I started as a Target cart attendant and now run 450 stores. This simple strategy helped me grow my career.

Tech Insider : Business
Target employees listen to an executive speaking in a store.
Samir Shah (center) speaks to team members at a store in Warwick, Rhode Island.

Target

The founder of China's Amazon wants his 700,000 blue-collar workers to be 'white-collarized' in time for AI

Tech Insider : Business, Travel
Richard Liu Qiangdong, founder and CEO of JD.com, delivers a speech during the 2nd World Intelligence Congress (WIC 2018) at Tianjin Meijiang Convention and Exhibition Center on May 16, 2018 in Tianjin, China.
JD.com founder Richard Liu said he would retrain his 700,000 delivery workers as robots take over manual delivery tasks.

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Why venture capitalist Chamath Palihapitiya is getting roasted for saying possessions are 'worthless'

Tech Insider : Business
Social Capital CEO Chamath Palihapitiya at the Tenth Breakthrough Prize Ceremony at the Academy Museum of Motion Pictures in Los Angeles.
Chamath Palihapitiya is the founder and CEO of Social Capital, a venture capital firm.

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Mark Zuckerberg is a certified watch guy. His collection ranges from a $120 Casio to multimillion-dollar timepieces.

Tech Insider : Style, Business
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg at the 2026 Met Gala.
Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg at the 2026 Met Gala.

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Allbirds is now Smartbirds, and its AI-focused CEO says people won't even remember the shoes'

Tech Insider : Business
Nadia Carlston has just been named as CEO of Smartbird,
Nadia Carlston has just been named as CEO of Smartbird.

Smartbird

People don't trust AI. They do yearn for Lunchables: survey.

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
A Lunchables snack is seen on a package.
A cheesy bite of nostalgia can help soothe your AI jitters.

Illustration by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Rainbow warned its models that AI meant fewer jobs. Then their doppelgängers appeared.

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Photo collage Featuring images from a lawsuit toward the brand Rainbow
The retailer Rainbow warned its fashion models that "fewer people will be needed" — and to expect a "huge increase in A.I. use."

Courtesy of New York State Unified Court System; Tyler Le/BI

Pizza Hut is getting a new owner: Private equity firm LongRange buys chain in $1.5 billion deal

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
An illuminated Pizza Hut sign on the side of a building at night.
Yum! Brands has sold Pizza Hut in a $2.7 billion deal that will split the property between two buyers: PE firm LongRange Capital and Yum China Holdings.

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KFC's Colonel is getting a glow-up

Tech Insider : Business, Environment
An illuminated KFC bucket sign in front of a dusky sky
KFC's global modernization effort includes a new logo and packaging, menu upgrades, and restaurant redesigns, all aimed at improving the customer experience.

KFC

Prices are rising. We want to hear how it's hitting your food bills.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business
A woman shops for groceries at a store in Arlington, Virginia, the United States, on June 5, 2026.
US shoppers are increasingly heading to wholesale clubs to find the best prices.

Li Rui/Xinhua via Getty Images

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