Olena Yakobchuk / Shutterstock.comSome home cooks can’t help but covet a truly fancy kitchen complete with every small appliance imaginable. I’ll confess that after I’ve watched a remodeling show or…
Walgreens is closing stores across the country as part of a multiyear downsizing effort, and Missouri is not immune. Inc., a business news outlet, reported this week that the drugstore…
Modern cars include several standard features that were once desirable upgrades drivers would pay hundreds to thousands of dollars for. Some of these features were only available as aftermarket upgrades and required complicated installations. Today, new cars come straight out…
When my husband and I bought our house in 2019, the real-estate agent knew the house two doors down from us would eventually be up for sale.My husband and I joked that his parents would buy it when it was.Two…
Although I generally eat a vegetarian-forward diet, I throw meat in every so often.I especially love Trader Joe’s precooked chicken meatballs, which are packed with 16 grams of protein per serving. Even though they’re preseasoned, the flavor isn’t overpowering, so…
With great power comes great responsibility, and BMW is using that power to beam “Spider-Man” ads into its cars.The German auto giant has been showing a banner ad for “Spider-Man: Brand New Day” in cars since late July as part of a brand tie-up with Marvel’s latest blockbuster.The banner reads…
For the next few months, visitors to Miami Beach will be able to park for a dollar at several lots across the city. From Aug. 1 through Oct. 31, parking in Miami Beach will cost $1 per hour for up to 3 hours per parking session at municipal lots, garages…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Carla Romagnano, who is in her 60s and lives in Idaho with her 84-year-old mom. The following has been edited for…
For most of my working life, I lived in or near London, where I was surrounded by bustling, big-city energy. Lots of the people I knew were focused on climbing…
Candice DeLong didn’t plan to spend her career interviewing killers. She started as a psychiatric nurse, helping patients at Northwestern University Hospital in Chicago, before an FBI agent attending one of her lectures suggested she consider joining the bureau.DeLong entered…
Palantir CEO Alex Karp took a victory lap over the company’s explosive growth, saying it managed to boost its commercial business using a “miniscule and shrinking” sales team.In the shareholder letter accompanying Monday’s second-quarter results, Karp said it was another…
There’s a lot to love about Costco. The one-stop bulk shop has a generous return policy and hands out plenty of yummy samples at its warehouse stores. Followers also love Costco’s generic label, Kirkland Signature, but many will point out…
Michael Burry looks to be in the chips after a timely bet against semiconductor stocks.The investor of “The Big Short” fame said in a June 30 post on Substack that he’d shorted the iShares Semiconductor ETF (SOXX) at about $643,…
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Russia has been reducing its usage of conventional long-range attack drones in favor of more advanced, jet-powered ones, the spokesperson for Ukraine’s navy said on Monday.”The Russians are reducing the number of conventional drones they use while effectively increasing the…
AI’s future needs safety, not a catchy 2000s tech slogan, says the co-CEO of Waymo.”In Silicon Valley, there’s a common mantra to ‘move fast and…
To free, or not to free?That is the question for paid streamers like Netflix, as free services, and YouTube in particular, attract TV viewers.Hollywood giants Disney and…
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Hollywood actor and musician Jared Leto was in the process of raising a new venture capital fund before sexual misconduct allegations catapulted him into the headlines last week, Business Insider has learned.A document reviewed by Business Insider says the “Dallas…
Samantha Morton says landing a role in “The Odyssey” gave her renewed confidence that she could keep working as she gets older.On Monday’s episode of…
K-pop’s biggest stars, from BTS to Seventeen, have danced routines that Youngjun Choi choreographed. Now, the top choreographer is betting that AI can help anyone…
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The race to build useful humanoids is coming down to the hands.1X, which builds the home humanoid NEO, unveiled a new robotic hand last week that it says matches or exceeds human performance. The company said the hand can pour…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Antons Davis, the 40-year-old founder of Touch of Humane and Osmo, and a former Nvidia employee, based in the Bay Area. It has been edited for length and clarity.I’m a founder,…
A new open-source AI model from China is drawing comparisons to DeepSeek, the LLM that shook Silicon Valley.Developers, investors, and AI executives have spent the past week praising GLM-5.2, an open-source model built by Beijing-based Z.ai, for coding and agentic…
When Aubrey wrapped up a big work project earlier this year, her manager emailed her with an unusual request. In her presentation to the senior leadership, could she highlight how Claude, the AI chatbot, helped her?Aubrey, a New York-based healthcare…
Ukraine said on Thursday that its forces had conducted over 16,000 missions with ground drones in June alone, more than double its January tally.”From logistics to medical evacuation, UGV units are taking over the most dangerous tasks,” Ukraine’s defense minister,…
Satya Nadella took a quiet swipe at AI labs like Anthropic for how they train their models.In an X post on Sunday, the Microsoft CEO said that model makers complaining about distillation is hypocritical. Distillation is the process of training…
The man who spearheaded Trump Accounts said President Donald Trump wants to automatically open accounts for all American children.In an “All-In Podcast” interview released on Saturday, Altimeter Capital CEO Brad Gerstner spoke about the early success of Trump Accounts and…
Warning: Spoilers ahead for “House of the Dragon” season three, episode four, and the book “Fire & Blood.”There are plenty of Targaryens vying for power in “House of the Dragon,” but the silver-haired dragonlords are not the only threats in…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Christine Casady, a 75-year-old retiree from the US. It has been edited for length and clarity.My husband is an avid traveler, and thanks to that, we’ve been traveling extensively for almost…
This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Koyo Murata, 25, the founder and operator of the Villa ASO guest house in Taiki, Mie Prefecture, Japan. His words have been edited for length and clarity.I grew up in a…
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President Donald Trump promoted yet another product this week: “great grass” from the company he said replaced the White House lawn free of charge.Speaking to reporters in the Oval Office…
Good, potentially very lucrative things will come to the AI investors who wait, if you ask Jon Gray.Gray, the president and chief operating officer at Blackstone, said that growing concern…
I thought I would hate living in a high-rise apartment. I grew up in the woods of northern Minnesota, watching deer and the occasional bear wander through the backyard. I’ve…
Alex Karp’s crusade against frontier AI labs continues.During Palantir’s second-quarter earnings call on Monday, the CEO and cofounder reiterated his view that leading AI labs could absorb enterprises’ data, intellectual…
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The creator of Walmart’s internal vibe-coding tool is leaving the company for AI start-up Pydantic.In a memo reviewed by Business Insider, Michael Pfaffenberger wrote to colleagues that he was leaving Walmart a year after growing Code Puppy from 1,000 users to more than 75,000.…
