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Tesla Semi deliveries begin with PepsiCo and DHL as first customers
Tesla on Thursday announced that the electric vehicle maker was beginning deliveries of its Semi trucks to customers this week. Executives at Tesla’s plant in Sparks, Nevada, made the announcement that the first customers will take delivery of the electric big rigs about nine years after CEO Elon…
Walmart won’t charge a ‘personalized price’, CEO says
Walmart CEO John Furner wants to clear the air about how the retail giant is using new pricing technology. “We don’t set different prices based on who you are or the time of day, and we won’t,” he said in a memo to employees and customers on Friday. Furner said he was responding to questions
Every Taylor Swift album, ranked from worst to best
Final grade: 10.3/10 This is where we cross into stratospheric territory. Because my bespoke grading system gives an extra point to the best songs in Swift’s catalog, her top-five albums have all scored above a 10 because their gems outweigh their duds. (If you have a problem with this system…
Costco cuts prices on produce, meat and home goods after tariff refunds
Costco on Thursday said it received $184 million in tariff refunds in the company’s fourth quarter, the majority of which was reinvested into lower pricing for members shopping at the retail giant’s warehouses. The big box retailer said the lower pricing from tariff refunds was applied to a range…
Meta’s Muse feels real in a way the metaverse never did
My colleague Pranav Dixit attended Meta Connect this week and he stopped by AI Insider to share his thoughts with newsletter subscribers. Here’s how the Q&A went down, in longer form: What was your biggest surprise while at the event? The biggest surprise was how good Meta’s upcoming VR glasses…
I wasn’t ready to leave my college, so I took a job at my alma mater. It gave me the closure graduation never did.
When I was in college in New York City, I loved the theater department so much that it became a punchline: my friends and I joked that after graduation, I would take a job there and stay forever. Little did we know that would actually become my reality. After earning my degree in May 2022,
44 of the best and worst looks Melania Trump has worn as first lady
Melania posed for photos in front of pyramids in Egypt wearing cream trousers, a white blouse, a black tie, and a sand-colored Ralph Lauren blazer. A white-and-black boater hat completed the look. The outfit may have been innocuously stylish in another venue, but some social-media users thought it…
6 of the best scents to wear this fall, according to professional perfumers
As the weather gets colder, the fuzzy socks and heated blankets start to come out … and another way to exude warmth is by adding a spicy scent to your fragrance collection. “In the fall, we often look for warm, sensual, resinous smells, like rich vanillas and spices,” Haugen said. For a resinous…
My childhood best friend and I have very different adult lives. We stay connected with one annual tradition.
At Greenhorn Ranch in California’s Sierra Nevada mountains, my best friend of 15-plus years resembled a stranger. Armed with a disproportionately large rifle, Ellie took aim and nailed three clay pigeons in perfect succession — her first time ever wielding a gun. As our skeet shooting instructor…
I compared The Pioneer Woman’s and Joanna Gaines’ Buffalo chicken dips. Only one was good enough for game day.
Football season is officially back, and nothing says “game day” like a tangy, creamy Buffalo chicken dip with a side of chips. I tried two Buffalo chicken dip recipes from celebrity chefs to see which was the crowd-pleaser. I made recipes from Joanna Gaines and Ree Drummond, also known as The…