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Comparable items in my $59.64 Amazon cart came to $52.85 at Aldi.

The few bucks I would’ve saved in Aldi, I would’ve paid for with my time. Convenience is a major factor, especially as a busy professional who drives 15 minutes each way to the nearest Aldi.

Between free shipping, which saves me gas money, and competitive prices, Amazon just feels like the more cost-effective option.

Still, I can’t pass up Aldi’s Greek yogurt, bagels, egg whites, and grass-fed ground beef — or the chaotic aisles that somehow feel like home — so I’ll make the trek once or twice a month.

But from here on out, I’ll be grabbing all my other groceries from Amazon, adding products from its new budget-friendly line to my cart whenever possible.

My groceries from Amazon arrived neatly on my doorstep, in peak condition, and in just a few hours. It felt like a life hack.

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta announced plans to step down amid an extraordinary campaign by Donald Trump to exert influence over the US central bank.

Raphael W Bostic, president of the Atlanta Fed, will retire from the role in February – creating another vacancy on the Fed’s powerful policy committee.

As the Trump administration continues to demand interest rate cuts, and even target some Fed officials, Bostic is the latest senior figure to depart.

After Adriana Kugler resigned in August from the Fed’s board of governors, Trump replaced her on interim basis with Stephen Miran, one of his top advisers.

The US president will not pick Bostic’s successor, however. The Atlanta Fed will now conduct a nationwide search for its next president.

Bostic, 59, could have remained in post for another six years. He was the first African American and openly gay president of a regional Federal Reserve bank in the Fed’s history.

The Fed’s rate-setting Open Market Committee (FOMC) has 12 members at any one time. These include the central bank’s seven board governors; the president of the New York Fed; and four of the 11 other regional Fed presidents, who rotate through yearly terms.

“I feel incredibly fortunate to have worked with the Atlanta Fed’s outstanding staff to fulfill the Federal Reserve’s mission and serve the Sixth District and the American people,” said Bostic. “I’m proud of what we accomplished during my tenure to turn the lofty goal of an economy that works for everyone into more of a reality, and I look forward to discovering new ways to advance that bold vision in my next chapter.”

Jerome Powell, the Fed chair, paid tribute to Bostic. “His perspective has enriched the Federal Open Market Committee’s understanding of our dynamic economy,” said Powell. “And his steady voice has exemplified the best of public service – grounded in analysis, informed by experience, and guided by purpose.

“His leadership has strengthened our institution and advanced the Federal Reserve’s mission.”

SAN FRANCISCO — Artificial intelligence company Anthropic announced a $50 billion investment in computing infrastructure on Wednesday that will include new data centers in Texas and New York.

Anthropic, maker of the chatbot Claude, said it is working with London-based Fluidstack to build the new computing facilities to power its AI systems. It didn’t disclose their exact locations or what source of electricity they will need.

A report last month from TD Cowen said that the leading cloud computing providers leased a “staggering” amount of U.S. data center capacity in the third fiscal quarter of this year, amounting to more than 7.4 gigawatts of energy, more than all of last year combined.

Oracle was securing the most capacity during that time, much of it supporting AI workloads for Anthropic’s chief rival OpenAI, maker of ChatGPT. Google was second and Fluidstack came in third, ahead of Meta, Amazon, CoreWeave and Microsoft.

Anthropic said its projects will create about 800 permanent jobs and 2,400 construction jobs. It said in a statement that the “scale of this investment is necessary to meet the growing demand for Claude from hundreds of thousands of businesses while keeping our research at the frontier.”

The tech industry’s huge amount of spending on computing infrastructure for AI startups that aren’t yet profitable has fueled concerns about an AI investment bubble.

Investors have closely watched a series of intertwined deals over recent months between top AI developers such as OpenAI and Anthropic and the companies building the costly computer chips and data centers needed to power their AI products. Anthropic said it will continue to “prioritize cost-effective, capital-efficient approaches” to scaling up its business.