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Can I monetize my hobby without killing the joy?
Maybe you’ve heard that little voice: What if I could make a little money from this? The urge to monetize your hobby can feel tempting, but is it wort...
Why Bitcoin falls short as a safe haven in geopolitical turmoil
Pretty much since its inception, the cryptocurrency bitcoin has been compared to gold: There’s only so much of it, its value isn't tied to any fiat cu...
What supply chains are being choked off by war?
The Strait of Hormuz, a critical passage in many global supply chains, is basically shut down as fighting continues in the region. All this has thrott...
What war in the Middle East is costing the U.S.
$800 million a day. That's the rough monetary estimate of how much the U.S. military operation in Iran is costing taxpayers, according to the Penn Wha...
An Ohio newspaper gives AI a byline
The Plain Dealer newspaper in Cleveland, Ohio, has been around since the 1800s. Now, it's leaning into a very 21st century tactic: embracing the use o...
The view of this economy from the boardroom
A recent survey of 100 CEOs at major companies by the audit, tax, and advisory firm KPMG finds that AI and policy uncertainty around tariffs are top o...
A wild ride for oil prices
Just to get you up to speed on oil prices: Brent Crude is at $92 a barrel this morning. Yesterday morning, it was at $117. While prices have dipped, t...
What do Girl Scouts get out of selling cookies online?
Girl Scout cookie sales started back in 1917. In addition to raising money, cookie selling is also meant to make the girls more business savvy. The Gi...
Bytes: Week in Review — Prediction markets reel amid Iran conflict, defense contractors to drop Anthropic, and Meta's AI deal with News Corp
Meta and News Corp reached a licensing deal this week. Plus, defense contractors untangle Claude from their workflows.
But first, the online pre...
Brands are racing to show up in AI search
You've probably heard of search engine optimization, or SEO. That's what you need to do to get your shoe brand or your coffee shop or your public radi...
Digital archiving and the global memory shortage
As tech companies rush to build data centers to power their AI models, they're eating up power, money, and memory. Specifically, memory chips. The res...
How government uses "surveillance as a service" to collect data
We create digital breadcrumbs all the time — when we buy something online, when we post on social media, and even when we look up directions on the in...
Physical media's comeback
Move over, streaming services. Physicial media is making a comback. A Consumer Reports survey finds that nearly half of people in the US are watching...
How do I cope with layoff anxiety?
With more layoffs in the news, a lot of workers are feeling spooked. It can be hard not to spiral into what ifs: What if the next paycheck is my last?...
Burning Questions: The EPA repealed the endangerment finding. Who are the economic winners and losers?
Earlier this month the Trump administration revoked the endangerment finding, which gave the federal government a legal basis for regulating greenhous...
Here's how to prep for a job interview with AI
Imagine you're getting ready for a job interview. What do you do to prepare? You may have your sibling do a mock interview. You might also panic-buy a...
Bytes: Week in Review — Google to make links more prominent, Palantir moves to Florida and Ring reportedly had plans to use "Search Party" for more than finding lost dogs
This week, Palantir announced on X it’s relocating its headquarters to Miami. Plus, we look at the controversy around Ring's Search Party feature.
First comes love, then comes the prenup
Think that a prenup isn’t for you? Think again! Prenups are not just for rich people: they can protect you against debt and mitigate future issues lik...
Meta's big bet on "superintelligence"
Meta anticipates up to $135 billion worth of capital expenditures this year, nearly double the company’s outlay in 2025. One driver of that expenditur...
How AI is changing the advertising game
Markets seesawed over the past few weeks over fears that artificial intelligence will soon disrupt several industries, including software and financia...
Heating bills are going up this winter
We learned on Friday that inflation dropped to 2.4% — the lowest it’s been in almost five years. But certain prices are still rising much faster than...
TikTok's parent company pledges AI safeguards
From the BBC World Service: The Chinese tech company ByteDance says it'll curb its AI video app, Seedance, which is being used to create viral life-li...
Bytes: Week in Review — Alphabet takes on debt to pay for AI projects, the social network where humans aren't allowed, and Spotify reports record user growth
This week, we look at Spotify's stellar quarter. Plus, there's a new AI-only social network called Moltbook. But first, Alphabet, parent of Google, we...
Turns out, customers like when things are cheaper
Who would’ve thought? Last month, PepsiCo cut snack prices. McDonald's has been cutting prices, too, and said it's paying off. Yesterday, the company...
Who needs a financial advisor when you have AI?
Jittery investors continue to punish stocks of companies that may (or may not) face major disruption from artificial intelligence. Last week, it was s...
Russia bans WhatsApp
From the BBC World Service: Russia has ordered a block on WhatsApp, the Kremlin confirmed. The app has more than 100 million users in Russia, who have...
Help! My dad is dating a scammer!
Reema is joined by Sam Sanders (host of KCRW’s “The Sam Sanders Show”) to answer your questions about money and dating. We’ve got questions about scam...
Texas' energy grid, 5 years after Winter Storm Uri
Five years ago, Winter Storm Uri took out the lights across the Lone Star State. Hundreds of people died, millions of Texans were left without heat, a...
TPU? GPU? What's the difference between these two chips used for AI?
Graphics processing units (GPUs) have become the most important commodity in the AI boom — and have made Nvidia a multi-trillion dollar company. But t...
2026: the year of partial government shutdowns
We just had a partial government shutdown, and now we're edging closer to another. It would involve just one federal agency — the Department of Homela...
Thank you for (permission for) the music
Twice now, figure skaters at the Winter Olympics were told the music they wanted to skate to — and had been practicing to — could not be used. Spain's...
Tokyo's stocks soar after a landslide at the polls
From the BBC World Service: Japanese stocks jumped to record levels after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi’s landslide win in a snap general election as...
What you need to know about TrumpRx
The Trump administration has launched the new TrumpRx website, where people can shop for prescription drugs at discounted rates. The site, a hub that...
AI comes for software companies
Software companies are in trouble. Or at least their stocks are. Salesforce is down 25%, and Intuit is down 31%, after startup Anthropic released a ne...
Japan prepares to go to the polls
From the BBC World Service: Japanese voters will give their verdict on the government of Sanae Takaichi this weekend after Japan's first female prime...
Bytes: Week in Review - SpaceX and xAI merge, Nvidia and OpenAI's funding relationship and U.S. TikTok's rough start
On this week’s “Marketplace Tech Bytes: Week in Review,” we take a look at Nvidia's changing investment relationship with OpenAI. Plus, a stormy start...
Raised voices at a hearing starring the treasury secretary
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will be on Capitol Hill again today for another grilling. He’s scheduled to appear before the Senate Banking Committe...
The continuing struggles of the news biz
News Corp — the parent company of The Wall Street Journal, Barron's, MarketWatch, and Fox News — announces quarterly profits today. Meanwhile, The Was...
Care for a little treat?
From the BBC World Service: Little luxuries can become routine during tougher economic times. The newest iteration of the “lipstick effect,” the pheno...
What AI fitness apps can and can't do — for now
You can get a pretty good workout plan from a chatbot, but the tech is also being incorporated into all kinds of existing fitness apps, from Apple's W...