Inside Goodwill, the world’s biggest thrift machine

Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a retail store. Now, Goodwill is using AI listing tools to sell the best items online before they ever reach the floor. That’s squeezing the flippers who built businesses on those…

Rivers, railroads, and political bribes: How every state capital was chosen

From railroad hubs and river towns to hard-fought votes and alleged bribes, America’s state capitals took wildly different paths to power.Today, in 17 states, the capital is also the most populous city. Phoenix, the nation’s most populous state capital, has more than 1.6 million residents, while Montpelier, Vermont, has fewer…

Scott Cunningham has a fondness for Ferraris. Judging by what else he collects, he also has an affinity for Porsches, superbikes, electric guitars, and wine.For years, he admired his collection from home.Once his children were grown, and he and his…

You Could Be Owed Money in Equifax’s .2M Settlement

Gemini / GoogleThousands of consumers could be eligible for a payment from a $2.2 million class action settlement involving credit reporting company Equifax after a lawsuit alleged duplicate collection accounts appeared on some consumers’ credit reports. The proposed settlement resolves…

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What happens when AI starts gambling on soccer?

How do you measure whether an AI is actually good at predicting the future? The CTO of startup Obside emailed me recently with a fascinating real-world benchmark.Instead of giving AI models another standardized test, Obside had ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok,…

Why Stadiums Can Charge Whatever They Want for Food

Stadium food and drinks often cost more than comparable items outside the venue. Exclusive concession contracts, private stadium operations, and restrictions on outside food have created a captive market that allows teams and vendors to charge fans more, even though…

Anti-AI data center protesters rally across the US

America’s anti-data center movement went national on Saturday.Protesters across the US rallied against the hulking facilities as part of a nationwide demonstration organized by Humans First, a newly founded conservative nonprofit taking on what it calls “Big AI.”The group planned…

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