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Billionaire Peter Thiel is contributing to the fight against the so-called billionaires tax ballot measure that California voters may have the opportunity to vote on this fall.Thiel made a $3 million donation to the California Business Roundtable, a lobbying group that opposes policies it views as being anti-business. The donation was first reported by The New York Times, citing a disclosure. The Times noted that while the donation isn't specifically earmarked for efforts […]

Amazon’s push to build massive artificial-intelligence data centers is now extending into Arizona, where a recently restarted copper mine is supplying industrial metal seen as increasingly critical to powering Big Tech’s AI infrastructure.On Thursday, The Wall Street Journal reported that Amazon Web Services (AWS) signed a two-year agreement with mining giant Rio Tinto’s Nuton venture to secure copper supplies tied to its expanding AI data centers.The Arizona mine outside Tucson […]

Many of the most affordable metros, with the lowest income requirements, are located in the Midwest and parts of the South, with the cheapest city sitting in Pennsylvania.Pittsburgh, according to a report from Realtor.com, is considered the most affordable metro in the nation with a median listing price of $245,000. To afford a home in the area, residents will need an annual salary of $65,000, making it one of the […]

More than 80,000 Chevy vehicles are being recalled because their pedestrian alert sound system is defective, federal regulators said. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) warned owners in a December notice that certain 2025 to 2026 model year Chevrolet Equinox EV vehicles fail to meet federal traffic safety laws because they do not comply with minimum sound requirements for hybrid and electric vehicles.General Motors made this determination after discovering that […]