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I’ve worked at Costco for 21 years. Here are 7 of the best things I’m seeing on shelves right now.
I’m always looking for quick and easy meals, which is why I was drawn to the Eat-In spinach, feta, and sundried-tomato wraps. Each wheat lavash is packed with cage-free egg whites, spinach, feta, sun-dried tomatoes, and cream cheese. They’re easy to heat up in the air fryer or microwave. Costco was…
What smart people are saying about Meta’s open-weight model Muse Glimmer and Mark Zuckerberg’s AI manifesto
Johns Hopkins University Professor Seth Lazar said Zuckerberg’s “overall vision is cool” and expressed optimism if Meta’s CEO’s manifesto serves as a “North Star” for the company’s SuperIntelligence Labs. “If this constitutes a genuine North Star for MSL, then I am a bit more optimistic about the…
TikTok is calling US staffers back to the office 5 days a week, starting next month
TikTok is summoning its workers back to their desks full time. TikTok said that, starting in September, it will require most US employees to return to the office five days a week, three staffers told Business Insider. The in-office mandate will shake up schedules for some hybrid workers who are…
Cofounder of Toy Giant Spin Master Says Everyone Cheers on Young Founders
Spin Master is the company behind PAW Patrol and many other popular toy brands. Ronnen Harary cofounded the company less than a year after he graduated from college. He says his youth and lack of experience were the source of his success — not a barrier. He explains why in his new book, “No
Judge temporarily blocks Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax was temporarily blocked by a state judge on Monday after homeowners sued the city last week. The Staten Island judge issued a temporary restraining order blocking the city from proceeding with enforcing the tax, which is intended to be levied on…
YouTube is making it harder for creators to start earning money
Do you dream of making money as a content creator? Well, it’s about to get harder to qualify for YouTube’s program that pays creators. YouTube announced on Monday that it’s raising the entry requirements for the main tier of its YouTube Partner Program (YPP), the video platform’s advertising…
The US Army is going digital, but soldiers still want physical backups of their battlefield maps
The US Army is embracing a massive digital transformation across systems and technologies, but that doesn’t mean soldiers are ready to give up their physical, analog backups any time soon. At a recent experimentation exercise at Fort Irwin in California, soldiers tested new digital maps and…
Leaked memo: The Arena Group is rebranding to Paradium.AI and wants to build an ‘AI-powered ecosystem’
Goodbye, Arena Group. Hello, Paradium.AI. The media company that owns publications including TheStreet, Parade, and Men’s Journal informed employees in a Monday memo obtained by Business Insider that it was changing its name as part of its evolution into a “publicly traded AI company.” The memo…
Apple tests CXMT memory chips for iPhones and MacBooks amid shortage
Apple is reportedly in the process of testing memory chips made by Chinese company CXMT across its lineup of devices, including in iPhones and MacBooks, as it looks at options to address the shortage of memory chips. The Wall Street Journal on Sunday reported that Apple has held early talks with…
35 photos of tiny living spaces that highlight the global affordability crisis
Jeff Slocum, who lives in the US, lived out of his 2005 Chrysler Town and Country van for years. After a neighborly dispute forced him out of his living situation, he moved into his van in Upstate New York. Slocum told Business Insider in 2021 that, while he had faced many challenges since his car