Solar power is growing in Africa, bringing stable electricity to millions
Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some...
View ArticleBurundi farmers unite to get fair prices for avocados
Farmers in a remote part of Burundi know to look for a truck parked by a highway when it is time to sell their avocados. They materialize from villages and form a crowd around the vehicle, watching...
View ArticleRoblox stock falls after Hindenburg blasts the social gaming platform over...
On Tuesday, Roblox—the gaming platform popular with Gen Z and Gen Alpha—saw its stock take a dive. Roblox stock fell 9.4% in early trading, even as it’s already dropped by 15% this year. As of midday...
View ArticleWhy Spotify is still all-in on remote work
In September, Amazon announced that it was making a drastic change to its hybrid work policy, requiring almost all employees to return to the office five days a week as of next year. Months earlier,...
View ArticleHow a climate disaster in North Carolina is causing IV fluid shortages across...
Hurricane Helene is now one of the deadliest Atlantic hurricanes since 1950, killing at least 235 people as of Tuesday. An unknown number, likely hundreds, are still missing, and more than 250,000...
View ArticleAmid hurricanes, a small business disaster loan program could run out of...
The Small Business Administration could run out of money to fund disaster loans in the wake of Hurricane Helene’s devastation. As is typical after a disaster, the government is offering aid to small...
View ArticleHere’s what the Google Play lawsuit ruling means for Android users
Epic Games scored a massive victory against Google Monday, when the judge overseeing the case issued his final ruling, ordering the company to largely open up its Google Play app store to competition...
View ArticleAI pioneers win Nobel Prize in physics
Two pioneers of artificial intelligence — John Hopfield and Geoffrey Hinton — won the Nobel Prize in physics Tuesday for helping create the building blocks of machine learning that is revolutionizing...
View ArticleAn egg recall linked to deadly salmonella in multiple states is growing:...
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has upgraded its current egg recall from Milo’s Poultry Farms to its highest level, Class I, meaning the eggs may cause “serious adverse health consequences or...
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Hennessy’s LeBron James bottle collab is the booze brand’s latest culture move
When LeBron James picks up the bottle of Hennessy, you’re not quite sure what he’s going to do with it—until he pops it on his index finger and starts spinning it like a basketball. The fact that this...
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Celeb stylist Law Roach launches School of Style online-learning platform
In March 2023, Law Roach took to Instagram and announced his retirement from celebrity styling. Though he would continue to work with certain stars—most notably, Zendaya on her Challengers press tour...
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Finally, there are Crocs for your dog
From the brand that brought you breakfast cereal-inspired dog treats, an office with built-in a dog park, and a luxury airline designed specifically for dogs, comes a brand-new product for man’s best...
View ArticleWhy Pharrell wanted Lego to tell his life story in ‘Piece by Piece’
When Pharrell Williams and Morgan Neville decided to embark on a movie about Williams’ life but animated in Lego pieces, they knew there would be culture shocks. But making “Piece by Piece” still led...
View ArticleWhy is Sony Group’s stock price so ‘low’ today? Don’t panic, SONY just split....
The stock market may be hovering around all-time highs, but some companies are finding ways to lower their share prices to make them more accessible to a bigger pool of investors. That includes...
View ArticleLas Vegas demolishes Tropicana in a flashy casino implosion
Sin City blew a kiss goodbye to the Tropicana before first light Wednesday in an elaborate implosion that reduced to rubble the last true mob building on the Las Vegas Strip. The Tropicana’s hotel...
View ArticleSocial Security’s 2025 cost-of-living increase won’t be enough due to...
Sherri Myers, an 82-year-old resident of Pensacola City, Florida, says the Social Security cost-of-living increase she’ll receive in January “won’t make a dent” in helping her meet her day-to-day...
View ArticleWhat is ‘energy poverty’—and why does it keep getting so much worse?
As climate change causes the plant to warm and people crank up their air-conditioning, Americans are spending increasingly more money on their energy bills. This means more people are experiencing...
View ArticleSwiss court sides with watchmaker’s rule forcing employees to take bathroom...
A court in Switzerland — where time is money for its famed watchmaking industry — has ruled that a dial manufacturer was justified in telling workers: If you need a bathroom break, clock out and take...
View ArticleWhy it’s important to support fintechs in the acceleration age
In a time where the digital world is shifting beneath our feet, the speed of technological change can feel like it has never been greater. Tech advancements achieve widespread adoption seemingly at...
View ArticleWill Hurricane Milton wobble on its path to Florida? Here’s what that means...
If you’ve been following Hurricane Milton’s path toward Florida, you may have noticed a number of weather forecasters explaining that if the hurricane “wobbles” off path, it could have huge impacts on...
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