California voters will face several tax hikes in the coming months, with Los Angeles officials proposing a half percentage point increase to fund healthcare spending and Bay Area counties seeking similar increases to finance public transportation. A new tax hike is being considered in Los Angeles County to offset federal health care spending cuts. The … Read more
AI investors are holding onto their shares despite a surge in oil prices and rising VIX, with many retail traders ignoring warnings that China’s actions could cripple the global chip supply. NVIDIA, Meta, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Palantir make up 24.61% of the QQQ index and have seen significant revenue growth, but some investors are questioning … Read more
Open-source apps are often overlooked as being only for developers, but they offer numerous benefits even if you’re not coding yourself. For many people, free software is a small mercy in an industry increasingly moving towards subscription-based services. The world benefits when tools are made available to everyone, allowing them to evolve and meet real-world … Read more
A popular exchange-traded fund (ETF), QQQ, has reached its 52-week high price of $637.01 per share. However, the current trading price is at $608.10, representing a recent drop from its high point. Investors can use technical analysis techniques to gauge market performance by comparing the ETF’s current price to its 200-day moving average. This technique … Read more
A surge in oil and gasoline prices due to the ongoing conflict in Iran has cast a shadow over inflation forecasts. The mixed signals from two main measures of inflation – the Consumer Price Index (CPI) and the Personal Consumption Expenditures (PCE) index – are leaving economists confused. The CPI, which tracks the change in … Read more
Samsung may soon bring its popular Virtual Aperture feature to the Galaxy S25 series through a future software update. The company is reportedly considering adding support for this software-based feature, which allows users to adjust the intensity of background blur in portrait photos. Virtual Aperture uses object recognition to analyze different parts of the subject … Read more
Samsung has confirmed that it’s bringing the next-gen Virtual Aperture camera feature from the Galaxy S26 series to last year’s Galaxy S25 phones. The feature, which debuted on the wide lens only in the S25 series, will now be supported on the telephoto and periscope lenses. Virtual Aperture is a software trick used by Samsung … Read more
Get ready for high-stakes action and humor with Guy Ritchie’s upcoming film, In the Grey. The official trailer has been released, showcasing a group of elite operatives on a globe-trotting adventure to steal a billion-dollar fortune. Eiza González leads the team, joined by Chris Hemsworth and Michael Fassbender. The film follows the story of a … Read more
A San Francisco-based tech company, Anthropic, is suing the US government after being labeled as a risk to the country’s supply chain due to its artificial intelligence technology. The Defense Department and other federal agencies have deemed Anthropic a high-risk provider, forcing them to shift their AI work to other companies. Source: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-09/anthropic-sues-defense-department-over-supply-chain-risk-label
The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF decreased 0.99% on Monday morning due to rising oil prices above $100 per barrel, amid heightened tensions between the US and Iran. This follows a similar decline of 1.50% on Friday, attributed to escalating geopolitical tensions. Despite this short-term drop, the QQQ ETF has shown significant growth over the past … Read more