Taboola is looking to compete with Google and Facebook for small-business clients using a new generative AI tool for ad campaigns

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Adam Singolda, Taboola CEO headshot

Taboola

From solitary confinement in China to self-exile in Taiwan: Inside a Hong Kong bookshop owner's fight to keep the free press alive

Tech Insider : Politics, Politics
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.
Lam Wing-kee at Causeway Bay Books' former location in Taipei, Taiwan.

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Singaporeans are used to paying less than $5 for a meal. This 30-year-old chef charges double, and diners keep coming.

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A woman sits on a chair in her restaurant
Gwyneth Ang sitting in front of the open kitchen of her new restaurant, One Prawn & Co.

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How descendants of Taj Mahal artisans are keeping marble inlay work alive

Tech Insider : Travel

Parchin kari, or pietra dura in Italian, is the art of marble inlay, which involves carving out marble slabs and inserting precious and semiprecious stones to create elaborate floral and geometric patterns.

I spent $2 million restoring a cruise ship I bought on Craigslist. The project took over my life, but I don't regret it.

Tech Insider : Travel
Willson at the stern of the Aurora cruise liner.
Christopher Willson bought the Aurora cruise ship on Craigslist in 2010, tried restoring it, and then sold it in 2023.

Courtesy of Christoper Willson

After 5 years in tech, I wanted something new. An internship on a tea farm in Japan was the wake-up call I needed.

Tech Insider : Travel
Cherie Luo holding a cup of matcha
Cherie Luo interned at a matcha farm for four weeks, where she helped out with the business aspect of the farm.

Cherie Luo

Hurricane Helene devastates Asheville's small beer breweries: 'It's quite heartbreaking.'

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy
One of the Hi-Wire Brewing buildings, surrounded by hurricane debris
Hi-Wire Brewing's main Asheville location was destroyed by Hurricane Helene.

Photo Courtesy Hi-Wire Brewing

He left his corporate job to help his mom in the family's 90-year-old restaurant. He almost gave up but figured out how to turn it around.

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A mother and son pose in front of a cashier at Sabar Menanti.
Tambunan took over the family's nasi padang business from his mother in 2022.

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Boomers are selling off their businesses. Millennials are swooping in.

Tech Insider : Economy
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I let campers rent part of my backyard from $70 a night. It helps pay our high home maintenance costs.

Tech Insider : Travel
Rocki and Myles McCrocklin pose together in their backyard.
Rocki and Myles McCrocklin added a second RV camping spot to their Bend, Oregon home after the first proved successful.

Courtesy of Rocki McCrocklin

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