An ill-timed April Fools’ Day joke from a tool review website had customers up in arms, as stock markets crash and the economy looks increasingly dire.

Chalk it up to bad timing: Some Home Depot customers are furious after a recent April Fools’ Day prank from a tool review website suggested that the home improvement giant would start charging parking fees due to inflation.

What the president is actually imposing with tariffs is based on far more complicated math.

President Donald Trump promised tariffs that would raise U.S. import taxes high enough to mirror what others assess as trade penalties on American goods.

The new model scores significantly better than its competition in everything from hard math to long-context understanding.

Google released its new Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental AI model late last month, and it’s quickly stacked up top marks on a number of coding, math, and reasoning benchmark tests—making it a contender for the world’s best model right now.

And if Trump gets rid of the EV tax credit, there will be even less incentive for domestic EV manufacturing.

The Trump administration’s 25% tariffs on imported cars and auto parts is expected to disrupt the auto industry and raise car prices by thousands of dollars. Electric vehicles are at particular risk.

Disaster preparation and good planning can help protect lives and property.

Extreme weather is dangerous weather, and that’s particularly true for the heavy rainfall events that experts say are becoming more frequent with climate change. The powerful storms can pose threats ranging from falling limbs to downed power lines to drowning.

The popular chocolate brand is recalling some Dark Almond Sea Salt and Everything bars sold across the United States.

Another day, another recall: On Tuesday, popular chocolate brand Tony’s Chocolonely recalled two of its flavors, Tony’s Dark Almond Sea Salt Bar and Everything Bar, following 12 reports from consumers who found small stones “not filtered during third-party almond harvesting and the almond processing process.”

ResiClub analyzed end of March 2025 housing inventory data just released from Realtor.com. Here’s what it shows.

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A new study reveals how oversaturation, perception, and industry labels are keeping women creators underpaid.

Influencing has a major pay gap, and it’s not what you might expect. 

Earthquake preparation hinges in large part on the expertise of scientists and engineers in federal agencies who develop earthquake hazard models and building codes.

Earthquakes and the damage they cause are apolitical. Collectively, we either prepare for future earthquakes or the population eventually pays the price. The earthquakes that struck Myanmar on March 28, 2025, collapsing buildings and causing more than 2,700 deaths, were a sobering reminder of the risks and the need for preparation.

Confused by Trump’s tariffs charts? Us too.

In a showy speech at the White House yesterday, President Trump announced his most sweeping tariffs to date—and the news has sent the global economic order into chaos.

TikTok’s photo-sharing app will go dark on May 8, with users encouraged to move to Lemon8. Here’s what happened—and what it means for TikTok’s evolving strategy.

TikTok is shutting down TikTok Notes—wait, you didn’t even know it existed? Well, that explains a lot.

Heard and McDonald Islands, accessible only by boat and unvisited in a decade, are now trade targets.

On Wednesday, President Trump unveiled a series of sweeping tariffs that not only targeted major U.S. trading partners but also included small, remote islands and territories.

Retailers may not be able to fully offset these tariffs, as countering the impact of the levies on Vietnam alone would require price increases of 10% to 12%, analysts say.

Prices of Nike Jordan and Adidas Samba sneakers are likely to rise in the U.S. after President Donald Trump imposed a raft of new tariffs on Vietnam, China, and Indonesia, key manufacturers of sportswear and apparel.

After months as Trump’s austerity czar, Musk is stepping away from government—but not before torching his own brand.

Tech leaders often brand themselves as “disruptors”—and few fit that label more snugly than Elon Musk. In the three months since joining Donald Trump in the White House following Trump’s election, Musk has certainly disrupted Washington. Now, reports suggest Musk is preparing to exit his government post, having led the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), and overseen sweeping cuts across numerous federal agencies.

When the region experiences droughts, as it did in 2023–2024, the resulting water shortages can lead to increasing water conflicts.

The Panama Canal is one of the most important waterways in the world, with about 7% of global trade passing through. It also relies heavily on rainfall. Without enough freshwater flowing in, the canal’s locks can’t raise and lower ships traveling between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans. Droughts mean fewer ships per day, and that can quickly affect Panama’s finances and economies around the world.

No longer the sole owner of cutting-edge models, OpenAI is evolving into a full-fledged consumer tech brand.

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One worker revealed that her name was the only correct item in her firing notice.

Termination notices sent by billionaire Elon Musk’s cost-cutting team to U.S. Agency for International Development staff were so rife with errors that corrected versions are being issued to avoid affecting pensions and pay, according to five sources familiar with the issue.

The New York subway system map just got its first full redesign since 1979.

One of the world’s most iconic and controversial maps just got a major redesign. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York has unveiled the final version of an updated map of its subway system, marking the first time the map has had a full redesign since 1979. It’s a visually bold, user-centric design that, according to the MTA, will make it easier for people to understand where they’re going and how to use the system. The new maps are expected to be installed in train cars and stations over the next few weeks.

TikTok faces the threat of being banned in the United States unless it reaches a deal with a non-Chinese buyer by April 5.

As the weekend deadline for TikTok to find a buyer approaches, bidders for the short-video social media site are piling up.