We’re spending $7,000 to attend 7 weddings this year — and that’s after cutting corners

Michael Kitces has spent years studying what drives satisfaction among financial advisors, going beyond firm performance metrics to focus on personal wellbeing and career fulfillment. His latest research, the 2025 Advisor Wellbeing Study, reveals how advisor happiness has shifted in recent years and what factors are shaping those changes. Drawing from responses across the industry,…

Smile – your face is becoming a path for payments. Apple and Android digital wallets are common tools for consumer payments, but they’re also increasingly intertwined with identification in an era where identities are digital and tied to biometric data. “Essentially, your face becomes your wallet,” said Prashant Sharma, JPMorgan Chase’s global head of product,…

Spike’s backers include Practica Capital, The Venture City, Plug & Play, Geek Ventures, CEAS Investments, and NVIDIA Inception Spike was founded in 2022 Raintree, which is backed by Serent Capital, has acquired Spike Technologies, a San Francisco-based developer of agentic AI voice technology for healthcare. No financial terms were disclosed.

U.S. stock futures dipped late Sunday while oil prices rose, but didn’t spike, as investors kept their cool after a weekend packed with new fighting in the Persian Gulf. Futures tied to the Dow Jones industrial average fell 100 points, or 0.19%. S&P 500 futures were down 0.27%, and Nasdaq futures lost 0.48%. U.S. oil…

The developer behind the Midtown Manhattan tower that was evacuated over structural concerns Tuesday says it has a plan to fix the issue, including reconstructing 15 floors that were added to the original building as part of its conversion into apartments. The height of the tower’s 21st floor, which is taller than others at 235…

Another powerful new artificial intelligence model from China took the U.S. tech industry by surprise Friday, the latest sign that Chinese startups that publicly release their “open-source” AI technology are making the California titans of AI sweat. The newest Kimi K3 model from Beijing-based startup Moonshot, run by a Pink Floyd-loving entrepreneur who earned his doctorate in…