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For professional sports leagues, the ad-supported streaming era provides a newfound business advantage

Tue, 09/23/2025 - 12:32

Tech Insider : Sports, Business, Style

Photo collage featuring vintage TV sets displaying baseball scenes, surrounded by popcorn, a foam finger, and other streaming-related icons and imagery. — Máximo Tuja for BI

Sports, Media, Tech, the-business-of-sports, sp-freelance, edit-series, editorial-sponsorship

Beyond Kimmel: The soft pressure that's silencing business

Sun, 09/21/2025 - 11:05

Tech Insider : Politics, Business, Style

Close up photo of President Donald Trump making a shushing gesture. — Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images; BI

When it comes to cracking down on free expression, America has two colorful and distinct traditions. And one is playing out in business right now.

politics, Discourse, bi-illustration, alyssa-powell, Discourse, discourse-freelance, discourse-explainer

Behind Grok's 'sexy' settings, workers review explicit and disturbing content

Sun, 09/21/2025 - 09:22

Tech Insider : Business

Photo collage of Elon Musk — Some workers who train xAI's chatbot said they've encountered NSFW content, including child sexual abuse.
Getty Images; Grok/xAI; Kent Nishimura/Getty; Tyler Le/BI

Tech, tyler-le, bi-illustration, x-ai, elon-musk, Exclusive

Why cheap copycat Ozempic is still everywhere

Sun, 09/21/2025 - 04:47

Tech Insider : Economy, Business

Sleazy dealer wearing an open jacket, revealing counterfeit Ozempic pens in his pocket. — Getty Images; Alyssa Powell/BI

The copycat weight-loss drugs party was supposed to be over, but it's still raging on.

health, Discourse, economy, GLP-1s, semaglutide, Ozempic, wegovy

I created a group chat for 6 struggling job seekers. They shared how they're coping in a market that feels broken.

Sun, 09/21/2025 - 04:09

Tech Insider : Business, Economy

scrolling text messages. — Rebecca Zisser/BI

The struggle to find work is real — and sometimes you need moral support.

Careers, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, Careers, job-market, job-search, job-application

The $400 cookware, $2,100 jacket, and other status symbols you'll be seeing everywhere this fall

Sat, 09/20/2025 - 05:32

Tech Insider : Style, Business

Fashionable young man surrounded by luxury items (Jacques Marie Mage sunglasses, Le Creuset Pumpkin Cocettes, Chloé Paddington bag, Black Pearl candles from Baobab, and High-Neck Puff-Sleeve Jacket). — Baobab; Bergdorf Goodman; Chloé; Le Creuset; Getty Images; BI

Retail, status-symbols, fall, Fashion, Style, home, Luxury

Why your favorite brand is trying to make the next "Friends"

Sat, 09/20/2025 - 04:11

Tech Insider : Business, Style

A Director's chair labeled — Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

Tech, Discourse, tyler-le, bi-illustration, Discourse, discourse-staff, discourse-daily

Red dress, red politics? Why Sydney Sweeney's Emmys dress struck a nerve

Fri, 09/19/2025 - 05:00

Tech Insider : Business, Politics, Style

A collage of red items — Michael Buckner/Variety via Getty; Peter Dazeley via Getty; MAGA Red Beauty; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Entertainment, News, sydney-sweeney, donald-trump, Fashion, Celebrities, celebrity-stylist

Why StubHub and Seatgeek are full of sneaky 'ghost tickets'

Thu, 09/18/2025 - 04:27

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Sports

An animated image showing an even ticket disappearing — Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI

economy, Discourse, Entertainment, concert-tickets, world-cup, world-cup-2026, Tickets

I'm landfillin' it: Inside McDonald's' troubled history with recycling.

Thu, 09/18/2025 - 04:09

Tech Insider : Business, Environment

Getty Images; Tyler Le/BI