PayPal pops nearly 7% on report fintech startup Stripe is weighing an acquisition

Thomas Fuller | SOPA Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images PayPal‘s stock surged nearly 7% on…

Some Waymo riders are so lazy that gig workers are getting paid $24 to close the door for them | Fortune

The hit 1985 sci-fi film Back to the Future promised us flying cars and hoverboards by…

The stock market bubble will burst in 2027, and the current rotation is a ‘warning of trouble ahead,’ Capital Economics says | Fortune

Capital Economics is warning that the powerful shift underway in U.S. equities could signal that a…

Lucid widely misses earnings expectations, forecasts slowing EV growth in 2026

A Lucid Gravity coming off the line at the company’s factory in Casa Grande, Arizona. Lucid…

Anthropic faces Friday deadline in Defense AI clash with Hegseth

United States Secretary of War Pete Hegseth speaks during a visit to Sierra Space in Louisville,…

The record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns  | Fortune

Workers have been falling behind dramatically in the tug of war between capital and labor, stoking…

Nvidia, Microsoft back self-driving firm Wayve as it hits $8.6 billion valuation

Autonomous driving company Wayve has hit an $8.6 billion valuation after securing fresh funds from Nvidia,…

 Last year, Accenture trained 550,000 workers in AI—now it’s warning senior staff to use it or don’t get promoted | Fortune

Bosses have long warned staffers who are slacking in AI adoption that they will get overtaken…

Trump says Iran wants a deal more than the U.S. as American forces build up in oil-rich Middle East

Iran wants to make a “deal” more than the U.S., President Donald Trump said Tuesday stateside,…

‘Ghost GDP,’ a white-collar recession, and the death of friction: Substack’s top finance writer warns of AI’s 2028 crisis that nobody sees coming | Fortune

“Ghost in the machine” isn’t just an album by The Police. It’s a midcentury term, coined…