Tesla cofounder leads U.S. ‘urban mines’ to compete with China in battery recycling and critical minerals
Straubel founded Redwood Materials in 2017, which is rapidly expanding and has grown into the United States’ first line of defense for recycling critical minerals in the potential supply-chain cold…
Big Tech wants AI to help with your holiday shopping. The tech has flashes of magic, but it won’t replace Santa—yet
But Fortune’s testing of some of the platforms suggest that Santa doesn’t need to look for another job quite yet. While the offerings show flashes of magic, they may need…
Americans can’t agree on what ‘middle class’ means anymore, and they’re debating it in the comments of TikTok home tours
Some viewers feel showcased homes look more affluent than their own reality, prompting debate over whether the poster is truly middle class or, as one commenter put it, “upper class…
Campbell’s fires exec after leaked recording berating ‘poor’ customers and ‘bioengineered meat’ prompts outrage and investigation
The Campbell’s Company fired an executive after he went on an hour-long rant about the company’s products and called its customers “poor.”The maker of Campbell’s chicken noodle soup said Wednesday…
Nobel laureate Paul Krugman says Bitcoin’s meltdown is deeply connected to Trump’s waning power: ‘Think of it as the unraveling of the Trump trade’
It’s no coincidence that Bitcoin’s collapsing price has coincided with signs of President Donald Trump’s diminishing political power, according to Paul Krugman, Nobel Prize–winning economist and professor of economics at…
OpenAI won’t make money by 2030 and still needs to come up with another $207 billion to power its growth plans, HSBC estimates
The investment bank HSBC, while clarifying that it still believes AI is a “megacycle” and that its forecasts “indicate a leading position for OpenAI from a revenue standpoint,” nevertheless calculates…
After fighting for legalization, weed smokers face a harsh reality: Symptoms earlier generations didn’t experience make wake-and-bake a new kind of addiction
For the past several years, 75-year-old Miguel Laboy has smoked a joint with his coffee every morning. He tells himself he won’t start tomorrow the same way, but he usually…
Supreme Court to hear Texas landlord’s lawsuit against the Post Office for failing to deliver mail for 2 years
The case focuses on whether the special postal exemption to the Federal Tort Claims Act applies when postal employees intentionally fail to deliver letters and packages.“We’re going to be faced…
Why an ASEAN power grid is key to tapping Southeast Asia’s green potential
That creates a problem.The ASEAN nations enjoy vast but as yet largely untapped potential for renewable energy, especially PV solar, and onshore and offshore wind. The IEA puts potential supply…
‘Low-hire, low-fire’ economy grinds on as lower-than-expected jobless claims suggests layoffs aren’t spiking
The four-week average of claims, which softens some of the week-to-week volatility, dropped 1,000 to 223,750.The total number of Americans filing for jobless benefits for the week ending Nov. 15…
