Elon Musk does not shy away from bizarre conflict: He dared Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight that never materialized, publicly feuded with President Trump after a monthslong public friendship, and even challenged Vladimir Putin to “single combat.” But Musk’s most recent opponent is neither a world leader nor a major tech figure. It’s the irreverent popular game Cards Against Humanity. The conflict surrounds Starbase, a community in the Rio Grande Valley built as a launchpad for Musk’s SpaceX rockets as well as a residential area for the company’s employees.As of 2025, the city had 500 full-time residents. But part…
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Trump’s new savings accounts for kids just went live last month, but they’re not the only interesting investment change in the mix this year. With a new bipartisan bill known as the First-Time Homebuyer Empowerment Act, lawmakers want to allow first-time homebuyers to tap into a portion of their college savings accounts for a down payment. Colorado Democrat Michael Bennet and Ohio Republican Jon Husted introduced the bill in the Senate earlier this month. If passed, it could give some families looking to afford a home a big boost—but that’s a big if. If it becomes law, the First-Time Homebuyer…
Elon Musk is reportedly going to launch a “flying car.” Not a flying taxi like those oversize drones that want to take rich people from Manhattan to JFK Airport, laughing at us peasants traveling in regular cabs. Not another old Tesla Roadster mounted atop a Falcon 9. No. This will be a next-generation Tesla Roadster that can fly on its own using cold gas thrusters developed by SpaceX. Like Nick Fury’s flying car. For the umpteenth time, Musk will try to overexcite fans and Tesla bulls with yet another epic announcement, demoing this fantastic car this month, sources tell The…
Between companies ghosting job applicants and companies advertising ghost jobs that don’t exist, it can feel harder than ever to find a job. And so job seekers trying to land a new role will sometimes do just about anything to try to grab an employer’s attention. While some applicants might send in a curated portfolio of accomplishments, a personalized cover letter, or a direct message to anyone who will listen via LinkedIn, one Melbourne-based designer, Felix Toohey, is taking a more dramatic approach. The Australian hand-delivers his CV directly to companies he is interested in working for—the old-school way. But…
After President Donald Trump’s plan to build a lavish ballroom next to the White House hit a major roadblock, his administration is asking the highest court in the land to green-light construction. On Friday, the Trump administration sent an emergency filing to the Supreme Court claiming that a mandated freeze on the ballroom’s construction amounts to a national security threat. If the Supreme Court doesn’t intervene, August 21 is the last day the project—very much underway in the chaos where the East Wing once stood—can continue. In the filing, U.S. Solicitor General D. John Sauer argued that construction is too…
Below, Owen Fitzpatrick shares five key insights from his new book, Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times. Fitzpatrick is a social psychologist, behavioral change expert, and international speaker who has spent three decades studying how beliefs are formed, challenged, and transformed. He has traveled to more than 100 countries—including North Korea, Afghanistan, Rwanda, and Iran—researching the mechanics of persuasion and propaganda, and works with leaders and organizations around the world to help them understand and harness the power of belief. What’s the Big Idea? Your beliefs don’t come from objective reality—they’re stories your mind constructs, feels into,…
So far, 530A tax-advantaged investment accounts for kids, also known as “Trump accounts,” have had a successful debut. As of July 27, just over three weeks after the accounts went live, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reported that 7 million children under 18 are enrolled, and 86% of them come from families with annual incomes of less than $200,000. The House Committee on Ways and Means stated that the high percentage of accounts belonging to families earning less than $200,000 is “proof that this investment is reaching the families who need it most.” Earlier this week, the Treasury Department proposed further…
Jif just rebranded for the first time in 30 years, and it’s a (rare) example of how to modernize a beloved brand without killing its quirk. The updated branding will appear across all of Jif’s products starting this fall, and includes a new wordmark, logo, fonts, and photography. On August 10, Jif dropped a new campaign called “Every Jif’ing Thing,” which highlights the spread’s many use cases—think smoothies, yogurt bowls, and peanut noodles. Together, these efforts are part of a broader repositioning plan from Jif. The brand told Marketing Dive that while 85% of consumers could recognize the Jif logo…
Ask people which app they use most frequently on their phones, and they’re likely to pick one of five types: a messaging app, a maps app, a web browser, a clock app, or a weather app. If they go with a weather app, it could be one of many. In fact, there are so many weather forecasting apps available for the iPhone—hundreds of them—that Apple’s App Store gives them their own category, something that can’t be said for, say, clock apps. While most come from smaller indie developers, there are a handful of ones from major brands, including Apple, CNN,…
A Baylor College of Medicine pediatrician just told Texas lawmakers that “high school seniors are legally walking around with Vegas in their pockets.” Lindy McGee was describing prediction-market apps such as Kalshi and Polymarket, where users as young as 18 bet real money on soccer games, elections, and pop-culture outcomes. The Texas Medical Association wants the minimum age raised to 21. The apps sit in a regulatory gap. The federal Commodity Futures Trading Commission oversees them, and they aren’t legally classified as gambling. Texas already bans most betting, but a state effort to close the loophole is stalled in a lawsuit the platforms filed themselves. While I agree that Texas…