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Is This The End Of The Price Tag? | So Expensive | Business Insider 0 (0)

For generations, posted prices made shopping feel predictable: Shoppers generally saw the same price for the same product and could compare it across stores. Then came dynamic pricing. Airlines adjusted which fares were available as seats filled. Now prices for rides, tickets, and groceries can shift while you shop. But when two people see different totals, what explains the gap? Companies have long used group pricing, too — think student discounts. Online, it can be harder to tell which group you’re in. Experts worry companies could use data about you to set a price based on what they think you’ll [See More…]

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How Nate’s Honey Uses AI To Protect Its 6 Billion Bees | AI In Action 0 (0)

Sponsored by Quickbooks Americans consume more than 600 million pounds of honey each year, so much that honey has to be imported to meet the demand. Honey depends on healthy bees, which are facing an uphill battle domestically, with about 50% of bee colonies dying in the US every year. Pests, like the Varroa mite, and environmental factors put hives at risk. So Nate’s Honey and Sweet Harvest Foods are turning to artificial intelligence to help keep bees healthy. They use AI detection devices to monitor the sounds hives make. And they’ve employed a robotic hive that helps determine if [See More…]

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The #AI boom has a problem: billions of dollars in #GPUs, but not enough electricity to power them. 0 (0)

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Inside America’s Only Internet Sea Cable Maker 0 (0)

Ninety-nine percent of international internet traffic flows through cables stretched across the ocean floor. Demand for these cables is at an all-time high as the world becomes more dependent on cloud computing and AI. But there’s only one company in America that’s capable of both making and laying them. We visited its 73-year-old factory and went onboard a multimillion-dollar cable-laying ship to see how the company is keeping up and why our data still needs to travel thousands of feet under the sea. 00:00 – Intro 01:08 – How Subsea Cables Work 02:02 – How Cables Are Made 04:59 – [See More…]

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How Amazon’s Low Prices Raised Prices | So Expensive 0 (0)

The state of California is accusing Amazon of a price-fixing scheme that pushes wholesale vendors to raise prices at competing stores like Target, Walmart, Chewy, and Best Buy. And the state says, after the discovery process, it now has receipts to prove it. The case centers on several email exchanges between Amazon vendor managers and brands like Levi’s, GlobalOne, Hanes, and Scotts Miracle-Gro. Business Insider obtained the full case file and reviewed hundreds of pages of documents and over a dozen email exchanges to investigate if Amazon uses its influence as the largest e-commerce company in the United States to [See More…]

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Misuse Of Flock’s Cameras Is Sending Innocent People To Jail | Dispatch 0 (0)

Flock Safety cameras are marketed as a tool to help police solve crimes, but Business Insider found that errors and failures to verify its alerts have put innocent people in harm’s way. We examined the records of one California city where in two years, 71% of 1,427 felony and stolen-vehicle alerts were misreads. Elsewhere, we identified drivers who’d been stopped, injured, or jailed after Flock leads went wrong. Flock says its alerts are investigative leads, not definitive proof. 00:00 – Intro 01:15 – How Flock Cameras Work 02:44 – Roseville, California 05:12 – Toledo, Ohio 07:19 – Maurice Walters’ Arrest [See More…]

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How AI Data Centers Are Making Everything More Expensive 0 (0)

The rapid growth of AI data centers is creating a shortage of the memory chips used in everyday devices like laptops, phones, cameras, and gaming consoles. The world’s three largest memory chipmakers — SK Hynix, Samsung, and Micron — are shifting production to High Bandwidth Memory, specialized microchips that power AI data centers, rather than the DRAM and NAND chips found in many consumer electronics. With fewer traditional chips being produced, tech manufacturers are paying more for components and passing the costs to customers through higher prices. Read “I used Claude to solve a problem that data centers helped cause [See More…]

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Meet The Professional Mermaid Inspiring Adults To Play Again 0 (0)

Sponsored by 2026 Toyota RAV4 Redefining Adulthood spotlights people who’ve discovered that making time for the things they love doesn’t distract from adulthood; it enriches it. Whether through a hobby or a career, their passions have led to purpose, community, and a life that’s uniquely their own. In this episode, meet Néa Dune, a professional mermaid, certified free diver, and ocean conservationist who transformed a childhood fascination into an unconventional career. What began with a homemade tail has grown into a life dedicated to teaching aspiring mermaids, advocating for marine ecosystems, and helping others rediscover the power of imagination and [See More…]

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How Goodwill Actually Works 0 (0)

Goodwill handles over 4.4 billion pounds of donations every year. Most of it gets cleaned, priced, and sold at a retail store. For some, flipping Goodwill finds lead to massive paydays. Now Goodwill is using AI listing tools to sell the best items online before they ever reach the floor. That’s squeezing the thrifters who built businesses on nabbing hidden treasures. We got behind-the-scenes access to see how Goodwill sorts and sells millions of items a year, then followed the resellers fighting for what’s left. Some are earning six figures sourcing vintage clothes by the pound. Others have moved to [See More…]

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Sam Altman Just Handed OpenAI to the Government (5% Stake Deal LEAKED) 0 (0)

The Financial Times just broke a bombshell: OpenAI is in preliminary talks to give the US government a 5% equity stake, and Sam Altman is pitching Washington on doing the same to every leading American AI developer. This changes everything for AI investors, founders, and builders. In this video I break down: – What FT and Reuters actually reported (and what Anthropic said) – Why SoftBank’s $10B loan and the OpenAI IPO force this move – 3 money plays: government AI infrastructure basket, API contract lockup, and the local application layer – The one catch about ‘partial nationalization’ nobody on [See More…]