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Here’s exactly how much caffeine it’s safe to drink a day
A recent lawsuit against Panera Bread that implicates the chain’s caffeinated “Charged Lemonade” in the death of a college student with a heart condition may have given some folks renewed jitters about…
These are the most expensive ZIP Codes in the U.S. for house shoppers
Where are home buyers paying the most? Mostly on the coasts, according to a new report. Based on a ZIP Code–level analysis of closed home-sale prices, PropertyShark, a real-estate data site owned…
Here’s why you might not have to pay a 6% commission next time you sell a home
Going back decades, if you wanted to buy or sell a stock on the open market, you had to pay a 2% commission to buy and a 2% commission to sell. Then…
Elon Musk Says His New AI Bot ‘Grok’ Will Have Sarcasm and Access to X Information
Updated Nov. 4, 2023 1:44 pm ET Elon Musk gave a glimpse of his artificial-intelligence startup’s first product: a bot named Grok whose sense of humor he demonstrated with jokes about Sam…
Big Tobacco Can No Longer Name Its Price
America’s cigarette market is in flux, and new smoking habits threaten to singe makers of pricey brands the most. One of the attractions of investing in tobacco stocks has been cigarette manufacturers’…
Robinhood Will Match 1% of Your IRA Contributions. Is It a Good Deal?
While the accounts could encourage younger people to save for retirement, some advisers worry about speculative trading and limited investment options. Source link
Sam Bankman-Fried Verdict Reflects Crypto’s Broken Dreams
Sam Bankman-Fried is gone. And crypto is back to its favorite activity: a wild speculative rally. The FTX founder’s trial featured a parade of witnesses detailing a multibillion-dollar fraud at the heart…
One of the World’s Biggest Diamonds Could Be Key to Some of the World’s Fastest Microchips
Microchips are hot. Literally. As engineers cram more functions and power into chips, they require more energy and, thus, produce more heat than ever before. To beat that heat, which limits the…
The AI Deals Enriching Silicon Valley’s Tech Giants
Amazon, Google and Microsoft have spent the past year investing billions of dollars in artificial-intelligence startups—while also charging those fledgling companies a similar amount to use their cloud platforms. The deals are…