Social Security: Why some Washington lawmakers want to tax high earners
A person holds a sign reading “Save Our Social Security” during a rally against President Donald Trump’s tax…
Treasury Secretary Bessent says U.S. GDP growth can return to 3% before end of the year
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent expressed confidence Wednesday that the U.S. economy can get back on the path to…
AI in spotlight at G7 as Trump, world leaders joined by tech chiefs
Chiefs of the world’s leading AI companies are descending on the G7 conference in France Wednesday, in a…
Who is Gwynne Shotwell, Elon Musk’s second-in-command at SpaceX?
SpaceX President and Chief Operating Officer Gwynne Shotwell celebrates with family and other SpaceX employees at the Nasdaq…
Social Security COLA for 2027 may be 4.7% amid inflation: Estimate
A customer shops for produce in an H-E-B grocery store on May 11, 2026 in Austin, Texas. Brandon…
OECD warns of global slowdown as Iran war stymies growth prospects
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has slashed its global growth outlook, warning that the economic damage…
This major AI bottleneck could be solved using light
The AI boom is in many ways a hype cycle like no other. Sure, there are comparisons to…
Why AI is raising worker productivity but not making the economy more efficient
Two curious things are happening to the economy in 2026. On one hand, economic expansion is still going…
Nvidia partners with David Silver AI startup Ineffable Intelligence
Nvidia has announced a partnership with an AI startup, just months after it was founded by a former…
Meta, Google enter AI agent race as ‘agentic wars’ heat up
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David Sacks says AI now accounts for 75% of US GDP growth
President Donald Trump has framed the current state of the U.S. economy as a “golden age,” and in…
Zoom is handing $150K to solopreneurs as AI pushes 33 million workers to become their own boss
As AI threatens to wipe out jobs, the American dream—stable employment, a clear ladder to climb, and a…