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The average tax refund is 11.2% higher this season, compared with about the same period in 2025, according to the latest IRS filing data. As of April 10, the average refund amount for individual ...

Only five major car brands averaged under $40,000 in March 2026. Here are the most affordable brands and their cheapest models, starting at just $20,550. Mom allowed drunk 14-year-old son to drive car ...

Meta released an AI model on Wednesday called Muse Spark, which marks its “first step” toward an “overhaul of [its] AI efforts.” Muse Spark is the inaugural model to come out of Meta Superintelligence ...

The frenzied attention paid to private markets by a wider set of capital markets participants has been building for years. In 2024, BlackRock purchased Preqin, a UK-based private markets data provider ...

Fresh data from the IRS shows that Americans' average tax refunds in the 2026 filing season have risen significantly from last year as the filing deadline approaches. IRS data through March 20 showed ...

Anthropic's (ANTHRO) latest AI model, Claude Mythos, which is also its most powerful, was revealed through a data leak, according to Fortune. Anthropic has already allowed some select customers early ...

An internal leak at Anthropic has revealed company information including its new most powerful model known as Claude Mythos. Credit: Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images An accidental leak has now been ...

California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election Archaeologists found a tooth and bones that challenge assumptions about Christianity Pilot claims ...

The average tax refund is 10.8% higher so far this season, compared with about the same period in 2025, according to IRS filing data. As of March 13, the average refund amount for individual filers ...

Artificial intelligence systems like ChatGPT, which are trained on vast amounts of online content, are reshaping the digital ecosystem in ways that raise serious concerns. Platforms such as Stack ...