Quantum computing is expected to grow into a $72 billion market by 2035. Startups operating in the quantum computing industry offer a lot of potential, but also a lot of risk. Nvidia, IBM, and Alphabet are all into quantum computing, too, but they don’t come with any of the risks of a startup. 10 Stocks … Read more
iPhone owners looking to upgrade their current model to a newer version, or first-time iPhone buyers, shouldn’t buy their next device directly from Apple or the wireless carrier store closest to their home, no matter how good the trade-in and carrier deals are, until they check out what Costco Wholesale has to offer. Apple hasn’t … Read more
ATLANTA (AP) — With many Americans still recovering from multiple blasts of snow and unrelenting freezing temperatures in the northern part of the nation, a new storm will roll in this weekend that could blanket roads, trees and power lines with devastating ice across a wide swath of the South. The storm arriving later this … Read more
Experts investigating the cause of a train crash in Spain that killed 40 people have found a broken joint on the tracks. The tail end of a train heading from Malaga to Madrid derailed at 19.45 on Sunday, colliding with a train heading from the capital to Huelva. Investigators at the scene found some wear … Read more
Marketing departments talk about innovation and performance, but reliability it lives in quieter details: if a car starts on a cold morning, if the warning lights remain off after the fifth year, and if owners are forced to make repeated visits to the service area. That’s where long-term owner-reported data matters. Consumer Reports has spent … Read more
If you’re an investor like me, you can’t be blamed for looking at last April’s returns and thinking things were all roses and daisies. After a scary tariff-induced 19% drop in the S&P 500, stocks rallied sharply from April lows. Nasdaq Comp and S&P 500 gained 50% and 36%respectively, in less than a year. That’s … Read more
SF. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Federal immigration agents opened a door and detained a U.S. citizen in his Minnesota home at gunpoint without a warrant, then led him down the street in his underwear in subfreezing conditions, according to his family and videos reviewed by The Associated Press. ChongLy “Scott” Thao told the AP that … Read more
A dispute that started over heating a dish in a microwave oven ended with two Indian students winning a $200,000 settlement from a US university. Aditya Prakash and his fiancee, Urmi Bhattacheryya, told the BBC they had filed a civil rights lawsuit against the University of Colorado, Boulder, after facing a series of “microaggressions and … Read more
Two staffers from Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency team at the Social Security Administration secretly contacted a right-wing advocacy group trying to “overturn the election results,” according to the Justice Department. A court filing in a long-running lawsuit targeting DOGE’s Social Security efforts reveals that at least one DOGE employee signed an agreement … Read more
The engine crate market is not for the faint of heart. It’s a place where excitement, power and mechanical intricacy converge to allow car geeks to transform an empty engine bay into something special. While everyone knows that the engine is the heart of every build, knowing what to choose, how to build it, and … Read more