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American parents offer their kids lots of financial advice per year, according to a new poll—but they admit their guidance isn’t always implemented. Indeed, respondents said their child listens only about half the time. The survey of 5,000 parents over age 30, split evenly across all 50 states, asked about the…

The Federal Trade Commission this week announced a final ‘Click-to-Cancel’ rule that will require sellers to make cancelling their enrollment “at least as easy to use” as the sign-up process. “Too often, businesses make people jump through endless hoops just to cancel a subscription,” said Commission Chair Lina M. Khan. “Nobody…

According to new reports from the FBI and the Bureau of Labor Statistics, the United States is seeing hugely positive trend lines continue—falling crime and job growth. CRIME For their final annual report covering over 94% of the country’s population, the FBI announced this week that violent crime declined across the…

In Richmond, a company has opened the world’s first indoor strawberry farm. Plenty Unlimited Inc. says their AI-based system makes it possible to grow produce with peak-season flavor, year-round, almost anywhere in the world. AI analyses more than 10 million data points each day across 12 grow rooms, adapting each grow…

In a rather unique story from Reuters, the Spanish olive oil market is profiled for what it can do to power Spain’s homes, not just its economy and kitchens. Accounting for half the production of olive oil in the EU, growers are now getting to sell olive pits as a valuable…

Researchers at the Berkeley National Labs have determined that oil, coal, and gas power plants still have a major role to play in America’s energy economy—as electrical sockets. There are years of red tape needed for renewable energy projects to connect fully with the grid, but because coal and gas plants…

Reprinted with permission from World At Large, a news website of nature, politics, science, health, and travel. Early Thursday morning at 7:58 a.m. ET, members of the SpaceX Polaris Dawn crew successfully completed the world’s first all-civilian spacewalk 450 miles above Earth’s surface. Tech entrepreneur and adventurer Jared Isaacman was followed by…