Apple’s Foldable iPhone Just Got Its First Reviews — Here’s What Testers Are Saying
Apple has spent nearly a decade watching Samsung, Huawei, and a parade of Chinese phone makers duke it out in the foldable phone market from the sidelines. That changes in less than two weeks. With Apple’s “Surprise and Shine” event locked in for September 9 at Apple Park, the company’s long-rumored foldable iPhone is finally […]
US National Debt Hits $40 Trillion: What It Actually Means for You
The number is almost too big to picture: $40,000,000,000,000. This week, the U.S. national debt crossed the $40 trillion mark, a milestone the government reached months earlier than many forecasters had predicted. If that headline made your eyes glaze over, you’re not alone — a number that size stops feeling like money and starts feeling […]
Who Is Kevin Warsh? What the New Fed Chair’s First Jackson Hole Speech Means for Your Money
Every August, a few hundred central bankers, economists, and Wall Street strategists trade their offices for a lodge in Grand Teton National Park to talk about the economy. Most years, nobody outside finance Twitter notices. This year is different. On Friday, Kevin Warsh — barely three months into the job — will walk to the […]
Astronomers Found the Fastest Star in the Milky Way — It’s Moving 15,500 Miles Per Second
Astronomers have identified what appears to be the fastest star ever recorded in the Milky Way, a stellar object hurtling around the galaxy’s central supermassive black hole, Sagittarius A*, at approximately 15,500 miles per second, according to this week’s astronomy coverage. To put that in perspective, that’s fast enough to cross the continental United States in under […]
Amazon Is About to 6x Its Drone Deliveries — Is Your City on the List?
Amazon has announced plans to expand its Prime Air drone delivery service sixfold, bringing it to nearly 500 U.S. cities by the end of 2026, according to this week’s tech coverage. For a service that has spent years in limited pilot programs, this marks the most aggressive expansion yet, and it could mean drone deliveries showing up […]