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No, seriously. Where are the TikTok buyers?

Wed, 05/08/2024 - 15:01

Tech Insider

A suit and glasses with no body — TikTok hasn't drawn a huge list of buyers. Who's going to step up?
Getty; BI

Tech, Media, tiktok, Bytedance, tiktok-ban, Courts, Microsoft

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.
artpartner-images/Getty Images

Science, Tech, Electricity, power-grid, Technology, Investment, Tennessee

Meta's AI search is weird and uncanny — and I'm not sure who it's for

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 14:24

Tech Insider

A woman looking confused, surrounded by Meta AI logos — iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Tech, AI, meta, llama, facebook, AI, Instagram

The demise of Red Lobster is a perfect case study in how to kill a business

Wed, 05/01/2024 - 06:27

Tech Insider

Sure, Endless Shrimp turned out to be a horrible idea, but the problems at Red Lobster are much deeper than one bad promotion.

iStock; Adobe Stock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Retail, Discourse, Real Estate, finance, restaurants, Bankruptcy, red-lobster

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

Young guys literally only want one thing and it's this $7,000 chair

Sun, 04/28/2024 - 06:17

Tech Insider : Economy

A man sitting in a Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman with money in the background — For a certain type of newly rich, young American man, the Herman Miller Eames lounge chair and ottoman is the pinnacle of status.
iStock; Rebecca Zisser/BI

Retail, Discourse, culture, finance, economy, Retail, furniture

What happens if TikTok is sold without the algorithm that drives the 'For You' page? It might not be so bad.

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 05:04

Tech Insider

One of the best parts of TikTok could be erased if it gets sold. But maybe that wouldn't be so bad.

Rebecca Zisser/BI

Tech, tiktok-ban, tiktok, Bytedance, threads, algorithms, viral-tiktoks

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

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.