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Kevin O’Leary makes a great villain. Loading audio narration… The celebrity investor spent decades honing his image as the least likable rich guy on “Shark Tank,” reveling in what he calls brutal honesty. Last year riffed on that persona in “Marty Supreme,” highlighted by a scene where he spanks Timothée…
A small airline Biscoff cookie has split the internet. Loading audio narration… Earlier this month, news broke that Delta Air Lines would end free snack service for economy travelers on all flights under 350 miles starting on May 19. Those flights previously had “Express Service,” a scaled-down complimentary snack and…
Keara Callahan thought she was doing everything right. She went to college, earned a degree in economics, and landed a well-paying government job as a tech consultant. Loading audio narration… But she still felt something was missing. Watching endless TikTok videos of young people traveling and living freely only deepened…
Venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya said leading consulting firms will come to regret their partnerships with OpenAI and Anthropic. Loading audio narration… “If you are running a consulting business and you are deploying Anthropic or OpenAI directly into your organization (I’m looking at you PwC and Accenture) you are letting the…
Commuting choppers have a shot this week in New York to prove that they can actually work for everyday commuters. Loading audio narration… A railroad strike in the city’s suburbs has left Long Island without rail service, and the 8 million people who live there without easy access to New…
Act fast, or risk being relegated to the “permanent underclass.” That’s the latest worry reverberating around the techosphere. Loading audio narration… It’s no secret that AI is creating massive amounts of wealth for some. The startup space is flush with cash, the AI labs are doling out large salaries to…
Paramount Skydance just made a key hire to help advance its AI push. Loading audio narration… Barak Turovsky, who oversaw Google’s AI language product for seven years, is joining David Ellison’s company as the head of consumer AI, product chief Dane Glasgow told tech staffers on Monday afternoon.Turovsky most recently…
Ahead of Nvidia earnings later this week, I suggest you check out an Amazon AI project. The codename is Titus and it reveals Nvidia’s true power. Loading audio narration… The cloud giant says it’s named after the Roman Emperor Titus Flavius Vespasianus, who completed the Colosseum, one of history’s earliest…
Ryanair CEO Michael O’Leary is in line for a bumper bonus. Loading audio narration… In its annual results released on Monday, Ryanair said it had nearly concluded discussions on extending the outspoken 65-year-old’s contract to 2032. He is currently contracted until 2028.The proposed new contract would give O’Leary the option…
Software developers, who typically earn high pay, will likely still be needed in the era of artificial intelligence.The Bureau of Labor Statistics published new median annual wage data for May 2025, showing how much hundreds of occupations typically pay. Business Insider used these estimates with projected employment changes from 2024 to…
