Trump policies ‘promise’ recession if fully implemented, UCLA’s economic forecasting center warns
Trump UCLA’s Anderson Forecast center says trouble may be coming for the US economy thanks to President Donald Trump’s policies. If Trump fully implements his tariffs, deportations, and government job cuts, a recession is a sure thing, a report authored by Clement Bohr, an economist at the forecast group, said on Tuesday. To be clear,…
Pink Palm Puff’s $89 hoodies are the hot new tween status symbol. Meet the 17-year-old founder.
It was summertime when Lauren Brown’s daughter pleaded with her to buy an $89 hoodie. “I thought the price tag was a little steep so I told her, maybe for her birthday,” Brown told B-17. She kept asking for it, and that fall, for her eighth birthday, Ada got the hoodie of her dreams. The…
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang joked about something that could cost his biggest customers billions of dollars
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang. Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang made a joke this week that his biggest customers probably won’t find funny. “I said before that when Blackwell starts shipping in volume, you couldn’t give Hoppers away,” he said at Nvidia’s big AI conference Tuesday. “There are circumstances where Hopper is fine,” he added. “Not many.”…
Elon Musk’s 9 p.m. all-hands Tesla meeting shows what he can get away with
At an all-hands meeting Thursday, CEO Elon Musk encouraged workers to hold onto their shares. With any other CEO, it would have been a five-alarm emergency. Yet, Elon Musk’s recent last-minute after-hours all-hands with Tesla workers was a reminder that the company’s front man — perhaps singularly free from the norms other chiefs abide by…
Google says a scam network made thousands of fake businesses on Google Maps to collect and sell user data
In an elaborate scheme, Google says a scammer made money creating fake listings on Google Maps. Google is suing a Maryland man it says made fake business listings on Google Maps. The lawsuit alleges that Yaniv Asayag, working with up to 20 co-conspirators, then sold the personal information of users who contacted those phony businesses.…
Boomers are in big trouble if the stock market keeps sliding
Baby boomers’ dreams of a comfy retirement are in jeopardy as a flagging stock market threatens to spoil their plans. The benchmark S&P 500 index dropped 10% between February 19 and March 13 — a seven-month low — fueled by fears that the Trump administration’s policies could tip the economy into recession. It’s still in…
Here’s what the DISC personality test reveals about leading AI models like ChatGPT and Gemini
Google’s Gemini and OpenAI’s ChatGPT. OpenAI’s ChatGPT is confident and positive, but when pushed to the extreme, it can be manipulative. Google’s Gemini is a good listener but might need a bit of encouragement to say what it really thinks. That’s according to DISC, a popular workplace personality test that some companies are now using…
This molten thermite drone ammo burns through damaged Russian tanks at over 3000 degrees to make sure they stay dead
A Ukrainian drone releasing molten thermite on a tree line below. KYIV, Ukraine — The war in Ukraine has given birth to unimaginable drones, including ones that breathe fire. In battlefield footage recently reviewed by B-17, a small Ukrainian drone slowly approaches a Russian tank, stalking its prey as it closes in. The drone lands…
US egg supplies are getting back to normal, but prices at the store may take a while to follow suit
Eggs for sale at a Metro Market in Wisconsin in February. The Easter Bunny may not need to take out a loan after all. Egg prices appear on track to be back to normal in time for the holiday, as the USDA says egg production has ramped back up. For the fourth week in a…
