July 26, 2022

The Mega Millions jackpot jumps to $810 million. Here are your odds of winning

The Mega Millions jackpot is currently sitting at $810 million. It would be the third-largest jackpot in Mega Millions history. The second largest jackpot ever, […]
July 25, 2022

Online pricing algorithms are gaming the system, and could mean you pay more

Price fluctuations as a result of algorithms have been found to increase feelings of customer betrayal. Steven Puetzer/Getty Images If you've shopped online recently, you […]
July 25, 2022

What happens when people want all the air fryers and then, suddenly, they don't

An air fryer awaits its buyer at a Kroger store in Kentucky in 2020, when the kitchen appliance became a hot seller. Scotty Perry/Bloomberg via […]
July 25, 2022

Inflation is crippling rural America and may even drive people to the cities

A combination of factors is pushing some people in rural areas to consider moving closer to cities. Spencer Platt/Getty Images Inflation is crippling rural America […]
July 25, 2022

Corporate America reckons with its role in reproductive rights

A number of companies with staff in Texas has offered to pay for abortion-related travel. Montinique Monroe/Getty Images When Senate Bill 8 took effect in […]
July 24, 2022

The Fed's mission improbable: Beating inflation without causing a recession

Federal Reserve Board Chairman Jerome Powell. Mark Wilson/Getty Images The U.S. Federal Reserve has a delicate job in front of it — pumping the brakes […]
July 22, 2022

As a heat wave blankets much of the U.S., utilities are managing to keep up, for now

Power transmission lines span toward San Antonio, Texas. More than 100 million people are currently under heat-related warnings and advisories across the United States, the […]
July 20, 2022

Netflix loses nearly 1 million subscribers. That's the good news

Netflix reports that it lost nearly 1 million subscribers in the second quarter of 2022, but that was better than the 2 million it had […]
July 20, 2022

Surreal or too real? Breathtaking AI tool DALL-E takes its images to a bigger stage

DALL-E2, the AI image tool, generated these images of a giraffe shopping in a grocery store. Image generated by AI/DALL-E2 /OpenAI When the Silicon Valley […]
July 20, 2022

St. Paul ordinance set 3 percent cap on rent increases — but exemption requests are mounting

Last fall, it looked simple. Voters in St. Paul approved a strict new rule for raising rents in the city. "We're the taxpayers, we're the […]