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I tried Ina Garten’s and Martha Stewart’s easiest pasta recipes. Both delivered quick dinners, but there was a clear winner.
While Garten’s dish has minimal prep, it gets most of its flavor from soaking the tomatoes in olive oil for four hours before serving. It may seem like a time-consuming step, but I easily whipped up the mix on my lunch break. I soaked everything in ⅓ cup of olive oil, tossed it together, then
15 US colleges now cost more than $100,000 a year. See the list, ranked by cost of attendance.
College tuition costs in the US are reaching new heights. Today, a bachelor’s degree at some of America’s top schools can cost upward of nearly half a million dollars over four years. And the trend doesn’t seem to be slowing down. In June, The Princeton Review collected a list of 15 US colleges…
Yes, you are waiting longer for Uber rides, a new study says
You might be waiting longer for your Uber ride to arrive — and paying more for it. The time between when Uber matched a driver with a rider and when the car arrived grew 19% between the first quarter of 2023 and the same period this year, according to a new analysis by Len Sherman,
Millions of student-loan accounts are being transferred to the Treasury — and the first phase is launching
The Trump administration is moving forward with its transfer of federal student-loan accounts to the Treasury Department. The Treasury and Education Departments announced on Wednesday, first reported by Business Insider, that they are launching the “Defaulted Loans Support Center.” The new online…
Personal agents are AI companies’ best shot at keeping you faithful
Allow OpenAI to reintroduce itself. After watching an upstart (Instinct) and tech giant’s (Meta) AI agents grab the spotlight, OpenAI has responded. Dots, OpenAI’s “always on” AI agent, got the big reveal at the startup’s annual DevDay conference in San Francisco. It’s the third major AI agent…
These are the world’s best airlines for flying business-class, ranked by passengers. See the full list.
These 20 airlines are the best in the business. Business class, that is. Skytrax, an aviation rating company, conducted the world’s largest airline passenger satisfaction survey to determine the airlines with the best business-class offerings in the world. The airlines were evaluated by customers…
Ad pros say Meta should ignore the haters and go all in on its cuddly Muse mascot
Could Meta’s Muse get even more Jolly? By now, you’ve probably seen plenty of cynical hot takes about Meta’s choice to represent its new AI agent with Jolly, the cuddly mascot. “Surveillance Tamagotchi.” “Don’t believe his lies.” “It’s sinister that Meta’s Muse AI mascot is so cute.” Marketing and…
Clio just made an acquisition to deepen its push into the courts
While Harvey and Legora fight for Big Law’s business, Clio, an older legal tech company, is making a quieter bet on a corner of the market those upstarts have barely touched: the courts. Clio, last valued at $5 billion, has acquired Learned Hand, a startup that builds artificial intelligence tools…
The Airbnb backfire
John Kenney is the second real estate agent to take a stab at selling 317 Matterhorn Drive, a rustic, two-bedroom cabin in Gatlinburg, Tennessee. The getaway sits in the foothills of the Smoky Mountains, about a 30-minute drive from Dollywood, in an area that draws millions of tourists each year…
Disney is starting its 3rd round of layoffs under CEO Josh D’Amaro
Disney is laying off employees for the third time since CEO Josh D’Amaro took the top job in mid-March. The Mouse House is cutting several hundred employees across teams, including tech and HR, a person familiar with the move confirmed to Business Insider. Deadline first reported Tuesday’s cuts…