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[ad_1] When vintage shop owner Chandler Lesesne West got married in April, her husband, Connor Webb, didn’t wear a tuxedo.Instead, he donned a corduroy jacket covered with hand-painted images that meaningfully nodded to their relationship.It wasn’t a DIY project, though. The couple spent $2,100 on the custom piece from Bode, a luxury clothing brand.”All wedding attire is going to be pricey,” West, 31, said. “Buying the jacket almost seemed smarter than buying a regular tuxedo.”They might have been onto something. Bode’s bespoke Senior Cord pieces have become fashion symbols of originality, status, and style.Corduroy, artistry, and Harry StylesEmily Adams Bode…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with LeAnne Carswell, 51, a real estate agent in South Carolina who decided to buy a home for her son to live in while studying at Clemson University instead of paying his rent. The conversation has been edited for length and clarity.My son started at a sister school of Clemson University in his freshman year. So he did his first year at that tech school, and then Clemson took him in as a sophomore this year, but he lived on Clemson’s campus.He was in a dorm with three roommates. I don’t remember…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Arthur C. Brooks, a Harvard professor, columnist at The Atlantic, and bestselling author of books such as “The Happiness Files.” This interview has been edited for length and clarity.For about 12 years, I was a French horn player in Barcelona. At 28, I went back to school and got my bachelor’s degree through distance learning.Then, I became a behavioral scientist. First, I got my master’s in economics. For my Ph.D., I focused on public policy analysis and human behavior, learning what makes people tick. I thought: “Where’s this stuff been…

[ad_1] This as-told-to essay is based on conversations with Jack and Ardith Weber, a married couple of 65 years who both still work for financial reasons. Jack, 88, works at his county’s library in Kentucky, while Ardith, 83, works as a senior medical patrol worker and an assistant for an anti-poverty organization.Both took part in digital skills training through Goodwill, which administers the Senior Community Service Employment Program (SCSEP), a program created in 1965 to assist low-income adults 55 and older in finding work. Over $300 million in national funding to SCSEP was paused in July. Many employees in the…

[ad_1] Phil Coachman loved working at Microsoft for most of his nearly decadelong tenure. But as the culture began to shift and layoffs piled up, he decided it was time to move on.He started looking for a new role in July 2024 when he was still at Microsoft, but struggled to get much traction. In January, he resigned from his role as a senior cloud solution architect to focus on his job search.”I just didn’t feel happy there anymore,” said the 44-year-old, who lives in Pennsylvania. “I wanted to just continue making cool stuff and not have this constant fear…

[ad_1] Kimbal Musk weighed in on his brother’s Tesla pay package and Tesla’s potential investment in xAI.”I think my brother deserves to be paid,” the younger Musk said Friday on CNBC’s “Squawk Box.” “He has zero pay for the past six to eight years. I don’t think that’s right. I’ll let Tesla shareholders make that decision, but I believe that it does need to be. He needs to be paid.””Tesla can’t go without a deep, deep understanding of AI. We have a great business relationship with xAI,” Kimbal Musk, who sits on the Tesla board, added. “I will again let…

[ad_1] 2025-08-22T22:58:23Z Share Facebook Email X LinkedIn Reddit Bluesky WhatsApp Copy link lighning bolt icon An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Save Saved Read in app This story is available exclusively to Business Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now. Have an account? Log in. Cracker Barrel’s new logo swaps the overall-wearing man for simple text. It caused a social media uproar. The restaurant chain has faced other controversies in its 56-year history. Read the full history of Cracker Barrel, from its origins as a roadside stop to its post-COVID slump. For decades,…

[ad_1] The US government is officially investing in Intel, a remarkable development and a rare example of the government getting financially involved in a private company.Under the terms of the deal, the US is investing $8.9 billion into the chipmaker, “reflecting the confidence the Administration has in Intel to advance key national priorities and the critically important role the company plays in expanding the domestic semiconductor industry,” the chipmaker said in a Friday announcement.The agreement means the US government will hold a 9.9% stake in Intel.”The $8.9 billion investment is in addition to the $2.2 billion in CHIPS grants Intel…

[ad_1] Meta is partnering with Midjourney to license the startup’s AI image and video generation technology, Meta Chief AI Officer Alexandr Wang announced Friday in a post on Threads. Wang says Meta’s research teams will collaborate with Midjourney to bring its technology into future AI models and products. “To ensure Meta is able to deliver the best possible products for people it will require taking an all-of-the-above approach,” Wang said. “This means world-class talent, ambitious compute roadmap, and working with the best players across the industry.” The Midjourney partnership could help Meta develop products that compete with industry-leading AI image…

[ad_1] It’s hard to find programmers these days who aren’t using AI coding assistants in some capacity, especially to write the repetitive, mundane bits. But those who refused to try the tools when Coinbase bought enterprise licenses for GitHub Copilot and Cursor got promptly fired, CEO Brian Armstrong said this week on John Collison’s podcast “Cheeky Pint.” (Collison is the co-founder and president of the payments company Stripe.) After getting licenses to cover every engineer, some at the cryptocurrency exchange warned Armstrong that adoption would be slow, predicting it would take months to get even half the engineers using AI. …