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Kevin Bacon once wanted to know what life felt like without fame. The actor, who previously said he and his wife, actress Kyra Sedgwick, lost most of their money in Bernie Madoff's investments before the scheme collapsed, decided to test it in an unusual way: by disguising himself and going out in...

Warren Buffett may be a master of the stock market at 95, but even a lifetime of winning hasn't shielded him from a deeply personal loss. He has said the biggest mistake of his life had nothing to do with money — it was not fully understanding the person who mattered most, his first wife, Susan...

Claims that ChatGPT consumes large amounts of water do not reflect how modern data centers operate, according to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. "This is completely untrue," Altman said last month at the India AI Impact Summit. "Totally insane. No connection to reality."  Questions about electricity...

There's a difference between helping family and reopening a tab you already closed—and one dad says he's not putting his card back down. In a Reddit post, the father said his college-age kids are now calling him "heartless" after he refused to help their mother, who is struggling financially and...

Artificial intelligence startup xAI is undergoing a major reset after problems in its early hiring process, Elon Musk said.  "Many talented people over the past few years were declined an offer or even an interview at xAI. My apologies," Musk wrote on X last week. "Baris Akis and I are going...

Two luxury watches marked former Houston Rockets guard Kenny Smith's 50th birthday. Indiana Pacers legend Reggie Miller and former Phoenix Suns star Charles Barkley surprised him with the gifts, Smith recently said on the iHeartMedia radio show "Big Boy's Neighborhood." "He said, ‘I ordered it....

A debate over a $1.8 million home has left one married couple weighing whether to buy now or wait. The original poster wrote on the r/RealEstate subreddit that he and his wife are weighing whether to buy now or wait until his income rises after residency. The resident physician said the property...

Most U.S. CEOs intend to put serious money into AI this year, according to KPMG. About 79% of CEOs in a recent KPMG survey said they intended to commit at least 5% of capital expenditure to AI, including to upskill employees, accelerate innovation and integrate the technology into their workflows....

Amazon’s push to get workers to adopt AI is having adverse effects on productivity, according to The Guardian. Amazon staff are spending time that would otherwise be used on productive work to fix errors made by internal AI tools, The Guardian reported last week.  However, employees told...

Warnings that the booming private credit market could echo past financial crises are gaining attention on Wall Street, with former Goldman Sachs CEO Lloyd Blankfein among those sounding the alarm. "It sort of smells like that kind of a moment again," Blankfein said, referring to the 2008 financial...

When you're working in fine dining, the only thing that should be broken is the yolk on a perfectly poached egg — not your engine. On an episode of "The Ramsey Show," 22-year-old Jordan from Greenville, South Carolina, called in with a financial recipe gone sour. She told hosts Dave Ramsey and Ken...

With 7 out of 10 Americans living paycheck to paycheck, personal finance expert David Bach is issuing a wake-up call: The "automatic economy" is either building your wealth or dismantling it.  In a recent appearance on the "Mel Robbins Podcast," the best-selling author of "The Automatic...

Artificial intelligence is beginning to reshape parts of the labor market, Federal Reserve Governor Lisa Cook said. The technology may displace workers before creating new jobs, she said last month at the 42nd annual National Association for Business Economics Economic Policy Conference in...

Ken from Los Angeles had been doing well financially, but with his income declining, the state's high cost of living has left him questioning his future. He is torn between staying in California and moving to a cheaper state to improve his family's quality of life. He called into "The Ramsey Show"...

Shaquille O'Neal has spent most of his life being the rich one in the room. The NBA Hall of Famer built a fortune through basketball, endorsements and business deals. So when a podcast host asked him to imagine dating a woman worth $100 billion, the conversation quickly turned into a debate about...