Two earthquakes of magnitude 7.0 or greater struck within days of each other in Alaska and Japan, raising concerns that another big quake could be on the way. The first earthquake occurred in Alaska on December 6 with a magnitude of 7.0, a major earthquake capable of causing serious damage if it had not happened … Read more
Nvidia will remain the best AI chip game for the foreseeable future. Microsoft’s cloud and AI businesses are expanding rapidly. Amazon’s cloud, e-commerce and advertising businesses have plenty of room to grow. 10 Stocks We Like More Than Nvidia › The Dow Jones Industrial Averagethe price-weighted index that tracks America’s 30 largest companies, is a … Read more
The universe has no shortage of mysteries, many of which have puzzled us for centuries. One of the biggest is the existence of something called dark matter. First theorized in 1933 by Fritz Zwicky, dark matter is a theoretical type of matter that cannot be seen because it does not interact with light or any … Read more
Mortgage rates were capped at intervals of more than six weeks, with nothing forcing them to go up or down. According to Zillow, the 30-year average rate is 6.07%. The average rate over 15 years is 5.53%. A Federal Reserve rate cut is likely tomorrow, comments from Fed Chairman Jerome Powell and the Fed’s points … Read more
00:00 Speaker A Mike, before we get into that, I just wanted to explain how you arrived at that $140,000 number here, because you’re looking at different inputs, right? For the household expensive. So you use national data to calculate average child care, housing costs, then you’ve added in food, health care, taxes, transportation. These … Read more
Private equity has officially arrived in college athletics. The University of Utah is on the verge of forming the industry’s first partnership with an equity firm in a marriage that includes a nine-figure capital infusion and the creation and joint ownership of a for-profit entity to operate athletics business and financial elements outside the traditional … Read more
RAFAH, Gaza Strip (AP) — One by one, soldiers filed through a narrow entrance to a tunnel in southern Gaza. In a dark hallway, some ducked their heads to avoid hitting the low ceiling as they tracked their step as they walked over or around jagged concrete, broken plastic bottles and tattered mattresses. On Monday, … Read more
The Trump administration’s aggressive deportation policies have increased stress among the country’s roughly 14 million immigrants living in the U.S. without legal authorization. The sudden increase in the number of arrests and dramatic deportations of immigrants in the past year has attracted widespread media attention. A less publicized problem is that many young, undocumented immigrants … Read more
When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndicate partners may earn a commission. Map of local interstellar clouds just outside Earth’s solar system, with blue arrows showing which directions these clouds are moving. The yellow arrow indicates the direction of the sun’s own movement. | Credit: NASA/Adler/U. Chicago/Wesleyan Astronomers have discovered … Read more
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Riley Allen, a 15-year-old schoolboy living on an Outback sheep farm, doesn’t know how he’ll keep in touch with his far-flung circle of friends once Australia’s world-first social media ban goes into effect Wednesday. Riley’s family lives 5 kilometers (3 miles) from Wudinna, a community of just over 1,000 in the … Read more