Godwin Oluponmile
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Sony's 2028 PlayStation disc cutoff locks out 122 countries from future games — and raises costs for others

The gaming giant announced earlier this month that they'd stop producing physical games. So what happens to players who can't access the online store?

Female plumber working on a sink

News 17338 views

‘I can make how much money?’ She was living with her mom before becoming a union plumber earning nearly $200 an hour

The appeal is real. You earn while you learn, you skip tuition, and you get a pension and health coverage that many office workers don't get or pay more for on their own.

A photo of a tungsten mine

News Jul 11

China's 80% grip on tungsten sparks an 8x price surge as the U.S. scrambles for the metal inside every cruise missile

China digs up nearly 80% of the world's mined tungsten — 67,000 of the 85,000 metric tons produced in 2025. And the price has jumped from $331 to nearly $1,900 per metric ton unit.

A photo of Walmart

News Jul 11

Walmart offers VIP store tours for World Cup visitors while $95M FIFA sponsors watch from the sidelines

Walmart is having a major moment as soccer fans around the world are visiting the chain and posting about trying American food and products for the first time. Now, the biggest fans can take tours.

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News 18207 views

37% of married couples pay more in taxes than they would as singles — and the worst hit earn just $75,000

While some married couples get the “marriage bonus” for filing jointly, others get “the marriage penalty.” Here’s how the math works out.

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Investing Jul 08

'Big Short' investor Michael Burry shorted 6 stocks, and most of them plunged right after. Is there a 'Burry effect'?

Major microchip stocks are taking a dive — but it’s unclear if that’s an influencer’s effect on the market, or investors losing confidence in the AI boom.

A photo of two real estate investors

Investing Jul 05

Investors with $5M+ are done being landlords — and one passive strategy pays 10% to 12% 'easy money'

Investors are owning properties without outright buying or running the properties themselves. They’re also becoming the banks instead of the buyers. Here’s how.

A photo of convicted Tennessee Knox County Assistant Deputy Chief David Henderson and Apple products

News Jul 04

Tennessee deputy spent seized drug money on Apple gear for his family — now he owes $339K in pension clawbacks

A retired Knox County Sheriff's Office (KCSO) Assistant Chief Deputy was ordered to repay $339,015 to the Knox County Retirement System within 60 days.

An inset photo of Braiden Shaw and a man sitting at his desk.

Investing Jul 04

‘Buy yourself a buffer’: Amplifi CEO Braiden Shaw’s 5-step plan for where your money should be invested

The financial influencer says your emergency fund should come before stocks and retirement investing.

Portrait young Muay Thai boxer woman practicing boxing with elbow and boxing pad in gym.

Investing Jul 04

8 of the top 10 wealth-creating stocks over 100 years are Big Tech. But these two outliers still created $2.6T

Most individual stocks lagged Treasury bills. But only a handful of companies created nearly all the market’s wealth and still pay off.

elon musk

Banking Jul 03

Elon Musk's X Money promises 6% APY and $10M in FDIC coverage — Elizabeth Warren has questions

X Money makes big promises — but the fine print matters. And Sen. Elizabeth Warren wants to know how Musk can pay a rate no bank in America can match.

Michael Lee-Chin smiles on the third floor of the Royal Ontario Museum

Investing Jul 03

'Poor, hungry, driven': Billionaire Michael Lee-Chin says rich people become wealthy by doing 5 simple things

In 1983, when he was 32 years old, Lee-Chin borrowed $500,000 and put it all into one stock.

Ryan Petersen, CEO of Flexport, on Centre Stage during day three of Collision 2022.

Managing Money Jul 02

Flexport's CEO called remote work ‘white-collar fraud’ — then said it’s really for workers who’ll accept lower pay

His comments come as more companies are requiring workers to return to the office five days a week.

Michael J. Saylor speaks onstage at Consensus Miami 2026. A text bubble is overlayed, showing an X post from his account, saying "Never sell your Bitcoin."

Investing 10618 views

Michael Saylor said ‘never sell your Bitcoin.’ Now his company, Strategy, can sell up to $1.25 billion if it needs cash

The move doesn’t mean Strategy is selling today, but it marks the first time the Bitcoin giant has formally laid out when and how it could cash in its holdings.

Michael Burry attends the premiere of "The Big Short" at Ziegfeld Theatre.

Investing Jul 01

Michael Burry: How a stock can fall from $100 to $5 and still deliver a 6x return

The real hedge fund manager behind the movie The Big Short explains why your original buy price stops mattering once you’re underwater.

A Robostore robot does tricks for passersby in front of The New York Stock Exchange in 2025.

Investing Jun 30

Think you can outsmart the market by letting AI pick stocks? A new study says don’t bother — you can’t beat buy-and-hold

AI tools can post spectacular trading results over a short time period or a small group of hot stocks. But over the long term, the robots break down.

Older man thinking

Managing Money Jun 28

You may be relying too much on the 4% rule — here’s how to update your calculations for true long-term retirement health

The person who invented the 4% rule has been revising it ever since 1994. Your retirement plan should keep up too.

A screenshot of multiple victims of the Yotta fallout from a More Perfect Union documentary.

Banking Jun 27

They put thousands into a savings app that promised safety and a free lottery — when it fell apart, some got $0.75 back

Two years later, Yotta has been fined $1 million, but that's less than 1% of the funds lost.

Car accident

Insurance Jun 24

The driver who hit me has the same insurer as me. Now I see the same guy is representing both of us — how is this fair?

Insurance companies have a legal duty to handle each claim fairly and act in good faith toward both customers. Here's what to do if it happens to you.

Mark Zuckerberg at UFC event

News Jun 23

Meta gave 6 executives options worth up to $921M each, then cut 8,000 jobs after a record $56.3B quarter

Despite a solid Q1, many Meta employees have found themselves jobless.

A photo of a man using Google AI

News Jun 20

Germany told Google it owns every wrong answer its AI gives — and 78% of Americans already use these tools

The decision is not yet final, but a German court is treating AI's answers as the company's own words rather than a neutral list of search results.

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