Nvidia Is Worth $5.6 Trillion, but Its Employees Still Have to Pay for Lunch

A 19-Year-Old Raised $11 Million to Sell a $3,499 Computer Without a Screen

A 19-year-old just raised $11 million to sell a $3,499 computer without a screen, keyboard, or mouse.

Zain Javaid and his team built a computer called Ghost Core that runs personal AI assistants.

It's designed to remember things, manage tasks, and eventually get work done for you.

Two of the founders are just 19 years old.

At 19, you were probably asking your parents for gas money. These guys are asking Silicon Valley for millions, and getting it.

You could spend $3,499 on a computer you don't even sit in front of.

Instead, it's supposed to work behind the scenes, handling things so you can get on with your life.

The first units are expected to ship later this month, so we'll see how well it actually works.

You could pay almost $3,500 for a computer with no screen, only to find out you still have to do your own work.

But what if it actually works, and the guy next to you suddenly gets twice as much done while you're still trying to remember your password?

Would you pay $3,499 for an AI assistant that could do your work, or would you rather buy a computer that at least comes with a damn screen?

Jeff Bezos Says AI Could Bring Back Three-Day Workweeks and One-Income Families

Jeff Bezos, the billionaire who founded Amazon, says AI could one day make people so productive that they only need to work three days a week.

Speaking in an interview, Bezos suggested that AI could help families live comfortably on just one paycheck again.

He even predicted that companies could struggle to hire workers because people wouldn't need to work as much.

The man who helped make two-day shipping normal is now talking about three-day workweeks.

Your neighbor could be making enough money working Monday through Wednesday.

But Bezos is talking about a possible future, not something that's guaranteed to happen.

He hasn't said when it could happen or explained how companies would share their AI savings with workers. Amazon has also been cutting corporate jobs as its founder talks about a future where companies can't find enough people to hire.

AI could help people earn more while working less, but it could also help companies do the same work with fewer employees.

Will AI finally give you a three-day workweek, or will your boss use it to make three people do the work of ten? Either way, somebody's getting more productive.

The question is whether your paycheck gets the memo.

Elon Musk Became a Trillionaire Again, Then Lost $63 Billion in Just Three Days

Elon Musk became a trillionaire again on October 6, after his estimated wealth jumped by about $63 billion to $1.04 trillion, thanks largely to rising SpaceX stock.

That's $1,040,000,000,000.

Musk has so much money on paper that he could theoretically give every person on Earth about $89 and still have nearly $300 billion left.

This isn't even his first time becoming a trillionaire.

He reached that milestone in June, lost it when stocks fell, and somehow climbed back. He lost hundreds of billions of dollars and his biggest financial problem was that he was only worth $900 billion.

Musk doesn't have $1 trillion sitting in his checking account.

Most of his wealth comes from shares he owns in companies like SpaceX and Tesla. When those stocks go up, his estimated fortune grows. When they fall, billions can disappear overnight.

In fact, just three days after becoming a trillionaire again, Musk lost about $63 billion and dropped below the trillion-dollar mark.

He became a trillionaire on Monday and got kicked out of the club before Friday.

Would you rather have $1 trillion tied up in companies or $1 billion sitting safely in your bank account?

A 19-Year-Old Rejected by 15 Colleges Just Raised $10 Million for His New AI Startup

At 19, most people are trying to figure out college, rent, and why their bank account is already empty three days after payday.

But 19-year-old Zach Yadegari just announced $10 million in funding for his new AI startup, Persona. This isn't even his first big win. He previously built Cal AI, an app that lets people track calories by taking pictures of their food.

The app grew to more than $30 million in annual revenue before MyFitnessPal bought it in March 2026. Oh, and he reportedly got rejected by 15 of the 18 colleges he applied to.

They rejected a teenager who then went on to build and sell successful businesses.

Now he's building an AI assistant that can book trips, order food, answer messages, and handle everyday tasks. His company is also developing a $179 wristband to control it.

This is another 19-year-old founder making an eight-figure funding headline in the same week.

Of course, raising $10 million doesn't mean his new business will succeed.

Investors are betting on what he could build, not paying him $10 million as a salary.

But seriously, think about one of the colleges that rejected him.

Would you still tell young people that getting into a top university is the best path to success, or would you start questioning what success actually requires?

Job Interviews Are Getting So Weird That You Might Soon Have to Impress an AI to Get Hired

Getting a job is becoming so ridiculous that you might soon have to impress a robot just to get a paycheck. HackerRank, a company that helps businesses hire tech workers, has launched an AI interviewer called Chakra.

It can ask job candidates questions, give them coding problems, judge their answers, and send employers a report.

The company says its AI conducted more than 500,000 interviews during its early testing phase.

So you spend four years in college, another six months fixing your resume, and three hours practicing how to explain your biggest weakness.

Then you show up for your interview, and your interviewer is software.

You spent years preparing to impress a hiring manager, and now you're trying to convince a computer that you're smarter than a toaster.

You could use ChatGPT to prepare for an interview conducted by another AI, two computers discussing your future as you sit there wondering how you're going to pay rent.

HackerRank says its system can help employers understand how candidates solve problems, but human hiring managers still make the final decisions.

Supporters believe AI interviews could make hiring faster and more consistent but critics worry that software could misunderstand good candidates or judge them unfairly.

For now, Chakra focuses on technical jobs, but it raises a pretty uncomfortable question.

Would you rather face a human interviewer who might reject you because they don't like your personality, or a computer that might reject you because it doesn't like your answers?

Companies Are Paying More for AI Skills as Others Cut Employee Pay to Fund AI

AI is doing something pretty crazy to American paychecks.

A new Robert Half survey found that 72% of managers plan to pay more for new hires with the right AI skills.

At the same time, a separate survey found that 54% of companies had cut or planned to cut employee compensation to help pay for AI investments.

Some companies want to pay you more because you know AI, and others are looking at your paycheck like it's the company's new AI savings account.

Think about asking your boss for a raise, and he tells you there's no money because the company just bought an AI tool that can do half your job.

You're now helping pay for your possible replacement. And the worst part? That computer doesn't even need health insurance.

Companies are willing to spend more on people who know how to use AI, but some are also cutting raises, bonuses, and benefits to afford the technology.

These are separate surveys, so there's no evidence the same companies are doing both.

Your company could be spending money on AI, and you're left wondering why your annual raise disappeared.

Would you rather learn the AI skills employers are willing to pay extra for, or keep hoping your employer won't use AI spending as a reason to cut your compensation?

Amazon Is Secretly Judging Your Butt, Your Marriage, and Your Shopping Habits

Amazon customers are discovering that the company has been keeping some pretty embarrassing descriptions of them.

In one case, a woman found that Amazon had described her as having flat buttocks, likely because she bought a certain type of leggings.

Other customers found descriptions like, cusses when scared, and husband has skinny legs.

Amazon's About You feature uses your shopping activity to make guesses about your life and recommend products. You thought you were just buying pants, but it turns out Amazon was also judging the equipment you're trying to squeeze into them.

You spend hundreds of dollars on clothes to look good, only to find out that your favorite shopping app thinks your butt needs some serious help.

The descriptions are guesses, not proven facts, but they show just how personal online shopping can get. Amazon can use things you buy, search for, and save to build a picture of who it thinks you are.

Sometimes that picture looks less like a shopping profile and more like something your worst enemy wrote about you. You can check your own profile through Amazon's shopping preferences and review what it says.

Would you rather know what Amazon thinks about you, or keep living happily without discovering that a computer has been quietly insulting your body?

Somewhere between buying underwear and ordering protein powder, you could have accidentally given Amazon enough information to write your most embarrassing biography.

Nvidia Is Worth $5.6 Trillion, but Its Employees Still Have to Pay for Lunch

Nvidia is one of the richest companies in the world, worth around $5.6 trillion, but its employees still have to pay for their own lunch.

You could work for one of the biggest winners of the AI boom and still have to pull out your wallet for a sandwich.

Instead of free food, Nvidia lets eligible employees buy company stock at a 15% discount. Some employees have made millions from Nvidia's huge stock gains.

So your boss gives you a free chicken sandwich, and you proudly tell your family how much your company cares about you. At Nvidia, someone is paying for their own chicken sandwich and checking whether their stock is worth enough to buy the entire restaurant.

Nvidia's stock plan lets employees buy shares at a discount based on the lower stock price at the start or end of an offering period.

That can be worth a lot if the stock goes up, but employees can also lose money if the price falls. And Nvidia isn't exactly known for being an easy place to work.

Employees have described long hours and a lot of pressure, there's a real trade-off.

You could have a comfortable job with free food and a nice office, or a demanding job where your company stock could help make you wealthy.

Neither is guaranteed to make you happy or rich.

But next time your boss celebrates giving everyone free pizza, maybe ask yourself one question: Are you getting a real share of the company's success, or just two slices of pepperoni and a thank-you email?