Finance
DoorDash is paying people to load its delivery robots. It points to a shortcoming of automation
DoorDash’s delivery robots need a hand. Some workers in areas where DoorDash is using its Dot delivery robot are receiving offers through the DoorDash app to load them up. While the vehicles can navigate miles to delivery destinations, it’s the few feet between a restaurant’s pickup counter and the…
Read the cold LinkedIn outreach that led Fishwife’s CEO to hire a candidate
If you feel like your messages are getting lost in the void, you may be onto something. Executives are often bombarded with many sales pitches and introductions every day — and that makes it difficult to stand out with a cold outreach. Becca Millstein, cofounder and CEO of the trendy tinned seafood…
The $25,000 Slate truck is proudly bare-bones. I think these add-ons are worth the extra money.
The Slate truck doesn’t have a typical key. Unlike today’s cars — which pack proximity sensors inside a little plastic box that runs tech that allows drivers to start the engine via a push-start button — the Slate has a simple solution. Drivers put a square key into a square slot. The instrument…
Blackstone’s Jon Gray goes jogging and goes viral. I took a run with him.
Around 7:15 am on Thursday, a photographer in a golf cart trailed a gaggle of young runners in matching black shirts through the southern corner of Central Park. This wasn’t some Instagram-ready Gen Z run club, but had potentially as much virality, if not more, since Jon Gray, Blackstone’s…
I thought working for myself would make motherhood easier. I couldn’t have been more wrong.
I got married in April of 2000 after living with my now-ex-husband for several years. At the time, I made a good living from my job in advertising, and like many of my colleagues, I’d been doing freelance work on the side for years. In 2001, my husband and I became proud homeowners, one of
At an ex-OpenAI researcher’s influential lab, $500,000 salaries aren’t enough to fix a talent ‘bottleneck’
Beth Barnes, one of the AI industry’s most influential watchdogs, has a lot to worry about. The ex-OpenAI researcher has shown that AI’s capabilities are escalating by the month. Now, she fears that the industry doesn’t have the staff in place to keep up with the technology in its next chapter. The…
Good things are coming in smaller packages as household budgets tighten
Little treats are getting littler. With US shoppers under seemingly never-ending strain, large consumer product companies are finding success in introducing smaller formats that won’t break the bank. In earnings reports this week, executives from Coca Cola, Mondelez, Proctor & Gamble, and Hershey…
Mamdani just gave wealthy homeowners more time to avoid his pied-à-terre tax
Wealthy homeowners who might be subject to New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax just got more time to avoid it. Mamdani and Department of Finance Commissioner Richard Lee announced on Saturday that the deadline for homeowners to submit an exemption application has been extended to…
The best and worst US states to live in
Every state has its pros and cons — but which one came out on top? US News & World Report released its annual list of the best states to live in, evaluating each in eight categories: education, healthcare, the economy, infrastructure, opportunity, fiscal stability, the natural environment, and…
My young patients fly into surgery dressed as superheroes. Surgery became a lot less scary for them.
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Leandro Brandão Guimarães. It has been edited for length and clarity. When I first started operating on children as a pediatric ear, nose, and throat doctor 15 years ago, I remember personally struggling watching children enter the operating…