Tom Huddleston Jr.
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New York, NY, United States
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Recent articles by Tom:
3G networks will disappear this year — and that's bad news for your car. Here's why
Mobile carriers are shutting down their 3G networks this year. The planned shutdowns could create a headache for drivers across the country. → Read More
Bill Gates: Once Covid's omicron variant passes, Covid will be more like the seasonal flu
Once the omicron surge abates, countries should expect "far fewer cases" of Covid through the rest of 2022, making the disease far more manageable, Bill Gates wrote on Tuesday. → Read More
Ex-U.S. Treasurer: The new Maya Angelou quarters could inspire 'a lot of future leaders'
Ex-U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios on her journey from a working class background to the Treasury Department, where she worked to land more female faces on U.S. currency. → Read More
Watch a young Bill Gates discuss Microsoft and Apple's rises in a 1994 employee orientation video
A 15-minute video, restored and posted online, features a 39-year-old Bill Gates discussing the founding of Microsoft and collaborations with future rival Apple. → Read More
A former U.S. Treasurer on crypto investing in 2022: ‘The train has already left the station’
If you're just now thinking about investing in cryptocurrencies or blockchain technology, former U.S. Treasurer Rosie Rios says you're probably already too late. Here's why. → Read More
Bill Gates says the metaverse will host most of your office meetings within 'two or three years' — here's what it will look like
In a year-end blog post, billionaire Bill Gates predicted the use of the metaverse to replicate being face-to-face with co-workers, even while working from home. → Read More
Study: Big company CEOs make $1.3 million more than their employees, on average
The average CEO at 100 of the largest U.S. companies makes roughly $1.28 million more per year in salary than the median employee salary at their company, according to a new report. → Read More
Elon Musk: CEO is a 'made-up title,' so he's Tesla's 'Technoking' instead
Tesla and SpaceX chief executive Elon Musk says "CEO" is just a made-up title — and that at Tesla, he prefers the title "technoking." Here's why. → Read More
It's not the first time Elon Musk's worried about the demise of SpaceX — he once thought it would be worth '$0'
Billionaire Elon Musk warned his employees in a company email that SpaceX faces a "genuine risk of bankruptcy." It's not the rocket company's first time and it might now be the last. → Read More
Look out for these Cyber Monday scams, according to the FBI and DHS — other experts agree
Cyber Monday is the biggest online shopping day in the U.S., so the FBI and Department of Homeland Security issued a warning: Be vigilant against these common attacks. → Read More
For decades, Trader Joe's employees had to work on Thanksgiving — and it's all because of wine
In his recent memoir, the late Trader Joe's founder Joe Coulombe wrote he kept his stores open on Thanksgiving and Christmas for years. The reason: Wine. → Read More
In just 2 years, this couple turned $1,500 into $5 million in annual sales — and a $400,000 'Shark Tank' deal
On Friday's episode of ABC's "Shark Tank," Ashley and Brittany Silfies said they "blew up" their lives to be together — and launched Pink Picasso together to help make it work. → Read More
Bill Gates has 5 book recommendations for your 2021 holiday season
Every holiday season, billionaire Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates recommends some of his favorite recent books. This year's list include an emphasis on science-fiction. → Read More
Burnout is a serious problem — how one start-up founder beat it to have a 'healthier, balanced life'
UrbanStems co-founder Ajay Kori appeared to be living the dream — but the stress of running a growing start-up was burning him out. Here's how he recovered. → Read More
How the man behind Trader Joe’s turned extra-large eggs into a grocery store empire
Before he became "Trader Joe," Joe Coulombe ran a struggling convenience store chain. Here's how an offer for extra-large eggs laid the groundwork for a multibillion-dollar grocery chain. → Read More
Why billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos buy carbon offsets — and how they work
Billionaires like Bill Gates and Jeff Bezos often cite carbon offsets as justification for jetting around the world on private planes. Here's what that means, and whether or not they work. → Read More
This 29-year-old book predicted the 'metaverse' — and some of Facebook's plans are eerily similar
Author Neal Stephenson coined the term "metaverse" in his 1992 science-fiction novel "Snow Crash." Here's what he got right, and what Facebook hopes to avoid with its own planned metaverse. → Read More
Jack Dorsey is worried about 'hyperinflation' — these experts say you shouldn’t be that scared
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey recently predicted that "hyperinflation is going to change everything." Here's why economists say it's extremely unlikely. → Read More
Jack Dorsey is worried about 'hyperinflation' — these experts say you shouldn’t be that scared
Twitter and Square CEO Jack Dorsey recently predicted that "hyperinflation is going to change everything." Here's why economists say it's extremely unlikely. → Read More
Meet the 27-year-old whose start-up makes custom cleats for Aaron Judge, Jacob DeGrom and more of baseball's biggest stars
In 2017, minor-league pitcher Alex Katz launched Stadium Custom Kicks, a start-up that hand-paints custom athletic cleats and sneakers. Now, he's in the 2021 World Series — as an entrepreneur. → Read More