Florida may abolish property taxes. Here’s what they are in every state.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has proposed eliminating the state’s property taxes, which account for most school district funding. Watching your home value soar is a great feeling for many homeowners. Getting hit with a much higher property tax bill as a result, not so much. In Florida, Republican lawmakers are responding to homeowners’ uproar over…
Lending money can earn you passive, double-digit returns — but you’ll need 2 things to compete
There are a variety of ways to earn interest on your money — including, lending. “I like to think of it as turning normal folks into the bank,” Mike Gorius, a Louisville-based, real-estate investor who prefers to work with private money lenders rather than traditional lenders, told B-17. “Banks lend people’s money at higher interest…
We stayed at Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Resort in Oregon for $120 a night. It wasn’t all glamorous, but we had a great time.
Staying at Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Springs Resort in Oregon in the winter was amazing. For my husband’s 40th birthday in December, we visited the newly renovated Kah-Nee-Ta Hot Spring Resort on the Warm Springs Reservation in Oregon. The resort closed in 2018 but reopened in the summer of 2024 after a remodel. It’s about two hours…
‘It’s my shirt now’: Mark Zuckerberg bought the shirt Jesse Eisenberg wore when playing him in ‘The Social Network’
Jesse Eisenberg, right, portrayed Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, left, in the movie “The Social Network.” It’s a classic Who Wore It Better moment. The contenders: Mark Zuckerberg, and Jesse Eisenberg as Mark Zuckerberg. Appearing on an episode of the “The Colin and Samir Show” podcast, the Meta CEO (the real one) sported a shirt that…
Columbia suspends student who created AI tool that helps people cheat in coding interviews
Chungin “Roy” Lee received notice of his year-long suspension from Columbia University on Wednesday evening. Columbia University has suspended the student who created an AI tool that helps job candidates cheat on technical interviews, according to disciplinary documents obtained by B-17. However, it doesn’t appear his suspension was because of the tool itself. According to…
It took 41 years for Berkshire Hathaway stock to gain $100,000. It just gained that much in 37 days.
Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A stock hit $800,000 for the first time this week, marking a fresh milestone for Warren Buffett’s conglomerate. It took just 37 trading days for Berkshire Hathaway’s Class A shares to gain $100,000, rising from about $700,000 on February 4. For context, it took 41 years for the stock to first cross…
An Nvidia exec explains how CMOs are using AI to get the most out of their ad budgets
Jamie Allan is Nvidia’s director of adtech and digital marketing industries. How can AI help supercharge advertising? That’s one of the major questions on the mind of Jamie Allan, a director at chip giant Nvidia who works on partnerships in the adtech and digital marketing industries. In an interview with B-17, Allan outlined how some…
Tesla owners are offloading their cars in droves
After a brutal few weeks for Tesla, used model listings are up 33%, according to Cox Automotive. Used Tesla listings jumped by 33% so far this year with at least one industry expert saying CEO Elon Musk’s antics continue to have an “undeniable” impact on the brand. Citing Autotrader data, analysts for Cox Automotive said…
I tried out a premium ‘dumb’ phone that costs more than a new iPhone. Here’s how its camera shapes up.
The Light Phone 3 began shipping pre-orders on March 27. Less is more when it comes to the Light Phone 3. However, even with a newly integrated camera, you’ll also be paying more for less. The handset belongs to a group of devices known as “dumb” phones online. Instead of all the bells and whistles…
