BUSINESS NEWS
- The $40 trillion national debt is growing while Social Security goes broke—because wealthy Boomers are collecting over $100k in benefits per year
by Joshua Hong on August 27, 2026 at 7:58 pmBoomers are getting 265% returns from Social Security—and the “great wealth transfer” won’t save Gen Z.
- In border states, even Trump’s own party wants the Canada fight to be over
by Nick Lichtenberg on August 27, 2026 at 7:39 pmGovernors, senators, and automakers in Maine, Vermont, and Michigan have spent 18 months warning the White House a trade war with Canada would bite.
- A consultant who once railed against ‘the billionaire boys club’ is now leading opposition to California’s wealth tax
by Mia Osmonbekov on August 27, 2026 at 7:38 pmNed Wigglesworth once blasted big donors for buying influence. Today, he’s helping lead a nine-figure campaign against Prop. 40
- Bitcoin is having a great month—but Solana is doing even better as coin soars above $100
by Camila Grigera Naón on August 27, 2026 at 6:49 pmInvestors have found fresh reasons to buy Solana beyond Bitcoin’s comeback.
- Anthropic makes first move into physical AI with new way for scientists, manufacturers to bring equipment to life
by Emily Forlini on August 27, 2026 at 6:00 pmThe Model Hardware Standard (MHS) works with any AI model, not just Claude, but for now only a handful of companies can access the research preview.
- OpenAI bans pro-Russia ChatGPT accounts used to spread pro-Kremlin content including an Israel-based think tank using real researchers’ names
by Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez on August 27, 2026 at 5:54 pmOpenAI claims Russian users hid behind VPNs to push a think tank tied to an influence operation and spread pro-Russia content online.
- The AI Odyssey: How a primal fear from the Ancient Greek world has been awakened by new technology
by Nick Lichtenberg on August 27, 2026 at 5:29 pmLong before chatbots, the Greeks built an entire philosophy around the anxiety that rules 2026. We are all Odysseus, sailing through the the sirens' call.
- ‘Clearly, people hate data centers’: Sam Altman admits Americans hate what he’s wrought as his own data centers head quits
by Mia Osmonbekov on August 27, 2026 at 5:27 pmSeven in 10 Americans oppose an AI data center near them, even as OpenAI adds multi-gigawatt projects across the U.S
- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang eats dinner with someone ‘and their stock price doubles the next day’
by Amanda Gerut on August 27, 2026 at 5:15 amPeople want to know where the CEO is dining, and more importantly, who he's with.
- Boiler room raised $74 million selling retirees SpaceX, Anduril, Anthropic, and Perplexity while reaping ‘massive hidden fees,’ SEC claims
by Amanda Gerut on August 15, 2026 at 2:38 pmThe New York financier at the center of the case, Andrew Spaventa, denied the allegations on Friday, and said he planned to defend himself.