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Making the power grid 'smart' could save us all money and prevent blackouts. Chattanooga made the $280 million investment.

Thu, 05/02/2024 - 17:00

Tech Insider : Technology

array of lightbulbs hanging dark unlit against a blue background with one lit bulb hanging lower in the center — Let's get smart about our power grid.
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Science, Tech, Electricity, power-grid, Technology, Investment, Tennessee

Everything you shouldn't do during a home renovation

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 05:31

Tech Insider : Economy

A home renovation disaster image — Our yearlong cottage renovation stretched out more than three years. The work still isn't done.
Chris Burnett for BI

Real Estate, Discourse, economy, home-renovation, Contractors, Construction, Contracts

America generates 40 million tons of plastic waste a year — and it can't be recycled

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 05:35

Tech Insider : Economy

A globe wrapped in plastic — Americans produce 40 million tons of plastic waste each year. And it has to go somewhere.
Carl Godfrey for BI

economy, Science, Sustainability, Discourse, plastic, Recycling, waste

The rules for real estate have changed. Here's how you can profit from the upheaval.

Tue, 04/23/2024 - 05:21

Tech Insider : Economy

Illustration of a person walking through a house maze. — A $418 million settlement could help American homebuyers save tens of thousands of dollars. But the path to ownership is still lined with hazards.
Maria Hergueta for BI

Real Estate, economy, finance, Markets, Discourse, real-estate, housing-market

5G and Connectivity Playbook

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 14:49

Tech Insider

Collage of abstract shapes and technology showcasing 5G-enabled innovations such as cars, virtual reality (VR), smartphones, and video chat. — Ariel Davis for BI

Whether you're aware of it or not, 5G technology is shaping your world every day.

Tech, 5G, 5-g-and-connectivity-playbook, 5-g-playbook, tech-innovation, internet-of-things, xamp

How America stopped caring about quality and learned to embrace 'customer satisfaction'

Mon, 04/22/2024 - 05:23

Tech Insider

A distraught guy in between survey faces — Nick Little for BI

All I can really say about the appointment at my kid's allergist is that it occurred. We waited weeks to get in, got some tests, received a diagnosis and a treatment plan, had a weird insurance thing that wasted our time. American healthcare took place.

Then I got a survey.

Retail, Discourse, Tech, Media, marketing, Sales, Customers

The meteoric rise — and spectacular fall — of the Queen of Airbnb

Sun, 04/21/2024 - 05:31

Tech Insider : Economy

An illustration of Dani Widell — Amid Tulsa's booming Airbnb market, Dani Widell claimed to have more listings than anyone.
Dominic Bugatto for BI

On a mild Tuesday evening in early 2022, some 150 people packed into the VFW hall in Tulsa to hear the Queen of Airbnb make her pitch.

Real Estate, Discourse, economy, Tech, AirBnB, short-term-rentals, real-estate

The new first rule of home buying: fire your realtor

Thu, 04/18/2024 - 05:59

Tech Insider

A person handing themselves a house and keys — The best part of (briefly) having an agent was realizing just how much I had already figured out on my own.
Sebastian König for BI

Last summer, when I told my then-girlfriend that I had just hired a real-estate agent to help me buy an apartment, her response annoyed me: "Sounds like a scam."