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PayPal stock is skyrocketing after Stripe and a private equity firm reportedly made a buyout offer
Shares in PayPal Holdings (Nasdaq: PYPL) are skyrocketing in premarket trading this morning after a report that the legacy digital payments platform has received a joint buyout offer from one of today’s most successful fintech companies and a major private equity firm. Here’s what you need to know. What’s happened? Early this morning, R
You haven’t fixed your AI problem
For years, “swivel chair work” was shorthand for a very real problem: employees spinning between applications, copying data from one system to another, and chasing approvals through multiple inboxes. The term stuck because it was accurate. Harvard Business Review reported in 2022 that workers toggle between applications 1,200 times daily,
Everyone’s a wiener! Here’s a list of National Hot Dog Day freebies and deals, from 7-Eleven to Dog Haus
Whether you’re grilling one out in the backyard or enjoying one with all the fixins’ at a baseball game, nothing says American summer like a hot dog. And the pinnacle of hot dog mania is today: National Hot Dog Day. Here’s a roundup of deals so you can join in on the holiday’s 35th anniversary this Wednesday, July 15. 7-Eleven The Te
A surprising restaurant chain outgrew Starbucks, Chipotle and Dunkin’ last year
America’s fastest-growing restaurant isn’t Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, or Chipotle. It’s a chicken wing chain that’s been opening hundreds of new locations. In a preview of QSR Magazine’s annual QSR 50, which ranks the leading fast food chains, Wingstop led the 2026 cohort of restaurants. The full report is expected to be released in August.
Ransomware attacks rose 20% in the first half of 2026
Hackers leaned further into ransomware in the second quarter of 2026, with a surge of new attacks led by two competing ransomware-as-a-service groups. A new report from NordStellar finds that ransomware incidents were up 20% year over year in the first half of 2026, with 5,275 recorded attacks. The second quarter alone saw 2,581 incidents
Hardee’s store closures: See a list of dozens of doomed locations as a large franchisee files for bankruptcy
More hard times for Hardee’s. After closing dozens of locations last year, a large franchisee for the burger and biscuits dining brand is seeking Chapter 11 protection, the latest unfortunate development in a year that has seen numerous bankruptcies related to chain restaurants. Phoenix-based Superior Star LLC, which at one point opera
This Trump ‘participation trophy’ perfectly mocks his second term
Since President Donald Trump began the Iran war nearly five months ago, he has repeatedly said it’s almost over or that the U.S. has, in fact, already won. His resumption of the conflict is just the latest sign that neither of those claims are true. While Trump’s antagonistic second-term foreign policy is unlikely to win him any actual pea
AI schools are multiplying, but the promise of AI tutoring is complicated
Over the past decade, the AI-focused, for-profit Alpha School has grown from one campus in Austin to a growing list of more than 15 schools across the country, including in major cities like New York and San Francisco. Alpha School joins other AI-centric K-12 private schools, like Unbound Academy and the Khan Lab School, that parents can n