Google tells employees it won’t raise everyone’s wages to keep up with inflation - The Verge

Months after announcing its fifth-straight quarter of record profits, Google told employees concerned about rising inflation rates that it won’t be doing a company-wide pay raise to match rising prices.

Biden's spending bill could add $3T to the deficit if made permanent, CBO says | Fox Business

President Biden's sprawling social spending and climate plan could increase the federal budget deficit by $3 trillion over the next decade if the programs included in the spending bill are made permanent, according to...

VivoPower Subsidiary Caret to Launch Solar-Powered Crypto Mining Business

The new business is expected to eventually be spun off via an IPO.

Texas man’s Lil Jon Christmas lights sequence goes viral | Fox News

Frankie To-ong, from Houston, has been doing sequenced Christmas lights on his house since 2012.

Biden orders U.S. to stop financing new carbon-intense projects abroad | Reuters

The Biden administration has ordered U.S. government agencies to immediately stop financing new carbon-intensive fossil fuel projects overseas and prioritize global collaborations to deploy clean energy technology,...

Michael Nesmith, Monkees singer-songwriter, dies at 78

Monkees singer and guitarist Michael Nesmith, whose band exploded in popularity in the 1960s, has died, his manager said Friday.

Birds Aren’t Real, or Are They? Inside a Gen Z Conspiracy Theory. - The New York Times

Peter McIndoe, the 23-year-old creator of the viral Birds Aren’t Real movement, is ready to reveal what the effort is really about.

JPMorgan set to pay $200 mln fine over staff communications lapse - Bloomberg News | Reuters

JPMorgan Chase & Co is preparing to pay nearly $200 million to settle U.S. regulatory investigations into lapses over monitoring employee communications, Bloomberg News reported on Friday, citing people familiar with...