Your #1 guide to start a business and grow it the right way…
InSmartBudget
Search
Startups
Zoom Steps Up Its Game With AI and
Here are five things in tech that happened this week and how they affect your business. Did you miss them? 1 – Zoom taps AI to empower customers in safe hybrid work environment. Zoom – the communications platform used by nearly 13 million people each month – is working to further elevate its collaboration services with AI technology. Announcements include…
Wake up with our popular morning roundup of the day's top military and defense stories
Stay Updated
Get the latest headlines, discounts for the military community, and guides to maximizing your benefits
More Stories
Iranian Ayatollah Khamenei’s Death Sparks Revolt Among Kalshi Customers
In the lead-up to the United States and Israel’s attack on Iran, prediction markets saw a frenzy of activity tied to the conflict. Speculators rushed to guess when the first missile strikes would begin and who might be impacted, placing trades worth hundreds of millions of dollars in total. There…
The Data Centers Have Arrived at the Edge of the Arctic Circle
On the bank of the river that runs through the Swedish town of Borlänge, construction is underway on a sprawling new data center. The site previously housed a paper mill. When the developer, EcoDataCenter, broke ground in September, its CEO Peter Michelson declared, “The facility once produced paper, the raw…
Trump Imposes New Tariffs to Sidestep Supreme Court Ruling
President Trump is adding a new 10 percent tariff on nearly all imports to the United States, following a Supreme Court ruling that overturned most of the levies imposed by the US government last year.In an executive order signed Friday evening, Trump outlined a few exceptions, including imports of critical…
Why Sierra the Supercomputer Had to Die
Supercomputers can be measured in several ways, but the vital statistic is their ability to perform floating-point operations per second, or flops. Flopping as fast as possible is what makes you successful. At her peak, Sierra could hit 94.64 petaflops—94.64 quadrillion floating-point operations—per second. El Capitan, at 1.809 exaflops, is…
Kalshi Suspended a California Politician and a YouTuber for Insider Trading
A former candidate in the 2026 race for governor of California and a popular YouTuber have been kicked off Kalshi’s platform for alleged violations related to insider trading, the popular prediction market revealed Wednesday.In a blog post detailing the cases, Kalshi’s head of enforcement, Robert DeNault, noted that the company’s…
AI Safety Meets the War Machine
When Anthropic last year became the first major AI company cleared by the US government for classified use—including military applications—the news didn’t make a major splash. But this week a second development hit like a cannonball: The Pentagon is reconsidering its relationship with the company, including a $200 million contract,…
Say Goodbye to the Undersea Cable That Made the Global Internet Possible
Sharks are innocent. Or at least they’re not eating the internet. As a family of cartilaginous fish, sharks are collectively not guilty of most, if not all, charges of biting, chomping, chewing, or otherwise attacking the underwater network of fiber-optic cables. The people who build and maintain the nearly 600 subsea…
An FBI ‘Asset’ Helped Run a Dark Web Site That Sold Fentanyl-Laced Drugs for Years
“Lin cannot seriously dispute that the decision to allow opioid sales on Incognito was his own,” the prosecution's filing reads. “And, Lin made that decision knowing full well that encouraging opioids is tantamount to welcoming fentanyl poisonings.”Yet portions of the defense's memos related to Lin's sentencing point to several specific…
Supreme Court Rules Most of Donald Trump’s Tariffs Are Illegal
The US Supreme Court on Friday overturned most of President Donald Trump’s tariffs, which could lead to more than $175 billion in tariff refunds for American companies. In a 6-3 decision, the justices ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA)—the law that the Trump administration used to justify…
Mark Zuckerberg Tries to Play It Safe in Social Media Addiction Trial Testimony
Zuckerberg repeatedly fell back on accusing Lanier of "mischaracterizing" his previous statements. When it came to emails, Zuckerberg typically objected based on how old the message was or his lack of familiarity with the Meta employees involved. “I don’t think so, no,” he replied when directed to clarify whether he…
Most Popular
Creative Ways Startups Can Earn Funding in Tough Economic Times
In a declining economy, startups face an uphill battle when it comes to securing funding.…
I Asked AI to Create a Plan for a Fake Company — The Results Blew Me Away, But Not in the Way You Might Think
With all of the recent news about artificial intelligence (AI), it got me thinking about…
Ideas To Transform You From Good To Better To Best
A while back, I took a couple of my grandchildren on a tour of the…
5 Crucial Challenges Startups Must Overcome
Startups face numerous challenges on their journey to success, and failing to overcome any one…