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Life can be tough for those of us who are partial to a smoothie but guided more by what’s stuck to the bottom of the crisper drawer than any recipe.One day, you pile your blender with fruits of every colour but get a sugar high like you’ve drunk a Frappuccino.…
Emma Orhun was alone in her apartment when a flood of harsh comments rolled in.”The first hour was the scariest,” she told Business Insider. “People are saying mean things, and then, I have no one to turn to and be like, ‘Are they right? Are they not? Am I crazy?'”Orhun,…
This week brought another warning from tech leaders about the growing threat of AI cyber attacks — and I am once again asking what I, a regular person, am supposed to do about it.OpenAI published an open letter on Thursday, joined by over 100 organizations, warning that the window to…
Apparently, a lot of people want a nearly 10-inch-tall robot duck.On Friday, Hugging Face cofounder Thomas Wolf wrote in a post on X that customers placed more than $2.6 million worth of orders for Microduck during its first 24 hours on sale. The update came after Wolf said on Thursday,…
Donald Trump said the US has secured majority control of more than 65 billion barrels of Venezuelan oil.In a post on Truth Social on Friday, Trump said the US has reached “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” with interim Venezuelan President Delcy Rodríguez and private companies, and that the…
I’ve visited Glacier National Park several times, and each trip has brought tears to my eyes.Driving the nearly 50-mile scenic Going-to-the-Sun Road is a feast for the senses, with imposing mountains surrounding waterfalls.Take your time at this more than 1 million-acre park, where each view somehow tops the last.The park…
Mercedes-Benz CEO Ola Källenius has found religion in synthetic engine noise.He said his conversion came when he drove the new electric version of the AMG CLA 45, Mercedes’ performance sedan. It uses artificial sounds and sensations to mimic a combustion-powered car.”I was like a born-again Christian,” he told UK car…
The rapid growth of AI data centers is creating a shortage of the memory chips used in everyday devices like laptops, phones, cameras, and gaming consoles. The world’s three largest memory chipmakers — SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron — are shifting production to High Bandwidth Memory, specialized microchips that power…
With a seemingly never-ending pool of options, it can be hard to know if you’re picking the best bar for a happy hour or night out.Take it from Stephanie Ridgway, who worked at several bars and distilleries before becoming the director of brand advocacy for the liquor brand Charles Jacquin…
A former Twitter trademark lawyer has launched a social network with a familiar name.Stephen Coates’ startup, Operation Bluebird, launched Twitter.now in early testing on Thursday. Coates, formerly Twitter’s head counsel for trademarks, domain names, and marketing, told Business Insider that the platform is experimenting with a twist on content moderation:…
