Woman Goes Viral After Hilarious Cake Mishap at Walmart

Sometimes, when you’re ordering a customized item it pays to be very specific about what you want done — other times, if taken too literally, it does not. Such was the case for a Chicago area-based woman Peyton Chimack who went viral on TikTok after posting a cake she ordered from her local Walmart. In …

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Elon Musk Defines Ultra-Hard Work While Building a Company

Elon Musk founded Tesla, SpaceX, xAI, Neuralink and other companies and consistently ranks among the top three richest people in the world. But his recent conversation with another powerful CEO shows the price Musk had to pay to achieve wealth — and the management and mindset strategies he employs now to build successful companies. Musk …

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Delayed, Cancelled Flights Now Eligible for Full Cash Refund

Travelers inconvenienced by flight delays and cancellations will no longer have to worry about fighting for a refund thanks to new regulations passed by the U.S. Department of Transportation on Wednesday. Passengers on domestic flights delayed three hours more or international flights delayed six hours or more will be entitled to an automatic cash refund …

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Millions of US Small Businesses Have These Things in Common

One week before National Small Business Week, a new study examines some surprising things that the millions of small businesses across the U.S. have in common. A Pew Research Center Survey released Monday delved into Census Bureau data points associated with 33 million small businesses across the U.S. The study defined “small business” as a …

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Lawsuit: SEC Collecting Data on US Stock Market Investors

A new lawsuit alleges that the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has been illegally tracking the data of Americans who have invested in the stock market. The lawsuit, filed by the New Civil Liberties Alliance last week in Texas, claims that the agency has been illegally collecting data through the “Consolidated Audit Trail” program …

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The Daily Beast’s Hiring a Full-time Lauren Sánchez Reporter

Lauren Sánchez has found herself in the public eye, thanks to her high-profile engagement to Amazon founder and billionaire Jeff Bezos — and now one national news outlet is looking for a specialized reporter to cover her every move. The Daily Beast announced that it is looking to hire a full-time senior reporter to cover …

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Century-old inventor of air conditioner is moving on to home heat pump

Heat pumps are becoming more popular for residential housing with energy prices increasing and the need to reduce use of fossil fuel heating systems. Andrew Aitchison | In Pictures | Getty Images In case you haven’t noticed, heat pumps are hot. Although these devices, which use electricity to generate both air conditioning and heat, have …

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James Clear: ‘Two Minute Rule’ Is the Key to Habit Building

Entrepreneur attended BetterUp’s Uplift summit San Francisco on April 11, where renowned author and public speaker, James Clear, who is best known for his New York Times bestselling book, “Atomic Habits,” spoke about the key to building habits that stick. His book, which teaches people the importance of building better habits on a scaleable level …

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Microsoft’s New AI Vasa App Makes Photos Talk and Sing

Microsoft published a research paper this week highlighting a new AI model called VASA-1 that can transform a single picture and audio clip of a person into a realistic video of them lip-syncing — with facial expressions, head movements, and all. The AI model was trained on AI-generated images from generators like DALL·E-3, which the …

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United Airlines Is Giving Taylor Swift Fans a 1-Day Discount

Taylor Swift delighted fans Friday, April 19, when she released a surprise double album, “The Tortured Poets Department: The Anthology,” her 11th studio album. In celebration of the highly anticipated release — and upcoming next leg of her “Taylor Swift: The Eras” tour — United Airlines is offering a special deal for Swifties to garner …

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