Cost Of Living Dominates Many Nations' Biggest Worries

West Virginia Has America's Highest Gas-Price Burden Americans are still paying elevated prices at the pump in 2026, but the biggest financial burden is falling on states with lower household incomes rather than the highest fuel prices. This map, via Visual Capitalist's Bruno Venditti, shows where gasoline is least affordable by comparing the cost of a standard 15-gallon fill-up against median weekly household income across all 50 states. The data comes from SmartAsset and AAA, as of May 2026. The Highest Gas Burdens Aren’t in California West Virginia ranks as the state where gas prices hit the...

AI Price War Breaks Out: Meta Unveils Paid AI Model For First Time, Will Be "Among Most Affordable Options" Shortly after a leaked Meta memo revealed the company was planning on putting an AI chip into production in September as it looks to double computing capacity to 14Gigawatts, the company also unveiled a version of its most advanced artificial intelligence model, Muse Spark 1.1, that includes a new paid tier for developers, marking the first time Meta has charged businesses for access to its models and providing a new revenue...

Ukraine and Russia continued targeting energy infrastructure in attacks on Tuesday despite President Trump claiming a day earlier that the two sides had agreed to halt such strikes. Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Tuesday that Trump’s suggestion was a “good idea” but said that, overnight, the “Ukrainians attempted to strike one of the energy […]