Business News Google Goes Nuclear With a Massive Power Deal to Keep Data Centers Running AI is hungry for power sources and nuclear energy is the main course.
Buying a Franchise Happy Joe’s Shrank From 100 Locations to 34. Now New Investors Have a Plan to Put a Smile Back on the Franchise’s Face. The chain behind taco pizza survived a 2022 bankruptcy. Its new owners say the comeback starts with the dough.
Business News Utah’s Breakout Star Is an AI App That Writes Acne Prescriptions — No Dr. Pimple Popper Required Utah is the first state to let AI prescribe zit medicine without direct doctor oversight.
Business News Her Late Mom Made Her This Toast Every Day. Now Customers Line Up Around the Block for It. After a wildfire took her home and her mom passed away from cancer, Ally Walsh found comfort serving this snack at her Canyon Coffee cafe.
Buying a Franchise Crumbl’s Sales Are Crumbling and the CEO Says ‘It’s My Fault’ Stores are closing, franchise support staff members are being laid off and the cookie chain's dirty soda push fizzled.
Business News Who’s the Genius Behind Meta’s Hit AI App Muse? A Mulleted, Croc-Wearing MIT Dropout. Alexandr Wang's Muse hit 5 million downloads faster than ChatGPT. Some Meta employees don't like the special treatment of his hires.
Business News Want to Skip College for a Year to Learn AI? This Silicon Valley-Backed Academy Is Free and Comes With $55K in Perks. A tuition-free San Francisco academy incubated by Andreessen Horowitz will train young builders and future founders in AI.
Business News Your Car Is Spying on You. A New Study Shows Just Who It’s Telling Your Secrets To. Researchers found every car they tested sent data to outside companies, and many companion apps shared drivers' locations and VINs.
Business News Pop-Tarts’ Boozy BuzzBallz Cocktails Fizzle Out After a Month — Here’s Why Mars ‘Regrets the Partnership’ Mars is pulling its BuzzBallz collaboration after critics said the boozy drinks could appeal to kids.
Business News Six Flags Pulls the Plug on the X2 Roller Coaster Linked to 100+ Brain Injury Claims: ‘It’s the Right Thing to Do’ Magic Mountain is retiring the popular ride after a string of lawsuits, including a wrongful-death case that it just settled.
Buying a Franchise Diners Are Back in Restaurants, but Popeyes and Buffalo Wild Wings Still Want a Spot in Your Pantry The Franchise 500 chains are rolling out Pringles and take-home biscuits even as restaurant spending rebounds.
Business News Why Larry Ellison Spent $10 Million Buying Up Houses for His Kids’ Tutors and Staff The Oracle billionaire bought eight houses near his Florida compound so his kids' tutors could live close — but not too close.
Business News Would You Take a $10,000 Check to Let a Data Center Into Your Backyard? This Town Isn’t Buying It. When a developer offered every household in Hazle Township, Pennsylvania, $10,000 to approve a data center, many locals smelled a rat.
Business News Worried About AI Agents Destroying the World? Nvidia Has Software for That. After a string of AI agents that "escaped containment," Nvidia wants to help businesses keep theirs on a leash.
Buying a Franchise Burger King Is Rethinking AI Drive-Thrus: ‘Guests Don’t Want to Talk to a Bot’ The fast food chain has found that forcing AI ordering in drive-thrus causes some customers to drive away.
Buying a Franchise Gen Z Is Snatching Up Franchises — They Want to Own Rather Than Compete for Jobs That ‘Might Not Exist in 10 Years’ Franchise ownership among young people is up 163% since 2022.
Business News Tire Shops Are Losing Workers Due to ‘Backbreaking’ Labor. This Robot Can Swap a Full Set in Under 15 Minutes. Tire shops can't hang on to workers, so San Francisco startup PitPro Automation installed its first robotic system.
Business News ‘Shark Tank’ Star Robert Herjavec Shares His Incredible Origin Story: Immigrated With Just $50, Didn’t Speak English and Started in Business Working for Free Robert Herjavec's father was jailed 22 times for refusing to join the Communist Party. Then the family fled with nothing.
Buying a Franchise McDonald’s Is Giving Franchisees an $8.5 Billion Lifeline to Save Up to $100,000 a Year McDonald's admits some of its past initiatives hurt its own restaurants. Now it's spending big to get them back on track.
Business News Amazon’s Delivery Drones Are Driving This Texas Suburb Crazy: ‘We Can’t Live Like This’ Amazon says the noise complaints are rare, but residents say the drones have made their communities unlivable.
Buying a Franchise Months After the Lettuce Parasite Outbreak, Taco Bell Is Still Struggling With Lower Traffic The outbreak that sickened nearly 20,000 people has officially ended. Getting customers back hasn't been as simple.
Business News Tesla Is Finally Unveiling the New Roadster Next Month — But You’ll Need $50K to Reserve One Tesla is planning to unveil its redesigned Roadster on Oct. 1, with Elon Musk promising that it'll "be a banger."
Buying a Franchise How Domino’s 20-Year-Old Pizza Tracker Shaped Nearly Every Delivery App You Use Today Twenty years ago, a Domino's IT guy built the Domino's Pizza Tracker. Today, it's why your Uber and DoorDash look the way they do.
Business News Airline Pilots Can Make $100,000 a Month. But Holding Onto Their Cash Is Harder Than You Think. A record wave of pilots is hitting mandatory retirement age, and their finances have just as much turbulence as their flights.
Business News Warren Buffett Never Chased Flashy AI Stocks. Here’s How He’s Making a Killing on the Boom Anyway. Buffett made his fortune betting on boring companies like utilities and railroads. Turns out that's exactly what AI needed.
Buying a Franchise A Wendy’s Franchisee With 314 Stores Filed for Bankruptcy — Now It Owes Wendy’s $25 Million The no. 3 burger chain has posted six straight quarters of falling sales. Now one of its biggest operators is feeling the heat.
Business News TikTokers Make Up to $6,000 a Month Posting Sneaky Ads That Don’t Look Like Ads — But Is It Legal? The videos look like everyday content: breakups, rants, daily life. Most viewers have no idea they're watching a paid promotion.
Business News Inside Driscoll’s Berry Strange Case of Corporate Espionage: How China Stole Its Secrets Fifteen years after Driscoll’s introduced its blueberries to China, the company claims farmers stole their growing methods, plants and profits.
Business News Mike’s Hot Honey, Salted Caramel —Philadelphia Cream Cheese Is Getting a Flavor Makeover as Part of Kraft Heinz’s $700 Million Turnaround Kraft Heinz is spreading more money around, and Philadelphia cream cheese just got a bigger schmear of it.
Buying a Franchise Chipotle, Taco Bell and IHOP Are Turning Viral TikToks Into Real Menu Items Restaurants are finding that some of best recipes are coming from social media.