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Why Elon Musk's push to cut federal waste might succeed where others failed

Fri, 11/15/2024 - 13:43

Tech Insider : Politics

Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton, Donald Trump, Elon Musk — Shepard Sherbell/Corbis Saba/Corbis via Getty Images; Wally McNamee/Corbis/Corbis via Getty Images; Brendan Smialowski / AFP via Getty Images; Patrick Pleul / Pool / AFP via Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

politics, Tech, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, elon-musk, doge-commission, department-of-government-efficiency

Elon Musk's promise of an 'epic' leaderboard of 'dumb' government spending reveals his marketing savvy

Wed, 11/13/2024 - 17:10

Tech Insider : Politics

Elon Musk and a leaderboard — Patrick Pleul / Pool/ AFP via Getty Images; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

politics, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, elon-musk, donald-trump, doge, department-of-government-efficiency

Internal Tesla salary database shows Elon Musk's strategy: Lower salaries, bigger stock grants

Mon, 11/11/2024 - 05:00

Tech Insider

Elon Musk — An internal salary database shows that the company offers lower base salaries than its tech and automotive peers but offers substantial stock grants.
Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP; iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Transportation, Tech, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser, tesla, elon-musk, Salary

Prices are improving. So why is everyone still so worked up about inflation?

Tue, 10/22/2024 - 05:45

Tech Insider : Economy

Angry eyebrows over crumpled-up bills — iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

economy, Discourse, Strategy, Careers, Inflation, Discourse, discourse-staff

America's chipmaking push will continue no matter who gets elected

Thu, 10/17/2024 - 05:01

Tech Insider : Economy, Politics, Economy

semiconductor chips — Efforts to boost the US's production of semiconductor chips are likely to continue regardless of who wins the presidential election.
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

economy, politics, economy, finance, Semiconductors, chips-act, Biden

Defector Media started with a bang. It's an uphill climb to keep growing — just like in most of digital media.

Wed, 10/16/2024 - 17:31

Tech Insider : Sports

A man pushing a computer up a hill — Getty; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Media, Advertising, Subscriptions, Churn, Sports, bi-illustration, rebecca-zisser

Read the pitch decks of 6 startups looking to disrupt dating apps and social networking that have raised millions

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 17:12

Tech Insider

Money in the shape of a heart — iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Media, Advertising, Tech, Startups, limited-synd, Startups, pitch-deck

Banning phones in school is the easy part. The hard part is what to do about social media.

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 13:04

Tech Insider

Teens holding phones — iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Tech, News, Teens, cell-phone-ban, Schools, Education, pew

We're about to enter the Digital Dark Ages

Tue, 10/15/2024 - 05:40

Tech Insider

A man walking down a corridor of apps that are falling away — Lorenzo Matteucci for BI

The long-promised digital apocalypse has finally arrived, and it was heralded by a blog post.

Tech, Discourse, Media, culture, google, internet-history, social-networks

Boomers had Jobs. Millennials had Zuck. Where are Gen Z's tech founders?

Wed, 10/09/2024 - 05:50

Tech Insider

Steve Jobs, Mark Zuckerberg — John G. Mabanglo/AFP via Getty Images; Artur Widak/NurPhoto via Getty Images; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Silicon Valley has long obsessed over the young, disruptive founder. So where are Gen Z's tech founders?

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

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