Your returns could be headed to a landfill. An AI-native software aims to reroute them to nonprofits.

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Environment
Luxome Fabric Wall
At Luxome, returns of bedding and other textiles go to nonprofits in need through the AI-native software LiquiDonate.

Luxome

A logistics company uses AI to reduce its delivery routes by half and save time on package sorting

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Environment
Net Zero Logistics uses the AI-powered tool Finmile to optimize its delivery operations

Net Zero Logistics; BI

The $42 billion auto giant you've never heard of is building AI into its factories

Tech Insider : Business, Technology
Several Jaguar E-Pace exoskeletons sit on a Magna factory line ahead of their subchassis and motor manufacturing.
Magna says it has expanded its AI use across its automotive supply chain.

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Target built a trend-spotting tool that's speeding up the time it takes to get new fashions to store shelves

Tech Insider : Business, Style
A display of Target apparel with a Western theme.
Target's Western-themed collection was inspired by the company's new AI trend-spotter.

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A Michelin-starred restaurant uses agentic AI to source the freshest ingredients possible

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Matthias Restaurant Interier (left), and Owner Silvio Pfeufer (right)
Silvio Pfeufer is the head chef and co-owner of Matthias, a Michelin-starred restaurant in Berlin.

Luís Bompastor

How AI is helping businesses save time and money amid tariff chaos

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
A cargo ship loaded with shipping containers is seen at the Port of Oakland, California.
Supply-chain leaders are using generative AI to assist with tariff-related planning, which can be time-consuming.

Carlos Barria/Reuters

The Iran war could haunt grocery bills long after the fighting stops

Tech Insider : Economy, Business, Travel
A pistachio farm in Georgia.
Crops including wheat, rice, and pistachios (pictured) will be affected by the fertilizer shortage that is being worsened by the Iran war.

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Tons of goods are stuck around the Middle East amid shipping and air chaos

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A cargo ship is pictured off coast city of Fujairah, in the Strait of Hormuz.
Major shipping lines are rerouting vessels amid escalating security risks in the region.

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Google Deepmind CEO says the memory shortage is creating an AI 'choke point'

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Google DeepMind CEO Demis Hassabis is pictured.
Google's AI boss Demis Hassabis said the memory market came down to "a few suppliers of a few key components."

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I'm a coffee chain owner in San Francisco, and I'm being radically transparent about why I must hike prices

Tech Insider : Economy, Economy, Business
Lauren Crabbe and Michael McCory
Lauren Crabbe and Michael McCrory own Andytown Coffee Roasters and are posting flyers at all nine locations to explain why they must hike drink prices by 7.5%.

Andytown Coffee Roasters

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