, 2025. Michael Nagle | Bloomberg | Getty Images Bank of America has agreed to pay victims of notorious sex offender Jeffrey Epstein $72.5 million to settle a class action lawsuit alleging that…
SEATTLE — Diesel hit its highest average price ever in Washington state twice in a week, reaching the most expensive rate Friday at $6.55 per gallon, according to AAA. Truck drivers and the businesses who hire them are feeling the impacts. In Seattle, that average for diesel is even higher at $6.69, and KOMO News…
A federal judge on Friday evening granted a temporary restraining order to halt Nexstar‘s merger with Tegna, a transaction that creates a broadcasting giant with almost 260 stations across the country. U.S. District Judge Troy Nunley sided with DirecTV, which is seeking to block the merger on the claim that it violates antitrust laws. A…
Microsoft is taking over a data center construction project in Texas after OpenAI declined to pursue it, in a move that will make the two companies neighbors at one of the nation’s largest complexes for running artificial intelligence. Data center developer Crusoe said Friday it is working with Microsoft to build two new “AI factory” buildings and…
Every month, streaming gets a bit closer to good old fashioned pay TV. Now seemingly every service pairs its scripted entertainment with lowbrow reality fare and live sports. And, increasingly, the monthly prices for those services are making the glory days of the pay TV bundle seem that much more appealing. Take Thursday’s price hike…
Two more illnesses have been identified in an E. coli outbreak linked to unpasteurized cheese and milk, the Food and Drug Administration reported Thursday. The maker of the products, California-based Raw Farm, continues to deny the link and has refused to issue a recall. According to the FDA, at least nine people have been sickened…
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Subscribers and consumer advocates may be frowning on Netflix’s latest price hikes, but Wall Street is celebrating the move. The streaming giant’s stock price doesn’t yet reflect it, but analysts’ uniformly positive reaction is perhaps the biggest vote of confidence by the Street since Netflix last month withdrew its proposal to acquire Warner Bros. In…
Sign up to see the future, today Can’t-miss innovations from the bleeding edge of science and tech As fears over an AI-driven jobs apocalypse continue to grow, researchers are trying to get a better sense of which occupations will be most — and least — affected. Tech leaders continue to cite AI as the reason…
Photo-Illustration: by The Cut; Photos: Retailers Aren’t you glad you didn’t buy new sheets, towels, pillows, or anything else your home needs yet? Same. Today, the Amazon Big Spring Sale is all about discounts on household goods. From bedding to appliances, there’s a deal with your name on it. Here, the Cut Shop team is…
EPA Removes DEF Sensor Requirements Saving Americans Billions Annually and Countless Hours of Lost Time and Productivity March 27, 2026 Contact Information WASHINGTON – Today, at the White House Great American Agriculture Celebration, President Trump announced another decisive action U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin has taken to address nationwide concerns from farmers, truckers,…
We’ve officially reached the halfway point of the Amazon Big Spring Sale 2026, and we’ve already seen deals on iPads and MacBooks come and go. We’re also seeing new deals drop daily, and our shopping reporters are on the job. This event might not carry quite the same weight as Prime Day or Black Friday,…
President Donald Trump is used to bending financial markets to his will. But with the war in Iran, he may have reached the limit of his ability to do so. On Friday, the S&P 500 closed down 1.7% and notched its fifth-straight weekly decline, its worst stretch since 2022 and a sign of rapidly faltering…
NEW YORK (AP) — When stock markets are as manic as they’ve been recently, it’s natural to want to do something to protect your retirement savings. Historically, though, staying calm has usually been best. The U.S. stock market has a track record of recovering from every steep drop it’s taken. Whether it’s a global financial…
Netflix subscribers will have to pay more to watch their favorite TV shows and movies after the streaming platform raised its prices. The price hike, implemented this week, raises the cost of the standard plan with ads by $1 a month and the cost of the standard and premium plans by $2 a month, according…
Meta has reportedly cut around 700 roles across several divisions, including its Reality Labs unit. According to The New York Times, positions in recruiting, sales, operations, and Facebook were also affected. The company currently employs 78,000 people. A Meta spokesperson told the outlet: “Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement changes to ensure they’re in…
(Bloomberg) — Microsoft Corp. is at the intersection of two troubling trends roiling the technology sector, which has the stock on track for its worst quarterly performance since the global financial crisis two decades ago. First, the software giant is doubling down on capital expenditures as Wall Street increasingly asks when investments in artificial intelligence…
After telling its United Auto Worker union-represented employees last month that there wouldn’t be any 2025 profit sharing checks for them since the automaker, well, didn’t turn a profit, the automaker decided to give some of its salaried employees performance bonuses anyway. As you may imagine, the UAW’s leadership and its rank and file members…
Verge Shopping Amazon will sell you a car on its site. On the other end of the price spectrum, here are some tech deals under $50. Amazon will sell you a car on its site. On the other end of the price spectrum, here are some tech deals under $50. Mar 27, 2026, 2:54 PM…
Since the Iran war began, the surge in oil prices has stirred memories of the dramatic oil shocks of 1973 and 1979. In 1973, oil-producing Arab countries imposed an embargo against Western nations to punish them for supporting Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Oil prices skyrocketed, forcing many Western governments to implement energy-saving measures such…
The Iran war increasingly looks like the one instance where physical reality has outrun his ability to control the narrative. The Nasdaq 100 has now fallen over 10% from its peak, technically entering correction territory. The S&P 500 has been at a loss for five weeks, on pace for its longest streak of weekly losses…