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12 Generic Groceries That Are Identical to Name Brands (and 5 You Should Never Buy)
Food prices have climbed roughly 25% since 2020, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data. If your weekly grocery bill feels like a second mortgage, you’re not imagining it. Families are scrambling for any legitimate way to cut costs without cutting quality. Here’s a secret the big food…
OpenAI just launched its answer to Meta: ‘always-on’ AI agents called Dots
OpenAI is throwing its hat in tech’s shiniest new ring. On Tuesday, the company unveiled a new product called Dots, its answer to the rise of “always-on” personal agents like Instinct and Meta’s Muse. OpenAI’s version will run on its frontier model GPT-6 Astra. “I’m really surprised at what a…
An MVP’s unconventional ‘less is more’ training strategy — including weights after games
When I get on a call with Breanna Stewart, she tells me she can’t wait to go to sleep. The star forward is coming off a six-game winning streak at the FIBA World Cup in Germany, where she helped Team US win the gold on September 13. She was also named tournament MVP, the first
Disney reportedly cuts hundreds of jobs across HR, technology
Disney is reportedly laying off a few hundred employees across multiple departments at the entertainment giant. Citing a source familiar with the matter, Reuters reported that Disney is laying off a few hundred employees in the company’s human resources and technology departments, marking the…
Older Americans Leave $58 Billion on the Table Every Year — Here Are 15 Ways to Claim Your Share
Here’s a number that should make you angry: $58 billion. That’s how much money in benefits older Americans leave unclaimed every single year, according to the National Council on Aging (NCOA). Food help. Drug savings. Utility assistance. Cash payments. All of it sitting there. All of it earmarked…
Sam Altman outlined OpenAI’s 3-part plan for dominance
Sam Altman laid out OpenAI’s three-step vision for business dominance. The CEO revealed a slew of updates to ChatGPT and related company products at its developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday. He also outlined a three-part plan: provide the best AI models, make them the easiest for…
OpenAI says its new AI agents won’t stay a premium product forever as the company launches its priciest plan yet
For those who want to access more of ChatGPT but simply find the current price points too high, OpenAI has good news. Chief financial officer Sarah Friar told CNBC in a live interview on Tuesday that Dots, OpenAI’s new agent system, will initially be available through its Pro, Business, and…
Judge rules Mamdani’s pied-à-terre tax rollout needs a do-over
New York City’s pied-à-terre tax on luxury second homes has hit a roadblock over the publication of a list of hundreds of thousands of residences in the city. A Staten Island judge ruled Tuesday that the previously published list of New York City residences should be removed. Instead, the…
Workday is doing another round of layoffs
Workday is conducting layoffs for the second time this year, this time affecting around 500 workers. It also trimmed its fiscal third-quarter earnings forecast. The software-as-a-service giant said in a securities filing Tuesday that it’s cutting approximately 2.5% of its workforce, mainly within…
AI is driving a data-center power boom. Here are some of the biggest US projects being built.
Some Americans have new next-door neighbors: data centers. The US has been building these computing facilities for decades, but development has ramped up dramatically in recent years as AI increasingly drives demand for computing power. Business Insider compiled a list of some of these enormous US…