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A judge on Friday ordered Arizona’s attorney general to temporarily pause its criminal case against Kalshi, handing a win to the Trump administration in its effort to stop states from regulating prediction markets. Loading audio narration… Federal Judge Michael Liburdi’s decision to back the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission in the case came at the end of a hectic week of arguments in which a lawyer for the federal regulator said a state criminal case would be a “flawed” way to settle hotly contested questions about whether prediction markets can list sports, politics, and other controversial markets.State prosecutors filed 20…

There’s an emerging new way to measure economies in the AI era: Gross Domestic Intelligence, or GDI. Loading audio narration… “We believe investors may begin to assess ‘Gross Domestic Intelligence’ resources at the national level, and this may well become an important investment overlay when assessing the competitiveness of entire nations and industries.” Morgan Stanley analysts wrote in a note to investors recently.GDI measures who has the most AI resources, especially access to AI compute infrastructure including GPUs, networking gear, and data centers.Epoch AI, a research group that tracks AI and its impact, took a stab at this last year…

Recruiters know that technology offers many highly effective ways to find, contact, and communicate with potential hires online. But knowing the best platform to post a job and get visibility can be a minefield.Tech also has its limits. However smart solutions like AI may be, they still can’t replace the real people who power recruiting efforts. Whereas AI excels in managing the heavy lifting of data sorting and matching, experts agree that the human element in recruitment remains more important than ever.When you strike the right balance, it becomes even easier for recruiters to find quality candidates online within the…

Financial influencer Taylor Price joins ‘Varney & Co.’ to break down how shifting your mindset can help Americans grow wealth and achieve the American dream. The bipartisan leaders of Congress’ Joint Economic Committee are sounding the alarm about tax season scams that fraudsters may look to use on unsuspecting taxpayers as filing season winds down. Taxpayers have until Wednesday, April 15, to file their 2025 tax returns or request an extension, and scammers may take advantage of the approaching deadline to take advantage of taxpayers.Scammers have victimized roughly one in four Americans with tax season scams, which have become increasingly…

Americans’ economic mood can be succinctly described in one word: Terrible. Loading audio narration… While inflation soars as conflict with Iran drags on and shows up at the gas pump, consumer sentiment is plummeting. University of Michigan’s Consumer Sentiment Index, which tracks how American consumers feel about economic conditions, fell to 47.6 in April — a record low and a nearly 11% decline month-over-month.The overall sentiment index combines views of how the economy is doing right now with what Americans think is going to happen in the near future, and both crashed this month.”Demographic groups across age, income, and political…

A startup founder’s X post purporting to show a Slack exchange with an employee on their wedding day has sparked a debate about hustle culture and “always-on” expectations for employees. Loading audio narration… On Tuesday, AJ Orbach, cofounder of the e-commerce analytics company Triple Whale, shared a screenshot on X that shows him asking a staff member on Slack, “How is it going?””It’s going, got married this morning/afternoon, but I am back online,” they replied, the screenshot shows.In the X post, which has since been deleted, Orbach praised the employee’s dedication, calling it “special.””One of our team just got married…

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Meredith Meyer, a 30-year-old in the Bay Area who previously worked as an engineering manager at Apple. The following has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When I started working at Apple as a software engineer in 2020, I was really excited to be there. The environment was fast-paced, but I was all in.I had been employed for less than six weeks before we started working from home due to the pandemic. Being stuck at home allowed me to dedicate more time to my work and learn quickly,…

After graduating in 2025, I was excited for the next chapter of my life … and also scared. Loading audio narration… Not only was I preparing to move over 300 miles from my hometown near Glasgow to England, but I was moving to a city regularly located near the top of “worst places to live in the UK” lists: Milton Keynes.Officially designated a new town in 1967, Milton Keynes was built in a grid-street pattern with over 130 roundabouts. Since then, it has earned a reputation for being a concrete jungle with no history, culture, or soul.Moving here wasn’t exactly…

The Iran war has led to a record high increase in gas prices. Loading audio narration… New consumer price index data showed gas prices climbed 21.2% over the month in March. That broke the previous record one-month increase in the index from back in June 2009, when prices increased 20%. The sky-high increase contributed to roughly three-quarters of the overall CPI rise in March.Americans are worried about what the conflict means for energy prices. A Pew Research Center survey of about 3,500 US adults in March found 69% are either very or extremely concerned about higher gas and fuel prices…

YouTube Premium raised its US prices on Friday, marking the latest example of “streamflation.” Loading audio narration… The massively popular Google-owned video platform increased the price of its individual Premium subscription to $15.99 a month, up $2 from $13.99. The family Premium plan rose $4 to $26.99 a month, and the student plan rose $1 to $8.99.”We’re updating the price for YouTube Premium plans in the US for the first time since 2023 to continue delivering a high-quality experience that supports creators and artists on YouTube,” a spokesperson told Business Insider in a statement. “This change allows us to maintain…