Puerto Rico is mostly without power after a huge electricity outage swept the island — and it could take 2 days to fix
A power outage on New Year’s Eve plunged much of Puerto Rico into darkness. A massive blackout hit Puerto Rico early Tuesday — and it could take days to restore power. The outage, which happened around dawn, initially left nearly 90% of the private power company Luma Energy’s 1.47 million customers without power, the company…
I made ChatGPT Search my default browser search engine for a week. I’m ready to switch back to Google.
I found ChatGPT Search often struggled to provide me with the answers I go to Google for. After a little over a week of using ChatGPT search as my default search engine, I can say that it won’t be replacing Google Search for me in the near future. ChatGPT Search became available to anyone with…
Warren Buffett tells people to buy an S&P 500 index fund. A celebrity tech investor says they face a ‘rude awakening.’
Warren Buffett, the CEO of Berkshire Hathaway. Warren Buffett preaches that picking stocks and timing the market are fool’s errands for the vast majority of people. He says their best bet is to simply invest in a low-fee S&P 500 index fund and hold it for the long term. But a handful of technology stocks…
‘Trading too much and not investing enough’: Dmitry Balyasny on why he’s remade the hedge fund’s equities team
Dmitry Balyasny founded his hedge fund in 2001. Throughout its 23-year history, Dmitry Balyasny’s firm has been known, first and foremost, as a stock picker. While the $20 billion multistrategy firm has added strategies like macro, commodities, and quant over the years and expanded its head count to 2,000 people, the Chicago-based manager still leads…
Jimmy Carter was the first president to install White House solar panels, then Ronald Reagan removed them. Here’s what happened.
The dedication ceremony for solar panels installed on the roof of the West Wing on June 20, 1979. After President Jimmy Carter died on Sunday at the age of 100, world leaders, including former US presidents and the British royal family, paid tribute to his legacy of humanitarian work and public service. Among the many…
The Boeing 737 model in the South Korea crash has a stellar safety record — and is flown by nearly every airline in the world
The Boeing 737 model involved in Sunday’s crash is among the most widely used aircraft in the world, though a handful have been involved in fatal accidents. The Boeing plane that crashed in South Korea on Sunday, killing 179, has a remarkable safety record. The 737-800 model is among the world’s most widely used passenger…
The Boeing 747 is a rarer sight but still popular with heads of state. See which royals and presidents have a ‘Queen of the Skies.’
Iranian soldiers and the Sultan of Oman’s Boeing 747 at Tehran’s airport. The Boeing 747 has become one of the most iconic airplanes ever built since it was introduced in 1970. The double-decker aircraft pioneered the use of the term “jumbo jet.” But the “Queen of the Skies” is growing old, and its four engines…
Why Trump and Elon Musk still want key administration officials to be confirmed without a floor vote
President-elect Donald Trump and Tesla CEO Elon Musk want the second Trump administration to press its power to install their allies in power. President-elect Donald Trump isn’t backing down from his threat to ram through cabinet nominees over the potential objections of his fellow Republicans. In a recent interview with Time Magazine, Trump did not…
Putin is heavily sanctioned, but he still managed to travel a lot this year
Russian President Vladimir Putin went on 11 international trips this year. Russian President Vladimir Putin was a social butterfly this year, traveling to various countries and meeting foreign dignitaries at home — even though he is heavily sanctioned. The Russian leader started the year mostly in his country ahead of the presidential election in March…
