Flock Safety has been a venture darling. Will data privacy controversies halt its rise?
Flock operates in more than 5,000 communities across 49 states, and is an $8.3 billion venture darling. Now, the…
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Apple to launch $2,000-plus foldable ‘iPhone Ultra’ in early September: report
Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
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Target, Starbucks and Nike are writing the 2026 turnaround playbook. Here are the key lessons
We saw potential where the market was wary. Here's why Target's Fiddelke and Starbucks' Niccol are making progress, and…
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A $1,000 loan kept MacKenzie Scott in college—now the billionaire philanthropist is giving away her $37 billion fortune to pay it forward
MacKenzie Scott has donated $26 billion in the past several years.
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Apple lays off staffers ahead of CEO change
In today's edition: Apple layoffs, Amazon price hikes, geothermal energy, Hugging Face, TikTok $400M settlement, Nvidia…
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The U.S. is unlikely to win its ‘dumb trade war’ with Canada. Here’s why
Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
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Despite a $45 million net worth, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar still works tough, 16-hour days—he repeats this mantra when he’s overwhelmed
Even with a $45 million net worth, fame, and a dream career, Big Bang Theory star Kunal Nayyar still has tough days.…
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Scott Bessent and the bond market: a pointless intervention
The Treasury Secretary might win points with his boss, President Trump,but he will earn no points from the bond…
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Feral hogs are running wild in 35 states and the Senate is debating whether to triple funding
The U.S. Department of Agriculture estimated in 2016 that 7 million feral pigs were loose in the nation; who knows how…
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Google can track exactly how your agent spends your money — but it’s no help when it buys something you didn’t approve
Google’s Agent Payments Protocol creates records that can show the information presented to each participant when a…
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The difference between ‘agree to disagree’ and ‘you’re wrong’ — or why you hate that guy who always corrects you
New research from Carnegie Mellon and Michigan suggests the line between "different beliefs" and "false beliefs" shapes…
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The company selling a $3,000 mattress cover that billionaires love wants to become a healthcare company that treats sleep apnea
Eight Sleep wants to turn its consumer sleep data into a healthcare business, but first it has to clear regulatory and…
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American Staffing Association chief economist: The future of work is temporary, and that changes everything about the labor market
Out of more than 300 industries analyzed by BLS, temporary help services has added the second-highest number of jobs in…
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Meet Flock, the $8 billion startup backed by a16z and Tiger facing growing backlash against surveillance capitalism
Cities are canceling contracts. Cameras are getting vandalized, and lawyers who have reviewed the company’s contracts…
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How Washington’s interest bill on the $40 trillion national debt exploded 14% in 10-month budget period through July
The huge increase in interest expense has two sources.
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Russia is suffering from a slow-motion bank run as the Kremlin scavenges for war funding—and it may start seizing recruits for the military too
The financial sector's loss of deposits has created a liquidity crunch so severe that it's threatening Russia's ability…
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As Trump administration readies economic warfare measures against Iran, top security official vows retaliation ‘in a seismic manner’
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent on Monday is expected to announce the new measures after the U.S. vowed to impose an…
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Jared Kushner has negotiated with adversaries like Iran as Trump’s envoy. Now he’s talking with the House Democratic leader ahead of midterms
It's a signal that the White House is seeking ways to work with Democrats if they wrest majority control from…
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‘This is heartbreaking for me’ — A sailor serving on the USS Abraham Lincoln just found out his father was caught in Trump’s immigration crackdown
"I don’t know how I can mentally continue working 12+ hour days knowing that my dad is somewhere, possibly treated like…
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The Iran war could last ‘deep into 2027’ as the Strait of Hormuz isn’t that closed, allowing more oil to leak out—but major escalation is likely soon
"And if the Strait is not fully closed, Iran’s leverage is weak. Thus, Iran has reasons to escalate."
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Burry says he sold Alibaba, calling it pricey before share sale
“I planned to move most of it back after a month or two. No longer,” Burry said in a post on Substack.
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The Treasury’s recent moves in the bond and currency markets add up to ‘soft-form financial repression’ to lower debt costs, economist warns
“If the market price of USTs is not ‘allowed‘ to adjust down, the foreign exchange price of UST owned by foreign…
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Earth’s forests took 100,000 years to recover from the last climate shock — this one is moving 10 times faster
Tree fossils that are 56 million years old are trying to tell us something about how long forests take to bounce back…
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Reno’s mayor to residents near a fast-growing wildfire: your life matters more than your house
The Hawk Fire has already burned structures and forced 14,000 homes to evacuate, just weeks after fires north of Reno…
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Trump panic mounts as judge rules his financial records fair game in his own BBC defamation lawsuit
Trump sued the BBC, and then a court tried to serve subpoenas on Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner. Secret Service agents…
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Nancy Kassebaum Baker said she’d ‘rather cuddle up and do needlepoint all day,’ but became a rare Republican to call for Trump’s impeachment
Nancy Kassebaum Baker, a governor's daughter who never wanted the spotlight, has died at 94 — still Kansas's most…
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A California house painter taught himself about gibbons 50 years ago — and now his center is a world-leading rescue facility
The Gibbon Conservation Center cares for some 40 gibbons today, whose singing can sometimes be heard a mile away in the…
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Japan’s PM is barely sleeping and rarely leaving her office in the name of ‘efficiency.’ Her approval rating disagrees
Sanae Takaichi says she sleep 0-3 hours nightly. “I’ve never seen a ghost, but I have often screamed because of my…
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‘We’re going to hit back’ — Canada does what many other U.S. allies have avoided: risk economic pain rather than yield to tariff pressure
Carney said Washington introduced language in the final hours of negotiations that would have restricted Canada’s…
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The U.S. picked the Mexican state without screwworm to reopen the border. Then it got screwworm
Days before the Aug. 24 reopening, Sonora — chosen as the safe crossing point — confirmed its first case, 325 miles…
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Traders bet bitcoin was stuck below $67,000. The Treasury blew that trade up in one afternoon
A surprise bond buyback triggered a squeeze that liquidated over $4 billion in bearish crypto bets and sent bitcoin…
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Your boss’s monitoring app didn’t just watch you — it shared your data to Facebook and a Russian search engine
Researchers logged 121 instances of nine bossware platforms sending worker data to outside companies, including Meta.
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Buc-ee’s Buckeye backlash as beaver infringement lawsuit infuriates Mini Mart maniacs in Ohio
Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine, who attended and praised the grand opening of the Dayton-area Buc-ee’s store in April, described…
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Taxing all 938 billionaires at 100% wouldn’t stop the $40 trillion national debt, says Elon Musk. Bernie Sanders says tax them 5% and send you a check
Elon Musk argues America’s $40 trillion debt is too big for billionaire taxes to fix, but Bernie Sanders says a 5% tax…
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Despite his $2.6 billion net worth, MrBeast said he’s had to borrow cash and didn’t even have enough money in his bank account to buy McDonald’s
Jimmy Donaldson, the world’s most popular YouTuber and founder of $5 billion business Beast Industries, claimed he…
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The tax escape map: Billionaires are bolting for Florida from the West Coast and taking some $29 billion in tax revenue with them
Driven partly by proposed wealth taxes, some of America’s richest people have poured hundreds of millions of dollars…
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