Flip Phones Are Reigniting the Smartphone Wars, Led by Samsung
A new wave of flippable and foldable phones is shaking up the US smartphone market, long dominated by…
Tourism-related jobs are down in Maine as average earnings rise
The unemployment rate in Maine dropped to 3.2 percent in July, but that only tells part of the…
Interest Rates: Economist Says Trump Could Be Right Calling Powell ‘Too Late’
It seems like not a week goes by without President Donald Trump criticizing the head of the Federal…
Why Yearslong Bear Market Slumps May Be a Thing of the Past
Probably no other term strikes the kind of fear into investors that “bear market” does. The phrase invokes…
Meta CTO Shares Predictions for AI’s Impact on Software Engineering
The future of the software engineering profession will be a tale of the haves- and have-nots, according to…
What are PBMs? How a bipartisan push could affect prescriptions
Lawmakers say middlemen in the prescription drug pipeline are limiting access to medications and driving up costs.See the…
Orgies, Survival Bunkers, and Life Upheavals: Meet the AI Preppers
Henry, a boyish-looking AI researcher, believes there’s about a 50/50 chance that in the next few years AI…
My Partner and I Each Moved Home to Save Money; Can Travel More Now
If you told 18-year-old me that I’d be living at home at 29, I would’ve been embarrassed. By…
Russia Is Facing Labor Crunch and ‘Hidden Unemployment’ Simultaneously
Russia’s jobless rate is at a record low due to a labor crunch — but that’s only part…
Contributor: It’s time to save the whales again
Diving in a kelp forest in Monterey Bay recently, I watched a tubby 200-pound harbor seal follow a…
A Surprise Inheritance of $20,000 Allowed Me to Travel
My father’s sister Helen died unexpectedly in the fall of 2021. I’d known my aunt was ill and…