The updated American Dream may be fractional home-ownership
A handful of startups hope to make your (fractional) home-ownership dreams come true by making down payments actually affordable.
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New York closes the Bitcoin mine
A new bill heading to Governor Kathy Hochul’s desk would halt issuing new permits to Bitcoin mining facilities within the state.
Cruise first to cross finish line in California for driverless-taxi rollout
Autonomous taxis are officially a go in California, with Cruise scoring the first-ever commercial permit in the state.
Researchers experiment with how to hide your voice to protect your privacy
Privacy advocates and researchers want to save your voice from fraud and non-consensual voice and medical monitoring.
What’s on Sheryl Sandberg’s mind?
With her exit from Meta, Sheryl Sandberg leaves an outsized (and controversial) legacy.
Slack wants to connect you to job opportunities
Networking groups on Slack are becoming one of the quickest ways to land a job in the increasingly-anonymous digital world.
Cannabis tourism lights up
Cannabis-driven travel is on the rise, so cities and tourism agencies are meeting demand by offering curated experiences and information.
New York is deploying robot friends for the elderly
Through a new partnership with Intuition Robotics, New York state is taking care of its elderly by giving them a free robot dubbed the ElliQ.
NIL deals pour money into high school athletes’ piggy banks
Top high school athletes around the country are inking six-figure and higher deals around their “name, image, and likeness” (NIL).
Remote work establishes American “Zoomtowns”
Work-from-anywhere arrangements are creating a new boomtown era, where well-off white-collar workers are making their homestead in the reaches of the American midwest.