Bill Oxford | E+ | Getty Images The average tax refund this year is 32.4% lower than it was at around the same point in the filing season in 2024, according to early filing data from the IRS. Tax season opened Jan. 27, and the average refund amount was $2,169 as of Feb. 14, down […]
Super Micro Computer surges 18% after filing delayed financials
Charles Liang, CEO of Super Micro Computer, during the AMD Advancing AI event in San Jose, California, on Dec. 6, 2023. David Paul Morris | Bloomberg | Getty Images Super Micro Computer shares rallied 18% after the AI server company filed its delayed financial results by the Nasdaq’s deadline. The company’s auditor BDO wrote in […]
Morgan Wallen admits he’s his ‘own worst enemy’ after Nashville arrest
Morgan Wallen is addressing his chair-throwing incident in a new song dedicated to his 4-year-old son. In the lyrics, the country star reflected on the night he was arrested in Nashville, Tennessee, after he threw a chair off a rooftop bar in April 2024. Wallen, 31, took to Instagram to share his latest music project, […]
A Team of Female Founders Is Launching Cloud Security Tech That Could Overhaul AI Protection
While working on internet-of-things security in the mid-2010s, Alex Zenla realized something troubling. Unlike PCs and servers that touted the latest, greatest processors, the puny chips in IoT devices couldn’t support the cloud protections other computers were using to keep them siloed and protected. As a result, most embedded devices were attached directly to the […]
Oklahoma BTC reserve bill passes House Committee, other states reject
Oklahoma House Bill 1203, known as the Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Act, passed the House Committee on Feb. 25, moving to the floor.
take steps amid risks to Education Dept.
Students walk through the University of Texas at Austin on February 22, 2024 in Austin, Texas. Brandon Bell | Getty Images Gather student loan records ASAP If the Trump administration is successful in dismantling key parts of the Education Department, the Treasury Department would be the next most logical agency to administer student debt, said […]
Perplexity AI $50 million venture, backing early-stage startups
Perplexity AI logo is seen in this illustration taken January 4, 2024. Dado Ruvic | Reuters Perplexity AI, the developer of a popular artificial intelligence search engine, is close to raising a $50 million venture fund focused on early-stage AI startups, CNBC has learned. The company will be an anchor investor in the fund, but […]
Fox News Entertainment Newsletter: Kathy Lee Gifford’s Donald Trump confession
Kathie Lee Gifford says Trump saved her from “psychopathic murderer” after she received death threat, Alec Baldwin threatens to snap comedian’s neck in heated curbside confrontation. (Getty Images) Welcome to the Fox News Entertainment Newsletter. TOP 3: Kathie Lee Gifford says Trump saved her from ‘psychopathic murderer’ after she received death threat Alec Baldwin threatens […]
This Refinery Wants to Make Sustainable Aviation Fuel Mainstream. Trump’s Cuts Could Kill It
Follow the 10-inch pipeline that stretches south from Minneapolis–Saint Paul International Airport, and after 13 miles you’ll find yourself at a potentially major future hub for sustainable aviation fuel in the upper Midwest. In a deal announced in September, the Koch Industries-owned Pine Bend Refinery in Rosemount, Minnesota, would receive sustainable aviation fuel (SAF)—fuel made […]
Bitdeer stock drops 28% after earnings miss
Bitcoin miners are still reeling from the Bitcoin network’s April 2024 halving.