Abdul El-Sayed won a hard fight in Michigan’s Democratic primary race for U.S. Senate against Rep. Haley Stevens. He eked out a win by 15,000 votes, or about 1% of the almost 1.5 million votes cast during the election on Aug. 4, 2026. El-Sayed had a consistent populist message during the primary campaign. He told
Aaron Kaufman used to meet his lofty daily protein goals — a gram for each pound he weighs — with ground beef. Then in the spring the 32-year-old moved from Brooklyn to Manhattan. To offset the higher cost of rent, he has been spending more on groceries instead of eating out. But on his first
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) is preparing to spend up to $20 million on electric shock gloves, an emerging technology already being deployed by police in public schools in Omaha, Nebraska. ICE will equip officers with high-tech gloves capable of delivering electric shocks, according to documents published this week by the Department of Homeland
“Is there an AI bubble?” is such a tired thought. Here’s something altogether more wired: The AI boom is paying off, but not in a way that the current equities market has accounted for. The success of the technology in one area of the economy could make the bubble real in another, more precisely. In
Berkshire Hathaway’s exceptionally deep pockets are getting shallower under its new CEO, Greg Abel. In its latest earnings report on Saturday, the company said it ended June with $365.5 billion in cash and Treasury bills, a noticeable dip from the $397.4 billion recorded at the end of March. The company’s net income, meanwhile, reached $25.6
Uber believes it’s found a solution to its AI spending problem after it blew through its budget for the technology in just the first few months of the year. In an interview with The Information earlier this year, Uber chief technology officer Praveen Neppalli Naga admitted he went “back to the drawing board” on allotted