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At a Glance: Housing starts and permits have fallen sharply in 2025. Real estate markets are floundering. That doesn’t bother me in the least, and it shouldn’t bother you either In the five months from March to August, residential construction permits fell 10.2%. (We don’t have data for September, because we don’t have a functioning government.) From […]
For decades, physicists have promised that quantum computing would one day outrun classical machines. That day may have arrived. On Oct. 22, Google’s Willow quantum processor completed a task that supercomputers would need 150 years to finish by compressing centuries of calculation into two hours. Industry experts say the result, verified by Nature, isn’t only […]
from the these-things-never-end-well dept Elon Musk is having a very bad week. The man who bought Twitter for $44 billion to secure unaccountable power over public discourse is discovering what unaccountable power actually looks like when wielded by someone who understands dominance better than he does. Trump just stripped SpaceX of a government contract and handed it to […]
Key Takeaways A North Carolina resident lost $3 million in XRP due to a hack of his Ellipal hardware wallet. Stolen XRP was dispersed across hundreds of wallets to obscure the trail, highlighting self-custody risks. Share this article A retired man claims he lost his entire crypto savings after his Ellipal cold wallet was hacked […]
One of the most conspicuous features of generative AI tools is their accessibility. With no training and in very little time, you can create an image of whatever you can imagine in whatever style you desire. That’s a key reason AI art has attracted so much criticism: It’s now trivially easy to clog sites like […]
These companies pay high-yielding and steadily rising dividends backed by strong financial profiles. I love to collect dividend income. It provides me with more cash to invest each month and a growing level of financial freedom. My goal is to eventually generate enough passive income from dividends and other sources to cover my basic living […]
Your truly is not keen about having to think as much about stock market price levels as seems warranted of late. It’s pretty obvious AI plays are in a monster bubble, but that does not mean they won’t go even higher before reality drags them back to earth. As we’ve said, historically a stock market […]
They promised us flying cars. We got passwords to do our shopping. But given that secure, random, and frequently updated passwords are now the cornerstone of keeping our financial assets safe, Monevator contributor The Realist makes the case for using a password manager to wrangle them… Nearly every aspect of our lives in today’s digital […]
1. Real Estate Photography: Capture Homes, Capture Profits Photos sell properties, and real estate agents know it. That’s why many are willing to pay hundreds of dollars per shoot for professional-quality images. If you have a good camera and some editing skills, this can become a lucrative side business. To stand out, consider offering drone […]
You’ve probably heard the buzz about CSS Masonry. You might even be current on the ongoing debate about how it should be built, with two big proposals on the table, one from the Chrome team and one from the WebKit team. The two competing proposals are interesting in their own right. Chrome posted about its […]
