In August 2022, I decided to do something I’d never done before — leave my home for seven days with just a backpack.I spent a week visiting Canada for the…
Images by GettyImages; Illustration by Hunter Newton/Bankrate The Federal Reserve doesn’t set mortgage rates outright, but its decisions do play a role in the percentages lenders offer would-be homeowners. And…
J.D. Power recently released a vehicle dependability study which named Lexus as the brand with the least amount of problems per hundred vehicles. Lexus’ most affordable new vehicle starts at far below the average new vehicle price for 2026. The…
Dunkin’ has once again entered the meal deal wars.The chain’s $6 value meal returned to its spring menu in March, along with energy drinks, banana-flavored coffee, and berry refreshers.Over the last couple of years, some of the biggest fast-food brands…
Off the coast of Portugal, a Ukrainian-led team went up against NATO forces in a naval combat drill targeting ships and ports with naval drones. The Ukrainian “red” team, operating the naval drones, won in every scenario.Ukraine has employed a…
Editor’s Note: This story originally appeared on FlexJobs.com. Remote work has become a defining feature of the modern job market, offering flexibility, autonomy, and better work-life balance. In response to this shift, more companies now offer fully remote or hybrid roles across industries and experience levels. As professionals search for…
Anthropic’s Claude has already conquered tech stocks. Its users are wondering if they are now in its path.Roughly 81,000 Claude users around the world participated in an anonymous survey where they told an AI interviewer their hopes and fears for the future of AI.”I can’t get a job in my…
Buying a home is an exhilarating and exhausting process, one that tests the wits and resolve of even experienced buyers. And some of the very people you turn to for…
CBS News’ leadership just told staffers why the broadcast network is enacting a new round of job cuts.”Today we are reducing the size of our workforce,” top editor Bari Weiss and network…
My dad picked up some Egg McMuffins from the drive-thru at our local McDonald’s before my taste test, and things already weren’t looking great for the fast-food giant. Similar to Marchand’s sandwich, the McDonald’s Egg McMuffin is made with a toasted…
The U.S. Mint officially pulled the plug on the penny in late 2025. Since then, your loose change is getting harder to spend. Businesses are rounding purchases to the nearest nickel and flat-out refusing to hand back pennies. If you’re…
George Chryssanthou and his partner of 25 years, Electra Friedman, were hoping to move to Greece when Friedman retired after a long career as an art educator. Loading audio narration… Eighty-year-old Chryssanthou spent his teenage years in the country, while…
At 61, I did my first unassisted pull-up — something I considered impossible just nine months prior. Loading audio narration… It was the goal I’d challenged myself to achieve in my 60s, following a pattern I’d established in the two…
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When Ryan Lake and Stephen Rooney scan a bar menu, they might spot a drink they once evaluated — or helped sell.The JPMorgan bankers cover the beverage industry, talking to everyone from executives to beer distributors to lawyers to retailers…
True Religion had to recognize some hard truths in order to turn its brand around. Loading audio narration… When Michael Buckley returned to True Religion…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Nuala O’Hanlon, who quit her marketing role at Primark in Dublin to backpack through Asia. It…
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Café L’Europe, one of the oldest buildings in St. Armands Circle, in Sarasota, Florida, has been flooded four times in the past 18 months. “That last one from Helene completely wiped out the restaurant. Every piece of equipment is ruined……
Lowe’s plans to provide millions in financial support to small businesses in North Carolina that were hit hard by Hurricane Helene, helping them recover during…
The Prince George’s County council in the state of Maryland recently voted 10-0 in favor of enacting a measure limiting how densely convenience stores can…
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Mark Cuban says the rise of AI-generated cold emails has gotten so overwhelming that he is now fighting back with AI of his own. Loading audio narration… Speaking on the live-streamed tech show TBPN on Thursday, the billionaire investor said…
Scott Galloway wants to save the world … sort of. Loading audio narration… The entrepreneur-turned-professor-turned-media-juggernaut is leading a movement against Big Tech on two fronts.One…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Tejal Rives, 35, who lives in Arizona. The following has been edited for length and clarity.In…
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The Fundrise venture capital product, VCX, listed on the NYSE on Thursday, March 19, 2026, to remarkable success. It had a NAV of about $19 a share, opened at around $42, briefly rocketed to $125, then closed the day at…
The first day of spring, Friday, March 20, is here, and you could start the season with a deal on breakfast, lunch, dinner or dessert. It may not feel like spring across the entire United States, with cool temperatures remaining…
Gas prices are creeping up again, and you’re probably annoyed every time you pull up to the pump. But before you blame the economy or oil companies, take a hard look at how you drive. You’re likely burning through fuel…
Emergent CEO Mukund Jha says he uses ChatGPT to make one of the most subjective parts of his job more objective: hiring. Loading audio narration… The founder of the fast-growing vibe-coding startup told Business Insider that he feeds interview transcripts…
As a government shutdown snarls air travel and stretches security lines, Las Vegas’s biggest industry is stepping in to show its support for unpaid TSA agents. Loading audio narration… MGM Resorts International — the largest casino company on the Las…
While much of the world is still experimenting with OpenClaw, China is already putting it into robots.Chinese home robotics giant Ecovacs unveiled its new robot, Bajie, powered by OpenClaw, at a consumer electronics expo in Shanghai last week.Advertised as a…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Ng Bee Kia, an 80-year-old retiree living in Singapore. It has been translated from Mandarin and edited for length and clarity.I was in my 20s when I started weightlifting.At that time,…
One dancing robot at a California hotpot restaurant was not sorry for party rocking. Loading audio narration… The video went viral on both Chinese social media and platforms like X this week, showing a robot at a Haidilao outlet performing…
The leaders of the robotaxi industry are trying to prove their self-driving technology can scale. Safety is table stakes. The challenge now is to make a profitable business case.Motional, a Boston-based robotaxi outfit, believes this is the differentiator — so…
Jensen Huang has a new red flag for top talent: not using enough AI tokens.The Nvidia CEO said in an episode of the “All-In Podcast” published Thursday that he would be “deeply alarmed” if one of the chip giant’s top…
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Mark Cuban believes in a future where humans live alongside robots, just not the ones you’re probably picturing. Loading audio narration… “Everybody’s making this push for humanoid robots. I think…
A US F-35 stealth fighter jet made an emergency landing at a base in the Middle East after flying a combat mission over Iran, a military official confirmed on Thursday.”We…
The $59 billion cloud data company Snowflake made “targeted” staff cuts, the company confirmed. Loading audio narration… “These actions reflect targeted adjustments to align our teams with Snowflake’s long-term strategy,”…
California education officials have released a blistering audit in response to a Business Insider investigation into a local school district and its ties to a private boarding school in China…
Image by Chorna Olena/Getty Images; Illustration by Austin Courregé/Bankrate The Federal Reserve’s interest rate decisions influence what you pay for new home equity loans and variable-rate home equity lines of credit (HELOCs). Here, we break down how the Fed’s monetary policy affects how much…
