Trump Mobile quietly rewrote its fine print to say the gold Trump phone may never be made, a year after taking $100 deposits
The terms and conditions said the preorder deposit gives people "a conditional opportunity" to buy the phone if the company makes it. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/trump-mobile-gold-trump-phone-deposits-t1-device-fcc/
Navy plans to buy 15 costly Trump-class battleships by 2055
The new Trump battleships — unveiled and personally approved by the president — could cost at least $14.5 billion apiece. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/11/navy-shipbuilding-budget-long-term-acquisition-15-trump-class-battleships-2055/
More women come forward with claims of mistreatment at Carta, the startup unicorn last valued at $7.4 billion
Litigation, high turnover, and employee grievances against management are swirling around the equity management startup backed by a16z. Source: https://fortune.com/2023/10/16/women-claims-mistreatment-carta-unicorn-startup/
In California, Tesla Does What No Other American Car Maker Can Do
The last time an American car manufacturer had a best-seller in California was in the 1990s. Tesla broke that long losing streak. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/brookecrothers/2026/05/10/in-california-tesla-does-what-no-other-american-car-maker-can-do/
Critical New Linux Zero-Day Leaked—What Admins Need To Do Now
Dirty Frag, a critical Linux kernel zero-day vulnerability with no patch and giving hackers root, has gone public after an embargo was broken. Here’s the workaround. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/daveywinder/2026/05/10/critical-new-linux-zero-day-confirmed-hackers-get-root-no-patch-yet/
3 Things You Can Only Say Out Loud In A Strong Relationship, By A Psychologist
These three statements take guts to admit in a romantic relationship. Here’s why they can only land if you have a strong foundation. Source: https://www.forbes.com/sites/traversmark/2026/05/10/3-things-you-can-only-say-out-loud-in-a-strong-relationship-by-a-psychologist/
‘You could say the ceasefire has ceased’: Iran is back on Wall Street’s radar as oil prices spike 6%
The U.S. and Iran traded shots, while the UAE was slammed by drone strikes. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/iran-ceasefire-oil-brent-crude-stock-project-freedom-strait-of-hormuz/
Britney Spears pleads guilty to lesser ‘wet reckless’ charge in DUI case to avoid jail time
The 44-year-old pop star, who recently completed a stint at a rehabilitation facility, didn’t appear in Ventura County court. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/britney-spears-pleads-guilty-wet-reckless/
Top U.S. oil producer declares ‘green’ light on drilling for more oil amid Iran war
Diamondback is the largest U.S. oil producer to hike spending and drilling as a result of the Iran war thus far. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/top-us-oil-producer-declares-green-light-drilling-oil-amid-iran-war/
A decade after the ‘Godfather of AI’ said radiologists were obsolete, their salaries are up to $571K and demand is growing fast
"As long as AI doesn't make this quantum leap of becoming sort of AGI,” most jobs are going to be reasonably safe, said one economist. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/godfather-of-ai-geoffrey-hinton-radiologists-future-of-work-tech-ai-job-anxiety/
As economic despair mounts, Russian official admits the country has had enough of Putin’s war on Ukraine. ‘We can’t even take one region’
“The overall mood is that’s enough already; you’ve been fighting for long enough.” Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/03/russia-economic-despair-vladimir-putin-approval-rating-ukraine-war/
The dark side of the American work ethic: widespread sleep deprivation, linked to obesity, depression, even early death
“Rise and grind” culture is a public health nightmare that could be costing the U.S. more than $400 billion a year. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/04/americans-sleep-deprived-work-hours-economic-drag/
A Chick-fil-A worker got fired and then showed up behind the register to allegedly refund himself over $80,000 in mac and cheese
The cheesy scheme allegedly netted a former employee over $80,000 in a refund scheme. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/05/01/fired-chick-fil-mac-and-cheese-80000-refund/
Incoming Apple CEO John Ternus tells Gen Z an early mistake taught him an important lesson: ‘The care you put into your work really matters’
John Ternus, the incoming CEO of Apple, advises Gen Z college graduates to pour themselves into work, build skills, and always assume they’re not the smartest in the room. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/incoming-apple-ceo-john-ternus-advises-gen-z-early-mistake-was-important-lesson-care-put-into-work-matters/
Apple cofounder Ronald Wayne—whose stake would be worth up to $400 billion had he not sold it in 1976—says that at 91, he has no regrets
Ronald Wayne helped Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak create Apple—but sold out just 12 days in. He never became a billionaire, but tells Fortune he has no regrets. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/apple-cofounder-ronald-wayne-missed-billionaire-opportunity-no-regrets-gen-z-advice-steve-jobs-steve-wozniak/
Bitcoin drives back toward $80k—but one billionaire may be fueling much of the rally
Michael Saylor’s Strategy has purchased $7.7 billion of Bitcoin in March and April Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/bitcoin-80k-rally-michael-saylor-strategy/
Shell reverses course in Canada and buys ARC Resources for $14 billion, doubling down on oil and gas
The Montney is emerging as a hot oil and gas play as the U.S. shale basins mature. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/shell-reverses-course-canada-buys-arc-resources-14-billion-oil-gas/
A bank robber made off with $195,000 and got caught after his cell pinged a geofence. Now SCOTUS decides whether that violated the Fourth Amendment
Police went to Okello Chatrie's house after his cell phone was among the devices within the vicinity of the bank at the time of the robbery. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/bank-robber-phone-ping-geofence-fourth-amendment-scotus/
Intel’s share price just blew the doors off. One man thinks he knows the reason why
Written off as a legacy chipmaker, Intel is staging a comeback—riding the AI boom, forging alliances, and betting big on a future it once failed to see Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/27/intel-share-price/
Tim Cook built Apple into a $4 trillion company. Then his greatest strength became his biggest liability
The instincts that make a CEO great are often the same that eventually hold them back. Cook's departure is the most public example in corporate history. Source: https://fortune.com/2026/04/25/leadership-tim-cook-apple-ceo-identity-leadership-outgrow-success/