Every time you open a chatbot, stream a movie, or scroll through your feed, a server somewhere is working overtime to keep up — and increasingly, so is your electric meter. As tech giants race to build bigger and bigger data centers to power the AI boom, everyday households across the country are getting stuck footing part of the bill, whether they've ever touched an AI tool or not.

Peptides are the internet's hottest Botox alternative — but "peptides" means two very different things, and only one of them has any real safety data behind it. Here's what you're actually injecting.

Dairy Queen has been a fixture of small-town summers for over eight decades, but for shoppers across the U.S, the drive-through soft-serve window has gone dark. If you've ever counted on a Blizzard run as one of the more affordable treats for the family, the wave of closures hitting the chain this year is a reminder of just how much pressure restaurants — and the wallets of everyday customers — are under right now.