April 30, 2026 - A small software company lost its core data in less time than it takes to refresh a webpage. 

April 29, 2026 - Federal student aid fraud has grown into a costly problem for students, colleges, and taxpayers. Investigators with the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Inspector General told ABC News earlier this year that more than $350 million in aid tied to "ghost student" schemes has been uncovered since 2019, and officials said the real total may be higher because many cases are never detected. In California alone, state officials reported that nearly one-third of community college applications in 2024 were believed to be fraudulent.

April 20, 2026 - When a family loses a home to wildfire, flood, tornado, hurricane or earthquake, the disaster does not end when the flames go out or the storm passes. It continues in hotel rooms, rental apartments, insurance paperwork, construction delays, missing keepsakes, rising prices and sleepless nights. Parents worry about where their children will live. Seniors wonder if they will ever get home again. Families who spent years building a life suddenly find themselves starting over.

April 13, 2026 - For many Americans, the most frustrating part of buying tickets, booking travel, or reserving a short-term stay is discovering that the advertised price is not the final price. Mandatory service charges, processing fees, resort fees, cleaning fees, and similar add-ons can raise the total cost late in the checkout process. Consumer advocates say that practice makes it harder for shoppers to compare prices and plan spending.

April 6, 2026 - We've all heard the stories about how AI is going to kill us all. It's going to be smarter than we are. It's going to get things done faster and more accurately than we do. It's going to take over the world and say, "Hey, we don't need these HUMANS anymore!" But that's at least a few years away. Before that happens though, it is likely to cause some real business and privacy disasters because of what is being called agentic AI. And we're likely to start seeing some of those things within the next 12 months.

March 22, 2026 - California has announced that high school students will be required to complete a personal finance course to graduate, but the mandate will not fully take effect until the class of 2031. That timeline is raising questions, especially given how limited financial education access is today.

March 17, 2026 - A newly discovered online database containing roughly 184 million login credentials is the latest reminder that Americans’ personal information continues to circulate widely on the internet. Security researchers say the exposed data included email addresses, passwords, and login information connected to a variety of online accounts. But the real story is not the latest data leak.  In fact, we're at the point that that "who" and "how" of it don't really matter anymore. The real issue is that the system Americans rely on to prove their identity was never designed to survive the digital age, and unless changes are made these breaches will continue to happen with predictable reliability.