Author: News Room
Guys, we’ve all been there: You’re scrolling through social media when you get hit with an ad for some jeans that you just have to have. You tap the link, and your heart skips a beat—$120 for a pair of jeans? They’re marketed as “the last pair of jeans you’ll ever buy.” Here’s…
Click. Drag. Train. Loading audio narration… More companies are monitoring what you do on your work laptop or phone. Surveillance could also help show AI how you do your job.Across industries, companies are investing heavily in AI agents that can automate tasks and make decisions. To build the best agents,…
Elon Musk is going on a major spending spree as he looks to turn Tesla into an AI powerhouse. Loading audio narration… Tesla said on Wednesday it would hike capex spending this year to over $25 billion as it doubles down on Musk’s aggressive pivot to AI and robotics.It marks…
Imagine. Mary Poppins floats down onto your front lawn to attend a party. She snaps shut her umbrella and strolls in for some games and hors d’oeuvres. But before she can even reach the charcuterie board, she trips on a stray croquet ball and smashes her tailbone, shouting supercalifragilisticexpialidocious! Next thing you…
At 45, Shambi Broome didn’t believe she had colon cancer symptoms. She assumed her occasional abdominal cramps could be explained by her past two C-sections and hysterectomy. Loading audio narration… “If I had any discomfort, I was like, ‘Oh, it’s probably scar tissue,'” Broome, now 49, told Business Insider. “If…
Stock investors are living in a parallel reality where AI trumps everything, and threats can be safely ignored, Erik Gordon says. Loading audio narration… “The market shrugs off war in the Middle East, inflation, wild oil prices, and tens of thousands of job cuts,” the entrepreneurship professor told Business Insider.”It…
Everyone needs insurance, right? And nobody should exploit that need to line their own pockets. Sadly, that’s just what many insurance companies do! So you have to be on the lookout for the sneaky expenses they slide into their packages that drive up your insurance bill. By making a few…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Angie Hicks, cofounder of Angi, the company formerly known as Angie’s List. Angi is an online home-services marketplace. This story has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… When we started Angie’s List in Columbus, Ohio, in 1995, it…
This interview is based on a conversation with Peggy Lynn Marchetti, 61, of Nashville, who, like her late, famous mother, Loretta Lynn, worked in the entertainment business. It has been edited for length and clarity. Loading audio narration… I was a caregiver for my mom, Loretta Lynn, after she had…
The year was 2015. The Apple Watch had just debuted. “Uptown Funk” was the top song on Spotify. Gas prices averaged $2.40 per gallon nationwide, according to AAA. And Disney tickets cost less than $100 for most of its U.S. parks. A lot has changed since then. But this summer,…
