AI is just the newest threat to Etsy’s handmade promise New rules target AI-generated listings, but shoppers say copied designs and fake “handmade” goods were eroding their confidence long before. Fortune · Nov 2
Americans now spend nearly half of their budgets on food and housing alone, the biggest share in 15 years Housing and food spending rose faster than inflation in 2025, just as consumer sentiment is stuck near all-time lows. Fortune · Nov 2
The AI boom is facing another supply crunch. This time it's the amount of capital available to feed Silicon Valley's endless need for cash "Now, another concern is moving to the forefront: Does enough capital even exist to finance everyone's ambitious AI spending plans?" Fortune · Nov 2
A prank meant to humiliate a Red Baron worker backfired—now strangers have given the dad of 4 more than $760,000 A viral stunt aimed at a Michigan father stocking frozen pizzas late at night has turned him into a symbol of America’s affordability squeeze, and made the prankster an online pariah. Fortune · Nov 2
Bitcoin giant Strategy, unfazed by Binance hack, adds over $65 million BTC to its holdings The corporate crypto bull’s latest buying run coincided with hackers draining $6.3 billion from Binance. Fortune · Nov 2
Following a sudden GOP slide, a top data scientist's model gives Democrats 90% odds of taking the Senate as Kansas trends blue in major shock In Kansas, Sen. Roger Marshall looked on track for easy reelection just two months ago at around 75%. His number’s dipped to 43.9% and suffered a 7.1% drop just in the past 24 hours. Fortune · Nov 2
As Sergey Brin, Larry Page and the ultra-rich flee California, one 34-year-old tech billionaire is ‘not running’—he ‘wants to fight’ for the state Oculus VR and Anduril cofounder Palmer Luckey, worth $5.9 billion, opposes the proposed tax hike but is opting to stay: “California is something special.” Fortune · Nov 2
Anthropic’s growth slowed and costs jumped in the third quarter, updated IPO filing shows Anthropic's amended S-1 adds third-quarter results: revenue rose to $17 billion, but growth slowed and the AI lab swung back to an operating loss. Fortune · Nov 2
From Wall Street heirs to telecoms tycoons, at least half of major U.S. Senate candidates are millionaires—and some are worth upwards of $200 million While millions of Americans struggle to make ends meet, some U.S. Senate candidates like Mark Warner and Pete Ricketts are worth as much as $200 million. Fortune · Nov 2
‘A major risk to the global economy’: BofA warns about the risky AI boom the day before a midterm vote framed around data-center backlash Voters in 10 states decide 41 data-center measures Tuesday. BofA’s economists warn a sustained AI correction is a major risk to the global economy. Fortune · Nov 2
Weil Gotshal’s collapse highlights the risk of building a business around star talent The law firm’s dissolution raises broader questions about the sustainability of business models heavily dependent on high-profile individuals. Fortune · Nov 2
Gordon Ritter: who owns the intelligence economy? AI systems learn from how people reason and decide. Nobody has yet decided who owns what they learn. Fortune · Nov 2
The rules of getting ahead are changing in the AI era. Not everyone stands to benefit Without a clear checklist for promotions, historically marginalized workers may face an intimidating climb. Fortune · Nov 2
Corporate boards’ loss of faith in Delaware’s elusive new 'good faith' contrivance No checklist or process can secure "good faith" now. Fortune · Nov 2
Fortune · Nov 2 S&P's negative outlook on Meta underscores the risks of the AI spending boom Meta's massive capital outlays are raising questions about when AI will pay off.
Fortune · Nov 2 Binance will survive the $6.3 billion hack—but this is the start of a terrifying new era The scale and sophistication of the Binance hack is alarming—and all of this will soon be turbocharged by AI.
Fortune · Nov 2 Wholesale marketplace Faire survived the ‘fog of crazy valuations.’ Now, it’s eyeing an IPO Faire, the venture-backed online wholesale market, is eyeing a potential IPO in the next 12 months.
Fortune · Nov 2 Current price of oil as of Nov. 2, 2026 When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.
Fortune · Nov 2 Apollo doesn’t care what you wear to the office—and gives interns a better office view than CEO Marc Rowan Everything you need to know before you reach the office this morning.
Fortune · Nov 2 The midterms are a referendum on trust Also: All the news and watercooler chat from Fortune.
Fortune · Nov 2 The CFO-to-CEO pipeline is growing but does a finance background always make a good leader? One in five new CEOs at Europe's largest listed companies came from finance last year. But the transition from managing the numbers to running the business requires a broader set of skills.
Fortune · Nov 2 The 'haunted' housing market's real problem may be too few people, not too few homes, says J.P. Morgan’s David Kelly Kelly estimates the U.S. now needs just 320,000 new homes a year, down from about 1 million, as immigration enforcement slows population growth.
Fortune · Nov 2 Billionaire Sergey Brin is building political infrastructure that will last beyond his $102 million fight against Prop 40 Building a Better California is spending on more than just the wealth tax.
Fortune · Nov 2 The anti-Skydance: How a Nike billionaire’s backing lets Laika spend a reported $100 million on ‘Wildwood’ The studio behind ‘Coraline’ is run by the Nike co-founder’s son, and its films rarely make money at the box office.
Fortune · Nov 2 Gen Z is ditching the family SUV for the humble sedan U.S. carmakers gave up on. Now, Ford and GM are reconsidering Eight of Gen Z’s 10 most commonly driven models are sedans, new data shows. Affordability is a big reason, and Ford and GM, which abandoned the segment, are reconsidering.